Sing Out Loud Children’s Songs

LYRICS:
THE APLPHABET SONG

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, OP, Q, R, S, and T, U, V, W, X,
and Y, Z. Happy, happy we shall be, when we learn our ABC’s.

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS

Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go.
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and
drifted snow. Over the river and through the woods, oh, how the wind
does blow! It stings the toes and bites the nose as over the ground we
go.

I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT/ I’M A LITTLE SNOWMAN

I’m a little teapot short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When the water’s boiling, hear me shout, “Tip me over, pour me out!”
I’m a little teapot short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my spout. I
can change my handle or my spout. “Tip me over, pour me out!”
I’m a little snowman, short and fat. Here is my broomstick, here is my
hat. When the jolly sunshine comes to stay. Then I slowly melt away!

HICKORY DICKORY DOCK

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck
one, the mouse ran down, hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck
two, the mouse said “Boo!” hickory dickory dock
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck
three, the mouse said “Whee!” Hickory dickory dock.
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck
four, the mouse said “No more!” Hickory dickory dock.
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR

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.
When the blazing sun is set, and the grass with dew is wet. Then you
show your little light, twinkle, twinkle all the night. Twinkle, twinkle little
star, how I wonder what you are.
Then the traveler in the dark thanks you for your tiny spark. How could
he see where to go if you did not twinkle so? Twinkle, twinkle little star,
how I wonder what you are.
As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark, though I
know not what you are, twinkle, twinkle, little star. Twinkle, twinkle, little
star, how I wonder what you are.

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb, its
fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went. Mary went. Mary went. And
everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day. It
followed her to school one day, which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play. It
made the children laugh and play to see the lamb at school.
And so the teacher sent it out, sent it out, sent it out. And so the
teacher sent it out, but still it lingered near.
It stood and waited round about, round about, round about. It stood
and waited round about, till Mary did appear.
“Why does the lamb love Mary so, Mary so, Mary so? Why does the
lamb love Mary so?” the little children cry.

ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE

One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, shut the door. Five, six, pick up
sticks. Seven, eight, lay them straight. Nine, ten, a big fat hen. Ten,
nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two , one, All done!
BINGO

There was a farmer who had a dog, and bingo was his name, o! B-I-N-
G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name.
There was a farmer who had a dog, and Bingo was his name, o! (clap)-
I-N-G-O, (clap)-I-N-G-O, (clap)-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name.
(clap), (clap)-N-G-O
(clap),(clap), (clap)-G-O
(clap),(clap), (clap), (clap) –O
(clap),(clap), (clap), (clap), (clap)

HUSH, LITTLE BABY

Hush, little baby, don’t you cry; Papa’s going to sing you a lullaby.
Hush little baby don’t say a word; Papa’s going to buy you a
mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a golden ring.
If that gold ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that glass begins to crack, Papa’s going to buy you a jumping jack.
If that jumping jack is broke, Papa’s going to buy you a velvet cloak.
If that velvet cloth is coarse, Papa’s going to buy you a rocking horse.
If that rocking horse won’t rock, Papa’s going to buy you a cuckoo
clock.
If that cuckoo clock won’t tick, Papa’s going to buy you a walking stick.
If that walking stick falls down, you’ll still be the sweetest little baby in
town!

THE HAPPY SONG

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands! (clap)- (clap) If you’re
happy and you know it, clap your hands! (clap)- (clap) If you’re happy
and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you’re happy and you
know it, clap your hands! (clap)- (clap)
If you’re happy and you know it, slap your knees! (slap)- (slap) If you’re
happy and you know it, slap your knees! (slap)- (slap) If you’re happy
and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you’re happy and you
know it, slap your knees! (slap)- (slap)
HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES AND TOES

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Head, shoulders,
knees and toes, knees and toes. Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, Brother John, Brother John?
Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing. Ding, dong, ding.
Ding, dong, ding.

HOKEY POKEY

Put your right arm in, put your right arm out. Put your right arm in, and
you shake it all about. Do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself
around, that’s what it’s all about!
Put your left arm in, put your left arm out. Put your left arm in, and you
shake it all about. Do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around,
that’s what it’s all about!
Put your right foot in, put your right foot out. Put your right foot in, and
you shake it all about. Do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself
around, that’s what it’s all about!
Put your left foot in, put your left foot out. Put your left foot in, and you
shake it all about. Do the Hokey and Pokey and you turn yourself
around, that’s what it’s all about!
Put your whole self in, put your whole self out. Put your whole self in,
and you shake it all a-bout. Do the Hokey and Pokey and you turn
yourself around, that’s what it’s all about!
Sing Out Loud Traditional Songs
LYRICS:
IVE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

I’ve been working on the railroad. All the live long day. I’ve been
working on the rail road, just to pass the time away. Can’t you hear the
whistle blowing? Rise up so early in the morn! Can’t you hear the
captain shouting? Dinah, blow your horn! Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah won’t you blow your horn? Dinah, won’t
you blow, Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah won’t you blow your horn?
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah, someone’s in the kitchen, I know!
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah, strumming on the old banjo. Fee
fi fiddley aye, oh! Fee fi fiddley aye, oh- Fee fi fiddley aye, oh!
Strumming the old ban-jo!

