Itsy Bitsy Spider

A commonly used version uses these words and gestures: Other versions exist. == Origin ==

While the exact origin for the song "Itsy Bitsy Spider" is unknown, a version reported in 1912 to have been heard at a college commencement resembles the common modern version: There was a blooming spider Went up a blooming spout, And down came the rain And washed the spider out; Out came the sun And dried up all the rain, But that bloody, blooming son of a gun Went up that spout again. The song can also be found in publications such as Arthur Walbridge North's book Camp and Camino in Lower California (1910), where it is referred to as [the classic] "Spider Song". One of the song's several modern versions eventually appeared in Western Folklore, by the California Folklore Society (1948), Mike and Peggy Seeger's, American Folk Songs for Children (1948). The song is sung by and for children in countless languages and cultures. It is similar to the melodies of the children's songs "Sweetly Sings the Donkey" in the United States, and "", "Ich bin ein kleiner Esel" (the German-language version of "Sweetly Sings the Donkey") and "" in German-speaking countries. == Score ==

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The British broadcaster Wincey Willis (1948–2024) took her name from the nursery rhyme. Born Florence Winsome Leighton, she went by her middle name, Winsome; but at infant school her classmates started calling her Wincey after the nursery rhyme, and she retained this name in adult life. ==References==