One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (nursery rhyme)


 * For the novel with the same name see: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a nursery rhyme referenced in the novel with the same name.

The rhyme:
 * One, two,
 * Buckle my shoe;
 * Three, four,
 * Knock at the door;
 * Five, six,
 * Pick up sticks;
 * Seven, eight,
 * Lay them straight:
 * Nine, ten,
 * A big fat hen;
 * Eleven, twelve,
 * Dig and delve;
 * Thirteen, fourteen,
 * Maids a-courting;
 * Fifteen, sixteen,
 * Maids in the kitchen;
 * Seventeen, eighteen,
 * Maids a-waiting
 * Nineteen, twenty,
 * My plate's empty.

Agatha Christie's version of the rhyme has the variation
 * "Eleven, twelve,
 * men must delve".