No, My Child

DESCRIPTION: "Mamma, mamma, may I go down to the corner to meet my beau?" Mother says she may not. She asks her father; he also says no. The girl goes to her grandfather; he tells her to remind mother and father that they went out courting when young
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Hoosier Folklore)
KEYWORDS: mother father children courting
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 109, "No, My Child" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #354, "Mother, Mother, may I go?" (1 text)
Roud #25034
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Grandma's Advice" (theme)
File: ZiZa109A

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