Saturday 20 February 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | Old MacDonald Had a Farm

  • "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is a children's song and nursery rhyme about farmer named MacDonald.
  • This song has a Roud Folk song Index number of 745.
  • The "Farmyard, or The Merry Green Fields" is a British version of this song.
  • In 1917, the first version of this song appeared.
  • It is great for teaching kids the different animal sounds.
  • This rhyme is sung by all over the world.
  • The song "Ohio" has quite similar lyrics.
  • Watch this below video to see various interesting versions of classic rhyme "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" and enjoy with lyrics.

Lyrics:
Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,
And on his 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.

Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,

And on his farm he had a pig,E-I-E-I-O,
With an oink-oink here,And an oink-oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink,Everywhere an oink-oink.
Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,

And on his farm he had a duck,E-I-E-I-O,
With a quack-quack here,And a quack-quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack,Everywhere a quack-quack..
Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,
And on his farm he had a horse,E-I-E-I-O,
With a neigh-neigh here,And a neigh-neigh there,
Here a neigh, there a neigh,Everywhere a neigh-neigh.
Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,

And on his farm he had a donkey,E-I-E-I-O,
With a hee-haw here,And a hee-haw there,
Here a hee, there a hee,Everywhere a hee-haw.
Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O,

And on his farm he had some chickens,E-I-E-I-O,
With a cluck-cluck here,And a cluck-cluck there,
Here a cluck, there a cluck,Everywhere a cluck-cluck.
Old MacDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O.


Friday 19 February 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | Here we go round the Mullberry Bush

  • Here we go round the Mulberry Bush was first recorded by James Orchard Halliwell in the mid-19th century. 
  • It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7882.
  • The same tune is also used for "Lazy Mary, Will You Get Up".
  • Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is still sung throughout the English speaking world. It was known in the 1840's.
  • The simple game involves holding hands in a circle and moving around to the first verse, which is alternated with the specific verse, where the players break up to imitate various appropriate actions.
  • In 1938, a song called "Stop Beatin' Round the Mulberry Bush", with lyrics by Bickley Reichner and music by Clay Boland.That version became popular again in 1953, when it was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets.
  • Here's the version in The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright.Watch this song in the below video.
Lyrics:
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we stamp our feet,
stamp our feet, stamp our feet,
This is the way we stamp our feet,
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we clap our hands,
Wash our hands, clap our hands,
This is the way we clap our hands,
On a cold and frosty morning.

Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning.



Thursday 18 February 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | I'm a little teapot

  • I'm a little teapot written by Clarence Kelley and Geo. H. Sanders in New York, 1939.
  • Classic nursery rhyme about a little teapot who is ready to pour tea once he starts to steam and shout. 
  • It wasn't until the early 1950's that the song was recorded.
  • Children learn new vocabulary like stout, spout, and handle, and enjoy singing along with this familiar tune.
  • The origins of I'm a Little Teapot came about when Clarence Kelley was teaching children how to do the Waltz Clog, which is a popular tap dance routine.
  • The melody of the song is very upbeat, and the lyrics blend together with rhythmically.
  • I'm a Little Teapot" is a well-known children's nursery rhyme about a boiling pot of tea.Tea time is fun! Watch this video song below.
Lyrics:

I'm a little teapot  
short and stout,
Here is my handle, 
here is my spout,  

When I get all steamed up  
hear me shout,
Tip me over  and
pour me out. 


Friday 12 February 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | Five Little Ducks

  • "Five Little Ducks" is a classic kids song.It is popular song to learn and practice numbers 1 to 5, subtraction concepts and duck sound.
  • The song is based on the book by Raffi, first published in 1989. 
  • This is a song sang by The Red Wiggles and even having Captain Feathersword doing the song and singing it. 
  • It is use in classrooms to help teach children about numbers and colors. This is a useful method when answering addition questions.
  • Kids love to count down the number of ducks remaining. Watch this duck song in the below video.

Lyrics:
Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck said "Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack!"
But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck said "Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack!"
But only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck said "Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack!"
But only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck said "Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack!"
But only one little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck said "Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack!"
But none of the five little ducks came back.

Sad Mother Duck went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck said "Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack!"
And all of the five little ducks came back!


Famous Nursery Rhyme | It's raining it's pouring

  • The title of the song describes how it's raining and it is for the children.
  • This song has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16814.
  • It was published in 1939 and it is originated in USA.
  • The earliest known audio recording of the song was made in 1939 in New York by anthropologist and folklorist Herbert Halpert.
  • The first two lines of this rhyme can be found in The Little Mother Goose, published in the US in 1912.Watch this song in the below video.

