Wow, this a trip down memory lane...I just finished looking up "Ghost of John" and figured I'd try this...what I remember singing circa third grade was:

Mama lama cuma lama cuma la bista
Oh no no no not la bista
Esa meenie sola meenie oh wahla wahla meenie
Ich billy otten dotten bobo bo deeten dotten tshhh

This was a while ago, but I would LOVE to heard about the actual origin of this song....elevenx2@live.com is anyone comes across it!