Eetum Peetum/Eenerie Twaarie
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.89.B18; SA1961.89.B19
Original Tape ID
Summary
Two Shetland counting-out rhymes:
Eetum peetum penny pie,
Jinkum joorum jenny J,
White fish, black troot,
Gibbie Gaa, du's oot.
Eenerie twaarie tuckerie seven,
Alipa cacapa tenepa 'leven,
Pin pan muskydan,
Twidelum twadelum twenty-wan.
Item Notes
For 'Eetum Peetum' (Roud Folk Song Index no. 20441), see:
'Nursery Rhymes of England' (J. Halliwell, 1886) p. 188
'Miscellanea of the Rymour Club' vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1928) p. 107
For 'Eenerie Twaarie' (Roud 19296), see:
'I Saw Esau' (P. & I. Opie, 1947/1992) p. 66
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) p. 82
'Miscellanea of the Rymour Club' vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1906-1911) p. 164; vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1912-1919) p. 94
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. & I. Opie, 1951) pp. 335-336
Recording Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Lerwick
Island - Shetland Mainland
Village/Place - Lerwick
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good