Bubble Gum

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Bubble gum, bubble gum, Chew and blow. Bubble gum, bubble gum, Scrape your toe. Bubble gum... tastes so sweet. Get that bubble gum off your feet." Alternately, for counting-out: "Bubble gum, in a dish... How many pieces do you wish?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Solomon-ZickaryZan)
KEYWORDS: food jumprope | gum counting-out
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 60, "Bubble Gum" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 123, "Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #49, "Bubble gum, bubble gum, chew and blow"; #50, "Bubble gum, bubble gum, in a dish" (1 text)
Roud #19256
File: ZiZa060B

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