Cover of Little Jumping Joan

Little Jumping Joan

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Three lines from a little jumper who is always alone even while hopping about. Short enough to say while actually jumping.

From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.

Here am I, little jumping Joan,
When nobody's with me
    I'm always alone.

About this rhyme

Text runs to three lines: "Here am I...", "When nobody's with me", "I'm always alone."

Barely three lines, and all the better for it: little jumping Joan announces that when nobody is with her, she is always alone, which is either perfectly obvious or rather profound, depending how you look at it.

Good as a jumping or bouncing rhyme, said in time with a hop.

Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition

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