On each line you point to a different kid: Eenie, meenie miney, moe, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, Let him go. My mother said to pick the very best one and you are noooot (not) it.
***** According to 'The Name of the Number' (2007) by Michael A. Deakin, 'eeny miney' seems to derive from the numbers 1 and 2 in the old Yarmouth dialect in England. ***** Bretta Gerhard wrote: 'I was looking through your U.S. Songs and I noticed some differences between the ones you have and the ones I know.' Here's one of the songs Bretta sent. Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe Eenie, meenie, miney, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, make him pay.
50 dollars every day My mother told me to pick the very best one And you are not it. You dirty, dirty, dish rag, you.