Lyrics
(English folk song)
Hot cross buns, hot cross buns
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns
Version 2
Lyrics
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters, give them to your sons!
Version 3
Lyrics
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters, if you have no daughters,
If you have no daughters, give them to your sons!
But if you have none of these little elves,
Then you must eat them all yourselves!
Version 4
Lyrics
(Melody by Lowell Mason & George James Webb, Lyrics Traditional)
Hot cross buns, one a penny buns,
One a penny, Two a penny, Hot cross buns.
Fresh sweet buns, come and buy the buns,
One a penny, Two a penny, fresh sweet buns.
Nice light buns, buy my currant buns,
Come and try them, then you’ll buy them, Nice light buns.
See also
- Country: England
- Subject: nursery rhymes / salespeople / food
- Harmony: partner song with Bow Wow Wow / Orff arrangements / chords I V
- Melody: do re mi / G,A,B / tonic triad / dominant triad
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: trichord (version 1) / hexatonic (versions 2 & 4)
- Tones: drm (v.1) / s,t,drmfs (v.3) / t,drmfs (v.4)
- Source version 2: The Progressive Music Series for Basal Use in Primary, Intermediate, and Grammar Grades, Volume 1, 1914
- Source version 3: The Child’s Own Music Book, The Largest Collection of Mothers’ and Children’s Songs, Musical Games and Piano Music Ever Published, Covering Completely All Phases of Child Life, Wier, 1918
- Source version 4: The Primary School Song Book, Lowell Mason & George James Webb, Mason Brothers Publ, 1846
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