Are people looking for the Oompa Loompas as African Pygmies from the original version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, before they were removed in the 1972 edition?
And that, compared to references to African pygmies, some of the things that have been changed in this new edition are totally baffling.
The reasonable answer is "they should still be something people can readily access but not endorsed/actively reprinted" but usually these arguments boil down to very partisan takes on speech unfortunately.
Earliest known variant: Hana, man, mona, mike; Barcelona, bona, strike; Hare, ware, frown, vanac; Harrico, warico, we wo, wac.
The rhyme potentially comes from old English.
That is, the parent is saying they won't be surprised if Florida requires the line "catch a tiger by the toe" to instead be sung as "catch an [racial slur] by the toe".
(Before the 1923 addition of "the Flag of the United States of America" and the 1954 addition of "under God")