Eenie Meenie Sicileeny (Long Version)
Eenie Meenie Sicileeny (Long Version)
Hand Clapping Rhyme
Eenie meenie sicileeny,
Oom bah thumbalini,
Achi gachi Liberache,
I love you.
Take a peach,
Take a plum,
Take a stick of bubblegum.
No more peach,
No more plum,
No more sticks of bubblegum.
Saw you with your boyfriend
Last night,
How did I know
I peeked through the window
Nosey
Ate all the cookies
Greedy
Didn't do the dishes
Lazy
Jumped out the window
Must be crazy,
That's why I call you this...
Eenie meenie sicileeny,
Oom bah thumbalini,
Achi gachi Liberache,
I love you.
Comments
Katie Sullivan sent us the following email:
Hi Lisa,
I was searching around trying to find a rhyme that my mom taught me when I was young, and found a bit of it on the "Eenie Meenie Sicileeny" page, however the version my mom taught me was different, and much longer. I saw that some other people had left their versions on the page, so I thought it would be interesting to share the one I learned.
My mom was born in '63 and grew up in Southwest Ohio - this is the version she learned.
Eenie meenie ditch-a-dini
Ooh watch-you-wanna-meenie
Atchi catchi liberatchi
I love you, I mean I hate you
Saw you with your boyfriend last night
How do you know?
Peeked through the keyhole
Nosy
Give me a piece of candy
Stingy
Went upstairs to make my bed
Made a mistake and I bumped my head
Went downstairs to wash the dishes
Made a mistake and I washed my britches
Alias slip
There you are
Couldn't get to heaven on a candy bar
Candy bar slip
Alias slip
Couldn't get to heaven
Went to Alabama
Hello operator
Give me back my dime
1-2-3-4
Who do we appreciate?
5-6-7-8
Alexander Gushiate
Had a little monkey
Sent him to the country
Fed him on gingerbread
Along came a choo choo
And hit him on the boo-boo
And now my monkey is dead
Amen
Just thought this would be cool to share! It's surprising that there are so many different versions of this.
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Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Katie Sullivan for sharing her version of "Eenie Meenie Sicileeny"!