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Chris -- 2018-04-11
When I was a child in the 1970s, there was a jump rope rhyme that began
Blue bells
Cockle shells
Easy ivy over
It has now become:
Blue Bells
Taco shells
Evvie ivy over
Indeed, “taco shells” are more familar than “cockle shells”. The change makes sense.
Google searches turn up many examples of each version, including
Sources for old version:
Sources for new version:
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