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Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
Up came the sun, and dried up all the rain,
and the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.

(Some versions have climbed or went instead of crawled.)

Origins?

The song can be found in publications including an alternate version in the book, ‘’Camp and camino in lower California (1910) page 279. It appears to be a more adult version of the song using “blooming, bloody” instead of itsy bitsy. It was later published in its modern version in Western Folklore, by the California Folklore Society (1947),[citation needed] Mike and Peggy, Seeger's, American Folk Songs for Children (1948),[1] and The Growing Family: A Guide for Parents by Maxwell Slutz Stewart (1955).[citation needed]