2025-02-24 TIL: One for the Money Rhyme and Its Use in Popular Music
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One for the Money
“One for the Money” is an English-language rhyme. Children have used it as early as the 1820s to count before starting a race or other activity.
The full rhyme reads:
One for the money,
Two for the show;
Three to make ready,
And four to go.
The rhyme has been used or referenced in popular music since the 1950s. Here is a Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0DPCAFpstp5pQneqJasAoa
