One Zahl, Two Zahl

DESCRIPTION: Counting rhyme: "One zahl, two zahl, a-zig, a-zag, a-zang. Bob-tail guinea nigger, tic-a-ram-a-tang, Hail 'em, scale 'em, budge 'em, Mary, A-sink 'em, a-sank 'em, buck!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1971 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, J. O. Bailey, "Letter About a Folk-Rhyme," Vol. XIX, No. 4 (Nov 1971), p. 177, "One zahl, two zahl, a-zig, a-zag, a-zang" (1 text)
NOTES [75 words]: The author of this learned this from her mother, who was suffering from dementia and sang it without being able to explain why or where she learned it. Bailey asked Arthur Palmer Hudson if he could identify it, and he claimed he could, but the author never explained what it was or where! So it files as its own piece for the moment.
I wonder if Hudson was referring to "One-ery, Two-ery, Tickery, Seven" or one o the other versions of Roud #19296- RBW
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File: NCF194OZ

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