- 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".