Children's songs

Subject: Children's songs
From:
Date: 11 Apr 99 - 03:54 AM

I am a college student in Early Childhood Education. I need some children's songs that have animals in them. I would really like the original words to "How much is that Doggie in the Window." If anyone has them. I would also appreciate any other children's songs with animals in them.

thanks much.

LJ

Subject: Lyr Add: The Doggie in the Window^^
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Apr 99 - 04:27 AM

The Doggie In The Window
Patti Page

Words and Music by Bob Merrill

Peaked at # 1 in 1953


CHORUS
How much is that doggie in the window? *(arf! arf!)*
The one with the waggley tail
How much is that doggie in the window? *(arf! arf!)*v I do hope that doggie's for sale

I must take a trip to California
And leave my poor sweetheart alone
If he has a dog, he won't be lonesome
And the doggie will have a good home

CHORUS



I read in the paper there are robbers **(roof! roof!)**
With flashlights that shine in the dark
My love needs a doggie to protect him
And scare them away with one bark

I don't want a bunny or a kitty
I don't want a parrot that talks
I don't want a bowl of little fishies
He can't take a goldfish for a walk

How much is that doggie in the window? *(arf! arf!)*
The one with the waggley tail
How much is that doggie in the window? *(arf! arf!)*
I do hope that doggie's for sale

I do hope that doggie's for sale


TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: "*(arf! arf!)*" sounds like a small dog, perhaps Pekingese. **"**(roof! roof!)**" is a bigger dog, maybe a German Shepherd.

source: Robin Hood

No comment.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Apr 99 - 04:39 AM

Also try a search of our database for children's songs by putting @kids in the search box in the upper-right corner of this page. You might also like to try Kididdles.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Tucker
Date: 11 Apr 99 - 08:24 PM

VERY GOOD JOE!!! I remembered the first verse from babyhood but you refreshed me on the others. He' right.

Magadog try this: Hushabye, don't you cry, go to sleep my little baby. When you wake, you shall have cake and all the pretty little horses. Done by various artist, some different wording, but if you go by Hushabye you should be home free. many, many lullabyes out there from everywhere. many sources. the fun is finding them. Have a ball, tucker

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bri
Date: 11 Apr 99 - 10:34 PM

I have a couple from the daycare I volunteer at...

What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make him walk for more than a mile?
It's not a tune on an old violin
Or listenin' to the whispering wind.
That's not what hippos do!

CHORUS--
Theeeeyyyyy....ooze through the gooze without and shoes,
Wade through the water till their lips turn blue.
That's what hippos do!

What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make him walk for more than a mile?
It's not a paper party hat
Or a bag of candy that will make him fat.
That's not what hippos do!

(repeat chorus)
There are motions to this song and I'll give them if you don't already know this song! :o)

and then there's--

Way up in the sky,
The little birds fly,
While down in the nest (cup arms like rocking a baby),
The little birds rest (hands together against cheek, like sleeping).
With a wing on the left (make arm into a wing)
and a wing on the right (make arm into a wing)
the little birds sleep all through the night (repeat 1st sleeping gesture)

shhhhhhh!!!! THEY'RE SLEEPING(shout)!!!!

The bright sun comes up (throw hands up),
The dew falls away (bring hands a little more down on every word).
Good Morning, Good morning (fling hands up each time good morning is said)
The little birds say!

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Mark Roffe
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 12:37 AM

Bri, I thought you might find this song interesting. It's in the DigiTrad Database; it's called THE HIPPOPOTAMUS SONG
Although the verses may be a little much for preschoolers, they'd probably get a kick out of the chorus:

Mud, mud, glorious mud,
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
So follow me, follow, down to the hollow
And there let us wallow in glorious mud.

Mark

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bri
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 06:26 PM

Mark, That's the cutest song! Since my comp doesn't like downloads, I'll have to look for the music elsewhere. Thanx! :o)

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bri
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 06:29 PM

While I'm here...here's a song for probably older young kids.

A panda planned a visit, but they told him not to come.
He was going to Uganda, where of course he isn't from.
Everybody knows the panda comes from China not Uganda
And a panda in Uganda would cause Panda-panda-pandemonium!

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Penny
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 06:30 PM

Look for Flanders and Swan for the music and lyrics for the Hippopotamus Song

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Penny
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 06:32 PM

Like the pandas!

