Lyrics
(American folk song)
1. The animals went in two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah!
The animals went in two by two, Hurrah! Hurrah!
The animals went in two by two,
the elephant and the kangaroo,
and they all went into the ark for to get out of the rain, rain.
2. The animals went in three by three…the wasp, the ant and the bumble bee…
3. The animals went in four by four…the great hippopotamus stuck in the door…
4. The animals went in five by five…by hugging each other they kept alive…
5. The animals went in six by six…they left out the monkey because of his tricks…
6. The animals went in seven by seven…the little pig thought he was going to heaven…
7. The animals went in eight by eight…the turtle thought he was coming late…
8. The animals went in nine by nine…marching up in a long straight line…
9. The animals went in ten by ten…the last one in was the little red hen…
See also
- Subjects: counting / animals / choral songs
- Melody: repeated tones / low so
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: natural minor
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