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Song List
Child Development Laboratories
ACORN SONG
I’m a little acorn round,
Lying on the cold, cold ground.
People come and step on me;
That is why I’m cracked, you see.
I’m a NUT. (snap your tongue 2x)
I’m a NUT. (snap with tongue 2x)
I’m NUTTY!
A-HUNTING WE WILL GO
Oh, a-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go.
We’ll catch a fox and put him in a box,
And then we’ll let him go.
And his head was made of good cream cheese, of good cream
cheese, of good cream cheese.
And his head was make of good cream cheese.
And his name was Aiken Drumm.
Repeat with other parts of the body being made of other foods.
Let the children contribute ideas.
APPLES AND BANANAS
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
(repeat 4x)
I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas
Repeat with a long vowel sound using a, e, I, o, uk
(make up other versus)
Last Verse:
Oh, a-hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go.
We’ll just pretend and in the end,
We’ll always let them go.
AIKEN DRUMM
There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in
the moon,
There was a man lived in the moon
And his name was Aiken Drumm.
And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle
And he played upon ladle
And his name was Aiken Drumm.
CDL Songs, page 1
BABY BUMBLE BEE
I’m taking home a baby bumblebee
Won’t my mother/father be so proud of me?
I’m taking home a baby bumble bee.
Ouch! She stung me.
BARNYARD SONG
I had a bird and my bird pleased me.
I fed my bird under yonder tree
Bird goes fiddle-I-fee
(Repeat first two lines before singing each of the following)
Hen goes chimmy - chuck, chimmy - chuck
Duck goes quack, quack
Goose goes swishy, swashy
Sheep goes baa, baa
Pig goes oink oink, oink oink
Cow goes moo, moo
Horse goes neigh, neigh
No bears! (Pretend to climb down)
(Repeat using reverse sequence)
(Repeat above actions quickly in reverse)
Slam the gate (Clap hands)
We made it!
BE KIND TO YOUR WEB-FOOTED FRIENDS
Be kind to your web-footed friends
For a duck may be somebody’s mother.
You may think that this is the end.
And it is.
BEAR HUNT
Would you like to go on a bear hunt?
Okay - all right - come on - let’s go!
Open the gate - close the gate (Motion)
Coming to a bridge - can’t go over it - can’t go under it
Guess we’ll have to cross it. (Thump chest with closed fists)
Coming to a mud puddle - can’t go over it - can’t go under it
Guess we’ll have to go through it. (Squish cheeks)
Coming to a river - can’t go over it - can’t go under it
Guess we’ll have to swim it. (Make swimming strokes)
Coming to a wheat field - can’t go over - can’t go under it
Guess we’ll have to go through it. (Rub palms together)
Coming to a tree -can’t go under it - can’t go over it
Let’s climb it! (Pretend to climb tree and look around)
CDL Songs, page 2
Oh! Oh! I see a cave! It’s dark in here. (Cover eyes)
I see two eyes. I feel something furry. (Reach out hand)
It’s a bear! Run! (Running motion with hands)
BINGO
There was a farmer who 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!
Repeat song, clapping first in place of the B, and each time
adding a letter to be clapped until you are clapping five times in
place of saying B-I-N-G-O.
BOA CONSTRICTOR
I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,
I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,
I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,
And I don’t like it very much!
Oh, no! Oh, no! He swallowed my toe.
He swallowed my toe!
Oh, gee! Oh, gee!
He’s up to my knee. He’s up to my knee.
Oh, fiddle, Oh, fiddle!
He’s reached my middle! He’s reached my middle!
Oh, heck! Oh, heck!
He’s up to my neck! He’s up to my neck!
Oh, dread! Oh dread!
He swallowed my (gulp)
BRAHMS LULLABY
Lullaby and good night, With roses bedight
With lilies bespread, Is baby’s wee bed
Lay thee down now and rest,
May thy slumber be blessed
Lay thee down now and rest,
May thy slumber be blessed
Good night then once more. By angels watch’d o’er
In dreams thou shalt see. A fair Christmas tree.
Go to sleep, close thine eyes, thou shalt see Paradise
Go to sleep, close thine eyes, thou shalt see Paradise
BUBBLE GUM
My mommy gave me a penny
She told me to save that penny.
But I didn’t save that penny,
Chorus:
Instead, I bought bubble gum,
Um, ba, um, ba, bubble gum
Um, ba, um, ba, bubble gum.
Other verses:
My mommy gave me a nickel
She told me to buy a pickle.
CDL Songs, page 3
But I didn’t buy a pickle.
(Repeat chorus)
My mommy gave me a dime
She told me to buy a lime.
But I didn’t buy a lime.
(Repeat chorus)
My mommy gave me a quarter.
She told me to tip the porter
But I didn’t tip the porter.
(Repeat chorus)
My mommy gave me a dollar
She told me to buy a collar
But I didn’t buy a collar,
BYE, BABY BUNTING
Bye, O baby bunting
Daddy’s gone a hunting
To get a little rabbit skin
To wrap his baby bunting in.
Bye, O baby bunting
Daddy’s gone a hunting
To get a little lammie skin
To wrap his baby bunting in.
Bye, O baby bunting
Daddy’s gone a hunting
A rosy wisp of cloud to win
To wrap his baby bunting in.
CAMPTOWN RACES
The Camptown ladies sing this song
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
The Camptown race track’s five miles long.
O doo-dah day!
In a most convenient place.
I bet you couldn’t guess it,
If you guessed along, long while,
So I’ll take it out and put it on,
It’s a great big CDL smile
I come down there with my hat caved in,
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
I go back home with a pocket full of tin,
Oh, doo-dah day!
Goin to run all night, goin to run all day
I’ll bet my money on a bob-tail nag,
Somebody bet on the bay.
CDL SONG
CDL has many kids.
Many kids have CDL.
I am one and so are you,
So let’s just have some fun!
Right arm (Move right arm up and down)
The longtail filly and the big black horse,
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
They fly the track and they both cut across
Oh, doo-dah day!
The blind horse stickin in a big mud hole
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
Can’t touch bottom with a ten-foot pole,
Oh, doo-dah day!
Goin to run all night, goin to run all day.
I’ll bet my money on a bob-tail nag;
Somebody be on the bay.
CDL SMILE
I have something in my pocket,
That belongs upon my face,
I keep it very close to me
CDL Songs, page 4
Repeat first four lines
Right arm, Left arm (Move both arms up and down)
Repeat
Right arm, left arm, right leg (add up and down movement with
right leg)
Repeat
Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, nod your head
Repeat
Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, nod your head, turn around
Repeat
Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, nod your head, turn
around, sit down.
Let everyone wiggle their nose like me
CLAP YOUR HANDS TOGETHER
Clap, Clap, Clap your hands
Clap your hands together
Clap, Clap, Clap your hands
Clap your hands together
La, la, la, la, la, la, . . .
Other verses:
stomp your feet
knock your knees
tap your toes
nod your head
stretch up high, etc.
COOKIES IN THE COOKIE SHOP
Five little cookies in the cookie shop,
Five little cookies with sugar on top,
Along came Nathan with a penny to pay,
He snatched that cookie and he walked away.
Four little cookies in the cookie shop . . . . (repeat)
Three little cookies in the cookie shop . . . . etc.
COME ON AND JOIN INTO THE GAME
Let everyone clap hands like me. (clap! clap!)
Let everyone clap hands like me. (clap! clap!)
Come on and join into the game,
You’ll find that it’s always the same.
Variations to replace the first two lines:
Let everyone laugh like me (ha! ha!)
Let everyone cry like me (boo! boo!)
CDL Songs, page 5
CRADLE SONG
Slumber, slumber, O my darling baby
Gently rocked by Mother’s gentle hand;
Softly rest and safely slumber,
While she swings thee by this cradle band.
Slumber, slumber, all so sweetly buried,
Guarded by thy mother’s loving arm;
All her wishes, all possessions,
And her love, shall shelter thee from harm
Slumber, slumber, warm they nest and downy,
Many a loving song for thee she’ll sing;
Then a rosebud and a lily,
When thou wakest, she to thee will bring.
DEEP AND WIDE
Deep and wide, deep and wide, (show deep & wide with hands)
There’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. (wiggle fingers in the
air)
Deep and wide, deep and wide.
