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Impty, mimpty, tibbity, fig,
Delia, dahlia, dominig,
Ocher, pocher, dominocher,
Om, pom, tuss,
Olly, golly, goo,
Out goes you.
27
Nigger, nigger, hoe potater,
Half past alligater,
First man killed, a nigger, boo!
28
Ibbity, bibbity, sinity, salve,
Ibbity, bibbity, mellow.
29
Acker, backer, soda cracker,
Acker, backer, boo!
My father chews tobacker,
Out goes you.
30
Monkey in the match-box,
Don’t you hear him holler?
Take him to the station-house,
And make him pay a dollar.
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Finally, here is a formula for counting out made up of the first nine letters of the alphabet. The one to whom the letter I comes is the one each time who drops out.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I.
