Did you know the counting nursery rhyme '12345 Once I caught a fish alive' dates back to around 1765, when it was published in Mother Goose's Melody - only then it was a hare that was caught not a fish...
Today's modern version stems from variations Henry Bolton collected in the 1880s from America
'12345 once I caught a fish alive'
One, two, three, four, five Once I caught a fish alive. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten 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 my right.
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