Part III- Examples Of "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie", "ABC, It's Easy As 1, 2, 3", & Similarly Titled Children's Recreational Rhymes From The Late 1960s-2015

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest update - November 5, 2025

This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about sources for the children's recreational rhymes with the titles "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie", "ABC It's Easy As Do Re Me", "Winston Tastes Good", & similarly titled rhymes.

Note that there are other recreational rhymes that include the "ABC It's Easy As 1, 2, 3" and similar lines that don't include the "Ooh Ah!, I Want A Piece Of Pie" verses. However, all of the children's recreational rhyme examples of the cigarette jingle "Winston Taste Good"... that I've come across thus far follow that jingle with the "Ooh Ah" I Want A Piece Of Pie" trading verse rhymes..

("Trading verses" is a term that I have come across for a rhythmic pattern in some rhymes or songs in which one item is found to be somewhat defective and is then "traded" or exchanged for another item and that pattern continues throughout the entire rhyme or song or in a portion of that rhyme. A familiar song that uses this trading verses pattern is "Hush Little Baby" (Don't say a word/ Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird".) 

The earliest dates that I have come across for the rhymes in this compilation are "the late  1960s"..This post presents a small sub-set of these examples that were published online (or, in one case, from a book) between the 1960s to 2015. I arbitrarily selected the "2015" date as a means of establishing some limitation in the number of examples in this compilation.   

A few comments that were published online after 2015 are included because the contributor mentions these rhymes from the 1960s to the 1980s.

The comment section below this post includes my thoughts about these rhymes.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/part-i-short-story-excerpt-and-youtube.html for Part I of this three part pancocojams series. That post presents a timeline with additional information about the literary source, music sources, and the cigarette ad source for the "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie", "ABC It's Easy As 1, 2, 3", & similarly titled rhymes.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/part-ii-timeline-for-sources-of-tune.html for Part II of this three part pancocojams series. That post presents a timeline with additional information about the literary source, music sources, and the cigarette ad source for the "Ooh Ah! I Want A Piece Of Pie", "ABC It's Easy As Do Re Me" & similarly titled rhymes that include verses of "Ooh Ah I Want A Piece Of Pie. 

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and recreational purposes.

All copyrights belong with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/problems-with-line-bull-too-black-i.html for the closely related pancocojams post "Problems With The Line "Bull Too Black I Want My Money Back" & Similar Lines In "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie" Rhymes"

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THE ACCOMPANYING PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES FOR THESE RHYMES
These rhymes appear to have been (and still are?) chanted mostly by girls between the ages of 6 years to around 12 years old. The  accompanying performance activity for these rhymes is rarely given for these examples. However, after the 1970s, a number of girls' recreational rhymes began to be chanted while doing partner, three person hand clap routines, or four person hand clap routines instead of chanting rhymes while jumping rope (skipping rope). Therefore, my guess is that most of these examples were/are chanted while doing hand clap routines.

Most of the examples in this compilation are from adults sharing their memories of their childhood rhymes.

For the folkloric record, please share the example/s of these rhymes that you know in the comment section below. Remember to include demographic information with your version of that rhyme. By "demographic information" I especially mean where (the city, state, and country you live in if outside of the United States), and when (year or decade that you first chanted or heard that example or examples). Also, I'm please share information about any performance activity you did while chanting this rhyme (such as jumping rope or doing hand clap routines). Thanks in advance!

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HOW THESE EXAMPLES ARE PRESENTED IN THIS PANCOCOJAMS COMPILATION 
This compilation is a combination of selected examples of "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie", "ABC, It's Easy As 1, 2, 3", & similarly titled children's recreational rhymes from the late 1960s-2015. I arbitrarily limited this compilation to 2015* for space concerns.
 
Some of these rhyme examples are included as part of a longer comment. In those cases, the entire comment is usually given in this compilation, except for portions of that comment that I consider to be off-topic (such as the presentation of another rhyme). 

