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5 Little Candy Canes

November 28, 2023 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Five Little Candy Canes

5 little candy canes hanging on the door.
Santa ate one and then there were 4.

4 little candy canes hanging on the tree.
Mrs. Claus ate one and then there were 3.

3 little candy canes lying by a shoe.
An elf ate one and then there were 2.

2 little candy canes lying in the sun.
A reindeer ate one and then there was 1.

1 little candy cane by the chimney.
Santa put it in his bag and brought it to me!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: Christmas, counting, winter

5 Little Cherries

August 3, 2023 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Five Little Cherries

Five little cherries sitting in a tree
Soaking up the sun as happy as can be.
Along came a bird as quick as can be
And snatched that cherry right out of the tree!

Four little cherries sitting in a tree
Soaking up the sun as happy as can be.
Along came a bird as quick as can be
And snatched that cherry right out of the tree!

Three little cherries sitting in a tree
Soaking up the sun as happy as can be.
Along came a bird as quick as can be
And snatched that cherry right out of the tree!

Two little cherries sitting in a tree
Soaking up the sun as happy as can be.
Along came a bird as quick as can be
And snatched that cherry right out of the tree!

One little cherry sitting in a tree
Soaking up the sun as happy as can be.
Along came a bird as quick as can be
And snatched that cherry right out of the tree!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: actions, counting, food

5 Little Strawberries

August 2, 2023 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Five Little Strawberries

Five little strawberries growing in the patch
Along comes a bunny and snatch, snatch, snatch!
He ate it all up and looked around
Then he hopped off without a sound.

Four little strawberries growing in the patch
Along comes a bunny and snatch, snatch, snatch!
He ate it all up and looked around
Then he hopped off without a sound.

Three little strawberries growing in the patch
Along comes a bunny and snatch, snatch, snatch!
He ate it all up and looked around
Then he hopped off without a sound.

Two little strawberries growing in the patch
Along comes a bunny and snatch, snatch, snatch!
He ate it all up and looked around
Then he hopped off without a sound.

One little strawberry growing in the patch
Along comes a bunny and snatch, snatch, snatch!
He ate it all up and looked around
Then he hopped off without a sound.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: actions, counting, food, fruit, spring

5 Green Shamrocks

March 10, 2023 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Five Green Shamrocks

One green shamrock in the morning dew,
Another one sprouted and then there were two.

Two green shamrocks growing under a tree,
Another one sprouted and then there were three.

Three green shamrocks by the cottage door,
Another one sprouted and then there were four.

Four green shamrocks near a beehive,
Another one sprouted and then there were five.

Five green shamrocks soaking up the sun,
Then sharing luck and joy with everyone.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: counting, holidays, spring

5 Little Leprechauns

March 10, 2023 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Five Little Leprechauns

5 little leprechauns standing in a row.
One fell down and hurt his toe.

4 little leprechauns climbing up a tree.
One slipped down while spying on me.

3 little leprechauns dancing in the sun.
One sat down and ended all the fun.

2 little leprechauns sing an Irish song.
One wandered off, his voice still strong.

1 little leprechaun guarding all the gold
Fell right asleep and I felt bold.

I crept to his cave as he began to snore.
I snatched up the gold and ran out the door!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: counting, fantasy creatures, holidays, people, spring

5 Little Leprechauns Looking for Gold

March 10, 2023 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Five Little Leprechauns

5 little leprechauns standing in a row.
5 little leprechauns looking for gold.
A rainbow appeared and led the way
And one little leprechaun danced away.

4 little leprechauns standing in a row.
4 little leprechauns looking for gold.
A rainbow appeared and led the way
And one little leprechaun danced away.

3 little leprechauns standing in a row.
3 little leprechauns looking for gold.
A rainbow appeared and led the way
And one little leprechaun danced away.

2 little leprechauns standing in a row.
2 little leprechauns looking for gold.
A rainbow appeared and led the way
And one little leprechaun danced away.

1 little leprechaun standing in a row.
1 little leprechaun looking for gold.
A rainbow appeared and led the way
And the last little leprechaun danced away.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: actions, counting, fantasy creatures, holidays, people, spring

5 Brave Knights (Teasing Mr. Dragon)

January 11, 2022 by ajpassey 1 Comment

Five Brave Knights (Teasing Mr. Dragon)

5 Brave Knights (Teasing Mr. Dragon)

Five brave knights
On a castle wall
Teasing Mr. Dragon
“You can’t catch us all!
No, you can’t catch us all!”

Along flies Mr. Dragon
With a mighty call
Then snatched that knight
Right off the castle wall.

Four brave knights
On a castle wall
Teasing Mr. Dragon
“You can’t catch us all!
No, you can’t catch us all!”

Along flies Mr. Dragon
With a mighty call
Then snatched that knight
Right off the castle wall.

Three brave knights
On a castle wall
Teasing Mr. Dragon
“You can’t catch us all!
No, you can’t catch us all!”

Along flies Mr. Dragon
With a mighty call
Then snatched that knight
Right off the castle wall.

Two brave knights
On a castle wall
Teasing Mr. Dragon
“You can’t catch us all!
No, you can’t catch us all!”

Along flies Mr. Dragon
With a mighty call
Then snatched that knight
Right off the castle wall.

One brave knight
On a castle wall
Teasing Mr. Dragon
“You can’t catch us all!
No, you can’t catch us all!”

Along flies Mr. Dragon
With a mighty call
Then snatched that knight
Right off the castle wall.

5 Brave Knights

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Filed Under: Fingerplays, Lyrics Tagged With: counting, fantasy creatures, people, Tails and Tales, videos

3 Little Witches

October 26, 2021 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Three Little Witches

(Tune: “10 Little Indians” also “Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon“)

One little, two little, three little witches
Flying over haystacks, flying over ditches
Flying round the moon without any hitches
Hey! Ho! Halloween’s here!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: counting, Halloween, people, traditional song

3 Little Pumpkins

October 26, 2021 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Three Little Pumpkins

(Tune: “10 Little Indians” also “Bumpin’ Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon“)

One little, two little, three little pumpkins
Sitting on the fence like country bumpkins
The jumped off and bumped their rumpkins
One October night!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: counting, fall, Halloween, traditional song

5 Little Ghosts

October 26, 2021 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Five Little Ghosts

Five little ghosts flying out the door,
One flew away and then there were four.

Four little ghosts playing happily,
One flew away and then there were three.

Three little ghosts yelling boo! boo! boo!,
One flew away and then there were two.

Two little ghosts having spooky fun,
One flew away and then there was one.

One little ghost caught sight of the sun,
Flew back home and that left none.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: counting, Halloween

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