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"Itsy Bitsy Spider" (also known as "Incy Wincy Spider" in Australia^[1] and Great Britain,^[2] and several other similar-sounding names) is a popular nursery rhyme and fingerplay that describes the adventures of a spider as it ascends, descends, and reascends the downspout or "waterspout" of a gutter system (or, alternatively, the spout of a teapot or open-air reservoir). It is usually accompanied by a sequence of gestures that mimic the words of the song. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 11586.

Lyrics

Words

Fingerplay

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout.

Down came the rain

and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun

and dried up all the rain

and the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

Alternately touch the thumb of one hand to the index finger of the other.

Hold both hands up and wiggle the fingers as the hands are lowered.

Sweep the hands from side to side.

Raise both hands and sweep to the sides to form a semicircle as the sun.

Wiggle fingers upwards.

(As in the first line)

Origins

The song can be found in publications including an alternative version in the book, Camp and Camino in Lower California (1910),{{sfn|North|1910}} where it was referred to as [the classic] "Spider Song."{{sfn|North|1910|pages=[https://archive.org/stream/campcaminoinlowe00nort#page/n343/mode/2up/ 279–280]}} It appears to be a different version of this song using “blooming, bloody” instead of "itsy bitsy". It was later published in one of its several modern versions in Western Folklore, by the California Folklore Society (1948),^[4] Mike and Peggy Seeger's, American Folk Songs for Children (1948).^[5] In 2013 Maziar Bahari's company Off-Centre Productions created an animated version of the song featuring an animated mouse character called "Journo."^[6]

Lyrics as described in 1910, as being from the 'classic' "Spider Song":{{sfn|North|1910|pages=[https://archive.org/stream/campcaminoinlowe00nort#page/n343/mode/2up/ 279–280]}}

The song is sung by and for children in countless languages and cultures. In Germany the melody is used for the song "{{Interlanguage link multi|Spannenlanger Hansel|de}}".

Recordings

The popular nursery rhyme has been covered and sampled a number of times. Bart Simpson sang the rhyme in the tenth episode of season four of The Simpsons, "Lisa's First Word". It was featured in the children's program Dora the Explorer and in the South Park episode "Something You Can Do with Your Finger". A child singing the rhyme twice can be heard in the opening of the Criminal Minds episode, "Gatekeeper". It is one of the main musical themes in the 2006 horror movie Séance. In the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, during the middle of the episode "Slippery Slope, Part 1", during the scene where the Baudelaires escape the Snow Scouts, Lemony Snicket tells the viewers to refer the scene to the song, knowing they learned it in their childhoods.

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97265265 |title=Watervale Notes. |newspaper=The Northern Argus|location=Clare, South Australia |date=21 December 1944 |accessdate=23 July 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/earlylearning/nurserysongs/F-J/incy_wincy_spider|title=BBC – School Radio – Nursery songs and rhymes – Nursery rhymes and songs: Incy wincy spider|access-date=2018-01-04}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.datsplat.com/words-to-the-itsy-bitsy-spider/|title=Words to The Itsy Bitsy Spider|website=www.datsplat.com}}
4. ^Hansen, Marian. "Children's Rhymes Accompanied by Gestures," Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 53
5. ^Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Online search, retrieved 19 August 2010.
6. ^{{YouTube|KmEXo8SKQAw|"Itsy Bitsy Spider", Off-Centre Kids Productions}}
7. ^{{Citation|author1=Biscoe, Patsy|title=Patsy Biscoe's 50 favourite nursery rhymes|publication-date=1980|publisher=Rigby|isbn=978-0-7270-1366-8}}

Lyrics

Origins

Recordings

References

See also