Yesterday at Three O'Clock in the Morning (Nonsense)

DESCRIPTION: "Yesterday at three o'clock in the morning, An empty house full of furniture caught light. The fire brigade came and put it out before it started, Ran over a dead cat and half killed it. Two naked men came running ... With their hand in their pockets..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (J. C. Reid, _A Book of New Zealand_)
KEYWORDS: nonsense wordplay
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 139, "(Yesterday at three o'clock in the morning)" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: J. C. Reid, _A Book of New Zealand_ (Collins National Anthologies), Collins, 1964, pp. 333-334, "Children's Games" ("Yesterday at three o'clock in the morning") (1 text)
File: SuSm139

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