The Little Pig

folk song / traditional

Lyrics

(American folk song)

1. There was an old woman and she had a little pig, Oink, oink, oink.
There was an old woman and she had a little pig,
It didn’t cost much and wasn’t very big, Oink, oink, oink.

2. That little pig did a heap of harm, oink…
That little pig did a heap of harm
A-rooting ’round that old man’s farm, oink…

3. The little pig died for want of breath…
Now wasn’t that an awful death!…

4. The little old woman, she sobbed and she sighed…
Then she lay right down and died…

5. The old man died for want of grief…
Wasn’t that a great relief! …

6. There they lay all one two three…
The man and the woman and the little piggy…

7. There they lay all on the shelf…
If you want any more you can sing it yourself…

Alternate lyrics

2. Those little pigs curled up in a heap, oink oink oink
Those little pigs curled up in a heap,
They shut their eyes and went to sleep, oink oink oink.

3. They slept and slept and slept and slept, sh sh sh
They slept and slept and slept and slept
And slept and slept and slept and slept, sh sh sh

4. The farmer woke them one by one, oink oink oink
The farmer woke them one by one
And then they rolled out in the sun, oink oink oink

5. They rolled and rolled and rolled and rolled…

6. Those little pigs rolled back in their pen, oink oink oink
Those little pigs rolled back in their pen
And then they went to sleep again, oink oink oink.