There’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.
Other verses:
Reverse to “wide and deep”
Make up verse
DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW?
Do your ears hang low? (hand pointing down)
Do they wobble to and fro? (wiggle fingers)
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow? (tying motions)
Can you toss them over your shoulder?
Like a continental soldier? (tossing motion)
Do your ears hang low?
DOUGHNUT
Here is a doughnut, big and fat.
Here is the hole, but you can’t eat that
DOUGHNUT SONG
Well, I went to Cincinnati, and I walked around the block and I
walked right into a doughnut shop.
Well, I pulled that doughnut right out of the grease and handed
the lady a five cent piece.
Well she looked at the nickel and she looked at me, she said
this nickel ain’t no good to me,
There’s a hole in the nickel and it goes right through,
I said there’s a hole in the doughnut too.
Thanks for the doughnut, SO LONG!
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 momma’s gonna say,
Have you ever seen a moose sit on a goose?
Down by the bay.
Down by the bay, repeat and point to children to provide a
rhyme.
DOWN THE HILL ON A CROCODILE
She sailed away on a bright and sunny day
CDL Songs, page 6
On the back of a crocodile.
You see, said she, it’s as plain as it can be,
I’ll ride him down the Nile.
The crock winked his eye as she waved her friends good-bye,
Wearing a great big smile.
At the end of the ride, the lady was inside
And the smile was on the crocodile.
DUCKY DUDDLE
Little Ducky Duddle went swimming in a puddle,
A puddle, a puddle, quite small.
He said, “It doesn’t matter
How much you splash and splatter.
I’m only a duckie, that’s all.
Quack, Quack!”
E I- E I- E I- O
(Leader) Ei-ei-ei-o
(Group) Ei-ei-ei-o
(Leader) Ei-ei-ei-o
(Group) Ei-ei-ei-o
(Leader) Ei-o
(Group)-ei-o
(All) Ei-ei-ei-o
Verse:
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It ain’t gonna rain no more,
How in the heck can I wash my neck
If it ain’t gonna rain no more?
Repeat
Return to Ei-ei-ei-o
FIVE LITTLE COOKIES
Five little cookies in a bakery shop
Round and shiny with the sugar on top
A boy (vary with girl, animals, etc.) came along with a penny to
pay,
He grabbed that cookie and he ran away.
Four little cookies. . . (Repeat)
Three. . .
Two. . .
One. . .
No little cookies in the bakery shop!
FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS
Five little monkeys jumping on the be (jump 5 fingers)
One fell off and bumped his head (bump head with hand)
The mama called the doctor and the doctor said (dial phone)
That’s what you get for jumping on the bed (shake finger)
Repeat with 4, 3,2,1, then:
No more monkeys jumping on the bed
FIVE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS
Five little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log, (use other arm as log)
Eating some most delicious bugs.
Yum! Yum! (Rub tummy)
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool. (have one jump into imaginary pool)
Now there are four green speckled frogs.
Glub! Glub!
(Repeat song with 4, 3, 2, 1 frogs)
CDL Songs, page 7
HEAD AND SHOULDERS
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes (Touch body parts as you
sing)
Knees and toes
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes
Knees and toes
I have eyes and ears, a mouth and nose
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
Knees and toes.
HICKETY - PICKETY BUMBLE BEE
Hickety-pickety bumble bee
(slap-clap-slap-clap)
Who can say their name for me?
(point to a child)
(child) Zachary
(teacher) Whisper it.
Zachary (in a whisper)
(teacher) Clap it!
Zack-a-ry (clap each syllable)
(teacher) Shout it!
Zachary! (yell)
Hickety-pickety bumble bee
(slap-clap-slap-clap)
Who can say their name for me?
(point to a different child)
HOKEY POKEY
You put your right hand in
You put your right hand out
You put your right hand in
And shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.
If that cart and bull turn over
Mama’s gonna buy you a doggie named Rover.
If that dog named Rover won’t bark
Mama’s gonna buy you a horse ‘n’ cart.
