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COUNTING OUT
ONE FOR THE MONEY, TWO FOR THE SHOW,
THREE TO GET READY AND FOUR TO GO.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
CREEPY MOUSE GAME
FINGERS CREEP FROM THE CHILD'S TOES TO HIS STOMACH
WHILE SAYING VERSE:
HERE COMES THE CREEPY MOUSE,
CREEPING INTO (BABY'S NAME) HOUSE.
Submitter comment: GAME PREVALENT IN INFORMANT'S FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
FORTY HORSES IN A STALE AND ONE JUMPED OUT.
Submitter comment:
IT'S COUNTED OUT AMONG A GROUP, THE PERSON WHO IT COMES
TO ON THE WORD "OUT" IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
Submitter comment:
THAT NUMBER COUNTED OUT AMONG EACH PLAYER, THE LAST
PERSON IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE,
ROLLING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN JUMPS OFF THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR BACK?
Y-E-S SPELLS YES AND YOU ARE NOT IT.
N-O SPELLS NO AND YOU ARE NOT IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING
1, 2 BUCKLE MY SHOE,
3, 4, SHUT THE DOOR.
5, 6, PICK UP STICKS,
7, 8, LAY THEM STRAIGHT.
9, 10, A BIG FAT HEN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
COUNTING OUT
FOR EVERY WORD, YOU POINT TO A DIFFERENT PERSON:
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH,
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
SIX. (COUNT OUT SIX)1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
THE LAST PERSON POINTED TO IS THE PESON WHO IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
FOR EVERY WORD YOU POINT TO A DIFFERENT PERSON:
BLUE SHOE, BLUE SHOE, HOW OLD ARE YOU?
PERSON GIVES A NUMBER, AND YOU COUNT IT OUT. THE PERSON
WHO IS POINTED TO LAST IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
ELIMINATION GAME
EENIE, MEENIE, MINIE, MO,
CATCH A RABBIT BY HE TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO CHOOSE THE VERY BEST ONE.
YOU ARE NOT IT.
Submitter comment:
ELIMINATION: BOTH FEET IN CIRCLE OR JUST ONE FOOT.
THE PERSON LEFT WITH ONE FOOT IN CIRCLE WAS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
COUNTING OUT
EENY MEENY ITCHY GEEMY OU AH
UMBELLEENY I-O-WAKE I-O-WAKE-YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN DETERMINING WHO IS "IT" IN A PARTICULAR
GAME.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
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THE MAGIC BALL GOES ROUND AND ROUND PASS IT QUICKLY, YOU ARE BOUND. IF YOU'RE THE ONE TO HAVE IT LAST, THE GAME IS PASSED AND YOU ARE OUT!
Submitter comment:
LEARNED IN JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA WHILE WORKING
ON THE PLAYGROUND.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COUNTING SONG PERFORMED BY A GROUP OF PERSONS
WHO HAVE EXTENDED THEIR HANDS SHAPED INTO FISTS TO A PERSON
WHO COUNTS AS HE SAYS THE RHYME. THE PERSON WHOSE FIST IS
TOUCHED ON THE WORD EIGHT MUST PUT THAT FIST BEHIND HIS
BACK AS THE PROCESS OF COUNTING CONTINUES. THIS IS A
GAME USED AS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION TO SEE WHO IS
"IT" FOR A GAME OF TAG.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ON THE COUNT OF EIGHT,--ON THE WORD "MORE"--PUT YOUR FIST BEHIND YOUR BACK.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, OR,
FOUR POTATO, FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, MORE, ETC.
UNTIL NUMBER RECHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Coldwater
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
COUNTING OUT
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN MY SHOE,
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: ELIMINATION. PUT ONE OR TWO FEET IN CIRCLE, ONE LEFT IS IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
AZA, TOOZA, KITCH CAN ASH CAN,
BOOZA BAM, SEE SAW BUCK, YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment:
INSTRUCTIONS--GROUP PUTS BOTH FEET IN A CIRCLE.
ELIMINATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
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ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR.
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
Submitter comment: COUNTING OUT OR POSSIBLY JUMP ROPE
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ELIMINATION GAME
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
Submitter comment:
ELIMINATION FOR "IT." PUT BOTH HANDS IN CIRCLE, ON
"MORE" ONE HAND WAS OUT OF CIRCLE. PERSON HAD TO HAVE
BOTH HANDS OUT OF CIRCLE TO BE SAFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
COUNTING OUT
MY MOTHER AND YOURS WERE HANGING UP SOME CLOTHS,
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE.
Submitter comment: THE PERSON WHO IS IT WHEN THE WORD NOSE COMES UP IS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967