Whoops 2 (Pickle)

(name) ate a pickle, / (name) ate some pie…

(name) ate a pickle,
(name) ate some pie,
(name) ate some sauerkraut,
(name) thought she’d die.
Whoops, says the pickle,
Whoops, says the pie,
Whoops, says the sauerkraut
That made her think she’d die.

This is one of the rude and disgusting rhymes children have always loved. We keep every rhyme exactly as children sang it.

How to play

The skipper pretends to throw up at each "Whoops".

Where this rhyme comes from

Sung in: US (probably; 'sauerkraut')

We haven't found a dated record of it yet.

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