"Rural Ontario (Canada):" variant from the early 1980s could be sung in French or English. The French version usually counted to five, and the younger children's English version was similar. For elder children, in both language versions, the game required four steps: The player who shall begin announces their count of how many players remain; the other players agree aloud to the count; the players recite the verse; once recited, then the players began clapping out the count as quickly as possible. This made it much harder to anticipate the outcome. The basic verse follows in French and English, respectively.