Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?
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Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?
Children's Song
To start this song, the group picks the first person to be "It"...
Group sings:
Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
[Name of 1st person who's "It"] stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
1st person who's "It" sings:
Who me?
Group sings:
Yeah you!
1st person who's "It" sings:
Couldn't be!
Group sings:
Then who?
1st person who's "It" sings:
[Name of 2nd person who's "It"] stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
2nd person who's "It" sings:
Who me?
Group sings:
Yeah you!
2nd person who's "It" sings:
Couldn't be!
Group sings:
Then who?
2nd person who's "It" sings:
[Name of 3rd person who's "It"] stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
Notes
The song can be continued indefinitely, usually until all the people in the group have had a chance to be "It".
Comments
-Sung as a child by Mama Lisa and her friends on Long Island, in New York.
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Photo: Monique Palomares