Here's a thought - which struck me mid-gig last weekend.

As any fule kno, eeeny meeny miny moe means one two three four in Pre-Celtic/Druidic* And, some say hickory dickory doc is eight nine ten. (Doc is still ten in some parts, hence dec). Anyway

Could all those generic choruses be from the same language do you think, and if so what do they really mean?

Come sing with me? Come fill my kirtle with mead? Give me a groat of oats or I'll bonce thy noggin? The Lyre player's out of tune again?

Does anyone know?

Tom

*(cf Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas in 'The Hiram Key' and elsewhere :-)