If that horse and cart fall down
You’ll be the sweetest little baby in town
Verses:
You put your left hand in
You put your right foot in
You put your left foot in
You put your head in
You put your front side in
You put your back side in
You put your whole self in
IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it
Then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.
HUSH LITTLE BABY
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word
Mama’s gonna buy you a mockingbird.
Other verses:
stomp your feet
wiggle your nose
pat your cheeks
flap you arms, etc.
If that mocking bird won’t sing
Mama’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.
Variations:
If that diamond ring turns brass
Mama’s gonna buy you a looking glass.
If you’re mad and you know it stomp your feet
If you’re sleepy and you know it take a nap, etc.
If that looking glass gets broke
Mama’s gonna buy you a billy goat.
I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT
I’m a little teapot short and stout,
Here is my handle; here is my spout. (one hand on hip, other
extended)
When I get all steamed up, then I shout,
If that billy goat won’t pull
Mama’s gonna buy you a cart and bull.
CDL Songs, page 8
Just tip me over and pour me out. (tip direction of extended
arm)
I’m a very special pot. It’s true.
Here, let me show you what I can do.
I can change my handle and my spout.
Tip me over and pour me out.
IT AINT GONNA RAIN NO MORE
Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It aint gonna rain no more.
Aint gonna snow and it aint gonna pour
Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more.
Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It aint gonna rain no more.
How in the heck can I wash my neck
When it ain’t gonna rain no more?
Oh I had a cat and I named him Tom
Let him out one day.
A big dog chased him down the street,
And Tom-cat ran away.
Now Tom came back..big and fat
How that cat did purr
Now how on earth could Tom give birth?
I guess that he’s a her.
Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It aint gonna rain no more.
How in the dickens can I count my chickens
If it ain’t gonna rain no more.
CDL Songs, page 9
Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It aint gonna rain no more.
How in the deuce can I cook my goose
If it ain’t gonna rain no more.
ITSY BITSY SPIDER
The Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the water spout. (creep fingers
up)
Down came the rain and washed the spider out. (rain with
fingers)
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. (make sun with
hands)
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again. (creep fingers
up)
JOHN JACOB INGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out, the people always shout.
There goes John Jacob Jinglehimer Schmidt.
(Na, na, na, na, na, na, na)
JOHNNY WORKS WITH ONE HAMMER
Johnny works with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer.
(hammer with one hand)
Johnny works with one hammer, now he works with two.
(hammer with two hands)
(Keep adding hammers up to five using both feet and head for
3rd, 4th, and 5th hammer
KOOKABURRA
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh Kookaburra laugh! Gay your life must be.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops he can see.
Stop Kookaburra, stop!
Leave some there for me.
LE DODO
Sleep, sleep, little child
Times are restless, dreams are mild.
Sleep, sleep, Baby sleep
Eyes are heavy counting sheep.
Baby tired form playing
Fancies hens a-laying
Golden eggs, for the sleeping child.
World is weary, dreams are wild.
Sleep, sleep, Baby sleep
Eyes are heavy counting sheep
Sleep, sleep, little child
Times are restless, dreams are mild.
LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO
Little Bunny Foo Foo was hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice and boppin’ em on the head
Down came the good fairy and she said,
“Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don’t want to see you,
CDL Songs, page 10
Scooping up the field mice and boppin’ em on the head.
I’ll give you three chances, and if you don’t stop.
I’ll turn you into a goose!”
So the next day:
(Repeat entire song each time decreasing the number of
chances given by the fairy. On the last verse: “Now I’m going
to turn you into a goose! Poof!)
LITTLE RED BOX
Oh, I wish I had a little red box to put
(Child’s Name) in.
I’d hug hug hug and let her out again.
LITTLE RED CABOOSE
Little red caboose, chug! chug! chug!
Little red caboose, chug! chug! chug!
Little red caboose behind the train, the train.
Smoke stack on his back, chug! chug! chug!
Comin’ down the track, chug! chug! chug!
Little Red Caboose behind the train, train, train, train.
MEDLEY: GOLDEN SLUMBERS AND TOORA- LOORA
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes
Smiles await you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby.