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bert
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 06:36 PM

Daddy wouldn't buy me a Bow Wow
The Animals went in one by one
Tom Pearse
One Man went to Mow
There was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly
Waltzing with Bears
Horsey, Horsey Don't you stop
I painted 'em
Poor little Robin
Alouette
The Fox
Old MacDonald

Bert

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bri
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 06:37 PM

Why thank you! Aren't they just darling?? :o)

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bri
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 07:01 PM

Here names of ones I just remembered, but I don't know all the words to...

All the Pretty Little Horses Bear in Tennis Shoes Tom the Turkey

Then one I'm not sure what it's called. It goes "5 little ducks went out one day, over the hill and far away. Mother duck said quack quack quack, but only 4 little ducks came back..." U can continue until 1 and then they all come back, and the n insert new animals.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bert
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 07:06 PM

That reminds me. There's Three little pigeons, and I've heard a version here called Three short-necked Buzzards.

Bert.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Lucius
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 07:22 PM

There is also a lovely childrens book with Flanders & Swann's text to The Hippopotomas Song.

Still, my all time favorite song is "Jollity Farm" by tje Bonzo Doo-Dah Dog Band. Words won't do it justice, but I highly recommend a listening.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Joe Offer
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 07:54 PM

Hey, I was looking for "Three Chartreuse Buzzards, and I found the Camp Ronald McDonald camp songbook. For some reason, it stops loading at "Ten little Indians," so I'll have to find my buzzards elsewhere or type it from memory. I'm wondering if it's the same song as Bert's "Three Short-Necked Buzzards."
-Joe Offer-

Oh, well, can't find it:

Three chartreuse buzzards
Sitting in a dead tree.
(spoken)Look! One flew A-way.
What A shame!

Two chartreuse buzzards
Sitting in a dead tree.
(spoken)Look! One flew A-way.
What A shame!

One chartreuse buzzard
Sitting in a dead tree.
(spoken)Look! One flew A-way.
What A shame!

No chartreuse buzzards
Sitting in a dead tree.
(spoken)Look! One flew back.
Let us RE-joice!

etcetera, etcetera, etcetera

(one buzzard, two buzzards, and at long last three buzzards again)
-Joe Offer-

Subject: Lyr Add: SIX LITTLE DUCKS
From: Ferrara
Date: 12 Apr 99 - 11:52 PM

My son learned the "6 Little Ducks" song in day care. It wasn't politically correct, but it was cute and in fact the kids loved it.

Six little ducks went out to play,
Over the hills and far away.
The mother duck went quack, quack, quack,
And five little ducks came running back.

Five little ducks... four... three... two...

One little duck went out to play,
Over the hills and far away.
The mother duck went quack, quack, quack,
And no little ducks came running back.

No little ducks went out to play,
Over the hills and far away.
The father duck went QUACK, QUACK, QUACK,
And six little ducks came running back!

... Can send the tune if you want it. - Rita F. It's chauvinistic, but at the time I felt it had the ring of truth, so to speak.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Mark Roffe
Date: 13 Apr 99 - 01:31 AM

I don't know the verses to this one, but you really must try singing this chorus out loud. It's to the tune of the chorus of the Mexican Hat Dance:

Po-ta-TO, po-ta-TO, po-ta-To-po
ta-to-PO, ta-to-PO, ta-to-PO-ta
to-po-TA, to-po-TA, to-po-TA-to
po-ta-TO, po-ta-TO, po-ta-TO!!!!

The verses match the tune of the verses of the Mexican Hat Dance, but as I said before (this is the Department of Redundancy Department), I don't know the verses. Do you?

Mark

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Penny
Date: 13 Apr 99 - 05:26 AM

Have you seen Allan Ahlberg's poetry books? Heard it in the Playground has some parodies of well known songs, such as "What shall we do with the grumpy teacher?", "Goodbye, old school, we're going away," and my personal favourite, "The Mrs. Butler Blues". There is a Mrs Butler Songbook, too.

I won't tell you what I can hear at the moment, involving KFC, and McDonalds. I can't transcribe it.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: MAG (inactive)
Date: 13 Apr 99 - 02:34 PM

Ruth Seeger's *Animal Folk Songs for Children.*

Guy Carawan's *My Rhinocerous*

any Burl Ives recording will have "Little white Duck" Froggy went a courting, etc etc etc

Try the childrens section of your friendly local public library.

