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TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS

NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME A-KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
I WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO LET THEM IN.
THEY HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
I WENT UPSTAIRS TO GET MY GUN.
YOU SHOILD HAVE SEEN THESE ROBBERS RUN.
SOME WENT EAST, SOME WENT WEST,
SOME WENT IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST.
HOW MANY WENT IN THE CUCKOO'S NEST?
ONE, TWO, THREE,....

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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