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Counting Rhymes for Choosing TeamsYou're It!Counting Rhymes for Choosing Teams or Selecting “You’re it!” Whether it's Counting Who is Out – or – Choosing Who is It. One of the rhymes here will certainly do the trick. Take your pick.
A leader repeats the counting rhyme, fast or slow, as he is pointing with the hand or forefinger to each child in succession, not forgetting himself, and allotting to each person, one word of the mysterious formula. When the rhyme is finished, the child on whom the last word falls is "out," and steps aside. At each repetition another person steps aside, and the last one surviving the ordeal is declared "it" or "out", as the case may be.
The Counting Rhymes:Eeny, meeny, manny, mo, Catch a monkey by the toe; When he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, manny, mo. *****************Eenity, feenity, fickety, feg, El, del, domen, egg, Irky, birky, story, rock, Ann, Dan, Toosh, Jock. *****************
The leader assigns one letter of the alphabet to each child in the group, as he progresses down the line, and when a letter falls to a child which is the same as the initial of his last name, that child falls out, and this is continued until only one child remains, who is "it." *****************Red, white, yellow, blue, all out but you. *****************Eenity, feenity, fickety, feg, El, del, domen, egg, Irky, birky, story, rock, Ann, Dan, Toosh, Jock. *****************Zeeny, meeny, fickety, fick, Deal, doll, dominick; Zarity-panty, on a rock, toosh! *****************Eeny, pheeny, figgery, fegg, Deely, dyly, ham and egg. Calico back, and stony rock, Arlum, barlum, bash! *****************Inty, minty, tippity, fig, Dinah, donah, norma, nig, Oats, floats, country notes; Dinah, donah, tiz, Hulla-ballop-bulloo, Out goes you! *****************
Inty, tinty, tethery, methery, Bank for over, Dover, ding, Aut, taut, toosh; Up the Causey, down the Cross, There stands a bonnie white horse: It can gallop, it can trot, it can carry the mustard pot. One, two, three, out goes she! *****************Inky, pinky, peerie-winkie, Hi domin I. Arky, parky, tarry rope, Ann, tan, toozy Jock. *****************Hoky poky, winky wum, How do you like your 'taters done? Snip, snap, snorum, High popolorum, Kate go scratch it, You are out! *****************As I was walking down the lake, I met a little rattlesnake. I gave him so much jelly-cake, It made his little belly ache. One, two, three, out goes she! *****************Ease, ose, man's nose; Cauld parritch, pease brose. *****************Eemer-awmer, Kirsty Gawmer, Doon i' Carnoustie, merchant-dale. Leddy Celestie, Sandy Testie, Bonnie poppy-show. You—are—out! *****************Eatum, peatum, potum, pie, Babylonie, stickum, stie, Dog's tail, hog's snout, I'm in, you're out. *****************Eerie, orie, owre the dam, Fill your poke and let us gang; Black fish and white trout, Eerie, orie, you are out. *****************A ha'penny puddin', a ha'penny pie, Stand you there, you're out by. *****************My grandfather's man and me fell out, How will we bring the matter about? We'll bring it about as weel as we can, And a' for the sake o' my grandfather's man. *****************Master Foster, very good man, Sweeps his college now and than, After that he takes a dance. Up from London down to France, With a black bonnet and a white snout, Stand you there, you are out. *****************As I gaed up the apple tree A' the apples fell on me; Bake a puddin', bake a pie, Send it up to John Mackay; John Mackay is no in, Send it up to the man i' the mune; The man i' the mune's mendin' his shoon, Three bawbees and a farden in. *****************As I went up the apple tree, All the apples fell on me; Bake a puddin', bake a pie, Did you ever tell a lie? Yes I did, and many times. O-U-T, out goes she Right in the middle of the deep blue sea. *****************Eerie, orie, ickery, am, Pick ma nick, and slick ma slam. Oram, scoram, pick ma noram, Shee, show, sham, shutter, You—are—out! *****************
One-ery, two-ery, tickery, seven, Alibi, crackaby, ten and eleven; Pin, pan, musky dan; Tweedle-um, twoddle-um, twenty-one; Eerie, orie, ourie. You are out! *****************
As I went up the brandy hill, I met my father, wi' gude will; He had jewels, he had rings, He had mony braw things; He'd a cat and nine tails, He'd a hammer wantin' nails. *****************Up Jock, doun Tam, Blaw the bellows, auld man. The auld man took a dance, First to London, then to France. *****************Queen, Queen Caroline, Dipped her hair in turpentine; Turpentine made it shine, Queen, Queen Caroline. *****************Tit, tat, toe, Here I go, And if I miss, I pitch on this. *****************Zeenty, teenty, halligo lum, Pitchin' tawties doun the lum. Wha's there? Johnnie Blair. What d'ye want? A bottle o' beer. Where's your money? In my purse. Where's your purse? In my pocket. Where's your pocket? I forgot it. Go down the stair, you silly blockhead. You—are—out. *****************Zeenty, teenty, alligo, dan, Bobs o' vinegar, gentleman, Kiss, toss, mouse, fat, Bore a needle, bum a fiddle, Jink ma jeerie, jink ma jye, Stand you there, you're out bye. *****************One, two, three, four, Jenny at the cottage door, Eating cherries aff a plate, Five, six, seven, eight. *****************Zeenty, teenty, feggerie fell, Pompaleerie jig. Every man who has no hair Generally wears a wig. *****************Mistress Mason broke a basin, How much will it be? Half-a-crown. Lay it down. Out goes she! *****************One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, All good children go to heaven; When they die their sin's forgiven, One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. *****************One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, All good children go to heaven: A penny by the water, Tuppence by the sea, Threepence by the railway, Out goes she! *****************Me and the minister's wife coost out. Guess ye what it was about? Black puddin', dish-clout, Eerie, orrie, you are out! *****************Master Monday, how's your wife? Very sick, and like to die. Can she eat? O yes, As much as I can buy. She makes the porridge very thin, A pound of butter she puts in, Black puddin', white clout, Eerie, orrie, you are out! *****************Inky pinky, my black hen Lays eggs for gentlemen; Whiles ane, whiles twa, Whiles a bonnie black craw. One—two—three, You—are—out! *****************Eeny, meeny, clean peeny, If you want a piece and jeely, Just walk out! *****************John says to John, How much are your geese? John says to John, Twenty cents a-piece. John says to John, That's too dear; John says to John, Get out of here! *****************
Lemons and oranges, two for a penny, I'm a good scholar that counts so many. The rose is red, the leaves are green, The days are past that I have seen. *****************I doot, I doot, My fire is out, And my little dog's not at home: I'll saddle my cat, and I'll bridle my dog, And send my little boy home. Home, home again, home! *****************Jenny, good spinner, Come down to your dinner, And taste the leg of a roasted frog! I pray ye, good people, Look owre the kirk steeple, And see the cat play wi' the dog! *****************Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Haud the horse till I win on; Haud him siccar, haud him fair, Haud him by a pickle hair. One, two, three, You are out! *****************Around the house, arickity-rary, I hope ye'll meet the green canary: You say ay, I say no, Hold fast—let go! *****************Scottie Malottie, the king o' the Jews, Sell't his wife for a pair o' shoes; When the shoes began to wear Scottie Malottie began to swear. *****************Jock out, Jock in, Jock through a hickle-pin. Eetle-ottle, black bottle; Eetle-ottle, out! *****************
Anery, twaery, duckery, seven, Alama, crack, ten am eleven; Peem, pom, it must be done, Come teetle, come total, come twenty-one; *****************Enery, twa-ery, tuckery, taven, Halaba, crackery, ten or eleven; Peen, pan, musky dan, Feedelam, Fadelam, twenty-one. *****************
One-ery, two-ery, dickery, Davy, Hallabone, crackabone, tenery, Navy; Discome, dandy, merry-come-tine, Humbledy, bumbledy, twenty-nine, O-U-T, out. You must go out! *****************One-ery, two-ery, dickery, dee, Halibo, crackibo, dandilee; Pin, pan, muskee dan, Twiddledum, twaddledum, twenty-one; Black fish, white trout, Eeny, meeny, you go out. *****************Ena, deena, dina, dust, Catler, wheeler, whiler, whust; Spin, spon, must be done, Twiddleum, twaddleum, twenty-one. *****************Eena, deena, dina, duss, Catalaweena, wina, wuss; Tittle, tattle, what a rattle, O-U-T spells out! *****************One-ery, two-ery, tickery, ten, Bobs of vinegar, gentlemen; A bird in the air, a fish in the sea; A bonnie wee lassie come singing to thee. One, two, three! *****************
Mar'ret did. Elia, dealia, domin, igg, Ouchy, pouchy, domin, ouchy, One, ton, tusk, Alla, balla, boo, Out goes Y - O - U!
Thank you Mar'ret. And here's another sent in by Virginia: Engine Engine Number Nine Yes Or No (the one pointed to chooses) Y-E-S spells yes and out you go. No: N-O spells no and out you go. (We also liked to say, "and out you go with a dirty, dirty dishrag around your toe!) Thank you Virginia
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