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Here in Chicagoland in the 80's we had the Eenie meanie of the article, but also this variant: Eenie, meanie, hippa-teeny A la la-la booba-leenie Atchie, katch
by selfsimilar 9y ago
Here in Chicagoland in the 80's we had the Eenie meanie of the article, but also this variant:
Eenie, meanie, hippa-teeny
A la la-la booba-leenie
Atchie, katchie, booba-latchie
Out goes you
Then a whole slew of other rhymes used for picking 'it' in a game of tag, hide and seek, scatter beans, kick the can, etc.
- js2 9y agoI never heard that variant but I just read it to my kids and as soon as I got to "atchie katchi" my 16 y/o daughter shot up and grabbed her 14 y/o brother and the two of them broke into a paddy-cake like routine to this: eeny meeny sesalini ooh ah tumbolini achi achi liberachi i love you take a peach take a plumb take a sip of bubble gum no peach no plumb no sip of bubble gum saw you with your boyfriend last night how did you know i peeked through the window nosy didn’t take a bath dirty stepped on a baby must be crazy that’s why they call me eeny meeny sesalini ooh a tumbolini achi achi liberachi i love you