“Eight Little Cylinders”
Description
"Eight little cylinders sitting facing heaven, One blew its head off, then there were seven. Seven little cylinders used to playing tricks, One warped its inlet valve...." And so on, till the last cylinder "gave its efforts up And ascended up to heaven"
Cross references
- cf. "Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer" (counting)
- cf. "Ten Little Injuns" (counting)
References
- Fahey-Eureka, pp. 226-227, "Eight Little Cylinders" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, FaE226