“Head(s), shoulders, knees and toes” is an exercise song that is common in primary schools. “The adult version of ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes’ is ‘glasses, wallet, keys and phone‘“ is an associated joke, but this changed with face mask requirements associated with the 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
 
“I used to sing ‘phone wallet keys phone wallet keys cant leave without those phone wallet keys’ to the tune of niggun neshomele and recently I switched it to ‘phone wallet keys and mask’ to the tune of head shoulders knees and toes” was posted on Twitter by simmy cohen on June 14, 2020. “‘Wallet, Mask, Keys, & Phone’ is the adult version of ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes’” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on July 7, 2020.
 
“What’s the adult version of head, shoulders, knees and toes? Mask, keys, wallet and phone” was posted on Twitter by Dad Jokes on August 8, 2020. “The adult version of ‘Head, shoulders, knees and toes’ is now ‘Mask, wallet, keys and phone’” was posted on Twitter by The Dad Joke Man on January 14, 2021.
   
   
Wikipedia: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” is a children’s song. The song has been documented as early as the 1950s, and is often sung to the tune of “There Is a Tavern in the Town”.
 
Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.
     
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simmy cohen
@simmy_cohen
I used to sing “phone wallet keys phone wallet keys cant leave without those phone wallet keys” to the tune of niggun neshomele and recently I switched it to “phone wallet keys and mask” to the tune of head shoulders knees and toes
11:09 PM · Jun 14, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Kathleen T
@khtlib
Replying to
@PHLPublicHealth
It works very well to the kid’s song—“Head, shoulders knees and toes. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RuqvGiZi0qg  Keys, wallet, cell phone, mask - cell phone, mask . . .
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5:11 PM · Jun 17, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
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perky perks
@imolegrag
Replying to @sydeeofSin
To the tune of head, shoulders, knees & toes “water, wallet, keys, mask, phone” I sing it to myself every morning.
11:35 PM · Jun 27, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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rizu #blacklivesmatter
@RizuBrown
Replying to @sydeeofSin
“Phone, wallet, mask, and keys” is my new “Head, shoulders, knees, and toes”.
12:25 PM · Jun 28, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/2723brad2723 July 7, 2020
“Wallet, Mask, Keys, & Phone” is the adult version of “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”
       
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JΣSUS♛
@its_esuss
the global pandemic version of “head, shoulders, knees and toes” is wallet, mask, keys and gloves”.
5:46 AM · Jul 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Baker R Bust
@JeLyKa229
Replying to @erjmanlasvegas
It’s been added to the adult version of head shoulders knees and toes; phone, wallet, keys, mask
12:09 PM · Jul 26, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Dad Jokes
@dadhasjokes
What’s the adult version of head, shoulders, knees and toes?
Mask, keys, wallet and phone.
4:14 PM · Aug 8, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Bryce Pierce
@brycedpierce
5 yo: Head, shoulders, knees, and toes.
2020: Keys, wallet, phone, and mask.
8:17 AM · Aug 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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The Dad Joke Man
@DadJokeMan
The adult version of ‘Head, shoulders, knees and toes’ is now ‘Mask, wallet, keys and phone”...
3:06 AM · Jan 14, 2021·Twitter Web App