"Over in the Meadow" is a popular
counting rhyme
A counting-out game or counting-out rhyme is a simple method of 'randomly' selecting a person from a group, often used by children for the purpose of playing another game. It usually requires no materials, and is achieved with spoken words or hand ...
written by
Olive A. Wadsworth (pen name of Katherine Floyd Dana) in 1870.
Many variations on the original wording exist. It has also been set to music, and has been used as the text of numerous
picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images ...
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References
Children's songs
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