Subject: Farmer, Farmer Posted Jun 30, 2001 by CopyMaster		Post: 1

The game described here as "Farmer, Farmer" is also played in the USA, under the name, "Red Rover." The chant used by the "it" person in the USA version is "Red Rover, Red Rover, let (color) come over!"

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Subject: Farmer, Farmer Posted Jul 25, 2001 by Amy Pawloski aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) This is a reply to this Posting.		Post: 2

Actually, what I remember as Red Rover was more like Chains. The chant was similar to the one above, except instead of (color), it was (name).

Subject: Farmer, Farmer Posted Aug 10, 2006 by ex-lancs This is a reply to this Posting.		Post: 3

In the 1950s in Manchester, this rhyme was "Please Mr Fisher(man) can I cross your golden water?" and the reply was "Not unless you've got [colour] on".

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