All Around the Butter Dish

DESCRIPTION: Counting-out rhyme. "All around the butter dish, One, two, three. If you want a pretty girl, Just pick me. Blow the bugles, beat the drums, Tell me when your birthday comes." The answer is the date in the month, which is used to continue the count
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo)
KEYWORDS: food music | counting-out butter dish
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 32, "(All around the butter dish)" (1 text)
File: WEMM032A

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