A clapping-game favourite about porridge served every way, hot, cold, and nine days old. The steady beat makes it a natural for pairing with hand claps.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Pease porridge hot,
Pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot,
Nine days old.
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot,
Nine days old.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition