Momus
The Counting Song
One to begin you, two to bid you
Three to bite you, and four to blow you
Five to break you, six to bring you
Seven to burst you, and eight to catch you

Nine to choose you, ten to come you
Eleven to dive you, and twelve to do you
Thirteen to drag you, fourteen to draw you
Fifteen to drink you, and sixteen to drown you

Seventeen to drive you, eighteen to eat you
Nineteen to fall you, twenty to fight you
Twenty-one to flee you, twenty-two to flow you
Twenty-three to fly you, and twenty-four to forsake you

Twenty-five to freeze you, twenty-six to give you
Twenty-seven to go you, and twenty-eight to grow you
Twenty-nine to hang you, thirty to hide you
Thirty-one to know you, and thirty-two to lay you

Thirty-three to lead you, thirty-four to lie you
Thirty-five to raise you, and thirty-six to ride you
Thirty-seven to ring you, thirty-eight to rise you
Thirty-nine to run you, and forty to see you

Forty-one to set you, forty-two to shake you
Forty-three to shine you, and forty-four to show you
Forty-five to shrink you, forty-six to sing you
Forty-seven to sink you, and forty-eight to sit you
Forty-nine to slay you, fifty to speak you
Fifty-one to spring you, and fifty-two to steal you
Fifty-three to strive you, fifty-four to swear you
Fifty-five to swim you, and fifty-six to swing you

Fifty-seven to take you, fifty-eight to tear you
Fifty-nine to throw you, and sixty to wake you
Sixty-one to wear you, sixty-two to weave you
Sixty-three to wring you, and sixty-four to write you

One to begin you, two to bid you
Three to bite you, and four to blow you
Five to break you, six to bring you
Seven to burst you, and eight to catch you