Toora-Loora-Loora, Toora-Loora-Lie
\Toora-Loora-Loora, Hush, now don’t you cry
Toora-Loora-Loora, Toora, Loora-Lie
Toora-Loora-Loora, That’s an Irish lullaby
MISS O’LEARY’S COW
One dark night when we were all in bed,
Old Miss O’Leary left the lantern in the shed.
And when the cow kicked it over,
She blinked her eye and said,
“It’s gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight! Fire, Fire, Fire
MISS MARY MACK
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black,
Had silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For 15 cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump the fence, fence, fence.
They jumped so high, high, high
They touched the sky, sky, sky
And they didn’t come down, down, down
‘Till the 4th of July, ly, ly
MISS POLLY
Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick,
So she called the Doctor to come quick, quick, quick!
The doctor came with his bag and his cap,
And he knocked a the door with a rap-tap-tap.
He looked at the Dolly and he shook his head,
And he said, “Miss Polly put her straight to bed!”
He wrote on his pad for a pill, pill, pill.
“I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill!”
(words suggest motions.)
CDL Songs, page 11
OLD DAN TUCKER
I come to town the other night
I heard the noise and saw the fight
The watchman was a runnin roun
Cryin Old Dan Tuckers come to town
Chorus:
So get out the way for Old Dan Tucker
Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker
Get out the way for Old Dan Tucker
He’s to late to come for supper.
Old Dan, he went down to the mill
To get some meal to put in the swill
The miller swore by the point to his knife
He never seen such a man in his life
Repeat Chorus
Old Dan Tucker was a fine old man,
Washed his face in a frying pan
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel
Died with a toothache in his heel
OLD MACDONALD
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
And on this farm he had a cow E-I-E-I-O
With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O
(Repeat using other animals and sounds.)
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY
On top of Old Smoky
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
By courting to slow
Well a courtin’s a pleasure
And parting is grief
But a false-hearted lover
Is worse than a thief
A thief he will rob you
And take all you have
But a false-hearted lover
Will send you to your grave
On top of Old Smoky
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
By courtin’ to slow
They’ll hug you and kiss you
And tell you more lies
Then the cross-ties on the railroad
Or the stars in the skies
They’ll tell you they love you
Just to give your heart ease
But the minute your back’s turned
CDL Songs, page 12
They’ll court whom they please
On top of Old Smoky
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
By courtin’ to slow
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
Can’t touch bottom with a ten-foot pole,
Oh, doo-dah day!
Goin to run all night, goin to run all day.
I’ll bet my money on a bob-tail nag;
Somebody be on the bay.
OPEN THEM, SHUT THEM
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them,
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them,
Lay them in your lap.
Creep them, creep them, creep them, creep them
Right up to your chin
Open up your little mouth, but do not let them in.
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them,
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open them, shut them, open them, shut them,
Lay them in your lap.
ORA NO OMBOKO
Sleep, baby, night has fallen.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
Father’s gone to get a bird
To sing you fast asleep
Sing polly-wolly-doodle all the day
Mother has gone to the village
To buy you a pretty little fish.
Sleep, baby, sleep until morning
Brings you your every wish.
With the fire brightly burning
Rest, you sleepy head,
Coals glowing casing their shadows
Warming you tiny bed
Uncle has gone to bring more wood
To keep the blaze aglow.
Sleep, baby, sleep and dream
To slumber land you go.
PIECE OF POPCORN
I’m a piece of popcorn.
Put me in a pan.
Shake me, shake me, as fast as you can.
When I get all steamed up and red hot.
Then I go - POP, POP, POP!
POLLY WOLLY DOODLE
I went down south for to see my Sal
Sing polly-wolly-doodle al the day
My Sally is a spunky gal
Sing polly-wolly-doodle all the day
Chorus:
Fare thee well, Fare thee well,
Fare thee well my fairy fay
For I’m goin’ to Lousiana for to see my Suzy-anna
CDL Songs, page 13
Sal she is a maiden fair
Sing polly-wolly-doodle all the day.
With curly eyes and laughing hair
Sing polly-wolly-doddle all the day long
Repeat chorus
Behind the barn down on my knees
Sing polly-wolly-doodle all the day.
I thought I heard a chicken sneeze,
Sing polly-wolly-doodle all the day.
