We did:
“Eenie Meenie Meinie Mo, Catch a Tiger by the Toe, If he hollers make him pay, sixty dollars every day, my mother told me to pick the very best one, and you…are…it!”
“Bubble Gume Bubble Gum in a dish…”
“Daddy had a donkey, donkey died, daddy cried, inky binky bon KEY!”
“Tarzan, Monkey Man, swinging from a rubberband, slipt and fell into a well, what color was the water? pick a color and count out the letters”
The most popular, though was 21 fingers. Each kid puts out a number of fingers between one and three, then you count them and the 21st finger is the it person. :]
My personal favorite, which we use all the time in college is:
“NOSE GOES!” Last one to put their finger to their nose has to do it.
A similar one is : “BUNNY UP!” Same as nose goes, but you give yourself bunny ears. :)
I’m happy to know that even at 19, I still have a sense of childhood with me. [: