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"One, Two, Three, Four, Five" is one of many counting-out rhymes. It was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765. Like most versions until the late 19th century, it had only the first stanza and dealt with a hare, not a fish: One, two, three, four and five, I caught a hare alive; Six, seven, eight, nine and ten, I let him go again. [1]
"One for Sorrow" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition , the number of magpies seen tells if one will have bad or good luck. Lyrics
Twenty-one, change the gun; Twenty-two, the partridge flew; Twenty-three, she lit on a tree; Twenty-four, she lit down lower…. Twenty-nine, the game is mine; Thirty, make a kerchy. Some of the final lines Bolton's informant could no longer remember. [3] In the UK the rhyme was first recorded in Songs for the Nursery, published in London in ...
The phrase was also used as the title and in the main hook, with altered lyrics, for the song "One for the Money" by American rock band Escape the Fate. The phrase has also been used by Argentinian rapper Dillom in his song "PELOTUDA" from the album Post mortem. [5] The phrase was also used in the song "Give it to Me" by Agust D. [6]
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
Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as "a jumpy, funk-lined jeep anthem that allows Coolio plenty of room to work up a fun, lyrical sweat."He added, "The sample-happy groove provides a wigglin' good time, riding primarily on a prominent snippet of the early '80s 12-incher "Wikka Wrap" by the Evasions.
For instance "June" in the first line is often, but not always, replaced by its Irish counterpart "Meitheamh" mistaken by some to be the English "May". Most interpretations of the twentieth century omit the second and antepenultimate verse, and replace the original chorus by the following: One two three four five,
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.