Margie Ate Some Marmalade

DESCRIPTION: "(Margie/Polly) (ate/drank) some (marmalade/lemonade), Margie drank some pop, Margie drank some other thing That made her stomach flop. Whoops/Oops went the marmalade... that made her stomach flop."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Solomon-ZickaryZan)
KEYWORDS: food disease jumprope | stomach ache
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MA,MW,SE,So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 50, "Margie" (1 text)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #40, "(Polly drinks lemonade)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #504, "Saly drinks lemonade (ate a pickle)" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 139, "(Name of player) ate some marmalade" (1 text)
Roud #19227
File: ZiZa050B

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