The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

COUNTING OUT RHYME FOR CHOOSING "IT"

OH, A PEANUT SAT ON A RAILROAD TRACK.
HIS HEART WAS ALL A FLUTTER.
AROUND THE BEND CAME NUMBER TEN.
TOOT TOOT PEANUT BUTTER.
THE PERSON WHO IS LANDED ON IS "IT" FOR THE GAME TO BE PLAYED.
WHENEVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WOULD USE THIS RHYME, THEY WOULD
ALWAYS PUNCH EVERYBODY'S HANDS IN THE CIRCLE BECAUSE OF THE
TRAIN SMASHING THE POOR PEANUT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Date learned: 00-00-1974