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A big red bus, a big red bus

Mini Mini Mini and a big red bus

A big red bus, a big red bus

Mini Mini Mini and a big red bus

Ferrari Ferrari

Mini Mini Mini and a big red bus

Ferrari Ferrari
Mini Mini Mini and a big red bus 

Alice the Camel has five humps (x3)
So go Alice go Boom Boom Boom

Alice the Camel has four/three/two/one hump...

Alice the Camel has no humps (x3)
'Cos Alice is a horse!



All the little ducks go upside down
Upside down, upside down
All the little ducks go upside down
As they dabble at the bottom of the pond

All the little wings go flap flap flap...


All the feet go paddle paddle paddle

All the little ducks go upside down

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
Thank you said the master
Thank you said the dame
And thank you said the little boy who lived down the lane




Baa Baa Pink Sheep
Have you any spots?
Yes sir yes sir lots and lots
Some on my ears and some on my toes
And some on the end of my pretty little nose

Oh the bear went over the mountain

The bear went over the mountain

The bear went over the mountain

To see what he could see


But all that he could see

But 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

Chick chick chick chick chicken

Lay a little egg for me

Chick chick chick chick chicken

I want one for my tea

I havne’t had an egg since breakfast

And now it’s half past three

SO! Chick chick chick chick chicken
Lay a little egg for me 

When all the cows were sleeping
And the sun had gone to bed
Up jumped the scarecrow
And this is what he said

I’m a dingle dangle scarecrow with a  flippy floppy hat
I can shake my arms like this
I can shake my legs like that

When all the hens were roosting
And the moon’s behind a cloud
Up jumped the scarecrow and SHOUTED VERY LOUD

I’m a dingle dangle scarecrow…

The dogs are in the kennels
And the doves are in the loft
Up jumped the scarecrow
And whispered very soft

  I'm a dingle dangle scarecrow...

Down at the Station
Early in the morning
See the little puffer trains all in a row
See the engine driver turning all the handles
Choo Choo! And off we go!

What shall we do with the drunken sailor? (x3)
Early in the morning?

Hoo-Ray and up she rises (x3)
Early in the monrning

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 my right

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mummy called the doctor and the doctor said
'No more monkeys jumping on the bed'
Four little monkeys...
No little monkeys... they're all jumping on the sofa instead!

Five little ducks go swimming one day

Over the hills and far away

Mummy Duck said:
'Quack Quack Quack Quack'
But only four little ducks came back

Four/Three/Two/One Little ducks/s...

No little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mummy Duck said
Quack Quack Quack Quack
And all the little ducks came swimming back

Five little peas in a pea pod pressed
One grew, two grew
And so did all the rest
They grew and they grew
And they did not stop
Until one day when the pod went POP!

Five little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs yum yum
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were four green speckled frogs glub glub

My Grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelf
So it stood 90 years on the floor

It was taller by half than the old man himself
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
It was bought on the morn
Of the day that he was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without wandering
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
HIs life's seconds numbering
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died 

Hey Diddle Diddle
The cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon

Horsey Horsey don't you stop
Just your feet go clippety clop
Your tail goes swish & your wheels go round
Giddy-up we're homeward bound

Hot cross buns hot cross buns
One a penny two a penny
Hot cross buns
If you have no daughters
Give them to your sons
One a penny two a penny
Hot cross buns

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

Hush little baby don't say a word
Daddy's gonna buy you a mocking bird
And if that mocking bird don't sing
Daddy's gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring is brass
Daddy's gonna buy you a looking glass
And if that looking glass gets broke
Daddy's gonna buy you a billy goat
And if that billy goat don't pull
Daddy's gonna buy you a cart and bull
And if that cart and bull turns over
Daddy's gonna buy you a dog named Rover

I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
Here's my handle here's my spout
When the tea is ready
Hear my SHOUT
Tip me up and pour me out

Incy wincy spider
Climbed up the water spout

Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sunshine
Dried up all the rain
So Incy Wincy spider
Climbed up the spout again

Ladybird Ladybird red and black
How many spots are on your back?
Fly to me let me see
Very gentle I will be

Lavenders Blue dilly dilly
Lavenders green
When I am king dilly dilly
You shall be queen
Call up your men dilly dilly
Set them to work
Some to the plough dilly dilly
Some to the fork

Lazy Mary

Lazy Mary will you get up
Will you get up will you get up
Lazy Mary will you get up
Will you get up today

No no mother I won't get up
I won't get up I won't get up
No no mother I won't get up
I won't get up today

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them
Leave them alone and they'll come home
Wagging their tails behind them

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 mm

But we know frogs go
La de da de da
La de da de da
La de da de da
We know frogs go
La de da de da
They don't go mm mm mm

Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose (x3)
And he swished it and he swashed it
And the fly flew away

Floppy ears and curly whiskers (x3)
He swished it and he swashed it
And the fly flew away

Mary Mary quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row row row
And pretty maids all in a row

Michael Finnigan

There was an old man called Michael Finnigan
He grew whiskers on his chinigan
The wind came up and blew them in again
Poor old Michael Finnigan
Begin again

Miss Polly's Dolly

Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick sick sick
So she called for the doctor to come quick quick quick
The doctor came with his bag and his hat
And he knocked on the door
With a rat-a-tat-tat

He looked at the dolly and he shook his head
And he said Miss Polly put her straight to bed
He wrote on a paper for a pill pill pill
I'll be back in the morning with my bill bill bill

Mulberry Bush

Here we go round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frost morning

This is the way we brush our teeth etc

My bonnie lies over the ocean
My bonnie lies over the sea
My bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh bring back my bonnie to me
Bring back bring back
Oh bring back my bonnie to me to me
Bring back bring back
Oh bring back my bonnie to me

