ID: 279
Date: 1940s - 2000
Title: Ooey gooey
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Fun 
Rhyme: 

Ooey gooey was a worm,
A mighty worm was he.
He wandered on the railway track,
A train he did not see.
Ooey gooey squashed in twoey.

(NZ ex India, 1940s)

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Ooey gooey was a worm,
A train he did not see.
He crawled upon a railway track,
Ooey gooey.

(Blenheim, 1970s; Christchurch, 2000)

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Background Info: Told to John Elderton (Christchurch resident) by Indian nurse as warning to keep away from railway tracks. (Personal informant)

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Turner, 1978:126 records version:

Ooey gooey was a worm,
A little worm was he.
He sat upon the railway track,
The train he did not see.
The train come roaring round the bend,
The driver blew his squeal,
He came out with his pocket knife,
And scraped him off the wheel.

(Victoria, 1948-1973)

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Location: Various NZ, India 
Group size: 1 
Incidence: 3