Is this a genocidal rhyme?

One little, two little, three little Indians
Four little, five little, six little Indians
Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians
Ten little Indian boys.

Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians
Seven little, six little, five little Indians
Four little, three little, two little Indians
One little Indian boy.

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Genocidal??????????

I think it's an ancient little rhyme to that used to be used to teach little kids to count!

Genocidal???? ....LOL! ROFLOL!!

Baron Max

 

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What about this one?

Ten little Indians going out to dine;
One went and choked his little self and then there were nine.

Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.

Eight little Indian boys traveling to Devon;
One got left behind and then there were seven.

Seven little Indian boys gathering up sticks;
One chopped himself in half and then there were six.

Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.

Five little Indian boys going in for law;
One got in chancery and
Then there were four.

Four little Indian boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.

Three little Indian boys walking to the zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two.

Two little Indians playing with a gun;
One shot the other and then there was one.

One little Indian boy left all alone;
He went and hanged himself
...and then there were none.

 

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That last line????? Did you make that up? ...just to create some kind of controversy?

Baron Max

 

No little indian boys hanging out tonight
There was just a white boy who wanted to fight


Lord Jigar

 

Haven't you read the Agatha Christie?

Its based on this rhyme

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Not so much genocidal as disparaging and racist. It was written in the 1860's for a minstrel show and it's about a bunch of drunk Native Americans. Here's the original:

And apparently the latter adaptations of the song are just as ignominious.

~Raithere

 

Thank you, I came across it somewhere else as an anti Native American post.

 

Don't worry, they mean Native Americans, not the good kind of Indian.

 

You forgot the verse where the little indian boy got hopped up on firewater and scalped a white woman.

 

Was this before or after he was given a disease ridden blanket or bounties were placed on his livestock to deprive him of food?

 

Probably after, but who's counting?

 

Now all you need to do is make it rhyme, Sam.