eeny meeny miny moe. catch a tiger by its toe. if it hollers let it go, eeny meeny miny mo.
Think...
"The Saõ Tomenese phrase ine mina mana mu, meaning “my sister's children,” bears a very close phonological resemblance to “Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.” The original “Catch a n*g**r by the toe,” according to Bickerton, points to the rhyme's roots in an African American community."
And think some more.
"eeny meeny mine-y mo."
Saying that whoever it lands on is theirs.
Catch a (you know the word) by its toe.
"catch them and claim them"