Repeat chorus
He sneezed so hard with the shooping cough
Sing polly-wooly-doodle all the day
He sneezed his head and tall right off,
Sing polly-wolly-doodle all the day.
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
Puff, the Magic Dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist, in a land called Ho-nah-lee.
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff.
Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Ho-nah-Lee,
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Ho-nah-Lee.
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail,
Jackie kept a look-out perched on puff’s gigantic tail,
Noble kings and princes would bow when-e’er they came,
Pirate ships would low’r their flag when PUFF roared out his
name.
And leave it about a week.
A dragon lives forever but not so little boys.
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One great night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
RAINBOW SONG
Oh Rainbow, oh rainbow
How lovely are your colors!
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow,
How lovely are your colors.
Red, and orange, and purple too
Yellow, green, and blue so true.
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow,
How lovely are your colors
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend,
Puff could not be brave
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave.
PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR
Put your finger in the air, in the air
Put your finger in the air, in the air.
Put your finger in the air, and leave it about a year.
Put your finger in the air, in the air.
Other verses:
Put your finger on your head. . .
Tell me, is it green or red?
Put your finger on your shoe. . .
Leave it a day or two.
Put your finger on your chin. . .
That’s where the food slips in.
Put your finger on your cheek. . .
CDL Songs, page 14
Put your fingers all together. . .
And we’ll clap for better weather.
RAINDROPS
If all of the raindrops, were lemon drops and gum drops.
Oh, what a world this would be.
I’d stand outside with my mouth open wide.
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah! (tilt head back, mouth open)
If all of the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops.
Additional verses:
Oh, what a world this would be.
If all the snow flakes were candy bars and mild shakes
If all the sun beams were lemonade and icecream
RAISINS AND ALMONDS
By my little one’s cradle in the night,
Sleeps a tiny goat so shiny white.
Now he is of to the market.
My precious one do not weep,
We shall have raisins and almonds.
Sleep, my little one, sleep.
SILLY WILLY
Oh, there was an old man, and his name was Silly Willy.
He wasn’t very smart, but gosh he was silly.
And his finger it went up, and his finger it went up,
And his finger it went up, up, up.
Oh, there was an old man, and his name was Silly Willy.
He wasn’t very smart, but gosh he was silly.
And his eyes they would blink, and his eyes they would blink,
And his eyes they would blink, blink, blink.
And his finger it went up, and his finger it went up,
And his finger it went up, up, up.
Oh, there was an old man, and his name was Silly Willy.
He wasn’t very smart, but gosh he was silly.
And his head it would rock, and his head it would rock,
And his head it would rock, rock, rock.
And his eyes they would blink, and his eyes they would blink,
And his eyes they would blink, blink, blink.
And his finger it went up, and his finger it went up,
And his finger it went up, up, up.
Oh, there was an old man, and his name was Silly Willy.
He wasn’t very smart, but gosh he was silly.
And his feet whey would stomp, and his feet they would stomp,
And his feet they would stomp, stomp, stomp.
And his head it would rock, and his head it would rock,
And his head it would rock, rock, rock.
And his eyes they would blink, and his eyes they would blink,
And his eyes they would blink, blink, blink.
And his finger it went up, and his finger it went up,
And his finger it went up, up, up.
CDL Songs, page 15
Oh, there was an old man, and his name was Silly Willy.
He wasn’t very smart, but gosh he was silly.
And he turned around, and he turned around,
And he turned around, round, round.
And his feet whey would stomp, and his feet they would stomp,
And his feet they would stomp, stomp, stomp.
And his head it would rock, and his head it would rock,
And his head it would rock, rock, rock.
And his eyes they would blink, and his eyes they would blink,
And his eyes they would blink, blink, blink.
And his finger it went up, and his finger it went up,
And his finger it went up, up, up.
SIX LITTLE DUCKS
Six little ducks that I once knew, (six fingers)
Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones, too; (show fat, skinny, fair)
But the one little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!
quack, quack, quack!
quack, quack, quack!
He led the other with a quack, quack, quack!
Down to the river they would go
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble to and fro.
But the one little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack!
