Two lines, over almost before you've begun, and made for bouncing a child on your knee in time with the beat. About as compact as a nursery rhyme gets.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Bell horses, bell horses, what time of day?
One o'clock, two o'clock, three and away.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition