My elementary english teacher taught us gibberish songs to help with singing. She would say a line and we would repeat it. She had several. So fun.
kumma lanna kumma lanna kumma lanna feesta
oh no no no not the feesta
My 5th grade friend Diane Cipperly taught me this version in about 1959:
It is call and (response):
Fi!(Fi)
Fi Fie !(fi fie)
Fi fie fo! (fi fie fo)
Fi fie fo fum! (fi fie fo fum)
Kumala! (kumala)
Vista! (vista)
Singing now: Oh, no no, no no la vista
Eeeny meeny decimeeny oo wa ta tu wah ta meeny
X-ameeny, Zolla- meeny oo wa tu wah.
Bee biddley-ah ta gotten, bo bo ta bee ta boten . Shhhh!
GREAT SONG! Wish I was still in touch with her and could sing it now!
48244824 said:
My 5th grade friend Diane Cipperly taught me this version in about 1959:
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Eeeny meeny decimeeny oo wa ta tu wah ta meeny
In the song Ooh! La! Ooh! La!, by They Might Be Giants, there's a line that sounds similar:
Eensy beensy crumbleeny Ooh la! Ooh la! Gumbleeny