Cowboy Joe / Ippetty Soopetty

COWBOY JOE Kathleen Mearns:
Cowboy Joe from Mexico. [She stands] them up, sticks them up,
Cowboy Joe.
IPPITTY SOOPITTY
Jack Mearns:
Ippitty soopitty, Ippitty sap. Ippitty soopitty,
Cunella cunapp. Cunellow up, cunellow down, Cunellow into Chinatown.
"Cowboy Joe," chanted by Kathleen Mearns, was
used for skipping. Perhaps it was a reference to the
popular song "Ragtime Cowboy Joe." Jack Mearns
described "Ippitty Soopity" as "an elimination rhyme
involving the touching of lips and fists." The words
seem, in part, to have to do with drinking from a cup.
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Various Artists
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Singing in the Streets: Scottish Children's Songs
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