Flea

Still Singing After All These Years (2012), pg. 72.  (L) is for Leader and (G) is for Group repeating back.

Traditional version:

(Hand claps and knee slaps)
(L) Flea
(G) Flea
(L) Flea Fly
(G) Flea Fly
(L) Flea Fly Fo
(G) Flea Fly Fo
(L) Vista
(G) Vista

(L) Cuma Lama, Cuma Lama, Cuma Lama Vista!
(G) Cuma Lama, Cuma Lama, Cuma Lama Vista!

(L) Oh no no no, not the Vista!
(G) Oh no no no, not the Vista!

(L) Eenie menie Desamenie, Ou Wah, Ou Wah La Menie
(G) Eenie menie Desamenie, Ou Wah, Ou Wah La Menie

(L) Examenie Zalamenie, Ou Wah, Ou Wah
(G) Examenie Zalamenie, Ou Wah, Ou Wah

(L) Beat Billy Ohten Dohten Bo Bo Bo Deeten Dotten
(G) Beat Billy Ohten Dohten Bo Bo Bo Deeten Dotten

(All) Shhhh….

As sung at GSSC-MM (in a major key):

Flea
Fly
Flea fly flow!
Comala coomala Coomala veesday
Oh, no not the veesday.
Veesday!
Eenie meenie disaleenie, oooo-ahhh ahma-leenie
Acha-kacha coomaracha ooo-ahhh ooo-ahhh
Eeech bibbly oaten-doaten Boboski watten datten
Why not and shhhhhhhhh.

This version has more verses and is also sung in a minor key, but it’ll give you the jist:

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