Nope, not an Americanism. I grew up in the US singing Incy Wincy. Maybe an Australian variation? We have a CD with Australian singers which uses Itsy Bitsy.
Incy Wincy spider went up the water spout Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out Out came the sun and dried up all the rain And then Incy Wincy spider went up the water spout
Peeptoe!! Your last line is wrong - then incy wincy spider went up the spout AGAIN. People will think we kiwis don't know how to rhyme, lol! (assuming you meant to say "again" or is there yet another version??)
definately 'incy wincy', as the other's have said, only itsy bitsy i know is the polka dot bikini (not mine of course, far from itsy bitsy!) ... might be a thing that comes with age, my mum plays 'boo' with ds but for some reason she always says 'bo'...bo??? whats that about then?! quite clearly is peekaboo, to 'o's makes it an ooo, silly woman!
WoW Baby - my MIL is the same! For some reason she says "pee-bo" to Toby all the time. I'm like, HELLO, it is blatantly PEEK-A-BOO. You can't just drop letters willy nilly.
Incy wincy definatly!! Although my oldest sister says itsy bitsy??! She was raised in Germany (army child) so maybe it's a german thing lol!!
With peek-a-boo...I've always been taught it was peek-a-boo then when my neices and nephews came along everyone in my family (and SIL) started saying bee-bo....and ibhave no use why they changed it....I just go along with it lol xx
to spice it up for u here is a wee version my ds1 sand at nursery!!
incy wincy spider climbing up the tree out came the snow and made poor incy freeze out came the sunshine and melted all the snow and incy wincy spider had another go!
Moonbeam, I love it! I'll have to try that one if we get snow this year.
As for the 'pee-bo', 'peek-a-boo' debate, I think 'pee-bo'/'peepo' is an old-fashioned variation as in Janet and Alan Ahlberg's classic 'Peepo'. My mum says 'pee-bo' and I say 'peep-po' or 'peek-a-boo'. Peter just giggles.
I'm Australian and we sang incy wincy spider. But I have a CD that sings itsy bitsy. And I concur with the peepo and peek a boo thing. I play peek a boo with lo and MIL plays peepo......good thing lo just worries about the action.
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How did you know?! Hahaha x
Because I was too!!!!!!! Only for research purposes to answer the original question, of course...
Incy Wincy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And then Incy Wincy spider went up the water spout
Have never heard of Itsy Bitsy (bikinis aside)!
C xo
With peek-a-boo...I've always been taught it was peek-a-boo then when my neices and nephews came along everyone in my family (and SIL) started saying bee-bo....and ibhave no use why they changed it....I just go along with it lol xx
incy wincy spider climbing up the tree
out came the snow and made poor incy freeze
out came the sunshine and melted all the snow
and incy wincy spider had another go!
A wintery version lol xx
As for the 'pee-bo', 'peek-a-boo' debate, I think 'pee-bo'/'peepo' is an old-fashioned variation as in Janet and Alan Ahlberg's classic 'Peepo'. My mum says 'pee-bo' and I say 'peep-po' or 'peek-a-boo'. Peter just giggles.
my MIL says peep-eye whe playing peek-a-boo
xx
Penultimate piggy def had none
And MILs are WRONG
Fact! Lol!
Hxx
And I concur with the peepo and peek a boo thing. I play peek a boo with lo and MIL plays peepo......good thing lo just worries about the action.
MHZ