Hey remember?

We used to say:

Riki tiki tembo no sii rembo
cherry berry ruchi
pit perry pembo

Why? Why did we say that?

Also:
Flea
flea fly
flea fly flo
veesta
cumalata cumalata cumalata veesta
o no no no
not kaveesta
eena meeny desi meeny oowalla walla meeny
eeny meeny desi meeny ooo walla wah
beat billy oten doten bo bo be deeten daten
shh

I have a feeling that one came from Gullah. I’m not sure why, just an intuition.