The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

"MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER"

MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, LIVED ACROSS THE WAY,
1617 EAST BROADWAY.
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAD A FIGHT,
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'D SAY:
BOYS ARE ROTTEN, MADE OF DIRTY COTTEN, (COTTON)
GIRLS ARE DANDY, MADE OF SUGAR CANDY.
ACK-A-BACK-A, SODA CRACKER,
DOES YOUR MOTHER CHEW TOBBACCO?
YES? NO? MAYBE SO?
OUT YOU GO}

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

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