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Round and round the garden
like a teddy bear.
One step, two step,
Tickley under there!
Round and round the mulberry bush,
Like a little hare,
One Step, two step,
Tickley under there!
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An Irish version goes:
Round and round the racecourse
Catch a little hare
One step, two steps
Thickly under there!
A South African version goes:
Round and round the mulberry bush
Like a teddy bear
One step, two step
Tickly under there!
A Scottish version goes:
Round and round the garden
Like a wee mouse
Up the stair, up the stair
And in the wee house
“Round and Round the Garden” is an English language nursery rhyme typically accompanied by a fingerplay.
The rhyme was first collected in Britain in the late 1940s. Since Teddy Bears did not come into vogue until the twentieth century it is unlikely to be any older than that in its current form, but Iona and Peter Opie speculated that it might be a version of an older rhyme, collected 1945-9, ‘Round about there, went a little hare’, with the lyrics:
Source: Wikipedia