Here are some songs that I learned when I was a kid. Thought I might share them with you…
You can also download a pdf file of all of these songs.
Pretty Songs
Edelweiss
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to greet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever
Morning has Broken
Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the world
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlight from heaven Like the first dewfall on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day
Where Have all the Flowers Gone?
Where have all the flowers gone long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls picked them everyone
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to young men everyone…
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone to soldiers everyone…
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards everyone…
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers everyone…
You are my Sunshine
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and cried
Rounds
Kookaburra
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be
Rose
Rose, rose, rose, red
Will I ever see thee wed?
I will marry at thy will, sire
At thy will
(Here is a second verse according to http://wulfae.livejournal.com/155586.html.)
Ding do-ong, ding dong.
Wedding bells on an April morn’.
Carve your name on a moss covered stone
On a moss covered stone.
Row, Row, Row your Boat
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
Silly songs
Alice the Camel
Alice the camel has five humps.
Alice the camel has five humps.
Alice the camel has five humps.
So go, Alice, go.
Alice the camel has four humps.
Alice the camel has three humps.
Alice the camel has two humps.
Alice the camel has one hump.
Alice the camel has no humps.
…Cause Alice is a horse of course!
Apples and Bananas
I like to eat, I like to eat, I like to eat, eat, apples and bananas
A lake ta ate, A lake ta ate, A lake ta ate, ate, apples and bananas
E leke te eat, E leke te eat, E leke te eat, eat, epples end benenes
I like ti ite, I like ti ite, I like ti ite, ite, ipples ind bininis
O loke to ote, O loke to ote, O loke to ote, ote, opples ond bononos
U luke tu ute, U luke tu ute, U luke tu ute, ute, upples und bununus
I like to eat, I like to eat, I like to eat, eat, apples and bananas
Old MacDonald
Old MacDonald had a farm – E I E I O
And on his farm he had some – E I E I O
With a ____, ____ here
And a ____, ____ there
Here a ____, there a ____
Everywhere a ____, ____
Old MacDonald had a farm – E I E I O
cats – meow
dogs – woof
pigs – oink
cows – moo
sheep – baa
frogs – ribbit
My Eyes are Dim
My eyes are dim
I cannot see
I have not brought my specs with me
I have not brought my specs (spectacles) with me
There are __________,
In the store, in the store
There are __________,
In the corner masters store.
Pajama Song
I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it’s hot
I wear my flannel nighty in the winter when it’s not
But sometimes in the springtime, and sometimes in the fall
I jump into my little bed with nothing on at all!
That’s the time you ought to see me!
That’s the time you ought to see me!
That’s the time you ought to see me!
When I jump into my little bed with nothing on at all!
Songs with actions
BINGO
Farmer Brown, he had a dog
And Bingo was his name, oh!
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name, oh!
Father Abraham
Father Abraham
Had seven sons, sir
Had seven sons, sir
Had Father Abraham
And they didn’t laugh
And they didn’t cry
All they did was go like this…
With the left
And the right
And the left
And the right
And the head
And the bottom
And the eyes
And the tongue
I’m Being Swallowed by a Boa Constrictor
I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor
A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor
And I don’t like it at all
Oh no! There goes my toe!
Oh shoot! There goes my foot!
Oh laugh! There goes my calf!
Oh gee! There goes my knee!
Oh my! There goes my thigh!
Oh haste! There goes my waist!
Oh fiddle! There goes my middle!
Gosh darn! There goes my arm!
Oh heck, There goes my neck!
Oh Fred! There goes my head!
Gulp!
Little Rabbit Fufu
Little Rabbit Fufu
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping ’em on the head
Then down came the good fairy
And she said:
Little Rabbit Fufu
I don’t want to see you
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping ’em on the head
I’ll give you three chances
And if you don’t behave
I’ll turn you into a goon!
Little Rabbit Fufu
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping ’em on the head
…
Poof! You’re a goon!
And that just goes to show:
Hare today, goon tomorrow!
Swimming
Swimming, swimming in my swimming pool
When days are hot, when days are cold
In my swimming pool
Breast stroke, side stroke, fancy diving too
Oh don’t you wish you never had anything else to do but…
Waddly-aka
Waddly-aka, waddly-aka, doodly-do, doodly-do
Waddly-aka, waddly-aka, doodly-do, doodly-do
It’s a simple little song and there ain’t much to it
All you’ve got to do is doodly-do it
I like the whole song but the part I like best is
The doodly, doodly, doodly, doodly, doodly, doodly-do, yeah!
Clapping Songs
Cici, My Playmate
Cici, my playmate
Come out and play with me
And bring your dollies, three
Climb up my apple tree
Slide down my rainbow
Into my cellar door
And we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more
More, shut the door!
So sorry, playmate
I cannot play with you
My dolly has the flu
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
I have no rainbow
I have no cellar door
But we’ll be jolly friends
Forever more
More, shut the door!
