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IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, A CHILD IS COMING.
IF YOU DROP A DISHRAG, SOME SLOP IS COMING.
Submitter comment:
HEARD WHEN YOUNG IN THE EARLY 1900S. INFORMANT'S DAUGHTER
ALSO REMEMBERS HEARING THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG IN THE LATE 30S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.860 |
Date learned: 10-02-1971