These examples are given "as is" without any spelling or punctuation correction. Because most of the examples were given without titles, I didn't add any titles. When the contributor gave their example a title, that title is presented after its number in this compilation.

Numbers are added to each example for referencing purposes only.

These examples are presented based on their publication dates online or-in one case- the publication date for a collection of Black American children's playground rhymes that included that example.

If the commenter mentions the date and geographic location where that example was chanted or heard, that information is given in parenthesis across from that example's number. This is done in order to highlight that information.

*The Addendum to this list includes comments/examples that have publication dates after 015 if those comments mention the year that they first chanted this rhyme was between the 1960s and 2015. .  

The contributor's name, the date that comment/example was published, and where I found that example are given after that comment/example. 

Brief explanation for certain terms that are found in some of these examples may be added after the example itself. 

The first historical example of these rhymes is part of African American writer Richard Wright's short story "Big Boy Leaves Home" in his collection "Uncle Tom's Children" published in 1938. That rhyme is given in Part I of this pancocojams series.

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Example #1
"SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE [title]

Shake, shake, shake
Eeny meeny
That's a queeny
Ooh ba Thumbalina
Ah cha ca che Liberace
Oh baby I love you
Yes I do.
Take a peach
Take a plum
Take a piece of bubble gum
No peach
No plum
Just a piece of bubble gum
Oooshe ahshe
Oooshe ahshe
I want a piece of pie
The pie too sweet
I want a piece of meat
The meat too tough
I want to ride the bus
The bus too full
I want to ride the bull
The bull too black
I want my money back
The money too green
I want a diamond ring.
-Barbara Michels, Bettye White, Apples On A Stick, The Folklore of Black Children (Houston, Texas) 1983, p. 17}

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Example #2 
"Hand clapping game

Winston tastes good like a cigarette should like oh ah wanta piece of pie pie to sweet, want a piece of meat meat to tough, want ride a bus bus to full want to ride a bull bull to fast want my money back money to green want a jelly bean bean to red want to go to bed now close your eyes and count to ten, if you miss start over again 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10"
- http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtm   "In the 80s" - no publishing date given

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Example #3
"So someone else also has a real lyric but if you want a slightly longer one it goes:

 ABC it's easy as 1,2,3,
My momma takes care of me (or it can be my momma sings do,re,mi)
My papa watched MTV,
My granny says:
Ooh, aaah, I wanna piece of pie.
Pie too sweet, i wanna piece of meat.
Meat too ruff I wanna ride a bus.
Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull.
Bull too black I want my money back.
Money back too green, I wanna a Lima bean.
Lima bean not cooked, I wanna read a book
Book not read I want to go to bed.
Bed not made I want some lemonade
Lemonade too sour I wanna take a shower.
Shower too cool, I wanna go to school.
School too dumb, I wanna suck my thumb.
Thumb too dirty, I wanna ride a birdie.
Birdie too slow and that's all I know so close your eyes and count to ten, Whoever messes up starts all over again.....
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
No one messed up so that's the end!
-Joy Ahmed, https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-lyrics-to-the-ABC-hand-game , 1997

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Example #4
"I was talking to my sister Casey, who is eleven this October (1994), about what girls in elementary school do during recess. (We asked my brother what boys do, because they never played the girls' games. He declined to comment.) One popular pastime has always been jumping rope, often while the two kids turning the rope chant a rhyme. I could never jump rope without tripping almost immediately, which revelation was a source of vast amusement to my little sister. Another pastime, open even to the comparatively clumsy, involved chanting or singing a rhyme while clapping hands with another kid (or three). I discovered that kids at the school I went to (in St. Louis, Missouri, USA) use the same songs as ten years ago, with one or two additions probably attributable to children who originally lived elsewhere. I got to wondering how widespread this particular phenomenon is, and figured the most interesting way to find out would be to put it on the web. 

[...]

This is a more recent song than the others. It might have originated as a jumprope rhyme.

