Miss Lucy had a baby

"Miss Lucy had a baby...", also known by various other names,[9] is an American schoolyard rhyme. Originally used as a jump-rope chant, it is now more often sung alone or as part of a clapping game. It has many variations, possibly originating from it, or from its predecessors.[10][11]

The song is often combined or confused with the similar but cruder "Miss Susie had a steamboat", which uses the same tune and was also used as a jump-rope game.

  1. ^ Hall, Kristin. "Miss Lucy". 2009. Accessed 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Huhn, Betsy. "Miss Susie Had a Baby" at "Jack Horntip Collection Field Recordings". 2013. Accessed 14 January 2014.
  3. ^ Col, Jeananda. "The Lady with the Alligator Purse" at Enchanted Learning. 2000. Accessed 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ Opie, Iona & al. The Singing Game. Oxford Univ. Press (Oxford), 1985.
  5. ^ Opie, Iona. Recording C898/22. British Library, 1974. Accessed 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ Opie, Iona. Recording C898/02. British Library, 1975. Accessed 14 January 2014.
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  8. ^ Bronner, Simon. Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture, pp. 217 ff. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2011. Accessed 14 January 2014.
  9. ^ Including "Miss Lucy",[1] "Ms. Lucy",[2] "Ask Me No Questions",[2] "The Lady with the Alligator Purse",[3] "The Johnsons had a baby...",[4][5] and variations where the mother is named "Susie",[6] "Suzie",[2] "Lulu",[7] and "Virginia".[8]
  10. ^ Henninger, Jessie. "Miss Susie Had a Steamboat: I. Structure" at The Raveled Sleeve. 29 November 2008. Accessed 16 January 2014.
  11. ^ Henninger, Jessie. "Miss Susie Had a Steamboat: V. Versions of the Rhyme Used in This Essay" at The Raveled Sleeve. 29 November 2008. Accessed 12 January 2014.