SLEEP, O BABE
Sleep, O babe , for the red bee hums
The silent twilight’s fall.
Eeval from the Gray Rock comes
To wrap the world in thrall.
A lyan van o, my child, my joy,
My love and heart’s desire.
The crickets sing you lullaby
Beside the dying fire.
Prowling and growling and sniffing the air.
He can spot a fire before it starts to flame.
That’s why they call him Smokey.
That’s how he got his name
Dusk is drawn, and the Green Man’s thorn
Is wreathed in rings of fog;
Cheevra sails his boat till morn
Upon the starry bog.
SWEETLY SINGS THE DONKEY
Sweetly sings the donkey
At the break of day.
If you do not feed him,
This is what he’ll say:
Hee Haw, Hee Haw,
Hee Haw, Hee Haw, Hee Haw!
A lyan van o, the paly moon
Hath brimmed her cusp in dew
And weeps to hear the sad sleep tune
I sing, O love, to you……
Hush-A-Bye, don’t you cry
Go to sleep my little baby.
When you wake, you shall have cake
And drive those pretty little horses.
Black and bays
Dapples and grays
Coach an’ six-a-little horses.
Rock-A-Bye, don’t you cry.
Go to sleep my little baby.
Send you to school, ridin on a mule
An’ driven those pretty little horses.
SMOKEY THE BEAR
Smokey the bear
Smokey the bear
CDL Songs, page 16
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out to the crowds.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks.
I don’t care if I ever come back!
Well, it’s root, root, root for the home team.
If they don’t win, it’s a shame.
For it’s 1, 2, 3, strikes you’re out!
At the old ball game.
TEN BALLOONS
(Use fingers as balloons)
I’ve go ten balloons and they went up, up, up, up. . .pop! (Clap
hands)
One popped.
Now I have nine balloons they went up. . .
(Repeat until no “balloons” are left)
THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN
Oh, the bear went over the mountain,
the bear went over the mountain,
the bear went over the mountain,
And all that he could see,
And all that he could see,
Was the other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see.
THE MITTEN SONG
Thumbs in the thumb place, fingers all together.
This is the song we sing in mitten weather.
This is the song we sing in mitten weather.
Thumbs in the thumb place, fingers all together
THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER
The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends
The more we get together the happier we’ll be.
THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
Miss Lucy had a baby, she named him tiny Tim.
She put him in the bath tub to see if he could swim.
The more we work together. . .
For working together, is having fun together. . .
He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap,
He tried to eat the bathtub but it wouldn’t go down his throat.
The more we share together. . .
For sharing is caring, and caring is sharing. . .
Miss Lucy called the doctor, Miss Lucy called the nurse,
Miss Lucy called the lady with the alligator purse.
THE PUFFERBELLIES SONG ( AKA DOWN BY THE
STATION)
Down by the station
Early in the morning
See the little pufferbellies all in a row.
In walked the doctor, in walked the nurse,
In walked the lady with the alligator purse.
Hmm! said the Dr. Hmm! said the nurse,
Hmm! said the lady with the alligator purse.
“Mumps”, said the doctor, “Measles”, said the nurse,
“Chicken pox”, said the lady with the alligator purse.
See the station master
Turn the little handle
Puff, Puff, Toot, Toot
Off we go!
Can also be sung as an echo song
Out walked the doctor, out walked the nurse,
Out walked the lady with the alligator purse.
CDL Songs, page 17
THE ROBOT SONG
(use a choppy robot voice)
I’m a little robot, I feel great,
When I touch my legs I walk real straight.
When I touch my shoulders I spin around,
When I touch my nose I sit on the ground.
THE SANDMAN
When the toys are growing weary
And the twilight gathers in
When the nursery still re-echoes
To the children’s merry din
Then unheard, unseen, unnoticed
Comes an old man up the stair
Lightly to the children passes
Lays his hand upon their hair
Softly smiles the good old Dustman,
In their eyes the dust he throws
Till their little heads are falling
And their merry eyes must close
Then the Dustman, very gently
Takes each dimpled little hand
Leads them through the sweet green forests
Far away in slumber land.
