The lyric from “Ring a Ring o’ Roses” is “A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down.”
“Ring a Ring o’ Roses,” also called “Ring Around the Rosie,” is an English nursery rhyme, folk song, and children’s circle game. In the familiar version, children dance in a ring, sneeze or imitate sneezing, then crouch, curtsy, or fall on the final line.
The rhyme’s origins are uncertain. Printed descriptions appeared in the nineteenth century, although similar singing games may be older. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 7925, and versions across Britain, North America, and Europe use different words and endings.
A common mix-up is the claim that the rhyme is definitely about the Great Plague. Folklore scholars generally reject that explanation: it appeared only in the twentieth century, does not fit all early versions, and the “fall” may originally have meant a bow or crouch rather than dying.