Eeny, meeny, miny, moe is a children's counting rhyme, used to select "it" in games and similar purposes.
Today we say:
- Eeny, meeny, miny moe
- Catch a tiger by the toe
- If he hollers let him go,
- Eeny, meeny miny moe
- My mother told me
- To pick the very best one
- And you are (not) it.
- Out goes one
- Out goes two
- Out goes another one
- And that is you.
Jocular use of a form of the rhyme by a Southwest Airlines stewardess to encourage passengers to sit down led to a lawsuit in 2003 charging the airline with racism:
- Eeny meeny miny mo
- Please sit down it's time to go