SHE’LL BE COMING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN

She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes. (Gi- yap!)
She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes. (Gi- yap!)
She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain, she’ll be coming ‘round the
mountain, she’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes.

She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes. (Whoa, there!)
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes (Whoa, there!)
She’ll be driving six white horses, she’ll be driving six white horses,
she’ll be driving six white horses when she comes.

Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her when she comes. (Hi, Babe!) Oh, we’ll
all go out to meet her when she comes. (Hi, Babe!) Oh, we’ll all go out
to meet her, Oh, we’ll all go out to meet her, Oh, we’ll all go out to meet
her when she comes.

Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes. (Mm Mm)
Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes. (Mm Mm)
Oh we’ll all have chicken and dumplings, Oh, we’ll all have chicken and
dumplings, Oh, we’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes.

We’ll be singing “Hallelujah” when she comes. (Hallelujah!) We’ll be

singing “Hallelujah” when she comes. (Hallelujah!) We’ll be singing
“Hallelujah, “We’ll be singing “Hallelujah, “We’ll be singing “Hallelujah”
when she comes.
MICHAEL, ROW THE BOAT ASHORE

1. Michael, row the boat ashore, Hallelujah. Michael, row the boat
ashore, Hallelujah.
2. Brother lend a helping hand, Hallelujah, Brother lend a helping hand,
Hallelujah.
3. Sister, help to trim the sail, hallelujah. Sister, help to trim the sail,
hallelujah.
4. Children, sing a sailor song, Hallelujah. Children, call the boat back
home, Hallelujah.
5. Michael, haul the boat ashore, Hallelujah. Michael, stay forever
more, Hallelujah.

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY

1. On top of Old Smokey, all covered with snow, lost my true lover,
come a courtin’ too slow.
2. For courtin’s a pleasure, and parting is grief; false hearted lover, is
worse than a thief.
3. For a thief he will rob you, and take what you have, but a false-
hearted lover, will send you to your grave.
4. She’ll hug and kiss you, and tell you more lies, than the crossties on
the railroad, or the stars in the skies.
The first verse is repeated.
On top of Old Smokey, all covered with snow, lost my true lover, come
a courtin’ too slow.

HOME ON THE RANGE

1. Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and
the antelope play, where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, and
the skies are not cloudy all day.
(CHORUS) Home, home on the range, where the deer and the
antelope play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the
skies are not cloudy all day.
YANKEE DOODLE
1. Yankee Doodle went to town 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!
2. Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding; There
we saw the men and boys, As thick as hasty pudding. Repeat Chorus:
Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy! Mind the music and
the step, and with the girls be handy!
3. There was Captain Washington, upon a slapping stallion, Giving
orders to his men- I guess there was a million. Repeat Chorus: Yankee
Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy! Mind the music and the step,
and with the girls be handy!
4. Then the feathers on his hat. They looked so very fine, oh! I wanted
desperately to get, To give my Jemima. Repeat Chorus: Yankee
Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy! Mind the music and the step,
and with the girls be handy!

RED RIVER VALLEY

1. From this valley they say you are going, I will miss your bright eyes
and sweet smile, For they say you are taking the sunshine, that
brightens our pathways awhile. (CHORUS) Come and sit by my side if
you love me, do not hasten to bid me a-dieu, but remember the Red
River Valley, and the cowboy who loved you so true.
2. I’ve been thinking a long time, my darlin’, Of the sweet words you
never would say, now, alas, all my fond hopes must vanish. For they
say you are going away. Repeat Chorus: Come and sit by my side if
you love me, do not hasten to bid me a-dieu, but remember the Red
River Valley, and the cowboy who loved you so true.
3. Do you think of the valley you’re leaving? Oh, how lonely and sad it
will be! Do you think of the kind hearts you’re breaking, and the pain
you are causing to me? Repeat Chorus: Come and sit by my side if
you love me, do not hasten to bid me a-dieu, but remember the Red
River Valley, and the cowboy who loved you so true.
4. I have promised you, darlin’, that never, will a word from my lips
cause you pain; And my life, it will be yours forever If you only will love
me again. Repeat Chorus: Come and sit by my side if you love me, do
not hasten to bid me a-dieu, but remember the Red River Valley, and
the cowboy who loved you so true.
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT
(CHORUS) Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin’ for to carry me home!
Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin’ for to carry me home!
1. I looked over Jordan an’ what did I see, Comin’ for to carry me
home? A band of angels comin’ after me, Comin’ for to carry me home.
Repeat Chorus: Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin’ for to carry me
home! Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin’ for to carry me home!
2. If you get there before I do, Comin’ for to carry me home, Tell all my
friends I’m comin’ too, Comin’ for to carry me home. Repeat Chorus:
Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin’ for to carry me home! Swing low,
sweet chariot, Comin’ for to carry me home!
3. Sometime I’m up, sometimes I’m down, Comin’ for to carry me
home. But still my soul feels heavenly bound. Comin’ for to carry me
home. Repeat Chorus: Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin’ for to carry
me home! Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin’ for to carry me home!

