Hoky, Poky, Winky, Wum

DESCRIPTION: Counting-out rhyme? "Hoky, poky, winky, wum, How so you like your taters done? Snip, snap, snorum, High populorum. Kate go scratch it. You are OUT."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: nonsense | counting-out
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 19, "(Hoky, poky, winky, wum)" (1 text)
NOTES [32 words]: It appears that this chorus has worked its way into a Virginia version of "The King of the Cannibal Islands," but it certainly isn't organic to that song. So I've given it its own listing. - RBW
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File: WEMM019A

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