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Thread #65824 Message #2713206
Posted By: Azizi
31-Aug-09 - 04:46 PM
Thread Name: Aussie Childrens' School Song origin?
Subject: RE: Aussie Childrens' School Song origin?
This verse from GUEST,Karen, Cheshire, Uk 's post:
Mrs Cooper dressed in black Silver buckles down her back I love her she loves me Lock the door and turn the key!
are almost exactly the same as the first two lines of the American children's rhyme:
Miss Mary Mack dressed in black silver buckles up and down her back.
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Do those two lines show up in any other children's rhymes or English folk songs? If so, I'd appreciate someone posting which ones. Also, I read somewhere that those lines come from an English riddle "What is a coffin?" Is there any truth to that or is an example of that fakelore?