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Thread #11190   Message #2706588
Posted By: Jeri
23-Aug-09 - 10:00 AM
Thread Name: Counting Songs
Subject: RE: Counting Songs
Because the thread about Poontang went sideways around this post...

Further versions of William Tremmytoe posted by Kytrad

Wire briar, limber lock.
Six geese in a flock.
One flew east.
One flew west.
One flew over
The cuckoo's nest


I found other versions of a counting rhyme at funtrivia.com, cited by a WikiPedia article on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
William Trimmytoes

Tingle, tingle, tremble toes
She's a good fisherman
Catches hens
Puts 'em in pens
Some lay eggs.
Some lay none.
Wire, blier, limer lock
Three geese inna flock
One flew east,
One flew west,
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
O-U-T spells out
Goose swoops down and plucks you out

And
William Matrimmatoe

William Matrimmatoe
He's a good fisherman.
He catches hens,
Puts them in pens.
Some lay eggs.
Some lay none.
William Matrimmatoe
He's a good fisherman.
Wire, briar, limber, lock.
Three geese in a flock.
One flew east.
One flew west.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Wire, briar, limber, lock.
Out goes you, old dirty dish rag, you.
Go visit the linked page. There's quite a bit of useful commentary and more versions.