Songs and Nursery Rhymes for Kids
Stripes or dots or sparkling white,
Mittens in winter fit just right.
Wool and cotton, maybe leather
Keep us warm in cold weather.
In rainbow colors and darkest black,
They fit in a pocket or in your pack.
Thumbs alone, fingers together
We love mittens in cold, cold weather.
I wiggle my left hand,
I wiggle my right,
Inside of my mittens
so warm and tight.
I wiggle my pinkie,
I wiggle my thumb,
So when I make snowballs
My hands won’t go numb.
Red mittens, Blue mittens,
Mittens for cold weather.
Wool mittens, knit mittens,
Fingers all together.
Green mittens, orange mittens,
Yellow mittens, too.
Furry mittens, soft mittens,
Which ones are for you?
My mother said that I never should
Play with the gypsies in the wood.
The wood was dark, the grass was green;
By came Sally with a tambourine.
I went to sea—no ship to get across;
I paid ten shillings for a blind white horse.
I upped on his back and was off in a crack,
Sally, tell my mother I shall never come back.
(Tune: “Are You Sleeping?“)
Mr. Turkey, Mr. Turkey
Run away, Run away
If you don’t be careful
You will be a mouthful
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle-shells
And pretty maids all in a row.
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day
That was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near;
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear.
“Why does the lamb love Mary so?”
The eager children cry.
“Why Mary loves the lamb, you know!”
The teacher did reply.
This mooly cow switched her tail all day,
And this mooly cow ate the sweet meadow hay,
And this mooly cow in the water did wade,
And this mooly cow chewed her cud in the shade,
And this mooly cow said, “Moo, the sun’s gone down!
It’s time to take the milk into town.”
