One, two,
Buckle my shoe;
Three, four,
Open the door;
Five, six,
Pick up sticks;
Seven, eight,
Lay them straight:
Nine, ten,
A big, fat hen;
Eleven, twelve,
Dig and delve;
Thirteen, fourteen,
Maids a-courting;
Fifteen, sixteen,
Maids in the kitchen;
Seventeen, eighteen,
Maids a-waiting
Nineteen, twenty,
My plate's empty
Alternative Lyrics:
Thirteen, fourteen,
draw the curtain,
Fifteen sixteen,
the maid's in the kitchen,
Seventeen, eighteen,
she's in waiting,
Nineteen, twenty,
my stomach's empty
Alternative Lyrics:
Three, four,
Lay down lower
Eleven twelve,
Who will delve
Fifteen, sixteen,
Maidsa-kissing...
Nineteen, twenty,
My Belly's empty
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