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"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" – which can be spelled a number of ways – is a children's counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is chosen.
The Canadian Sweethearts, sometimes known as Bob & Lucille, were a Canadian singing duo [1] who were popular during the 1960s, disbanding in 1977. The duo consisted of vocalist Lucille Starr and her guitar-playing husband, Bob Regan. They are best known for the rockabilly song, "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe".
After the success of Casanova on the Continental European charts, "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" was released as the follow-up single. The track's title and chorus lyrics deal with a famous children's counting rhyme in English-speaking countries (Eeny Meeny Miny Moe). Its Bouzouki and Balalejka-theme is highly inspired by Boney M.'s "Rasputin".
A new person is pointed at as each word is said. The player who is selected at the conclusion of the rhyme is "it" or "out". In an alternate version, the circle of players may each put two feet in and at the conclusion of the rhyme, that player removes one foot and the rhyme starts over with the next person.
In the later Lantz comic books Woody Woodpecker Back to School #1 and 2 (1952-53), the three monkeys starred in comic stories of their own. The spelling of their names changed to Meeny, Miney and (sometimes) Mo. In the comics, the trio spoke English in a style roughly mimicking the Three Stooges. While Meeny's name no longer exactly matched the ...
The version all my friends and I used was "eeny meenie miney moe, catch a nigger by the toe, if he squeels, let him go, eeny meenie miney moe." I don't think I've ever heard any other version than this. -- 222.155.38.107 ( talk ) 12:01, 10 May 2010 (UTC) [ reply ]
"Eenie Meenie" received mixed reviews. Kyle Anderson of MTV said that "'Eenie Meenie' melds Sean Kingston's island-inflected dance-pop with Bieber's sweet tween R&B." [5] A reviewer of DJBooth said, "The record’s crown jewel, of course, is the chorus, which will worm its way into your head whether you like it or not."
It's an Israeli version of the Eeny, meeny, miny, moe counting method. [1] [2] A variant of the song is also popular in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia. The lyrics in this version are as follows: "En ten tini, sava raka tini, sava raka tika taka, bija baja bum, trif traf truf.". According to some accounts, the counting ...