A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Nursery Jingles/LXXXIII.

by Sabine Baring-Gould

1,2 One, two, buckle my shoe;
3,4 Three, four, shut the door;
5,6 Five, six, pick up sticks;
7,8 Seven, eight, lay them straight;
9,10 Nine, ten, a good fat hen;
11,12 Eleven, twelve, who will delve?
13,14 Thirteen, fourteen, draw the curtain;
15,16 Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen;
17,18 Seventeen, eighteen, who is waiting?
19,20 Nineteen, twenty, my stomach's empty,
Please, mamma, give me some dinner.