Chicago (II)

DESCRIPTION: Jump-rope rhyme. "Chicken in the car and the car won't go,That's the way to spell Chicago."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Haufrecht, according to Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes)
KEYWORDS: chickens technology travel jumprope | car Chicago
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 103, "Chicago" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #72, "Chick in the car" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "New York" (form)
File: ZiZa103B

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