tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785749270206338110.post1649500652574880566..comments2024-03-09T13:49:14.739-05:00Comments on Scribbler: The Lady With The Big Fat PurseScribblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446145686803915738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785749270206338110.post-12650907908990651222010-07-31T22:42:26.072-04:002010-07-31T22:42:26.072-04:00Oh we used to say that one too, parts of it at lea...Oh we used to say that one too, parts of it at least. In came the doctor, In came......and three successive people jumped in and then out again as we said, "out went.......<br /><br />Mary HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785749270206338110.post-10260653957876114282010-07-26T07:07:17.311-04:002010-07-26T07:07:17.311-04:00Thanks for the memory jog. Some of that is familia...Thanks for the memory jog. Some of that is familiar but either my memory is flaky or we had our own version. Neither is exactly as I remember.Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446145686803915738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785749270206338110.post-66548166421653087892010-07-25T20:31:05.446-04:002010-07-25T20:31:05.446-04:00I did some searching online. It seems to be a jump...I did some searching online. It seems to be a jump rope rhyme. I found two different versions of it, but neither has the part "I don't want..."<br /><br />I had a little brother.<br />His name was Tiny Tim.<br />I put him in the bathtub<br />To teach him how to swim.<br /> <br />He drank up all the water.<br />He ate up all the soap.<br />He tried to eat the bathtub,<br />But it wouldn't go down his throat.<br /> <br />My mother called the doctor.<br />The doctor called his nurse.<br />The nurse called the lady<br />With the alligator purse.<br /> <br />"Mumps," said the doctor.<br />"Mumps," said the nurse.<br />"Mumps," said the lady<br /> With the alligator purse.<br /> <br />Out went the doctor.<br />Out went the nurse. <br />Out went the lady<br />With the alligator purse.<br /> <br /> <br /> Source: Solomon (1980)<br />I had a little duckling (* Jumper1 starts *)<br />Named Tiny Tim.<br />Put him in the bathtub.<br />Teach him how to swim.<br /> <br />Swallowed a bubble.<br />Called the doctor.<br />Called the nurse.<br />Called the lady<br />With the big fat purse.<br /> <br />In came the doctor. (* Jumper2 enters *)<br />In came the nurse. (* Jumper3 enters *)<br />In came the lady (* Jumper4 enters *)<br />With the big fat purse.<br /> <br />Out went the doctor. (* Jumper2 exits *)<br />Out went the nurse. (* Jumper3 exits *)<br />Out went the lady (* Jumper4 exits *)<br />With the big fat purse.<br /> <br /> <br /> Source: Cochran (1976)<br /> Source: Knapp (1976), Solomon (1980)<br /> Source: Hastings (1990), Abrahams (1969)Gray Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867112680885315728noreply@blogger.com