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COUNTING OUT RHYME FOR CHOOSING "IT"

ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT IN A DISH. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU SQUISH?

Submitter comment: MY FAMILY WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THE BLOCK WHO WOULD USE THIS RHYME.
MY BROTHERS SAID IT WAS OUR RHYME ONLY AND THREATENED ANYONE WHO
ATTEMPTED TO SAY IT. THIS RHYME WAS PRETTY SPECIAL BECAUSE
IT BROUGHT A LAUGH EVERY TIME IT WAS REPEATED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS

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Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1974

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