- MA

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Cara
Date: 13 Apr 99 - 05:40 PM

The kids I sing to love these, and some I learned while working in a Headstart:

Fried ham fried ham fried ham Cheese and bologna After the macaroni, we'll have onions Pickles and peppers, and then we'll have some more Fried ham fried ham fried ham

(spoken) Same song second verse, hillbilli talk much much worse!

Add whatever comical accent you wish for as many verses as you can--we did British, baby, hillbilly, etc,.

Little Rabbit Foo Foo was a big favorite--I'll transcribe it if you want.

Also for the little ones "The Froggy Song": Two hands up, thumbs touching fingertips, to represent frog mouths/faces. Your hands open when the frogs talk.

"Gat-GOON" went the little Mr. Frog one day "Gat-GOON" went the Lady Froggy too "Gat GOON" went they both together And their eyes went Woo-Woo-Woo ((Rotate your wrists to "swoon" the frogs'heads)

And they kissed each other (Make the handfroggies kiss) Just like little froggies do Then she said "Goodbye' (Nod hand) And he said "Oh my!" "Gat-GOON! (Kiss-smack 2X) "I'm coming too!" -

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Bri
Date: 13 Apr 99 - 06:19 PM

again that reminds me...

mm-mm went the little green frog one day, mm-mm went the little green frog. mm-mm went the little green frog one day and they all went mm-mm-ahh. Now all the frogs go mm- ladidahdidah, ladidahdidah, ladidahdidah, instead of mm-mm-ahh.

and there's that other frog song... 5 little speckled frogs sitting on a speckeled log, eating the most delicious bugs..yummyumm! one jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool and then there was one speckled frog. (continue on with fewer frogs each time.)

and then there's tom the toad to the tune of oh chritmas tree, but i don't think it's little kid appropriate!!

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Terry
Date: 13 Apr 99 - 07:16 PM

Repetition helps teach small children vocabulary, so songs like "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" are great for teaching animal names and their associated sounds. There's a similar song I learned in West Virginia:

I had a cat and the cat pleased me, and I fed my cat under yonder tree. The cat said Fiddle-I-Fee.

You add a different animal with every verse and repeat the ones which went before, always ending with the cat, such as:

I had a cow and the cow pleased me, and I fed my cow under yonder tree. The cow said Moo, Moo; the pig said Oink, Oink; the sheep said Baa Baa; the horse said Neigh Neigh; the dog said Woof Woof; the cat said Fiddle-I-Fee.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 13 Apr 99 - 07:20 PM

Bill Staines' "A Place in the Choir" (AKA "All God's Critters") is very popular these days. He has it on several of his CDs.

Good traditional songs with animals: "Leatherwing Bat" "Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," "Squirrel He's Got a Bushy Tail," "The Fox" and "Froggie Went a-Courting."

Sandy

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,Froggy went a courting
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 03:29 PM

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 03:36 PM

Just enter froggy in the lyrics and knowledge search. Several songs will come up, and in the threads, listed below, there are many other versions.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Rank
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 04:43 PM

Roy Bailey's record : "Why does it have to be me?" contains the following songs:

Welcome to the world
It's your birthday
Kangaroos like to hop
Irritating poem
Skin
Song of the clock
Free to roam
People
Rock a little baby
Questions
Why does it have to be me?
Vitamin dance
Nasty spider
Flying high, flying free
Everything possible

The record has been released on CD I think. A lot of the childrens' songs he sings are written by Leon Rosselson and can be found on various ones of his records/CDs. Leon Rosselson's songbook "Bringing the news from nowhere" is worth a perusal as it contains the music and chords, although it mainly contains non childrens' songs.

The best animal one is "Kangaroos like to hop", which has a simple tune and is easy to play.

Kangaroos like to hop
        And zebras like to run
        Horses like to trot
        But I like to lie in the sun.

        Hooters like to hoot,
        And bells like to ring,
        Scooters like to scoot,
        But I like to swing on a swing.

        Water likes to trickle,
        And milk likes to spill,
        Glue likes to stickle,
        But I like to roll down the hill.

        Creepers like to creep,
        And winkles like to wink,
        People like to peep,
        But I like to splash in the sink.