Snickers taste good,
Like a, mmmm-candybar should.
Ooh, my, 
 want a piece of pie.
Pie too sweet, 
 want a piece of meat.
Meat too tough,
 want to ride the bus.
Bus too full,
 want to ride a bull.
Bull too black,
 want my money back.
Money too green,
 want a jelly bean.
Bean too red,
 want to go to bed.
Bed too soft, 
 throw the pillow off.
Now close your eyes
And count to ten
And if you mess up
Start over again, so
One, two,
 three, four,
 five, six,
 seven, eight,
 nine, ten!"
-Bridget Spitznagel, Apr 1, 1997,https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sprite/jmp.html
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"cmu.edu" is Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but this contributor
learned this rhyme in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Example #5
"I learned it at summer camp as a clapping game:

Winston tastes good just like a cigarette should
Just like an - ooh, ah, I want a piece of pie
Pie too sweet, I want a piece of meat
Meat too brown, I want to go to town
Town too far, I'll have to take a car
Car too black, I want my money back
Money too green, I want a limosine
..... I want some lemonade
Lemonade too sour, by now we have the power
To close our eyes and count to ten
Whoever messes up has to do it again.

And at this point, the clapping pattern got more complicated and the players closed their eyes and counted to ten."
-Guest, Chocolate Pi; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926 "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie", October 10, 2000

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Example #6
"here's one we used to play at school. (some words are not really words but are pronounced that way, this is not really the beginning to the song but the middle because I didn't know how to pronounce those words)

Take a peach take a plumb take a piece of bubble gum
No peach no plumb just a piece of bubble gum
Oche Iche, I want a piece of pie
The Pie to sweet
i want a piece of meat
the meat to rough
i wanna ride the bus
the bus to full
i wanna ride the bull
the bull to black
i want my money back
my money to green
i want a jelly bean
the jelly bean to white
goodnight sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
if they do get a shoe an beat the black and blue
down by the river with the hangy pangy
where the bulldog jumped from bang to bang
there set a

A

E

I

O

U

That's all there set a

A

E

I

O

U

Listen to the beat"
-R.S.; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php (Octoblog); November 7, 2003 [The link for that blog is no longer active.]

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Example #7
"A B C

it's easy as 1 2 3
yer mama's got funky feet
oosh ahsh I want a piece of squash
sqhash too sweet I want a piece of meat
meat too tough I wanna ride a bus
Buss too full I wana buy a bull
bull too black I want my money back
money too green I want a limosine
Limosine too long
I wanna write a song
song too old I want a pot of gold
gold to yella' I wanna kiss a fella
fella too fat
and that's the end of that

or
gold too yellow I'll Tickle you with a feather (and you reach out and try to tickle the person who you're playing with)

that's all I can remember right now...
-Reebob; 2/12/2004; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300&messages=155 ; Children's Street Songs; 2/12/2004

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Example #8
"abc is easy as 123 my mama takes care of me my daddy watches MTV

oh my

i wanna piece of pie

pie too sweet, wanna piece of meat

meat too tough, wanna ride a bus

bus too full, wanna ride a bull

bull too fat, want my money back

money too green, wanna jelleybean

jelly bean not cooked, wanna read a book

book not read, wanna go to bed

bed not made, want some lemonade

lemonade too sour, wanna take a shower

shower too cool, wanna go to school

school too dumb, wanna suck my thumb

thumb to dirty, wanna ride a birdy

birdy to slow, and thats all i know

so close your eyes and count to ten

and if you mess up, start all over again!
-Jessie, August 6th, 2006, https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-want-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/, [Pancocojams Editor's note November 4, 2025: A statement on that page from 2006 indicates that that site has received more than 100 examples of that rhyme. I retrieved some of these examples years ago and some of them are no longer shown on that page.)

