High Waters

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme: "The (Alabama) River goes higher, higher, higher...." or "When it rains, the Mississippi/river gets higher, higher, higher...." The jumper must keep jumping higher until he or she fails
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Solomon-ZickaryZan)
KEYWORDS: playparty river jumprope
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 49, "High Waters" (1 text)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #43, "(When it rains the Mississippi River)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #599, "When it rains the Mississippi River" (1 text)
File: ZiZa049C

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