stay out of the public eye, children would follow her around and chant the rhyme. It later started being used as a rhyme used when skipping-rope: Lizzie Borden took an axe She gave her mother forty whacks, After she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. Lizzie Borden got away, For her crime she did not pay. Variations of this following rhyme, a wordplay on "influenza," were heard around the time of the 1918 flu pandemic: I had a little bird, And its name was Enza. I opened the window And in-flew-enza. This one from Prohibition: No, I won't go to Casey's any more, more, more, There's a big fat policeman by the door, door, door. He grabs you by the collar, And makes you pay a dollar. No, I won't go to Casey's any more. See also Chinese jump rope Clapping game Lincoln Beachey References Further reading Iona and Peter Opie (1959). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. Oxford University Press. External links Educational CyberPlayGround Jumprope Chants, Clapping Games and Rhymes. Jump-Rope Rhymes Jump Rope Rhymes Children's street culture Folklore