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Old MacDonald Had a Farm

April 3, 2023 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o
And on that farm he had a cow, e-i-e-i-o
With a moo, moo here
And a moo, moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo, moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o

Repeat with various farm animals: chicken, horse, pig, duck, dog, cat, rooster, goat, etc.
Group activity idea: hand out stuffed animals or little figurines of farm animals, sit in a circle, each verse the next child holds their animal up and everyone sings that animal.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Songs Tagged With: animals, farm, traditional song

The Duck Says Hello

March 3, 2020 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

The Duck Says Hello

(Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)

The duck says hello, the duck says hello
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
The duck says hello

Can be sung with a variety of animals:

The cow says hello, the cow says hello
Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo
The cow says hello

The horse says hello, the horse says hello
Neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh
The horse says hello

The pig says hello, the pig says hello
Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink
The pig says hello

The cat says hello, the cat says hello
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
The cat says hello

The dog says hello, the dog says hello
Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark
The dog says hello

The chicken says hello, the chicken says hello
Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck
The chicken says hello

Filed Under: Lyrics, Songs Tagged With: animals, farm, infants, traditional song

Scarecrow, Scarecrow

February 24, 2020 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Scarecrow, Scarecrow turn around.
Scarecrow, Scarecrow Touch the ground.
Stand up tall and blink your eyes.
Raise your hands up to the sky.
Clap your hands, then tap your knees.
Turn around and tap your feet.

Scarecrow, Scarecrow touch your toes.
Scarecrow, Scarecrow tap your nose.
Swing your arms so very slow,
Now real fast to scare the crows!
Touch your head, jump up and down.
Now sit down without a sound.

This rhyme is done in the style of Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear and works great with a fall or farm theme. Scarecrow, Scarecrow can also be sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

Instrumental music for Scarecrow, Scarecrow

More Rhymes Like Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear:

  • Astronaut, Astronaut
  • Dragon, Dragon

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: actions, fall, farm, people, Thanksgiving, traditional song

5 Pigs So Squeaky Clean

May 9, 2019 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

5 Pigs So Squeaky Clean

(Tune: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs“)

Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big THUD
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.

Four pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big THUD
Then there were three clean squeaky pigs.

Three pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big THUD
Then there were two clean squeaky pigs.

Two pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big THUD
Then there was one clean squeaky pig.

One pig so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big THUD
Then there were no clean squeaky pigs.

Find more rhymes about pigs:

  • Five Little Pigs
  • This Little Pig
  • Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son

Filed Under: Lyrics, Songs Tagged With: animals, counting, farm, Tails and Tales, traditional song

5 Little Pigs

May 9, 2019 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

5 Little Pigs

Five little pigs rolled in the mud.
Squishy, squashy, they need a scrub!
The farmer took one piggy out.
“Oink, oink, oink”that pig did shout!

Four little pigs rolled in the mud.
Squishy, squashy, they need a scrub!
The farmer took one piggy out.
“Oink, oink, oink”that pig did shout!

Three little pigs rolled in the mud.
Squishy, squashy, they need a scrub!
The farmer took one piggy out.
“Oink, oink, oink”that pig did shout!

Two little pigs rolled in the mud.
Squishy, squashy, they need a scrub!
The farmer took one piggy out.
“Oink, oink, oink”that pig did shout!

One little pig rolled in the mud.
Squishy, squashy, it needs a scrub!
The farmer took one piggy out.
“Oink, oink, oink”that pig did shout!

No little pigs rolled in the mud.
They looked so clean after their scrub.
The farmer turned his back and then…
Those pigs rolled in the mud again!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Modern Rhymes Tagged With: animals, counting, farm, Tails and Tales

Little Boy Blue

April 7, 2016 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn.
The sheep’s in the meadow;
The cow’s in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haycock, fast asleep.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: farm, infants, people, traditional

5 Little Pigs (This Little Pig)

April 5, 2016 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

This Little Pig

This little pig went to market,
This little pig stayed home,
This little pig had roast beef,
And this little pig had none,
And this little pig went wee-wee-wee
All the way home.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: actions, animals, farm, Imagine Your Story, infants, Tails and Tales, traditional

Three Blind Mice

April 5, 2016 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run! See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer’s wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice?

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: animals, farm, infants, numbers, Tails and Tales, traditional

The Farmer in the Dell

December 16, 2014 by ajpassey Leave a Comment

The Farmer in the Dell

The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The farmer in the dell

The farmer takes a wife
The farmer takes a wife
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The farmer takes a wife

The wife takes a child
The wife takes a child
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The wife takes a child

The child takes a nurse
The child takes a nurse
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The child takes a nurse

The nurse takes a cow
The nurse takes a cow
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The nurse takes a cow

The cow takes a dog
The cow takes a dog
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The cow takes a dog

The dog takes a cat
The dog takes a cat
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The dog takes a cat

The cat takes a mouse
The cat takes a mouse
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The cat takes a mouse

The mouse takes the cheese
The mouse takes the cheese
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The mouse takes the cheese

The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
Heigh-ho the derry-o
The cheese stands alone!

Variations Using the Tune of The Farmer in the Dell:

Noisy Wind

Frost

Filed Under: Lyrics, Songs Tagged With: animals, farm, people, traditional song

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