A lirripeg, a larrapeg,
A bee, a nail, a stone, a stack,
A bonny Billie Gelpie,
A Belia-bug, a warum rock,
Crib-i-stery, Hick!
The little Turks and Armenians use this count:
Allem, Bellem, chirozi,
Chirmirozi, fotozi,
Fotoz, gider magara,
Magarada tilki bash,
Pilki beni korkootdi,
Aallede shooullede
Edirnede, Divid bashi
Ben Ilayen kehad bashi,
French youngsters use this rhyme:
Un, deux, trois,
Tu ne l'est pas;
Quatre, cinq, six,
Va-t'en d'ici!
One, two, three,
Thou art not "it";
Four, five, six,
Go away from here!
Here is how Dutch boys do it:
Een, twee, sen kopje thee;
Een, klotje er bij,
Af ben jij!
Along the Rhine this is popular:
Ene, tene, mone, mei,
Paster, lone, bone, strei,
Ene, fune, herke, berke,
Wer? Wie? Wo? Was?