The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

JUMP-ROPE RHYME

HAVE YOU EVER, EVER, EVER IN YOUR LONG LEGGED LIFE
SEEN A LONG LEGGED SAILOR AND HIS LONG LEGGED WIFE?

NO I NEVER, NEVER, NEVER IN MY LONG LEGGED LIFE
SAW A LONG LEGGED SAILOR AND HIS LONG LEGGED WIFE.
(MAY SUBSTITUTE PIGEON TOED, KNOCK KNEED OR BOW LEGGED IN PLACE
OF LONG LEGGED.)

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER SISTER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP

Date learned: 11-03-1967