A Tisket A Tasket

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A Tisket A Tasket

A-tisket, a-tasket,
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love,
But on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it,
And, on the way I dropped it.
A little boy picked it up,
And put it in his pocket.

Information About A Tisket A Tasket

A Tisket A Tasket, is a nursery rhyme which has its roots in USA around the latter part of the nineteenth century. It was sung whilst playing a game.

A Tisket A Tasket, has become a favorite of children all over the world and the game is played in many different ways including: Duck, Duck, Goose. or Sheep and The Fox, etc.

The tune is so catchy that it has been used by different artists in their songs. Rhyme has been used to record various songs including the 1938 jazz piece by Ella Fitzgerald along with Al Fledman, which was a chart buster and has been inducted in Grammy Hall of Fame in 1986. In 1942, Ella sang it in Ride 'Em cowboy, which was No. 1 on Your Hit Parade. In 1983, Stevie Vaughan used it in his song album. Last but not the least it appears in the Method Man's remix. The tune has been used in various films, including In Sweet Pie and Pie, Ride 'Em Cowboys,Two Girls and a Sailor and The Master.

It has also been featured in some novels. Author Robert A. Heinlein used the starting line - A Tisket A Tasket, in his novel Time Enough for Love.

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Alternative Lyrics & Related Songs

This version changes a few words but it is essentially the same set of lyrics

A tisket,a tasket
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way i dropped it,
I dropped it,
Yes on the way i dropped it.

Here's another version that involves a lost basket

A Tisket, A Tasket
I've lost my yellow basket,
A little girlie picked it up
and put it in her pocket.

She took it,She took it,
My little yellow basket
And if she doesn't bring it back,
I think that I shall cry.

This is the longer version that tells the whole story of the lost yellow basket

She was truckin' on down the avenue
Without a single thing to do
She went peck, peck, peckin' all around
When she spied in on the ground.

She took it, she took it
My little yellow basket
And if she doesn't bring it back
I think that I will die.

(A small dance)
A-tisket A-tasket
I lost my yellow basket
And if that girlie don't return it
Don't know what I'll do.

Oh Dear! I wonder where my basket can be
(So do we, so do we, so do we, so do we, so do we)
Oh Gee! I wish that little girl I could see
(So do we, so do we, so do we, so do we, so do we).

Oh why was I so careless with that basket of mine
That itty bitty basket was the joy of mine.

A tisket A tasket
I lost my yellow basket
Won't some one help me find my basket
And make me happy again, again.

(Was it green?) No, no, no, no
(Was it red?) No, no, no, no
(Was it blue?) No, no, no, no
Just a little yellow basket.

A little yellow basket!

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