CLEMENTINE
1. In a cavern in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Lived a miner forty-
niner, And his daughter Clementine. (CHORUS) Oh, my darlin’, Oh my
darlin’, Oh my darlin’ Clementine. You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry Clementine.
2. Light she was and like a fairy, And her shoes were number nine:
Herring boxes without topses, Sandals were for Clementine. Repeat
Chorus: Oh, my darlin’, Oh my darlin’, Oh my darlin’ Clementine. You
are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry Clementine.

3. Drove she ducklings to the water, Every morning at nine. Stubbed

her toe against a splinter; Fell into the foaming brine. Repeat Chorus:
Oh, my darlin’, Oh my darlin’, Oh my darlin’ Clementine. You are lost
and gone forever, Dreadful sorry Clementine.
4. Ruby lips above the water Blowin’ bubbles soft and fine. But, alas, I
was no swimmer, SO U lost my Clementine. Repeat Chorus: Oh, my
darlin’, Oh my darlin’, Oh my darlin’ Clementine. You are lost and gone
forever, Dreadful sorry Clementine.
5. How I missed her, how I missed her, How I missed my Clementine,
Until I kissed her little sister, And forgot my Clementine! Repeat
Chorus: Oh, my darlin’, Oh my darlin’, Oh my darlin’ Clementine. You
are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry Clementine
BILLY BOY

1. Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy, Oh, where have you
been charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife, she’s the joy of my
life, She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
2. Did she ask you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy, Did she ask you to
come in, charming Billy? Yes, she asked me to come in, there’s a
dimple in her chin, She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
3. Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy, Can she make a
cherry pie, charming Billy? She can make a cherry pie, quick as you
can wink an eye, She’s a thing and cannot leave her mother.
4. Can she make a feather bed, Billy Boy, Billy Boy, Can she make a
feather bed, charming Billy? She can make a feather fed, while a-
standing on her head, She’s a young thing and cannot leave her
mother.
5. How tall is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy, How tall is she, charming Billy?
She is tall as any pine, and straight as a pumpkin vine, She’s a young
thing and cannot leave her mother.
6. How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy, How ols is she, charming Billy?
She is sixty times eleven, twenty-eight and forty- seven, She’s a young
thing and cannot leave her mother!

OH! SUSANNA

1. Oh, I come from Alabama, with my banjo on my knee. I’m goin’ to

Louisiana My true love for to see. (CHORUS) Oh! Susanna, now don’t
you cry for me. For I come from Alabama, with my banjo on my knee.
2. It rained all night the day I left; The weather was so dry. The sun so
hot I froze to death. Susanna don’t you cry. (CHORUS) Oh! Susanna,
now don’t you cry for me. For I come from Alabama, with my banjo on
my knee.
3. I had a dream the other night When everything was still; I thought I
saw Susanna, A-comin’ down the hill. Repeat Chorus: Oh! Susanna,
now don’t you cry for me. For I come from Alabama, with my banjo on
my knee.
4. A buckwheat cake was in her mouth; A tear was in her eye. I said, “I
come from Dixie Land; Susanna, don’t you cry!” Repeat Chorus: Oh!
Susanna, now don’t you cry for me. For I come from Alabama, with my
banjo on my knee.
DOWN IN THE VALLEY

1. Down in the valley, the valley so low, hang your head over, hear the
wind blow.
2. (Verse 2 deleted)
3. Roses love sunshine, violets love dew; Angels in heaven know I love
you.
4. If you don’t love me, love whom you please; Put your arms around
me, give my heart ease.
5. Write me a letter, send it by mail; Send it in care of the Birmingham
Jail.
6. Birmingham Jail, love, Birmingham Jail; Send it in care of the
Birmingham Jail.
The first verse is repeated.
Down in the valley, the valley so low, hang your head over, hear the
wind blow.

HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

He’s got the whole world in His hands, He’s got the whole wide world
in His hands, He’s got the whole world in His hands, He’s got the whole
world in His hands!

He’s got you an’ me, sister in His hands, He’s got you an’ me, brother,
in His Hands, He’s got you an’ me, sister in His hands, He’s got the
whole world in His hands!

He’s got the little tiny baby in His hands. He’s got the little tiny baby in
His hands. He’s got the little tiny baby in His hands, he’s got the whole
world in His hands!

He’s got all of us here in His hands. He’s got all of us here His hands,
He’s got all of us here, in His hands. He’s got the whole world in His
hands! (The last verse is repeated.) He’s got the whole world in His
hands!