1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive Lyrics
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I caught a fish alive, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Then I let it go again. Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite? This little finger on the right. - count to 10 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I caught a fish alive, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Then I let it go again. Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite? This little finger on the right.
Alternative lyrics for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive
One, two, three, Four and five, I caught a hare alive; Six, seven eight, Nine and ten, I let him go again.
source: Mother Goose's Melody (1765)
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I caught a hare alive; Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 I let her go again.
source: Mother Goose's chimes, rhymes & melodies (c. 1861)
1, 2, 3, ,4 , 5, I caught a hare alive; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, I let her go again.
source: Mother Goose's nursery rhymes: a collection of alphabets, rhymes, tales, and jingles (1877)
Fun facts about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive
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As for many nursery rhymes 'one two three four five once I caught a fish alive' was collected from oral tradition in the English language. The original author is unknown. An early recording of this counting-out rhyme was in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765. The modern version of the '1, 2, 3, 4, 5' counting song is a mix of three variations from The Counting-Out Rhymes of Children (1888) by collector of counting rhymes Henry Carrington Bolton. Older versions of one, two, three, four, five were about a hare, not a fish.
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Yes, One, Two, Three, Four, Five once I caught a fish alive is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme.