Multiplication Table Song

DESCRIPTION: "Five times five is 25, And five times six is 30, Five times seven is 25, and five times eight is 40. Five times nine is 45, Five times ten is 50. Five times eleven is 55, And five times twelve is 60." With variations for other numbers
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (Stout-FolkloreFromIowa); reportedly learned 1882
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MW) Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Stout-FolkloreFromIowa 103, pp. 127-133, "Early Iowa School Songs" (11 texts, of which "H" is this song)
List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, pp. 78-80, "The Multiplication Table Song" (2 short texts, 2 tunes, the first for multiples of 2, the second for multiples of 5)
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 60, "Five times five is twenty-five" (1 short text)
Roud #16811
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Yankee Doodle" (tune)
cf. "Five to My Five" (subject of multiplication)
NOTES [29 words]: Roud lumps this with "Five to My Five," but the purpose is (just barely) different enough that I've split them; that song is a playparty, and this seemingly a school song. - RBW
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File: Stou103H

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