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Example #9

"abc, easy as 123, my momma takes care of me, my daddy watches mtv, ooh ahh i want a piece of pie, pie to sweet i wanna piece of meat, meat to rough i wanna ride a bus, bus too full i wanna ride a bull, bull not black i want my money back, money back too green i wanna jelly bean, jelly bean not cooked i wanna read a book, book not read i wanna go to bed, bed not made i want some lemonade, lemonade too sour i wanna take a shower, shower too cool i wanna go to school, school too dumb i wanna suck my thumb, thumb to dirty i wanna ride a birdie, birdie too slow and thats all i know, so close your eyes and count to ten, whoever messes up starts all over again, 12345678910...noone messed up so thats the end!
-elle ; 4/3/2007; http://cocojams.com/handclap_rhymes.htm
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"Cocojams.com" was the name of my cultural website that I deactivated in October 2014.

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Example #10
"want a piece of pie, pie too sweet

want a piece of meat, meat too rough

want to ride a bus, bus too full

want to ride a bull, bull too black

want my money back

money too green

makes me mean

here comes the lady with the bald headed baby

hot dog baby, sugar and gravy!"
-Chris W, March 17th, 2008, - https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-want-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/

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Example #11
"This is what I remember from when i was a child. (with hand movements)

Snickers is good,
just like a candy bar should be
with a
umm ahh,
Wanna piece of pie
pie to sweet
wanna piece of meat
meat to rough
gotta ride the bus
bus to full
gotta rid a bull
bull to fast
want my money back
money to green
want a jelly bean
bean to red,
gotta go to bed
bed to soft
throw the pillow off
now close your eyes and
count to ten
if you mess up, try again

1

2

3…."
-Pat, July 20th, 2008,  https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-want-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/,

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Example #12
"123, My mama takes care of me.
My daddy watches ABC.
Ohh ahh! I wanna piece of pie.
Pie too sweet. I wanna piece of meat.
Meat too rough. I wanna ride a bus.
Bus too full. I wanna ride a bull.
Bull too black. I want my money back.
Money too green. I want a jelly bean.
Jelly bean not cooked. I wanna read a book.
Book not read. I wanna go to bed.
Bed not made. I want some lemonade.
Lemonade too sour. I wanna take a shower.
Shower too cold. I want a piece of gold.
Gold too shiny. I wanna pet a kitty.
Kitty too fat. Now that's the end of that.
Now close your eyes and count to ten.
Whoever messes up has to start all over again!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5...."
- Guest, Georgia A; Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926 "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie" , July 21, 2008
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In the line "My daddy watches ABC", the letters "ABC" refers to the nationwide American television network. It's appears to be more common for these "ABC" versions to say "MTV" (the name of another national television channel in the United States), than "ABC".

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Example #13
"owww iiiiii,
i wanna peice of pie,
pie to sweet i wanna peice of meat,
meat to red i wanna go to bed,
bed not made i want some lemonade,
lemonade is sour to give us the power to try to count to ten,
who ever messes up must start over again!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10!
-GUEST,MG, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926, "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie", 23 Dec 08

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Example #14
"ABC!
As easy as 123!
My mama takes care of me.
Ooh. Ah. I wanna piece of pie.
Pie's too sweet; I wanna piece of meat.
Meat's too tough; I wanna ride the bus.
Bus too full; I wanna ride a bull.
Bull too black; I want my money back.
Money too green; I wanna jelly bean.
Jelly bean ain't cooked; I wanna read a book.
Book ain't read; I wanna go to bed.
Bed ain't made; I want some lemonade.
Lemons too sour; I wanna take a shower.
Shower too cold; I wanna piece of gold.
Gold too shiny, so kiss my behiny!"
GUEST,Sarahlu, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926, "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie" 27 Jan 09

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Example #15
"123 my mama takes care of me
my daddy sings do re me
oh ah i wanna piece of pie
pie too sweet i wanna piece of meat
meat too tough i wanna ride a bus
bus too full i wanna ride a bull
bull too mean i wanna jelly bean
jelly bean too red i wanna go to bed
bed not made i want some lemonade
lemonade too sour i wanna take a shower
shower to cold i wanna piece of gold
gold too pretty i wanna kiss a kitty
kittty too fat and thats the end of that
hey tomboy hey tomboy meet me on the corner on a saturday night
we can wiggle we can jiggle we can dance all night
close your eyes and count to 10 and if u mess up start over again
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
-Guest, sophie, http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926&messages=37, "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie", April 4, 2009

