Songs / Chants
- Aba Daba Honeymoon
- Aiken Drum
- Ain’t Gonna Grieve My Lord No More
- Albuquerque Turkey
- Allison’s Camel
- Alouette
- Ama Lama
- Ants Go Marching
- Apples and Bananas
- Baby Bumblebee
- Bee and the Pup
- Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends
- Big Sheep
- Bill Grogan’s Goat
- Bim Bum
- Black Socks
- Bohunkus
- Boom Boom, Ain’t It Great to Be Crazy
- Bought Me a Cat
- Buckeye Jim
- Catalina Magdalena
- Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
- Crocodile Song
- Crocodile Song (Canada)
- Daddy’s Whiskers
- Dan Doo
- Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor
- Donkeys & Carrots
- Down By the Bay
- Down in the Jungle
- Down in the Meadow
- Ee-Lee-Ay-Lee-Oh
- Father Grumble
- Fiddle-De-Dee
- Five Fat Turkeys
- Flee Fly Flo
- Fooba Wooba
- Found a Peanut
- Frog in the Bog
- Go Get the Axe
- Grasshoppers Three
- Grizzly Bear
- Hambone
- Have a Little Dog
- Hello My Name is Joe (Jo)
- Hey Lidee
- Hinky Dinky Double D Farm
- Hole in the Middle of the Sea
- Horse Went Around
- If All the Raindrops
- I Fed My Horse
- I Had a Silly Chicken
- I Love a Sausage
- I Went to the Pictures Tomorrow
- I Went Upstairs
- If All the World Were Paper
- I’m a Nut
- It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More
- Jenny Jenkins
- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
- John the Rabbit
- Jolly Tester
- Katie Bairdie
- Keemo Kymo
- Kicking Mule
- La Cucaracha
- La macchina del capo
- La Señora de los faroles (Una Señora iba)
- Limerick Song
- Little Brown Dog
- Little Bunny Foo Foo
- Little Old Sod Shanty
- Little Skunk’s Hole
- Long-Legged Sailor
- Loose Tooth Chant
- Lucy Locket
- Lynchburg Town
- Mi carro Ford
- Michael Finnegan
- Miss Mary Mack
- Mock Turtle’s Song
- Monkey and the Zebra
- My Aunt Came Back
- My Dame Hath a Lame Tame Crane
- My Dog Rags
- My Father is a Garbage Man
- My Hand On My Head
- Naughty Kitty Cat
- Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
- No No Yes Yes
- Old Bell Cow
- Old Jim Slack’s Grey Horse
- Old Joe Clark
- Old Johnnie Goggabee
- Old Man Daisy
- Old Old Shack
- Oliver Cromwell
- On Mules You’ll Find
- Once an Austrian Went Yodeling
- One Bottle of Pop
- Purple Stew
- Risseldy Rosseldy
- Roogooroogoo
- She Waded in the Water
- Skinnamarink
- Swapping Song
- There’s a Hole in the Bucket
- There Was a Crooked Man
- There Was a Great Big Moose
- There Was a Man and He was Mad
- There Was an Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket
- This Old Man
- Three Little Kittens
- Threw it Out the Window
- Tree Toad
- When Father Papered the Parlour
- When Papa Put the Paper on the Wall
- Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder
- Yes! We Have No Bananas
4 thoughts on “Silly Songs!”
I am thrilled to have found your blog and especially like today’s post. I also want my students to have fun songs to sing and I love to hear that they’ve been singing at home, in the car, on the playground, etc. I’m wondering if you sing these songs acappela, or with some type of accompaniment? Also, I’d love to know how you organize all of your music and resources. Thanks for sharing all your great ideas!
I soooo agree! Many of these songs are “sticky,” and I hear from parents that their kids are driving them crazy with all of the singing around the house they’re doing! That’s when I consider a JOB WELL DONE! 😉
When you ask how I organize my music and resources, what do you mean? I’ll answer what I think you’re asking. I keep everything – as much as I can – on the computer. I scan resources in and alphabetize them in folders. That way I can just do a search and find things. It’s MUCH easier than keeping physical binders, in my opinion, because it’s easier to find things.
I try to keep most things on my computer also, but I was wondering how you have your folders set up, i.e., by concept, seasonal, etc. For example, do you have all your “silly songs” in one folder? Or might you file a specific song in several different folders, maybe for an objective, special day, accompanying game, etc.
I forgot to answer your question, Patricia! Sorry!
I organize my computer files by grade level and unit. So, my tried and true songs and activities go in those folders. I have another folder called “All Songs,” where I put a copy of all songs. I also name the songs so I can find them easily (the Mac has an excellent Search). For instance, I’ll name the song “De Colores” like this: “De Colores Mexican Spanish folk” so I can do a search for country and language.
It’s one of my favorite things to do: organize! 😉 Happy Organizing!