Tall Tale
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Out in the garden pickin’ peas,I thought I heard a chicken sneeze.He sneezed so hard with a whoopin’ cough,He sneezed his head and tail right off! See also Subject: chickens Type: chant Melody: BAG songs / composing ...
Happy New Year (Hark, Hark)
Lyrics (French folk tune, Lyrics by Clinton Scollard) 1. Hark! Hark! Hark, through the darkSounds are stealing, bells are pealing!Swing! Swing! Swing as they ringNew Year greetings unto all! 2. Hear! Hear! Hear far and nearChimes are ringing, bells are ...
Hop Hop Hop Nimble as a Top
Lyrics (Folk song) Hop hop hop! Nimble as a top!Go along my little ponyWhere it’s smooth and where it’s stonyHop hop hop hop hop!Nimble as a top! Motions Do motions to go with the lyrics. See also Subject: horses Activity: ...
Ring Around the Rosie
Version 1 Lyrics (English folk song) Ring around the rosie,A pocketful of posies,Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Version 2 Lyrics (English folk song) Ring a ring of roses,A pocketful of posies,One, two, three, four,We all tumble down. Movement Children ...
Good Morning to You
Lyrics (Melody by Ernst Richter, 1808-1879, Lyrics by Abbie Farwell Brown, 1871-1927) 1. Good morning to you! Good morning to you!We’re all in our places With sun-shiny faces;Oh this is the way To start a new day! 2. Good morning ...
Dear Old Pals (folk song)
Lyrics (Folk song) Dear old pals! Jolly old pals!Always together in all sorts of weather.Always game, ever the same.Give me for friendship my jolly old pals! See also Subject: friendship Harmony: chords I, ii, IV, V Melody: tonic triad Meter: ...
Yon Yonson
Lyrics (Folk song) My name is Yon Yonson,I come from Visconsin,I verk in da factory dere;Ven I valk down da street,All da people I meet,Dey say, “Hello, vot’s your name?”And I say… See also Country: Midwestern states (U.S.) Harmony: chords ...
Ba-Be-Bi-Bo-Bu
Lyrics (Folk song) B-A, ba, B-E, be, B-I, bi, ba, be, bi,B-O, bo, ba, be, bi, bo,B-U, bu, ba, be, bi, bo bu. Recorder Notes D, G, A, B, D’ See also Subject: A,E,I,O,U Harmony: chords I V Melody: D,G,A,B,D’ ...
Farmyard Song
Lyrics (Edvard Grieg) Come out, snow-white lambkin,Come out, calf and cow.Come puss*, with your kitten,The sun’s shining now.Come out, yellow duckling,Come out, downy chickling,That scarcely can sprawl,Come out at my call! Come pigeons a-cooing,Fly out for your wooing!The dew’s on ...
The Other Day I Met a Bear
Lyrics (Carey Morgan and Lee David, 1919) 1. The other day, (The other day,)I met a bear, (I met a bear,)A great big bear, (A great big bear,)A way out there! (A way out there!)The other day I met a ...