I caught a hare alive;

Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten,

6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

I let her go again.

One-ery, two-ery, ziccary zan;

Hollow bone, crack a bone, ninery ten;

Spillery spot, it must be done;

Twiddledum, twaddledum, twenty-one.

O, U, T, spells out.

[Used by Children to decide who is to begin a game.]