One, Two, Three, Four, Five
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It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13530.[2]
Text and melody
A common modern version is:
One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because he bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on my right.[3]
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Origin
"One, Two, Three, Four, Five" is one of many counting-out rhymes. It was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765. Like most versions until the late 19th century, it had only the first stanza and dealt with a hare, not a fish:
- One, two, three,
- Four and five,
- I caught a hare alive;
- Six, seven, eight,
- Nine and ten,
- I let him go again.[1]
The modern version is derived from three variations collected by Henry Bolton in the 1880s from America.[1]
See also
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