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Thread #119441   Message #2590931
Posted By: Emma B
17-Mar-09 - 09:01 AM
Thread Name: Homophobia in Playground Rhymes
Subject: RE: Homophobia in Playground Rhymes
This song sung to the tune of The Girl I left behind me' was collected by James Ritchie and published in his book 'The Singing Street' described as 'a social history of the century..sketched through skipping songs,singing games and rhymes'

Don't go out with Jane no more
Don't go out with Mary
Don't go out with girls any more
Woops! I am a fairy.