Jack, Jack Sat on a Tack

DESCRIPTION: Counting-out rhyme. "Jack, Jack, sat on a tack, And went to bed with a sore back. O-U-T, and out goes he."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: injury | counting-out tack bed
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 38, "(Jack, Jack, sat on a tack)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Stella, Stella Dressed in Black" (lyric of sitting on a tack)
File: WEMM038A

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