One for the money ...

[nq:1]Earliest source I know is the Tom & Jerry cartoon (Hi Deej!)[/nq]
Again with the cartoons?!
Thank *** I wasn't born a man and have to go through life watching Bugs Bunny.

Dena Jo
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[nq:1]... two for the show ... three to get ready Where did that come from? What money? What show?[/nq]
If followed by 'then go man, go!', the only way I've heard it, I'd say it was first in Rock around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets, which some say was the first rock and roll song. Middle 50s, of course.
[nq:1]Earliest source I know is the Tom & Jerry cartoon (Hi Deej!) 'Part Time

You were *** two part time pals?
m.

[nq:1]... two for the show ... three to get ready Where did that come from? What money? What show?[/nq]
The money you pay to get in to the show where you wear your blue suede shoes, of course.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:1]... two for the show ... three to get ready Where did that come from? What money? What show? Earliest ... & Jerry cartoon (Hi Deej!) 'Part Time Pals' from 1947 but it had to be known well before that Shirley?[/nq]
Shirley.

[nq:1]If followed by 'then go man, go!', the only way I've heard it, I'd say it was first in Rock around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets, which some say was the first rock and roll song. Middle 50s, of course.[/nq]
Wrong song. It's actually from "Blue Suede Shoes", written and performed by the late great Carl Perkins, although the most famous version is probably the Presley one.

[nq:2]Earliest source I know is the Tom & Jerry cartoon (Hi Deej!)[/nq]
[nq:1]Again with the cartoons?! Thank *** I wasn't born a man and have to go through life watching Bugs Bunny.[/nq]
But have you seen "Les Triplettes de Belleville"? Truly an astounding film.
Much of it was animated in (IANMTU) Latvia.

Bob Lieblich
Saw it tonight; great stuff

[nq:1]... two for the show ... three to get ready Where did that come from? What money? What show? Earliest ... & Jerry cartoon (Hi Deej!) 'Part Time Pals' from 1947 but it had to be known well before that Shirley?[/nq]
Sunday with Elvis: just what I needed...

Laura
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[nq:1]... two for the show ... three to get ready Where did that come from? What money? What show? Earliest ... & Jerry cartoon (Hi Deej!) 'Part Time Pals' from 1947 but it had to be known well before that Shirley?[/nq]
It's in the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (P. & I. Opie, 1951,
1973). The main entry is:

One to make ready,
And two to prepare;
Good luck to the ride

[nq:2]Again with the cartoons?! Thank *** I wasn't born a man and have to go through life watching Bugs Bunny.[/nq]
[nq:1]But have you seen "Les Triplettes de Belleville"? Truly an astounding film.[/nq]
Recorded from BBC4 but not yet watched in my case. However, the UK title is "Belleville Rendez-Vouz". Why would the title be changed from one French phrase to another?

David
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