Talk:Ten Little Indians

O'Leary

I grew up in the 60s and we sang it like

One, two, three, O'Leary Four, five, six, O'Leary... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.149.193.10 (talk) 19:43, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Parody

From Shakespeare's Mother Goose for Julius Caesar:

X Roman soldiers in a battle line

One tripped on his spear, and then there were nine.

IX Roman soldiers staying up late

One drifted off to sleep, and then there were eight.

VIII Roman soldiers wished they were in heaven;

The augurs damned one, then there were seven.

VII Roman soldiers playing strategic tricks;

A catapult shot one, and then there were six.

VI Roman soldiers, well fed and alive

Till one ate poisoned food, and then there were five.

V Roman soldiers battering on a door;

One was crushed beneath the ram, and then there were four.

IV Roman soldiers stepping out so free,

One was slung up in a net, and then there were three.

III Roman soldiers to their Legion true,

One absconded with the Flag, and then there were two.

II Roman soldiers crossed the Rubicon,

One drowned in the stream, and then there was one.

I Roman soldier living all alone:

He broke his heart when Caesar died, and then there were none.

moved from article. It doesn't belong there. Perhaps it should be transwikied to wikisource? Sbacle 19:18, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Ten Little Niggers

In the article about Septimus Winner it is said that the original song was called Ten Little Niggers. Should we not use the original text and name? --85.220.35.60 17:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

It was an error. I have corrected that article.--Sabrebd (talk) 14:05, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Notable modern songs, inspired by this song

Source: The German Wikipedia.

• The Beach Boys: Ten Little Indians, 1962
• MTS: 10 böse Autofahrer, 1974
• Leila Negra: Zwölf kleine Negerlein
• Time To Time: Zehn kleine Negerlein (1991)
• Die Toten Hosen: Zehn kleine Jägermeister (Ten little master hunters), from the album Opium fürs Volk (Opium for the people), 1996

"Jägermeister" is a German drink for after dinner for men (similar to "After Eight" for the ladies), therefore the translation to "master hunter" may-be corrct but not appropriate! 80.151.9.187 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:27, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

• The Drinkers: Deset majhnih jagrov (Then little hunters), from the album Žeja (Thirst); Slovenian cover of Zehn kleine Jägermeister by Die Toten Hosen
• Hermann Hoffmann: Zehn kleine Keglerlein, aus "Eine kleine Dachkammermusik", 21. September 1974
• Onkel Hotte: Zehn kleine Glatzenköpp
• Die Streuner: Zehn Orks
• Otto Waalkes: Zehn kleine Ottifanten
• B-Tight: Zehn kleine Negerlein, aus dem Album Neger, Neger, 2007
• Slime (Band): Zehn kleine Nazischweine
• Soko Friedhof: Grufties, 2006

I think this list should be added to this article. ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by OBrasilo (talk • contribs) 23:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Edit: Fixed a small mistake above (forgot to state that the cover of Zehn kleine Jägermeister was Slovenian. ;) - OBrasilo (talk) 23:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Isn't there a song by Cake or Marcy Playground? Skurry (talk) 19:13, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

In February 2015, I am hearing an advertisement on KYW news-radio (1060 AM, Philadelphia) which uses the music while naming the U.S. Presidents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 17:36, 19 February 2015 (UTC) (Note added Feb. 23: The advertisement was for Jeep Cherokee vehicle.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 15:30, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

One went to prison

I have a reproduction of a children's board book published by McLoughlin Bros., copyright 1897, called The Ten Little Niggers, which follows Green's "Ten Little Niggers" lyrics, except that in place of "chancery" in the sixth stanza, it reads "prison". The illustrations are of the stereotypical large-lipped blackface variety that would be patently offensive today. CNJECulver (talk) 10:42, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Ten Little Indians

It should be added that Bill Haley and his Comets made a rock and roll from the song in 1954 (Essex 340). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.100.170.6 (talk) 13:25, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson version

I cannot see any point in reproducing the whole text of the version from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson without any commentary - (and that may well be copyvio anyway) - I will remove. -- Beardo (talk) 21:50, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Appentices

• Around 1960 I worked in a big engineering factory that had industrial apprentices. The firm published internally a version of this poem, about 10 apprentices, who died or were injured one at a time from industrial accidents. It was to warn its readers about industrial safety hazards. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Lyrics change

Are there more details about how the lyrics became so much less complex? It's not even the same song. -KaJunl (talk) 22:01, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

You are correct. Ten Little Indians and Ten Little Injuns are not the same at all. The meter and cadence are completely different. This article has been hijacked to create liberal propaganda. It must be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2C88:1700:904D:396:1EF4:37CE (talk) 17:43, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Ten Green Bottles

Doesn't it seem likely that the children's counting game "Ten Green Bottles" is linked somehow to these lyrics? Rwood128 (talk) 17:45, 4 October 2018 (UTC).

Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) episode

Is there anything verifiable regarding the Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) Season 10 episode "Invitation to Murder" which has a Ten Little Indians plot with a surprise ending?--174.99.238.22 (talk) 20:59, 28 December 2019 (UTC)