As I was in the kitchen, rhyme / Bill Carson, speech in English
ITMA Reference | 55168 |
Creator | Carson, Bill, speech in English |
Contributor | Shields, Hugh, collector |
Date | December 1964 |
Location | Belfast, Co. Antrim |
Type | Sound |
Extent | 1 computer file (MP3 file, 5 sec.) : digital, stereo |
Collection | Hugh Shields Collection |
Subject | Ireland: Speech in English |
Language | English |
Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
Copyright | Performers, Hugh Shields |
Source | 2192-ITMA-REEL [HS 6112] |
Roud Number | 19244 |
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As I was in the kitchen
Doing a bit of stitching
In came a nanny-goat
And out ran I.
A skipping rhyme. Other examples may be found in L Daiken’s Children’s games throughout the year (1949:63) and Out goes she (1963:33), as well as N Douglas’s London street games (1931:37).
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