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One Potato, Two Potato 'One Potato, Two Potatoes' Unknown Poor Mary 'Poor Jenny' or 'Poor Sally' England Star Light, Star Bright: United States Ten in the Bed 'There were ten in the Bed', '10 in the Bed', 'There were 10 in the bed' Unknown Origin unknown, there is a picture book dating to 1988 which uses similar lyrics. Ten Green Bottles
The popularity of particular counting-out rhyme wordings has varied over the years. In 1969 Iona and Peter Opie found "One potato, two potato" to be "in constant use" both in the UK and the USA during the 20th century [6] but by 2010, although still very well known, Steve Roud found that it was no longer British children's first choice for counting out.
Pages in category "Traditional children's songs" The following 198 pages are in this category, out of 198 total. ... One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) One potato, two ...
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"One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" "One, Two, Three, Four, Five" "On Top of Old Smokey" "Fast Food Song" (a song using the names of several fast food franchises) "Popeye the Sailor Man" (theme song from the 20th-century cartoon series) "Ring Around the Rosie" "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" "Sea Lion Woman" "See Saw Margery Daw" "Singing To The Bus Driver"
The French rhyme Une balle en or, tu sors: "A ball made of gold, you're out" Counting out game played by Igbo children from Nigeria (These rhymes may have many local or regional variants.) Eeny, meeny, miny, moe; 10 Little Indians; Five Little Ducks; Ip dip; One, Two, Three, Four, Five; Tinker, Tailor (traditionally played in England) Yan Tan ...
Singing games began to be recorded and studied seriously in the nineteenth century as part of the wider folklore movement. Joseph Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), Robert Chambers’s Popular Rhymes of Scotland (1826), James Orchard Halliwell's The Nursery Rhymes of England (1842) and Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales (1849), and G. F. Northal's English Folk Rhymes ...
Pages in category "Counting-out rhymes" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... One potato, two potato; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe;