Lyrics
(American folk song)
Ducks in the millpond,
Geese in the clover.
Fell in the millpond,
Got wet all over.
Rise, children gonna rise, gonna rise.
Rise, children gonna rise, gonna rise.
Another Version
Lyrics
1. Ducks in the millpond, a-geese in the clover,
A-fell in the millpond, a-wet all over.
Refrain
Lawd, Lawd, gonna get on a rinktum,
Lawd, Lawd, gonna get on a rinktum*.
2. Ducks in the millpond, a-geese in the clover,
Jumped in the bed, and the bed turned over. Refrain
3. Monkey in the barnyard, a-monkey in the stable,
Monkey get your hair cut as soon as you’re able. Refrain
4. Had a little pony, his name was Jack,
I put him in the stable and he jumped through a crack. Refrain
5. Ducks in the millpond, a-geese in the ocean,
A-hug them pretty girls if I take a notion. Refrain
*In Maine, a “Rinktum” has come to mean a party of folksingers. (source)
See also
- recorder DEGAB songs
- songs about ducks
- songs with half notes
- quarter & eighth note resources
- pentatonic songs
- songs with Orff arrangements
- songs with syncopation
- songs with low so & low la
- songs with I IV V chords
- songs with quarter & eighth note activities/visuals
- more lyrics
- source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
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- Printable & Digital Visuals
- Song with chords, Lesson ideas for Rhythm (half notes & syncopation), Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
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