ID: 708
Date: 2000
Title: Cowboy Joe
Gender: Female 
Classification: Skipping 
Rhyme: 

Cowboy Joe from Mexico,
Hands up, stick 'em up.
Drop your guns, and pick them up.
O U T spells out. (actions accompany)

(Waimate, 2000)

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Background Info: Variations in Turner, 1978:14, include:

Cowboy Joe from Mexico,
Hands up, stick 'em up,
And don't forget to pick 'em up,
Out you go.

(Victoria, 1956-73)

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Opie, 1997:231 describes this rhyme as being popular in 1960s throughout Britain. Variations include:

Buffalo Bill from Faraway Hill,
Hands up, stick 'em up.
Drop your guns and pick 'em up.
Buffalo Bill from Faraway Hill.

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Location: Waimate 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 1