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Example #16 - (Washington D.C-between 1967-1970)
"OK, I gotta join in because I came looking for just this discussion, and am surprised to not see the version I learned. I grew up in the Anacostia district of SE Washington, D.C. I was born in 1961 and vaguely recall that I learned this one from my older brother maybe between 1967 and 1970. I always assumed he got it from school, but we were pretty much the only whites on our street and the black girls next door spent a lot of time doing some skilled rope jumping with songs and chants, so maybe it came from them. The rhythm seems much too slow for skipping rope, though, unless they jumped at twice the meter or something. But it had a truly "boy sound" to it, always with a deep, growling voice like an alcoholic bum or something...can't imagine girls doing this one!

OOOH! AHH!
Wanna piece o' pie!
Pie too sweet,
Wanna piece o' meat!
Meat too tough,
Wanna ride a bus!
Bus too full,
Wanna ride a bull!
Bull too black,
Want ma' money back!
Money too green,
Go get Mr. Clean!

(with emphasis...)

Mr. CLEEAAN SEZ...(pause)

(start over at top and repeat, endlessly)

I had to do it for my 7-year-old son tonight, as I always do, when I got out the Mr. Clean to clean up a mess of his. Who knows, maybe I picked up some kind of marketing version of it!

And, BTW, we sometimes did this as we played penny-ante tunk, but that is another thread somewhere, I am sure!"
-GUEST,Robert, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926, "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie", 15 Apr 09
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"Mr. Clean" is the brand name for cleaning solutions and the fictitious character who represents those cleaning solutions in ads.

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Example #17 
"A, B, C! It's easy as 1-2-3!
My mama drinks cold coffee!
My papa takes care of me.
Ooh, aah
Want a piece of pie
Pie too sweet?
Want a piece of meat.
Meat too tough?
Wanna ride a bus.
Bus too full?
Wanna go to school? [etc.]"
-posted by simulacra on May 19, 2009, https://ask.metafilter.com/122487/Teddy-Bear-Teddy-Bear-turn-aroundand-then-what

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Example #18
Winston smells good just like a coconut,

Just like a, ooh, ah, I wanna piece of pie.

Pie too sweet I, wanna piece of meat.

Meat too tough, I wanna ride a bus.

Bus to full, I wanna ride a bull.

Bull to black, I want my money back.

Money too green, I wanna jellybean.

Jellybean not red, I wanna go to bed.

Bed not made, I want some lemonade.

Lemonade too sour, so we’ve got the power

To close our eyes and count to ten.

Whoever messes up starts all over again!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

We didn’t mess up, so this is the end!
-Seb, September 1,2009, https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-want-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/comment-page-2/

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Example #19 - (Western New York State - 1969)
"This is how I remember it from 1969 in Western NYS- and after seeing the other posts I have to laugh because we always said Pa instead of pie and it never made any sense to me-but most of these didn't anyway.....And I also can see a reference to the times-related to the bus being too black....

Ooh Ahh, Wanna piece of Pa
Pa too sweet
Wanna piece of meat
Meat too tough
Wanna ride a bus
Bus too black
Want my money back
Money too green
Make me wanna scream
"Your father's got a head like a submarine!"
-GUEST,cknick, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926, "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie", 21 Sep 10
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Folk processing can occur when a word or words is misremembered or misheard.That may be why "pa" was chanted instead of the word "pie".

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Example #20
"ew ah i want a piece of pie,
the pie to sweet i want a piece or meat,
the meat to tough,
so ill just ride the bus,
the buss to fulll.ill just ride a bull,
if the bulls to black i want my money back,
if the bull is to white i want it out of sight,
if the bull is to yellow,
then its not mellow,
the bull to green,
then its not clean,
the bull to purple,
it looks like erkle,
the bull to red,
its now done and said!
-GUEST,Dezzy Short chicka, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926, "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie", 25 Sep 10
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"Erkie" = the fictional nerdy character "Steve Urkel" in the American television series Family Matters. Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel for information about that character..

