I remember the [Not] Last Night And the Night Before” rhyme being performed as a jump rope rhyme{from Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1950s}..

Two enders turned the rope and one girl or boy jumped in the middle as the enders and others recited this rhyme:

Last night the night before
twenty four robbers at my door
I got up to let them in
and this is what they said to me.
Lady bird,lady bird
turn around around around
Lady bird,lady bird
touch the ground the ground, the ground
Lady bird, lady bird
say your prayers, your prayers, your prayers
Lady bird Lady bird
step right OUT!

{or as an alternate, “go to bed, bed, bed”}

At that the person jumping in the middle jumped out and it was the next person