▁a ▁n igger ") ▁has ▁been ▁edited ▁to , ▁" Oh , ▁plain ▁black ' s ▁best ▁for ▁me ." ▁The ▁counting ▁rh yme ▁known ▁as ▁" E enie ▁Me enie ▁Maine e , ▁Mo " ▁has ▁been ▁att ested ▁from ▁ 1 8 2 0 , ▁with ▁many ▁variants ; ▁when ▁Ki pling ▁included ▁it ▁as ▁" A ▁Count ing - Out ▁Song " ▁in ▁Land ▁and ▁Sea ▁T ales ▁for ▁Sc outs ▁and ▁Gu ides ▁( 1 9 2 3 ), ▁he ▁gave ▁as ▁its ▁second ▁line , ▁" C atch ▁a ▁n igger ▁by ▁the ▁toe !" ▁This ▁version ▁became ▁widely ▁used ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ; ▁the ▁rh yme ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁use , ▁but ▁the ▁second ▁line ▁now ▁uses ▁" t iger " ▁instead . ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁" n igger " ▁is ▁used ▁innoc ently ▁and ▁without ▁mal ice ▁by ▁the ▁child ▁characters ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Sw all ows ▁and ▁Ama z ons ▁series , ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁by ▁Arthur ▁R ans ome , ▁e . g . ▁in ▁referring ▁to ▁how ▁the ▁( white ) ▁characters ▁appear ▁in ▁phot ographic ▁neg atives ▁(" Look ▁like ▁n ig gers ▁to ▁me ") ▁in ▁The ▁Big ▁Six , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁syn onym ▁for ▁black ▁p ear ls ▁in ▁Peter ▁D uck . ▁Ed itions ▁published ▁by ▁P uff in ▁after ▁R ans ome ' s ▁death ▁changed ▁the ▁word ▁to ▁' neg ro es '. ▁