from the Wicked Children’s Book of Nursery Rhymes

One knot two knot
three knot do not
knot the cord at night.
Four knot five knot
six knot why not
knot the cord at night?
Seven knot eight
nine knot slip knot
the hangman’s noose is tight.

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Illustration from The British Library.