One, Two, Three, Four, I Bumped My Nose Against the Door

DESCRIPTION: "One, two, three, four, I bumped my nose against the door. The door fell in, And I fell out. O-U-T spells out."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: game injury | door
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 54, "(One, two, three, four, I bumped my nose against the door)" (1 text)
Roud #19295
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "One Two Three Four, Mary at the Cottage Door" ("O-U-T spells out" lyric) and references there
NOTES [31 words]: Roud lumps this with "One Two Three Four, Mary at the Cottage Door," which is understandable, since it has the same first and last line. But the key lines are different, so I've split them.
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File: BAAI054B

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