Children's Songs
The blackbirds rhyme were once the Two Dickie Birds, and you will find that it is quite a lot of fun to talk about how these birds turned into blackbirds over time. The dickie birds became blackbirds long after the rhyme was written in the 18th Century. They became the blackbirds that you are familiar …
The Five Little Monkey Jumping On The Bed is a folk song in the English language, but it also acts as a finger play that you may do with the children in your classes. The children who populate your classes want to know how this song came to be, and they will learn that they …
The Wheels on a Bus lyrics that will remind you of a simpler time in your life, and you will find that the history is quite interesting. You may place it in a lesson for the children in your class, and you may create a new version if you like. It was written by Verna …
Unlike most rhymes, Lyrics for take me out to the ball game was a spontaneous piece. The history of the rhyme first came to being in 1908 when the singer Jack Norworth was on a train. He got his inspiration from a baseball sign he saw on the way. The words were later put into …
A Ram Sam Sam begin life in Morocco where it was a game for children, but it had a different name than what you may know it by today. This is a fantastic game that you may play with the children, or you may use the motions as part of singing the song. The origin …
While “Jingle Bells” is the most popular American Yuletide melody, it was originally known as the “One Horse Open Sleigh.” You may be familiar with the tune or even have its lyrics at your finger tips, but you will be surprised to know of its origin. It was composed by James Lord Pierport in 1857 …
There was a time when people had a mouse or two in the house just because they could not lock down their house completely. They knew that a rodent would get in here and there, and they decided to make a nursery rhyme out of it. The Hickory Dickory Dock song has been around since it …
The history of The Lazy Mary musical rhyme is something that dates back a very long time. It is because this popular rhyme that children both love and adore is a tune that is based on another very well known and adored English language nursery rhyme. The English language nursery rhyme is no other than …
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song passed down to children in America and many other countries, but it’s known to have originated in Britain. The usage or term only dates from the late eighteenth,early 19th century. Most rhymes are based on truth and was established to tell the town of current events …
Betty’s Butter is a fun tongue-twisting poem written by Carolyn Wells about baking with butter. It is a fun way to introduce children to rhyming and a great way to teach memorization. The entire tongue twister is about Betty’s butter being bitter. Your child will giggle all the way through this poetry as they try …