Eenie, Meenie, Decimeenie
Eenie, meenie, decimeenie
Ooo, walla, walla, meenie
Education, liberation
I like you
Down, down baby
Down by the rollercoaster
Sweet sweet baby
No place to go
Caught you with your boyfriend
Naughty, naughty
Didn’t do the dishes
Lazy, lazy
Stole a piece of candy
Greedy, greedy
Chucked it out the window
Silly, silly
Eenie, meenie, decimeenie
Ooo, walla, walla, meenie
Education, liberation
I like you
Miss Sue from Alabama
Miss Sue, Miss Sue, Miss Sue from Alabama
Sitting in a rocker, eating Betty Crocker
Watching the clock go, ‘tick, tock, tick, tock, scha walla walla’
Tick, tock, tick, tock, scha walla walla
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Wash those spots right off of me
Moonshine, moonshine, moonshine, freeze!
Stella
Stella, oh-la, oh-la
Clap, clap, clap
Say, ess, cheega, cheega
Cheega, cheega, chap
Say, ess, cheega, cheega
Velo, velo, velo, velo, velo
Say, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Repetition Songs
Bear Song
The other day
I met a bear
A great big bear
A way up there
He looked at me
I looked at him
He sized up me
I sized up him
He said to me
“Why don’t you run?
I see you ain’t
Got any gun.”
And so I ran
Away from there
But right behind
Me was that bear
Ahead of me
There was a tree
A great big tree
Oh Lordy me!
The nearest branch
Was ten feet up
I had to jump
And trust my luck
And so I jumped
Into the air
But I missed that branch
A way up there
Now, don’t you fret
Now, don’t you frown
Because I caught that branch
On the way back down
This is the end
There ain’t no more
Unless I meet
That bear once more!
And so I met
That bear once more
But now he’s a rug
On my bedroom floor
Down by the Bay
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say:
“Did you ever see a bear with long underwear
down by the bay?”
Hello, My Name is Joe
Hello,
My name is Joe
I have a wife and a dog and a family
One day
My boss came up to me and said
Hey Joe!
Are you busy?
I said ‘nope’
(Turn the crank)
Old Hirem’s Goat
Old Hirem’s goat
Was a-feeling fine
Ate three red shirts
Right off of the line
Mrs. Murphy, the cook
She beat him black
And tied him to
A rail road track
Singing ‘Au revoir’
But not goodbye
For that old goat
Wasn’t doomed to die
He coughed and coughed
In mortal pain
Coughed up those shirts
And flagged the train
But the engineer
Was colourblind
Thought those red shirts
Were the go-ahead sign!
Soon to come:
Alouette gentille Alouette
Animal Fair
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baby bumble bee
Brother John
Found a peanut
Frere Jacques
Great green gobs
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
Here we go ’round the mulberry bush
Hokey Pokey
Hot cross buns
If you’re happy and you know it
I’m a little teapot
Itsy bitsy spider
I’ve Been working on the railroad
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Mary had a little lamb
Miss Lucy had a steam boat
Oh where has my little dog gone
On top of spaghetti
Pop goes the weasel
Ring around the rosie
The ants go marching
The bear went over the mountain
The farmer in the dell
The wheels on the bus go round and round
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
This little piggie
This old man (knick-knack paddy-whack)
Three blind mice
Three Fishermen
I like your list of songs very much , but hope you can help me where I can find sheet music for these songs.
very nice list but me and my friends used to do eenie meenie decimeenie like this:
eenie meenie decimeenie you are the one emenie education liberation i like you.
down down baby down down the rolocoaster sweet sweet cherry no place to go.
caught you with your boyfriend naughty naught. didn’t do the washing lazy lazy. stole a box of chocolates greedy greedy. jumped out the window you must be crazy.
(repeat first bit.)
Another variation on Eenie Meenie Decimeenie:
Eenie meenie decimeenie
You are the one for meenie
Education, liberation I like you.
Down down baby down down the rollercoaster
Sweet sweet baby no place to go.
Saw you with your boyfriend naughty naughty,
Stole a bit of candy, greedy greedy,
Didn’t do the dishes lazy lazy,
Jumped out o’the window crazy crazy
(repeat first bit.)
Eenie meenie dicimeenie you are the one for me,
Educated liberated i like you,
Down town baby up by the rollercoaster,
Sweet sweet cherry,
No place to go,
Caught you with your boyfriend,
Naughty naughty,
Have you done the dishes,
Lazy lazy,
Jumped out the window,
Flippin’ crazy,
(Repeat first 2 lines)
Another:
Eeni meeni decimeni you r the one for me
Hocus pocus I hate locusts
I like u
Downtown baby down by the riverside
Cuckoo crazy no place to go
Mother had a boyfriend naughty naughty
Didn’t do the washing up lazy lazy
Jumped out of the window crazy crazy
And that’s the end of the story song
Here’s yet another version that my friends and I used 5-8 years ago. :)
Eenie meanie decemeenie
Shoo bob sha wanna baby
Education, liberation, I like you.
Downtown, baby, down by the rollercoaster,
Sweet sweet baby, no place to go.
Caught you with your boyfriend, kissy, kissy,
Not doin’ homework, naughty, naughty,
Jumped of a window, nutso, nutso,
Sat on a cookie, klutzo, klutzo.
Eenie meanie decemeenie, shoo bop sha wanna beenie
Education, liberation, I like you!