 | 1916 - 336 str.
...for weeks the little ones were never satisfied unless they had "Nuts in May." Then came the old one "I sent a letter to my love, and on the way I lost it." This also was a great favorite, and we were thankful to Jacky for reminding us of it; also.... | |
 | Alice Bertha Gomme - 1894 - 472 str.
...you, nor you. I had a little cat, it shan't scratch you, Shan't scratch you, nor you, nor you. I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropped it. And one of you have picked it up and put it in your pocket. It wasn't you, it wasn't you, nor you, nor you, but it... | |
 | Florence Wilkinson Evans - 1903 - 176 str.
...who looked at me, His eyes were bluer than the sea. I-tisk-it, I-task-it, A green and yellow basket, I sent a letter to my love And on the way I lost it, I lost it. That little boy he had a ball And in the yard he tossed it, he tossed it. Nine... | |
 | Jessie Hubbell Bancroft - 1909 - 530 str.
...the circle, singing the following verse : — Itiskit, Itasket, A green and yellow basket; I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it. Some one of you has picked it up And put it in your pocket; It isn't you — it isn't you — This... | |
 | Gilbert Keith Chesterton - 1911 - 352 str.
...instrument struck into a jingling measure with some words which are still believed to have been, " I sent a letter to my love and on the way I dropped it." At about this limit of mental anarchy Father Brown's view was obscured altogether; for the City magnate... | |
 | Norman Douglas - 1916 - 180 str.
...other and try to pull each other across the street. And they have handkerchief games together such as I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE (" and on the way I dropped it ", a decent game for boys and girls, also called LOST LETTER ; and if you haven't got a handkerchief,... | |
 | Marguerite Wilkinson - 1919 - 478 str.
...of children chanting the famous little song: "Itiskit, Itaskit, A green and yellow basket, I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it, I dropped it, dropped it," And this goes on until the singer does drop the handkerchief behind another... | |
 | Alabama. Department of Education - 1920 - 318 str.
...carrying a handkerchief runs around outside singing: Itiskit, Itasket, A green and yellow basket; I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it. Some one of you has picked it up And put it in your pocket ; It isn't you — it isn't you — He drops... | |
 | John Symonds Udal - 1922 - 430 str.
...handkerchief, commences to walk slowly round the outside of the ring, repeating these words : — I ssnt a letter to my love, And on the way I dropped it ; And one of you has picked it up And put it in your pocket. Touching each one with her handkerchief as she passes, she says : " Not you," " Not you,"... | |
 | Norman Egbert Richardson - 1922 - 330 str.
...chants or sings while whole circle sings with him: "Itisket, Itasket, a green and yellow basket; I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropped it, I dropped it, I dropped it, and on the way I dropped it." Before last phrase, "It" must drop handkerchief... | |
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A green and yellow basket; I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it. 
