If Wishes Were Horses
If wishes were horses,
Beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches,
I’d wear one by my side.
And if “ifs” and “ands”
Were pots and pans,
There’d be no work for tinkers!
A Cat Came Fiddling
A Cat Came Fiddling
A cat came fiddling out of the barn,
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm.
She could sing nothing but “Fiddle-de-dee,
The mouse has married the bumble-bee.”
Pipe, cat!
Dance, mouse!
We’ll have a wedding at our good house.
Hush-a-bye Baby
Hush-a-bye Baby
Hush-a-bye, Baby,
In the tree top,
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall,
Down tumbles cradle
And Baby and all.
This song is also known as Rock-a-Bye and can work as a lullaby or as an action song. See Rock-a-Bye for more details on the actions.
The Man in the Wilderness
The Man in the Wilderness
The man in the wilderness asked me
How many strawberries grew in the sea.
I answered him as I thought good,
As many red herrings as grew in the wood.
The Hobby Horse
The Hobby Horse
I had a little hobby horse,
And it was dapple gray.
Its head was made of pea-straw,
Its tail was made of hay.
I sold it to an old woman
For a copper groat;
And I’ll not sing my song again
Without another coat.
To Market, To Market
To Market, To Market
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig;
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog;
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.
To market, to market, to buy a white caked;
Home again, home again, never was baked.
To market, to market to buy a plum bun;
Home again, home again, market is done!
Five Fingers
Five Fingers
One finger says good day,
One finger likes to play,
One finger nice and long,
One finger sweet and strong.
One thumb, young or old,
One hand, perfect to hold.
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
It’s raining, it’s pouring
The old man is snoring
He bumped his head
And went to bed
And didn’t get up till morning.
I Hear Thunder
I Hear Thunder
(Possible variation: Sing to “Frere Jacques“)
I hear thunder, I hear thunder,
Hark, don’t you? Hark, don’t you?
Pitter-patter raindrops,
Pitter-patter raindrops,
I’m wet through,
So are you.
Download this instrumental version of Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) to listen and practice offline.
One for Sorrow
One for Sorrow
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret
Never to be told.
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