In the modern English nursery rhyme "One, Two, Three, Four, Five" which creature was let go?
"One, two, three, four, five" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme.
Common modern versions:
One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Then I let it go again.
Why did I let it go,
Because he bit my finger so!
Which finger did he bite?
This little finger on my right!
The rhyme is one of many counting-out rhymes. It was first recorded in "Mother Goose's Melody" around 1765. Like most versions until the late nineteenth century, it had only the first stanza, and dealt with a hare not a fish, with the words:
One, two, three, Four and five,
I caught a hare alive;
Six, seven, eight, Nine and ten,
I let him go again.
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