![]() ![]() ![]() Beyond the first four lines, it proceeded: ![]() In his The Counting-Out Rhymes of Children (1888), the American collector of folklore, Henry Carrington Bolton (1843-1903), quoted an old lady who remembered a longer version of this rhyme as being used in Wrentham, Massachusetts as early as 1780. One, two, buckle my shoe Three, four, knock at 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 in waiting Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11284.Ī common version is given in The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes: " One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme of which there are early occurrences in the US and UK. Augustus Hoppin's illustration, published in New York, 1866 ![]()
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