Classic Poem

I

E ENY , meeny, miney, mo,
Cracka feeny, finey, fo;
Omma nooja, oppa tooja,
Rick, bick, ban, do!

II

Eeny, meeny, miney, mo, —
All the children in a row,
Cracka feeny, who is he,
Counting out so solemnly?

III

Eeny, meeny, look how tall,
Like a shadow on the wall!
When did he come down the street,
Muffled up from head to feet?

IV

Listen! Don't you hear the shiny
Shadow-man count meeny-miney?
Hush! when all the counting's done
Maybe I might be The One!

V

Cracka feeny, finey, fo,
Watch his shining fingers go!
He can see enough to play,
Though he hides his face away.

VI

Oppa tooja, rick, bick, ban,
O the solemn Counting Man!
Forty-'leven from the top —
Now where will his fingers stop?

VII

Eeny, meeny, miney, mo,
Cracka feeny, finey, fo;
Omma nooja, oppa tooja,
Rick, bick, ban, do!