With a C and a Sigh (Constantinople)

DESCRIPTION: Used as a counting-out rhyme. "With a C and a sigh And a Constanti; With a nople and a pople And a Constantinople." Originally a story of a girl who met a Colonel who said that he was from Constantinople -- but he turns out to be a swindler
AUTHOR: probably Arthur Lloyd (1839-1904)
EARLIEST DATE: 1866 (Dime-Song-Book #17)
KEYWORDS: wordplay thief trick police | counting-out Constantinople
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Dime-Song-Book #17, p. 58, "Constantinople" (1 text)
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 43, "(With a C and a sigh)" (1 text)
Roud #V22848
NOTES [51 words]: Arthur Lloyd included a song called "Constantinople" in his performance "Babes in the Wood" as a sing-along teaching song for children. It appears to include at least a few words of this, so I assume Lloyd is the author, but I have been unable to find a full text of "Babes in the Wood" to prove it. - RBW
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