Bedbugs & Beetles, or Skeeters?...
Photo by Krzysztof Niewolny on Unsplash
My daughter came home from pre-school singing a turtle song with a familiar tune. The tune came from a song I used to hear a lot back when I was in the second grade. I tried to google it to find the "official" lyrics, only to learn there seems to be no official lyrics - every version I found on the internet seemed to be noticeably different. So, I decided to post it as I remember it:
I woke up Sunday morning
I looked up on the wall
The beetles (or skeeters) and the bed bugs
Were playing a game of ballThe score was six to nothing
The beetles (or skeeters) were ahead
The bed bugs hit a home run
And knocked me out of bed!I'm singing Eenie meenie and a...
Minie mo mo mo mo
Catch a whippa-whoppa
By the toe, and if he...
Hollers hollers hollers
Let him go. I'm singing
Eenie meenie and a... Minie mo!I wend downstairs for breakfast
They served me bacon and eggs
I ate up all the bacon
The eggs ran down my legs!I'm singing Eenie meenie and a...
Minie mo mo mo mo
Catch a whippa-whoppa
By the toe, and if he...
Hollers hollers hollers
Let him go. I'm singing
Eenie meenie and a... Minie mo!My mother is a baker
My father cuts up meat
And I'm a little hot-dog
Running down the street!I'm singing Eenie meenie and a...
Minie mo mo mo mo
Catch a whippa-whoppa
By the toe, and if he...
Hollers hollers hollers
Let him go. I'm singing
Eenie meenie and a... Minie mo!I jumped into the sewer
And that's where I will die
Some people call it murder
But I call it sewer-cide!I'm singing Eenie meenie and a...
Minie mo mo mo mo
Catch a whippa-whoppa
By the toe, and if he...
Hollers hollers hollers
Let him go. I'm singing
Eenie meenie and a... Minie mo!