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Template:Firstbox As I Was Going to St. Ives is a nursery rhyme which has been around since the 1700s, though the subject has been thought to originate from the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus.
It was performed as a song in the first season of Sesame Street. Two Anything Muppets, a boy (performed by Jim Henson) and a girl (Frank Oz), test each other's wits as he tries to get her to solve a difficult math problem. She ends up turning the tables on him by asking him how many were going the other way.
Another version of the rhyme was included on the book and tape set Count Me In! as introduced by Kermit the Frog with new music by Louise Gikow. After the song is sung, Kermit explains that it's a trick question.