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"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" Play ⓘ This is a list of English-language playground songs.. Playground songs are often rhymed lyrics that are sung. Most do not have clear origin, were invented by children and spread through their interactions such as on playgrounds.
T. Taffy was a Welshman; Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!" Ten German Bombers; Ten Green Bottles; There Was a Crooked Man; There Was a Man in Our Town; There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
Five Little Ducks" is a traditional children's song. The rhyme also has an associated finger play. Canadian children's folk singer Raffi released it as a single from the Rise and Shine (1982) album. [1] Denise Fleming's 2016 picture book 5 Little Ducks tells a reimagined version of the song.
The song as sung by Kay Kyser and accompanied by his band, released in 1939. It was a US No. 1 hit. A recording was made in 1939 by Nat Gonella and The Georgians. It features in the compilation Children's Wartime Favourites, issued in 2005 by River Records. [4] Billy Costello recorded his own hilarious version of the recording in June, 1939.
It is commonly used to teach the alphabet to children in English-speaking countries. "The ABC Song" was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles Bradlee. The melody is from a 1761 French music book and is also used in other nursery rhymes like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", while the author of the lyrics is unknown. Songs ...
There's a Hole in My Bucket" (or "...in the Bucket") is a humorous, classic children's folk song based on a protracted dialogue between two characters, Henry [a] and Liza, about a leaky bucket. Various versions exist but they differ only slightly, all describing a "deadlock" situation essentially as follows: Henry's bucket leaks, so Liza tells ...
"Bingo" (also known as "Bingo Was His Name-O", "There Was a Farmer Had a Dog" or "B-I-N-G-O") is an English language children's song and folksong about a farmer’s dog. [1] Additional verses are sung by omitting the first letter sung in the previous verse and clapping or barking the number of times instead of actually saying each letter.