There is a version noted in Anne Gilchrist's Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (1937), learned from her Welsh nurse in the 1870s under the title "Jack Jintle".
[3] Subsequent verses follow this pattern, rhyming the continually increasing numbers with other items, such as "two" with "my shoe", "three" with "my knee", "four" with "my door", and so on.
It received a boost in popularity when it was adapted for the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) by composer Malcolm Arnold as "The Children's Marching Song", which led to hit singles for Cyril Stapleton and Mitch Miller,[5] both versions making the Top 40.
Upon discovering the usage of her lyrics, Bernstein retained lawyer Daniel Glavin who negotiated with the Barney producers for writing credit and royalties, reported as a one-time payment of $7,500 plus $2,000 "every several years."
In 1994 when Barney-related licensing was bringing in an estimated $50 million for the Lyons Group in Texas, Bernstein sought a higher royalty payment in court.