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From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
Subject: Re: "Eins, zwei, Polizei..."
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Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 22:02:11 GMT
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regina@dial.pipex.com (Regina  Scharfenberg Jones) writes:

>My (British) husband remembers...

>One, two, button my shoe
>Three, four, knock at the door
>Five, six, pick up sticks
>Seven, eight, open the gate
>Nine, ten, begin again

We had that (with insignificant variations) in America, too, when I
was little (southern California, 1940s).

---  Joe Fineman    jcf@world.std.com

||:  We only of Creation (Oh, luckier bridge and rail!)     :||
||:  Abide the twin-damnation -- To fail and know we fail.  :||
