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A COPPER DOWN A CRACK

Jingle, jingle, Jack,

A copper down a crack.

Twenty men and all their wives,

With sticks and picks and pocket knives,

Digging for their very lives

To get the copper back.

 

[NOTES] This rhyme is about money that falls between the wood on a walk way. 40 people try to help get the money. 20 men try and the 20 girls the men are married to also try. They use different things to try to pick it up.

jingle—the sound money makes in a pocket

jack—name of the boy who dropped the money

copper—money. one copper = one cent (1¢)

crack—very small space

wives—married girls (more than one)

sticks—part of a tree

pick—tool with sharp metal on one end

pocket knives—more than one small knife

digging—making a hole in the earth