One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

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This article is about the nursery rhyme. For the Agatha Christie novel, see One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel).

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a nursery rhyme, which goes like this

One, two, buckle my shoe
Three, four, knock at the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a'courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids a'waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my platter's empty ...

[edit] Remakes

A form of this nursery rhyme appears in several of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies being chanted by children:

One, two, Freddy's coming for you.

Three, four, better lock your door.

Five, six, grab your crucifix.

Seven, eight, gonna stay up late.

Nine, ten, never sleep again.

There is another remake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the episode "Hush" that the little girl sings, giving Buffy a clue about the "Gentlemen" and how to defeat them.

[edit] References

In the Futurama episode, "Less Than Hero," after Leela says she is stopping a villain at 9 and meeting her parents at 10, Bender says, "Nine, ten, a big fat hen. The name, Bender."

[edit] Music

A portion of this nursery rhyme appears in the lyrics of the Korn song "Shoots and Ladders" of their debut album, along with other nursery rhymes. The song was meant as a mockery of the dreaded history and origins of some of the nursery rhymes present in the song, including the name which mocks that of the board game Chutes and Ladders, also known as Snakes and Ladders. The first 4 verses also appear in the lyrics of "New world" by Reamonn.