One fer de Money!
This is called "A Race-Starter's Rhyme" in the book, Negro Folk Rhymes, Wise and Otherwise (1922)...
One fer de Money!
One for the Money!
Nursery Rhyme
Nursery Rhyme
(Historical Black American English)
(English)
One fer de money!
Two fer de show!
Three to git ready,
An' four fer to go!
One for the money!
Two for the show!
Three to get ready,
And four for to go!
Notes
This is also a traditional English rhyme, that's called One for the Money. It goes back to at least 1886, as seen in print.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in Negro Folk Rhymes, Wise and Otherwise, with a Study by Thomas W. Talley of Fisk University (1922).
Standard English version by Lisa Yannucci.
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