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"Over in the Meadow" is a popular counting rhyme written by Olive A. Wadsworth (pen name of Katherine Floyd Dana [1] ) in 1870. [2] Many variations on the original wording exist. It has also been set to music, and has been used as the text of numerous picture books.

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References

  1. "Olive A. Wadsworth". allpoetry.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. Wadsworth, Olive A. (1870). Kit, Fan, Tot, and the rest of them. Boston: American Tract Society. pp. 189–192. Retrieved 2010-03-29.