Jack be Nimble

Jack, be nimble,
Jack, be quick,
Jack, jump over
The candlestick.

Jack jumped high
Jack jumped low
Jack jumped over
and burned his toe.

History:

From the early to mid 19th century, this rhyme is a telling of a practice from that era of jumping over a candle. Good fortune was to shine on you if you jumped over the candle without extinguishing the flame.