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Example #21
 "Snickers they taste just like a, candy bar just like a.

Ohh Ahh I wan't some pie,

pie to sweet I want a piece of meat,

meat to tough I want to ride the bus,

bus too full I want to ride a bull,

bull to flat I want my money back,

Money back 2 3 I want a jelly bean,

Jelly bean to red I want to go to bed,

bed no made I want a cream egg,

This is how I count to ten,

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Start again.
-GUEST,Lalala, http://awe.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926&desc=yes : RE: Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie, 06, Jul, 2011

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Example #22
"Oh, My, I want a piece of pie, pie too sweet, I want a piece of meat, meat too rough, I want to ride a bus, bus to full, I wanna ride a bull, bull too black, I want my money back, Money back too green, I wanna jelly bean, jelly bean not cooked, I wanna read a book, book not read, I wanna go to bed, bed not made, I want some lemonade, Lemonade too sour; girl you got that superpower, brick wall; waterfall, girl you think you know it all; you don't I do; so poof* with the attitude poof*; peace, punch, captain crunch; thats right you better run, wait; come back, you need a tic- tack; not one; not two; but the whole six pack. Elbow, Elbow, Wrist, Wrist, Blow me a kiss."
-Guest ,Emily M., http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926&messages=47, May 17. 2012

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Example #23
"Sugar sweet just like a cinnamon treat
Just like a I I I wanna piece of pie
Pie to sweet wanna piece of meat
Meat to rough wanna ride a bus
Bus to full wanna ride a bull
Bull to black Want my money back
Money to green wanna jellybean
Jellybean not red wanna go to bed
Bed not made want some lemonade
Lemonade to sour now I have the power
To close my eyes and count to 10 then we can do it all over agian"
-GUEST, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926, "Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie", 28 Jun 12

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Example #24
"A-B-C, it’s easy as 1-2-3.
My mama takes care of me.
My daddy watches MTV
Oh, ah, I wanna piece of pie.
Pie too sweet, I wanna piece of meat.
Meat too tough, I wanna ride a bus.
Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull.
Bull too black, I want my money back.
Money back too green, I wanna a jelly bean.
Jelly bean not cooked, I wanna read a book.
Book not read, I wanna go to bed.
Bed not made, I want some lemonade.
Lemonade too sour, I wanna take a shower.
Shower too cool, I wanna go to school.
School too dumb, I wanna suck my thumb.
Thumb too dirty, I wanna ride a birdy.
Birdy too slow, and wanna blow my nose.
Close your eyes and count to ten
Whoever messes up, start all over again.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.
-sarah ware, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8akgLh6rxE&feature=emb_logo, Published on Jun 7, 2013
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This is my transcription of the rhyme that sarah ware chanted in that YouTube video.

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Example #25
"you are all close but no cigar. The missing link line is:

Oooh ah eat a piece of meat

meat too tough, wanna ride a bus

bus too full

hot dog baby, chicken in the gravy

I saw mama with a bald headed baby!

:)
-Chanoko, July 24th, 2013,  https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-want-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/,
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Example #26
"Uno Dos Sierra [title]

Uno dos sierra
I love coffee
I love tea
I love a Black boy and he loves me
So step back White boy
you don't shine
I'mma get a Black boy to beat your behind
I met my boyfriend at the candy store.
He bought me ice-cream, he bought me cake,
He brought me home with a belly-ache.
Says Mamma, Mamma, I feel sick.
Call the doctor - quick, quick, quick.
Doctor, Doctor, will I die?
Count to five and you'll be alive.
Say 1, 2, 345
I’m alive till the 4th of July.
See that house on top of the hill.
That's where me and my baby live.
Say ooh ah I wanna piece of pie.
Pie too sweet, I wanna piece of meat.
Meat too tough, I wanna ride a bus.
Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull
Bull too fat, I want my money back.
Money back too green, I want some collard greens
Collard greens too hot, I wanna a pot
Pot too big, I wanna pig
Pig too muddy, I wanna puppy
Puppy too scary, I wanna get married.
-beautyalways .xoxo, Jul 31, 2013,  [Hand game #2 in YouTube video "Fun hand clapping games part 1" [This video is no longer available.] 