THE WHEELS ON THE BUS
The wheels on the bus go
‘round and ‘round, ‘round and ‘round,
‘round and ‘round.
The wheels on the bus go
‘round and ‘round, all through the town
CDL Songs, page 18
The money on the bus goes
clink, clink, clink (etc.)
The wipers on the bus go
swish, swish, swish (etc.)
(Add other verses)
THERE WAS A LITTLE TURTLE
There was a little turtle; he lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle and he climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito;
He snapped at a flea;
He snapped at a minnow;
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn’t catch me.
WHEN SAMMY PUT THE PAPER
When Sammy put the paper on the wall,
He put the parlor paper in the hall,
He papered up the stairs
He papered up the chairs.
He even put a border on Grandma’s shawl.
When Sammy put the paper on the wall,
He dumped a pot of past upon us all.
Now we’re all stuck together
Like birds of a feather.
When Sammy put the paper on the wall.
WHERE IS THUMBKIN?
Where is thumbkin? (hands behind back)
Where is thumbkin?
Here I am! (bring out one thumb)
Here I am! (bring out other thumb)
How are you today, sir? (wiggle one thumb)
Very well, I thank you. (wiggle other thumb)
Run away (hide one thumb)
Run away (hide other thumb)
For the dews are falling soft
Lights are flickering up aloft
And the moonlight’s peeping over
Yonder hilltop capped with clover.
Chickens long have gone to rest
Birds lie snug within their nest
And my little bird soon will be
Sleeping like a chicadee
For with only half a try
Winkum, winkum, shut her eye.
Other verses:
Where is pointer?
Where is tall man?
Where is ring man?
Where is pinky?
Where is the whole family?
Variation: Where is (Child’s Name)
WHO TOOK THE COOKIES?
Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?
Dana took the cookie from the cookie jar?
(Dana) Who me?
(Group) Yes you!
(Dana) Couldn’t be.
(Group) Then who?
(Dana) (states another child’s name
WINKUM, WINKUM
Winkum, winkum, shut your eyes
Sweet my baby’s lullaby
CDL Songs, page 19
WRAP MYSELF IN PAPER
I’m gonna wrap myself in paper,
I’m gonna wrap my head in glue,
Stick some stamps on top of my head,
I’m gonna mail myself to you.
I’m gonna tie me up with red string,
I’m gonna tie blue ribbons too,
Climb right up into your mailbox,
I’m gonna mail myself to you.
When you find me in your mailbox,
Cut the strings and let me out,
Wash the glue off of my face,
Put some bubble gum in my mouth!
Take me outta my wrapping paper,
Wash the glue off of my head,
Fill me up with ice cream soda,
Put me in your nice warm bed!
lYANKEE DOODLE
Yankee Doodle went to town
a-riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his cap
And called it macaroni
Chorus:
Yankee Doodle keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy.
Father and I went to camp
Along with Captain goodin
There we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty puddin
Repeat Chorus
There was Captain Washington
Upon a slapping stallion
Giving orders to his men
I guess there were a million.
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You’ll never know dear how much I love you,
Please don’t take my sunshine away!
The other night dear, while I lay sleeping,
I dreamed I held you by my side.
CDL Songs, page 20
When I awakened, I was mistaken,
And I hung my head and cried.
ZIP YOUR JACKET
Zip, zip your jacket, up to your chin,
Don’t you let that cold air in.
Zip, zip your jacket, all through the town.
When you get home zip your zipper down.
Zip, zip up
Zip, zip down.
Ziiiiiiiiiip up.
Ziiiiiiiiiip down.
(words suggest actions)
Tamara shakes your sillies out
Red Balloon goes sailing
Icky sticky bubble gum
5 little ducks
A peanut sitting on the railroad track is heart was all a flutter
around the bend came number 10. Choo Choo Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Skinda Mirinky dinky Dink ( Spelling)
On top of Spaghetti
Three short-necked buzzards
There is a hole
Baby Shark
K4K song
Do a deer
Tap a Do Re Me
London Bridge
R-E-D Red
The red lights are flashing and you better watch because
Jackson little train is coming down the tracks
Chug chug chug chug chug
Chug chug chug chug
CDL Songs, page 21