Wash the Lady's Dishes

DESCRIPTION: Counting-out rhyme. "Wash the lady's dishes, Hang them on the bushes; When the bushes start to crack, Hang them on a donkey's back. When the donkey starts to run Shoot him with a leather gun"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: animal | counting-out wash dishes bushes donkey
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 36, "(Wash the lady's dishes)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Lil Lil" ("Wash the Lady's Dishes" couplet)
File: WEMM036A

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