You're Mad, You're Barmy

DESCRIPTION: "You're mad, you're barmy, Your mother's in the army. She wears black britches, With pink and white stitches." Or, "She ears brown britches, With a hundred and twenty stitches."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty mother clothes
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 133, "(You're mad, you're barmy)" (1 text)
File: SuSm133A

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