Old King Cole was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he
He called for his pipe
And he called for his drum
And he called for his fiddlers three

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn around
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear touch the ground
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear touch your nose
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear touch your toes
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear climb the stairs
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear say your prayers
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn out the light
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear say goodnight

Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee-i-ee-i-oh
And on that farm he had a cow
Ee-i-ee-i-oh
With a moo moo here
And a moo moo there
Here a moo there a moo
Everwhere a moo moo
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee-i-eei-oh

Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and lemons
Say the bells of St Clement's
You owe me five farthings
Say the bells of St Martin's
When will you pay me
Say the bells of Old Bailey
When I grow rich say the bells of Shoreditch
When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney
I'm sure I don't know
Says the great bell of Bow
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head

One Potato Two Potato Three Potato Four
Five Potato Six Potato Seven Potato More

One two buckle my shoe
Three four knock at the door
Five six pick up sticks
Seven eight lay them straight
Nine ten a big fat hen

Pat-A-Cake

Pat-a-cake pat-a-cake bakers man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it and prick it and mark it with B
And put it in the oven for baby and me

Pop Goes the Weasel

Half a pound of tupenny rice
Half a pound of treacle
That's the way the money goes
POP goes the weasel
Up and down the city streets
In and out of the Eagle
That's the way the money goes
POP goes the weasel

Pussycat pussycat where have you been?
I've been up to London to visit the Queen
Pussycat Pussycat what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse
Under her chair

Ride a cock horse
To Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady ride on a white horse
With rings on her fingers
And bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes

Rock-a-bye Baby

Rock-a-bye baby
On the tree top
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
Down will come baby
Cradle and all

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence
A pocket full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing
Wasn't that  a dainty dish to set before the king
The king was in his counting house
Counting up his money
The queen was in the parlour
Eating bread and honey
The maid was in the garden
Hanging out the clothes
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose
And then there came a jenny wren
Who put it back again

See the little bunnies sleeping til it's nearly noon
Shall we try and wake them with a merry tune
Why so still? Are they ill?

WAKE UP BUNNIES

Hop little bunnies hop hop hop
Hop little bunnies hop hop hop
Hop little bunnies hop hop hop
Hop Hop Hop 

She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes (x2)
She'll be coming round the mountain
Coming round the mountain
Coming round the mountain when she comes

Singing aye-aye-yippee yippee aye...

She'll be wearing pink pyjamas...

She'll be riding six white horses...

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence
A pocket full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing
Wasn't that  a dainty dish to set before the king
The king was in his counting house
Counting up his money
The queen was in the parlour
Eating bread and honey
The maid was in the garden
Hanging out the clothes
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose
And then there came a jenny wren
Who put it back again

A slippery fish A slippery fish
Swimming in the water
A slippery fish a slippery fish
Gulp Gulp GULP!

Oh no, it's been eaten by an...
Octopus...
Tuna fish...
Great white shark...
Humungous whale...


Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence
A pocket full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing
Wasn't that  a dainty dish to set before the king
The king was in his counting house
Counting up his money
The queen was in the parlour
Eating bread and honey
The maid was in the garden
Hanging out the clothes
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose
And then there came a jenny wren
Who put it back again

10 fat sausages sizzling in the pan
One went POP
And the other went BANG!

8 fat sausages...

I had a little Turtle
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim
He drank up all the water
He ate up all the soap
And now he's sick in bed
With a bubble in his throat
Bubble bubble bubble POP! 

The sun has got his hat on
Hip hip hip hooray
The sun has got his hat on
And he's coming out to play

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn around
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear touch the ground
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear touch your nose
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear touch your toes
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear climb the stairs
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear say your prayers
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn out the light
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear say goodnight

This old man he played one
He played nick back on my drum
With a nick nack paddywhack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man
He played two... on my shoe

Three...on my knee
Four...on my door
Five...on my hive
Six...on my sticks

There was a princess long ago
Long ago long ago
There was a princess long ago
Long ago

And she lived in a big high tower...
A wicked fairy waved her wand...
The princess slept for a hundred years...
A great big forest grew around...
A gallant prince came riding by...
He took his sword and cut it down...
He woke the princess with a kiss...
And everybody's happy now...

The poor king found a goldfish in his bath
A goldfish in his bath
A goldfish in his bath
The poor king found a goldfish in his bath
That swam between his toes

The poor king found a monkey in his soup... that pulled the poor king's beard

The poor king found a tiger in his bed... that ate the poor king up

Three blind mice
Three blind mice
See how they run
See how they run
They all run after the farmer's wife
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife
Did you ever see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice

Tommy Thumb

Tommy Thumb Tommy Thumb where are you?
Here I am here I am
How do you do?
Peter Pointer...
Middle Man...
Ruby Ring...
Teeny Tiny...

Twinkle Twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are

Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar
My Daddy drives a rusty car
Pull the lever push the choke
Off we go in a cloud of smoke
Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar
My Daddy drives a rusty car

Two Little Dicky Birds

Two little dicky birds
Sitting on a wall
One named Peter
One named Paul
Fly away Peter
Fly away Paul
Come back Peter
Come back Paul


Two little fishies
Swimming in a tank
One named Freddy one named Frank
Swim away Freddy
Swim away Frank
Swim back Freddy
Swim back Frank


There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And his name is Wiggly Woo
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And all that he can do
Is wiggle all night and wiggle all day
Whatever else the people do say
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And his name is Wiggly Woo

Wind the bobbin up
Wind the bobbin up
Pull pull clap clap clap
Wind it back again wind it back again
Pull pull clap clap clap
Point to the ceiling
Point to the floor
Point to the window
And point to the door
Clap your hands together
One two three
Put your hands upon your knee