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Example #27
"ABC, as easy as 123
My mama s got the allergies
Oh, ah, I wanna piece of pie
Pie too sweet, I wanna piece of meat
Meat to tough, I wanna ride a bus
Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull
Bull too black, I want my money back
Money too green, I wanna jelly bean
Jelly bean not cooked, I wanna read a book
Book not read, I wanna go to bed
Bed not made, I want some lemonade
Lemonade too sour, I wanna take a shower
Shower too cool, I wanna go to school
School too dumb, I wanna suck my thumb
Thumb too dirty, I wanna ride a birdie
Birdie too slow and that s all I know
So close your eyes and count to 10
Whoever messes up starts all over again!
-Colleen N, https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090615174236AAP762T, 2014

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Example #28
"this song is a song that me and my friend made, she made the rapping part and I decided to do a singing version of the rap. Thank you guys for watching and I will see you in the next video 😘

Ooh ah I wanna piece of pie.
Pie too sweet, I wanna piece of meat.
Meat too tough, I wanna ride a bus.
Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull
Bull too black, I want my money back.
Money back too green I wanna Halloween
Halloween too scary, I wanna do a bloody mary
Bloody Mary too red, I wanna go to bed
Bed not made, want some lemonade
Lemonade too sour, I wanna take a shower
Shower too hot, I wanna bigger pot
Pot full of gold, that’s what I’ve been told
I’ve been told many things."
-AshelynCrazy, Jan 1, 2015 from a YouTube video that is no longer available.
-snip-
This is my transcription of that YouTube video. 

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Example #29
"abc, easy as 123, my momma takes care of me, my daddy watches mtv, ooh ahh i want a piece of pie, pie too sweet i wanna piece of meat, meat too rough i wanna ride a bus, bus too full i wanna ride a bull, bull not black i want my money back, money too green i wanna jelly bean, jelly bean not cooked i wanna read a book, book not read i wanna go to bed, bed not made i want some lemonade, lemonade too sour i wanna take a shower, shower too cool i wanna go to school, school too dumb i wanna suck my thumb, thumb too dirty i wanna ride a birdie, birdie too slow and that's all i know, so close your eyes and count to ten, whoever messes up starts all over again, 12345678910..no one messed up so that's the end!"
-Chanelle Pan, 2015, https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-lyrics-to-the-ABC-hand-game

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Example #30
"ABC easy as 123 my momma’s got the allergies ABC 123 baby u and me

OOH AH I wanna piece of pie pie too sweet I wanna piece of meat meat too tough I wanna suck my thumb thumb too dirty I wanna fly a birdie birdie too slow and that’s all I know so close your eyes and count to 10 who ever messes up does it over again"
-Bernadette, May 10th, 2015,  https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-want-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/comment-page-2/

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Example #31
"Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should.

Winston tastes good, like a... ooh, I wanta piecea pie.

Pie too sweet, wanta piece a meat.

Meat too tough, wanta ride a bus.

Bus too full, wanta ride a bull.

Bull too fat..., I want my moo...ney....BACK."
-GUEST, I learned this clapping song like this, 01 June 2015, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926&messages=61&page=2 "Oh my, I want a piece of pie"

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ADDENDUM- EXAMPLES THAT INCLUDE DATES BETWEEN 1960 AND 2015 IN THEIR COMMENTS [Numbers continue from the previous listing]

Example #32 (Virginia, between 1971 & 1973) 
 "The version I remember is sung to the old Winston cigarette jingle.

Winston taste good like. A cigarette should . Winston taste. Like ahh I want a. A piece of Pie. Pie too sweet. Want a piece of . meat. meat too tough. Want to ride the bus. . bus too full. Want to ride a bull. Bull too black Want to go back to my old Cadillac. Bonk Bonk.

We sang this along with clapping like patty cake. And I learned this version sometime between 1971 & 1973, when I was in the 5th and 6th grade."
-Sandra, https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-%E2%80%9Cwant-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/, July 25th, 2018 

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Example #33 (New York City- 1967)
"Learned this in 6th grade inner city NYC school. 1967. It was performed as a Black Rap. OO i wanna piece of pie, pie too sweet, wanna piece of meat, meat too tough wanna ride a bus, bus too full wanna ride a bull, bull too black want my money back, Winston tastes bad like the one i just had no filter no taste just a god damn .40 cent waste.
-Matthew Meshekoff, July 18, 2019, https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/are-you-familiar-with-%E2%80%9Cwant-to-read-a-book-book-done-read/

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Example #34 (Chesapeake, Virginia in 1971)

"Chesapeake, VA in 1971, with hand clapping: Winston tastes good like a cigarette should like a uh I wanna piece of pie, pie's too sweet, I want a piece of meat, Meats too tough, I wanna ride the bus, bus too full, I wanna ride a bull, bulls so fat I want my money back. (That was where we stopped, but I'm sure it continued...) In the later seventies we did a different one that was real long called "then who will deliver the mail", it did not involve hand claps."
--Anonymous, February 6, 2021,https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/10/hand-clap-rhymes-that-include-winston.html [comment]

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Example #35 (Landover, Maryland in the late 1980s)
"In Landover Maryland in the late 60’s.

Winston taste good like an eenie meanie -disc-a lennney, Achie-Cotchie, Liver-achie I hate you! Take a peach. Take a plum, take a stick of chewing gum! Don’t like it. don’t take it. Do the ‘Alabama shake it”. Hot dog baby, chicken in the gravy, here comes the teacher with the bald headed baby, Wrap it up in tissue paper send it up the elevator; first floor stop my baby! Second floor stop my baby? third floor stop my baby! You better not stop cause HOP spells hop !!
We did this to speed jumping rope!"
-Anonymous, January 12, 2023, https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/10/hand-clap-rhymes-that-include-winston.html [comment]

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Example #36 (near Memphis, Tennessee, in the mid 2000s) 

"Near Memphis, TN in the mid 2000s Hershey bar tastes good just like a Candy bar should just like a Ooh, ah! I want a piece of pie Pie to sweet, I want a piece of meat Meat too tough, I wanna ride a bus Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull Bull too fat, I want my money back Money back too green, I want a jelly bean Jelly bean too red, I wanna go to bed Bed not made, I want some lemonade Lemonade too sour, we got the power To close our eyes and count to ten If we mess up, start all over again 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Unfortunately, I never learned the hand movements because I couldn't snap at the time. I remember it being very complicated and starting like "Shame, Shame, Shame." -GUEST, Lavender, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=26926&messages=61&page=2 Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie

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Example #37 (Washington, DC, in the late 1960s-early 1970s)
"Winston cigarette song. Wash., DC projects, late 60’s early 70’s.

“Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
Winston tastes good like a OO I
Want a piece of pie
Pie too sweet
Want a piece of meat
Meat too tough
Want to ride a bus
Bus too full
Want to ride a bull
Bull too black
Want my money back
Money too green
Want a can of beans
Beans too hot
They made me fart”

Never heard any versions about lemonade nor Snickers.
-Anonymous, April 10, 2024, https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/10/hand-clap-rhymes-that-include-winston.html [comment]

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Example #38 (Los Angeles in the late 1970s or Northern Florida in the early 1980s)
"Late 70s in L.A or else Northern Florida in the early 80s (we moved around a lot): Winston tastes good like a cigarette should, Winston tastes good like a ooh I wanna piece of pie, pie too sweet, wanna piece of meat. Meat too tough, wanna ride a bus. Bus too full, wanna ride a mule. Mule too slow, I want my money back PLUS TAX!”

-Ashley Crownover,  June 7, 2024, ,https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/10/hand-clap-rhymes-that-include-winston.html [comment]

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