 | Norman Egbert Richardson - 1922 - 330 str.
...a handkerchief around circle, 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Chester Geppert Marsh - 1925 - 186 str.
...on the way I dropped It. isn't you, it isn't you, It Isn't you, it isn't you — Itiskit, 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. Some one of you has picked it up And put it... | |
 | Lebert Howard Weir - 1925 - 132 str.
...handkerchief around circle, 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 may way I dropped it, I dropped it, I dropped it, and on my way I dropped it." Before last phrase,... | |
 | Alfred E. Ross - 1926 - 96 str.
...runs around the outside carrying the handkerchief while all the pupils sing: "Itisket — 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. Itisket... | |
 | Milo Burdette Hillegas, Thomas Henry Briggs - 1927 - 620 str.
...empty space fills it, and the other one becomes It for next time. f! p Ji Verse: Itisket-Itasket, Ji A green and yellow basket, I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it, Someone of you has picked it up And put it in your pocket; It isn't you, It isn't you, Itisket-Itasket.... | |
 | Alonzo Franklin Myers, Ossian Clinton Bird - 1928 - 420 str.
...XIX. The words of the song were changed to read: Valentines, Valentines, A green and yellow valentine, I wrote a letter to my love, And on the way I dropped it, etc. A heart-shaped valentine, made by the children, was used instead of a handkerchief. The play was... | |
 | John Ernest Thorrington Wright, Doris S. Corbett - 1940 - 276 str.
...always the same. One form, much like the modern version, follows: Wiskit-a-waskit, A green leather basket; I wrote a letter to my love, And on the way I lost it; Some of you have picked it up, And put it in your pocket. I have a little dog at home, And... | |
 | 1918 - 684 str.
...Ring games are always great favorites with girls and the special favorite with our children is: I sent a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it. One of you has picked it up, And put it in your pocket. It is curious how the ancient belief in witches... | |
 | Elizabeth Swados - 1980 - 74 str.
...goose, goose, goose, goose duck, duck, duck, duck duck, duck, duck, duck goose, goose, goose, goose A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my mother and on the way I dropped it. 1 dropped it, I dropped it, and on the way I dropped it. A tisket,... | |
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A green and yellow basket; I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it. 