        Feet like to jump,
        And tummies like to hum,
        Knees like to bump,
        But I like to suck my thumb.

        Panthers like to pounce,
        And leopards like to leap,
        Bulls like to bounce,
        But I like to sing in my sleep.

        Kangaroos like to hop
        And zebras like to run
        Horses like to trot
        But I like to lie in the sun.

After singing hop, the children sing hop, hop, hop. Then run, run, run after run and ditto with trot. Same principle applie to the other verses.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Strupag
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 07:14 PM

I always thought "Place in the Choir" was written by Bob Zents.
Anyway, for bundles of childrens songs you should get some of the Singing Kettle albums by Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise.
Lots of old Scots songs, lots of other contrries songs and lots of new stuff. They have a website www.singingkettle.com

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 08:09 PM

Lyr. Add: THE THREE FLIES

There were three flies, once upon a time,
Resolved to travel and change their clime,
For they neither cared for father nor mother,
For uncle nor aunt, nor sister, nor brother;
The first was a yellow one, the second was blue,
And the third one was a green one to the view;
So off they set with merry hums,
And told their parents to kiss their bums.

Chorus:
But they too saucy were by half-
I can't sing if you do laugh,
So shut your mouths and list to me,
Tiddle liddle lol, and tiddle liddle lee,
And take a lesson from a fly,
Don't give way to lux - u -ry.

They had not gone far when the yellow one cries,
Look down, my boys, a dinner I spies,
But the blue bottle answered- upon my word
I sees nothing but a large cow s----,
A cow s---, well there's good in that--
I'm sure it looks monstraclous fat;
And I wish as how I may go to Davy,
If I don't have some of that rich gravy.
But the others too dainty were by half--

I can't sing if you do laugh,
So shut your mouths, etc.

From Bodleian Ballads, Johnson ballads fol. 25, "The Rural Songster."
Printed J. Catnach, Seven Dials, London, between 1813-1838.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 08:12 PM

Forgot my question- I have heard something like this, a long time ago, in camp (U. S.). Anyone know of a remake or of a similat song?

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 09:15 PM

Lyr. Add: DID YOU FEED MY COW?

Did you feed my cow? Yes, Mam!
Will you tell me how? Yes, Mam!
Oh, w'at did you give her? Cawn and hay.
Oh, w'at did you give her? Cawn and hay.

Did you milk her good? Yes, Mam!
Did you do like you should? Yes, Mam!
Oh, how did you milk her? Swish! Swish! Swish!
Oh, how did you milk her? Swish! Swish! Swish!

Did dat cow get sick? Yes, Mam!
Wuz she kivered with tick? Yes, Mam!
Oh, how was she sick? All bloated up!
Oh, how was she sick? All bloated up!

Did dat cow die? Yes, Mam!
Wid a pain in her eye? Yes, Mam!
Oh, how did she die? Uh-! Uh-! Uh-!
Oh, how did she die? Uh-! Uh-! Uh-!

Did de buzzards come? Yes, Mam!
Fer to pick her bone? Yes, Mam!
Oh, how did they come? Flop! Flop! Flop!
Oh, how did they come? Flop! Flop! Flop!

Thomas W. Talley, Negro Folk Rhymes.
University of Tennessee Press.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Cluin
Date: 12 Jan 03 - 11:45 PM

Brian O'Linn
Waltzing With Bears
Skyscraper Wean
St. Brendan's Fair Isle
Down By the Sea
Skinnamalinky Longlegs

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,Q
Date: 13 Jan 03 - 04:12 PM

In the song, "The Three Flies," substitute "cowpie" for "cow s---" if the latter seems offensive.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Charley Noble
Date: 13 Jan 03 - 05:10 PM

Guest Q-

"Cow turd" makes a better rhyme for "word" but whatever.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,winterbright
Date: 13 Jan 03 - 07:45 PM

Regarding PO-ta-to, PO-ta-to, PO-ta-to... I'm pretty sure Cheryl Wheeler wrote it. The first verse is: They're red, they're white, they're brown... They get that way under ground; They can't have much to do... So now they have blue ones, too... PO-ta-to,etc. Verse 2: Sometimes we ditch the skin...and eat what they're holding in...Sometimes we'd rather,please... Have just the outside with cheese. There are one or two more verses, but I'm blanking on them. Sorry. NOTE: The stressed syllable changes each line of the chorus- PO-ta-to/ TA-to-po/TO-po-ta. And you end up with a left-over syllable at the end of each line of the chorus. But believe it or not, it WORKS! But you gotta work at it! Check out "Sing Out! magazine's back files for the rest of it. Have fun!

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 04:09 AM

I'm a knock kneed chicken and a bow legged sparrow,
I missed my bus so I went by barrow
I went to the cafe for me dinner and me tea,
Too many radishes, hic, pardon me....

NB... Cafe - said CAFF.

Oh dear, what can the matter be,
Three old ladies stuck in the lavatory
They've been there from Monday to Saturday,
What can the matter be...

and so on...

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Jeanie
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 04:38 AM

Yay, Strupag ! Here's another "Singing Kettle" fan! One of the songs they do is here in the Digitrad:

The Wee Kirkcudbright Centipede

- jeanie

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: Jacob B
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 06:05 PM

David Polansky has written a set of animal songs for every letter in the alphabet. Check it out.

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST,y.navarette
Date: 12 Oct 04 - 08:18 AM

I am looking for lyrics to "This Old Man" can anyone help? please!

Subject: RE: Children's songs
From: GUEST, Sminky
Date: 01 Jul 10 - 11:05 AM

THE THREE FLIES

by Thomas Hudson

  THERE were three flies once on a time 
  Resolved to travel and change their clime. 
  For they neither cared for father nor mother. 
  For uncle, nor aunt, nor sister, nor brother. 
  The first was a yellow one, the second was blue. 
  And the third was a green one to the view ; 
  So off they set with their merry hums. 
  And told their parents to kiss their bums.
   
  But they too saucy were, by half; 
  I can't sing if you do laugh. 
  So shut your mouths, and list to me, 
  Tiddle, liddle, lol, and tiddle liddle lee, 
  And take a lesson from a fly. 
  Don't give way to lux — u — ry.  
  
  They had not got far when the' yellow one cries 
  "Look down, my boys, a dinner I spies;" 
  But the bluebottle answered, "upon my word" 
  "I sees nothing but a large cow t__d" 
  "A cow t__d well, there's good in that ; 
  I'm sure it looks monstratious fat ; 
  And I wish as how I may go to Davy, . 
  If I don't have some of that rich gravy." 
  
  But the others too dainty were by half; 
  I can't sing if you do laugh, &c. &c. 
  
  Away, then flew the other two, 
  Jacky Green and Tommy Blue; 
  They flowed on fast, and did not stop 
  Till they came opposite to a butcher's shop. 
  "Oh, oh," says the bluebottle, " here's a treat"; 
  "I'm particularly fond of butchers' meat !" 
  Sap 'tother, says he, "then off I go, 
  "For I don't care for meat, you know"
   
  But he too dainty was by half, &c. &c.
  
  Far off then by himself he flowed. 
  And into a grocer's shop he goed : 
  And there he play'd some saucy rigs. 
  For he danc'd among the sugar, and the plums and the figs. 
  The day being hot, he took a whim. 
  And thought in some treacle he should like to swim ; 
  So, without considering consequences, in he goes. 
  And didn't even stop to take off his cloathes ; 
  
  But the treacle he found too thick by half, &c. &c. 
  
  The other two pass'd by the door, 
  And heard a voice they'd heard before ; 
  So nearer to the sound they got. 
  Till they 'lighted on the treacle pot. 
  There they saw him almost dead, 
  And thus to him the bluebottle said, 
  "O Greeny, all our powers can't save ye. 
  You'd better have had our beef and gravy ;" 
  
  But you too dainty was by half, &c. &c. 
  
  
  Now, all young men inclin'd to roam. 
  Take my advice, and stay at home ; 
  And be your fortunes dry or wet 
  Be content with what you get. 
  And 'bout trifles make no fuss. 
  Farther on you may fare worse ; 
  And mayhap when a great way off you've got, 
  Like that poor fly you'll go to pot. 
  
  For he too dainty was by half, &c. &c.
  

Source: Comic Songs by Thomas Hudson, 1818

London: Printed by Gold and Walton, 24 Wardour Street, Oxford
Street, for T. Hudson, Kean's Head, Russell Court, Drury Lane
1818