eeny meeny

[Robin Chambers]

>From Connecticut, 50's:

eeny, meeny, miney, mo,
catch a tiger by the toe,
if he hollers let him go
My-Mother-Told-Me-to-Pick-The-Very-Best-One-And You-Are-It!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM [mailto:Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:15 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: counting rhyme


NYC and suburbs, 50's:

     Eeny, meeny, miney, mo,
     Catch a tiger by the toe.
     If he hollers, let him go.
     MY MOther* SAID TO PICK THIS VE-RY ONE
     OUT GOES Y - O - U

* The second syllable of "mother" falls between two beats and doesn't, uh,
"count".

-- Mark