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COUNTING OUT RHYMES
ONE POTATOE
TWO POTATOE
THREE POTATOE, FOUR.
FIVE POTATOE
SIX POTATOE
SEVEN POTATOE, MORE.
OUT GOES THE RAT
OUT GOES THE CAT
OUT GOES THE LADY WITH THE SEE-SAW HAT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
ONE-TWO
ONE-TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE.
THREE-FOUR SHUT THE DOOR.
FIVE-SIX PICK UP STICKS.
SEVEN-EIGHT SET THEM STRAIGHT
NINE-TEN THE BIG FAT HEN
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN DETROIT IN CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
"READY"
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY,
HOLLER "I"
Submitter comment: CALLED OUT BY PERSON WHO IS "IT" IN TAG.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COUNTING OUT
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
TEN LITTLE INDIANS
ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE
INDIANS
FOUR LITTLE, FIVE LITTLE, SIX LITTLE
INDIANS
SEVEN LITTLE, EIGHT LITTLE, NINE LITTLE
INDIANS
TEN LITTLE INDIAN BOYS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COUNTING OUT VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.534 |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PARODY RHYME
CHINKA, CHINKA, CHINAMEN SITT IN ON A FENCE
CHINA MAKES A DOLLAR ON A FIFTY-FIVE CENTS.
SHE MISS, SHE MISS, SHE MISS LIKE THIS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS USED WHEN DETERMINING WHO GOES FIRST IN A GAME.
Where learned: OHIO ; COLUMBUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
CHOOSING
IKA BICKA SODA CRACKER
IKA BICKA BOO
IKA BICKA SODA CRACKER
OUT GOES YOU
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ELIMINATING GAME
EENIE MEENIE, TWIPSEY TWEENEY
APPLE JACK AND JONNIE SWEENEY
EYCHIE, PYCHIE, DAMAN EYCHIE
OUT GOES YOU
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): NONSENSE WORDS.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
INKA, BINKA, BOTTLE OF INK, THE CORK FELL OUT AND YOU STINK}
Submitter comment:
THIS COUNTING OUT RHYME WAS USED TO PICK WHO WOULD BE "IT" WHEN PLAY
ING SUCH GAMES AS TAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001970
COUNTING-OUT RHYME
ACKA BACKA,
SOWED THE CROCKA,
ACKA BACKA BOO.
IN COMES UNCLE SAM,
AND OUT GOES Y*O*U}}
Submitter comment: INFORMANT IS FROM PENNSYLVANIA
Data entry tech comment:
IN THE LATE 1960'S
I LEARNED A VARIANT OF THIS COUNTING-OUT RHYME AS A CHILD IN DETROIT
ACKA BACKA SODA CRACKA
ACKA BACKA BOO
IF YOUR FATHER CHEWS TOBACKA
OUT GOES YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): NONSENSE WORDS ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA CRACKER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
COUNTING OUT RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING UP THE CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD? BLUE.
B L U E . SO YOU ARE NOT IT.
Submitter comment:
WHEN THE PERSON WHO IS DOING THE COUNTING OUT COMES TO YOU , YOU
CAN TELL HIM ANY COLOR YOU WANT HIM TO USE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S
COUNTING OUT RHYME
BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH . HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH? FOUR.
F O U R . SO YOU ARE NOT IT.
Submitter comment:
WHEN THE PERSON WHO IS DOING THE RHYME POINTS TO YOU FOR A NUMBER
YOU CAN GIVE HIM ANY NUMBER YOU WISH HIM TO USE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INKSTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S
COUNTING OUT RHYME
ONE POTATO TWO POTATO THREE POTATO FOUR.
FIVE POTATO SIX POTATO SEVEN POTATO OR.
Submitter comment:
IN THIS RHYME EVERYONE PARTICIPATING PUTS IN THEIR TWO FISTS. THE
PERSON WHO IS COUNTING OUT COUNTS YOU OUT IF YOU ARE THE PERSON HE
STOPS ON WHEN HE SAYS OR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INKSTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S
COUNTING OUT RHYME
EENIE MEENIE MINIE MO. CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE.
IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO. EENIE MEENIE MINIE MO.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON WHOM THE WORD MO IS SAID TO IS OUT. WHEN MARY TOLD ME
THIS RHYME SHE SAID THAT INSTEAD OF THE WORD TIGER THEY SOMETIMES
SAID THE WORD NIGGER. THIS WOULD BE A VARIATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001920S
EENY MEENY GYPSILEENEE, OOH AAH CATCHALEENEE, ACHA CATCHA ATCHA
CATCHA, I LOVE YOU, NOT YOUR MAMA, NOT YOUR PAPA, BUT Y.O.U.
THIS DETERMINES WHO WILL HAVE TO HIDE THEIR EYES IN HIDE AND SEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-14-1980
ONE, TWO, THE COW SAID"MOO",
THREE, FOUR, THE LIONS ROAR
FIVE, SIX, THE MONKEY DO A TRICK
SEVEN AND EIGHT, HE'S SWINGIN' ON A GATE
NINE, TEN, THE BIG FAT HEN, AND THEN WE START ALL OVER AGAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-14-1980
COUNT-OUT RHYME.
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT PATTI AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME TOM AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE--4.
1-2-3-4 AND OUT GOES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UP STAIRS TO GET HER FELLOW.
ALL OF A SUDDEN HER GIRDLE BUSTED
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
Submitter comment: JUMP ROPE RHYME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
COUNTING OUT RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING OUT THE CLOTHES,
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE,
WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD?
Submitter comment: THE ANSWER IS THEN SPELLED
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
COUNTING OUT RHYME
ENGINE, ENGINE #9,
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
YES OR NO OR MAYBE SO?
Submitter comment: THE ANSWER IS THEN SPELLED
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1981