"Leipzig 1913) entitled "Ein Japanese mit dem Bass" ("One Japanese Man With A Bass") is conceived as a kind of "Ring a Ring O'Roses" game and does not provide any alteration of the lyrics at all.A rule from 1929 for "Ein Chinese mit dem Bass, Bass, Bass" (A Chineseman with a bass, bass, bass), says how the children stand and sing in a ring, while somebody goes around tapping them on the shoulder at random.