A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/One, two, buckle my shoe

by Sabine Baring-Gould

For other versions of this work, see One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.

LXXXIII.

101, 202One, two, buckle my shoe;
103, 204Three, four, shut the door;
105, 206Five, six, pick up sticks;
107, 208Seven, eight, lay them straight;
109, 2010Nine, ten, a good fat hen;
1011, 2012Eleven, twelve, who will delve?
1013, 2014Thirteen, fourteen, draw the curtain;
1015, 2016Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen;
1017, 2018Seventeen, eighteen, who is waiting?
1019, 2020Nineteen, twenty, my stomach's empty,
Please, mamma, give me some dinner.