"Over in the Meadow" is a popular counting rhyme written by Olive A. Wadsworth (pen name of Katherine Floyd Dana) in 1870. Many variations on the original wording exist. It has also been set to music, and has been used as the text of numerous picture books.
The poem was adapted and set to music by John Langstaff. Several versions have been published as illustrated children's books, including Langstaff's (illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, with musical score by Marshall Woodbridge, 1957 and many subsequent editions) and another by Ezra Jack Keats (1971). Langstaff's version was recorded by Tony Saletan (Song Bag, 1974) and others.