Callings In and Callings Out
Callings in and callings out-- / I call (Rosie) in…
Callings in and callings out--
I call (Rosie) in.
Rosie’s in and won’t go out--
I call (Maudie) in.
How to play
Each skipper calls the next one in by name.
Where this rhyme comes from
- Printed
- 1916
- Where
- London
We have copied these words exactly as they were printed in 1916, spelling and all. The book marks it as a skipping rhyme.
Source: Norman Douglas, London Street Games (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1916) (public domain).
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