Lyrics:
It's raining; it's pouring.
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed and bumped his head,
And he wouldn't get up in the morning.


Tuesday 9 February 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall

  • The earliest known version was published in Samuel Arnold's Juvenile Amusements in 1797.
  • Humpty Dumpty is first recorded in 1797 and transformed 70 years later by Lewis Carroll into an anthropomorphic egg.
  • Humpty Dumpty has become a highly popular nursery rhyme character. 
  • Humpty Dumpty has been used to demonstrate the second law of thermodynamics.
  • The rhyme is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No. 13026.
  • According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term "humpty dumpty" referred to a drink of brandy boiled with ale in the seventeenth century.
  • Humpty Dumpty was a powerful cannon during the English Civil War (1642-49).
  • The image of Humpty Dumpty was made famous by the illustrations included in the 'Alice through the looking glass' novel by Lewis Carroll.
  • It is the egg like nursery-rhyme character who fell off a wall and could not be put together again, the rhyme was originally a riddle to which the answer was ‘egg’, and is recorded from the first half of the 19th century.Watch this video below.


Lyrics:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again


Wednesday 3 February 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | The Wheels on the Bus

  • The Wheels on the Bus is a United Kingdom folk song dating no later than 1939 written by Lydia Ulsaker.It is started in the United States in the middle of the 20th Century.
  • The Wheels on the bus song is based on the traditional British song "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush".
  • This song is popular in US,UK,Australia and Canada. 
  • Enjoy and have a nice trip in the bus:)
Lyrics:
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 day long.

The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish,
all day long

The horn on the bus go Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus go Beep, beep, beep,
all day long

The door on the bus goes open and shut. 
Open and shut. 
Open and shut.
The door on the bus goes open and shut.
Open and shut.




Thursday 28 January 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | Baa, Baa Black Sheep

  • "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest surviving version of which dates from 1731.
  • It was first published in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book in 1744.
  • The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the lyrics and their variations as number 4439.
  • The rhyme is usually sung to a variant of the 1761 French melody Ah! vous dirai-je, maman, which is also used for "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the "Alphabet Song".
  • The words and melody were first published together by A. H. Rosewig in Nursery Songs and Games, published in Philadelphia in 1879.
  • William Wallace Denslow's illustrations for Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose.
  • Rudyard Kipling wrote a short story in 1888 called baa baa black sheep.
  • There are two versions of this song.The original and the modern version.

Original version:
Bah, Bah, a black Sheep,Have you any Wool?
Yes merry have I,Three Bags full,
One for my Master,One for my Dame,
One for the Little Boy,That lives in the lane.

Modern version:
Baa, baa, black sheep,Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,Three bags full;
One for the master,And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy,Who lives down the lane.


Thursday 7 January 2016

Famous Nursery Rhyme | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I caught a fish alive



  • This popular English Rhyme also called as "Counting out Rhyme", "one, two, three, four, five" or "fish story rhyme".
  • It was first recorded in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765.
  • Origin Country:England
  • This is great for teaching counting.It helps to count and learn numbers for kids.
  • The lyrics of this nursery rhyme are not based on origins dating back in history.
  • You can watch these famous rhyme(One, two, three, Four and five) with interesting cartoon Characters below.

Lyrics:

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive,
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.

Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right


Modern Version:


One, two, three, Four and five,
I caught a hare alive;
Six, seven, eight, Nine and ten,
I let him go again



Tuesday 5 January 2016

Famous English Nursery Rhymes for Kids. Read Lyrics as Subtitle.


Nursery Rhymes Video and Lyrics is a best companion for kids of any age.Nursery Rhymes with colorful animation,musics,lyrics and funny characters for kids, while they have fun and learn!!!.

Famous Nursery Rhymes for pre-primary learners of English.Cookie's Nursery Rhyme Video features animations of 8 traditional nursery rhymes as songs introduced by three friendly characters, a cat, a duck, and a kangaroo.You can read the Lyrics as subtitles while watching the video.Watch these Famous Nursery Rhymes

1) One, two, three, four, five..
2) Baa baa black sheep
3) The wheels on the bus
4) Humpty Dumpty
5) It's raining, it's pouring
6) Five little ducks
7) I'm a little teapot
8) Here we go round the Mullberry Bush