RHYMES and SONGS Arranged by their first lines Compiled by Tess Prendergast Acka backa soda cracker Acka backa boo Acka backa soda cracker Up goes you! Acka backa soda cracker Acka backa boo Acka backa soda cracker I love you! Apple me dapple me (by Robert Heidbreder) Apple me dapple me on my feet Down a dapple sauce apples sauce street Apple me dapple me on my knees Over the dapple juice apple juice seas Apple me dapple me on my head Home to a dapple pie apple pie bed! Ah Rum Sum Sum Ah rum sum sum Gullie gullie gullie gullie gullie rum sum sum Ah ravvi! Ah ravvi! Gullie gullie gullie gullie gullie rum sum sum Ah ravvi! Ah ravvi! Gullie gullie gullie gullie gullie rum sum sum Arms apart arms together arms apart boo! Arms apart arms together I love you! One potato, two potato, three potato Boo! Four potato, five potato, I love you! As I was walking down the street Down the street, down the street A nice new friend I chanced to meet Hi ho Hi ho Hi ho! A rig-a-jig jig and away we go Away we go away we go A rig-a-jig jig and away we go Hi ho Hi ho Hi ho! 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? 2 Babies are born in the circle of the sun Circle of the sun on the birthing day Babies are born in the circle of the sun Circle of the sun on the birthing day Clouds to the north, clouds to the south Wind and rain to the east and the west Babies are born in the circle of the sun Circle of the sun on the birthing day (Repeat with other things babies do: babies learn to smile, babies learn to talk etc) Babushka Bayu / Armenian Lullaby mix Go to sleep my darling baby babushka bayu See the moon is shining on you babushka bayu I will tell you many stories if you close your eyes Go to sleep my darling baby babushka bayu Go to sleep my little baby close your eyes so bright While the moon pours o’er your cradle all her silvery light I will tell you tales of fairies, lull you with a song While the moon a lonely wanderer creeps along ‘til dawn Baby_____Baby_____ (your baby's name) Where are you? Where are you? Sitting in your high chair, Sitting in your high chair I see you, yes I do? (Repeat with other actions and places) Bake a cake for Christmas Stir it with a spoon Pop it in the oven and Pull it out at noon Spread the frosting on it What a pretty sight! For you and me and Santa Claus To see on Christmas night (Repeat and end with “eat on …”) Bend and stretch Reach for the sky Stand on tippy toes oh so high Bend and stretch Reach for the stars Whoosh! There goes Jupiter! Whoosh! There goes Mars! Boom boom baby goes boom Baby goes boom boom down You might cry everybody does it Everybody boom booms down 3 Bumping up and down in my little red wagon Bumping up and down in my little red wagon Bumping up and down in my little red wagon Won’t you be my darling? One wheel’s off and the axle’s broken One wheel’s off and the axle’s broken One wheel’s off and the axle’s broken Won’t you be my darling? Mommy’s gonna fix it with her hammer Mommy’s gonna fix it with her hammer Mommy’s gonna fix it with her hammer Won’t you be my darling? Can you shake your egg with me Egg with me, Egg with me Can you shake your egg with me Shake along with me Can you shake your egg quickly Egg quickly egg quickly Can you shake your egg quickly Shake along with me? Can you shake your egg slowly Egg slowly egg slowly Can you shake your egg slowly Shake along with me Charlie over the water, Charlie over the sea Charlie catch a blackbird (clap clap). Can't catch me! Choo choo train, choo choo train Going up the track Toot toot toot toot Now it’s coming back! Chop chop choppity chop Chop off the bottom and chop off the top What there is left goes into pot Chop chop choppity chop! Clap everybody and say hello Clap everybody and say hello Clap everybody and say hello No matter what the weather (Continue with other actions) 4 Clap your hands (tune: Mulberry bush) Clap your hands, clap your hands, Clap your hands, clap your hands Clap your hands, clap your hands Clap them just like me! Touch your shoulders, touch your shoulders Touch your shoulders, touch your shoulders Touch your shoulders, touch your shoulders Touch them just like me! Tap your knees, tap your knees, Tap your knees, tap your knees, Tap your knees, tap your knees Tap them just like me! Shake your head, shake your head, Shake your head, shake your head Shake your head, shake your head Shake it just like me! Clap your hands, clap your hands Clap your hands, clap your hands Clap your hands, clap your hands Now quiet let them be! 5 The Clapping Mouse Behind the Tree (clap clap) And under the house (clap clap) There lived a teeny (clap clap) Tiny mouse (clap clap) She loved to sing (clap clap) She loved to tap (clap clap) But most of all (clap clap) She loved to clap (clap clap) She clapped all night (clap clap) She clapped all day (clap clap) She clapped to frighten (clap clap) The cat away! Scat!!!!!!! (hands go behind your back) Coffee coffee coffee coffee Egg and chips egg and chips Egg and chips egg and chips Cheese and biscuits Cheese and biscuits Jelly and cream, jelly and cream SOOOOOOOUUUP! Comma look see Here’s my momma Comma looka see Here’s my poppa Comma looka see My brother tall Sister, baby, Mmm I love them all! Criss Cross applesauce Spiders crawling up your back Some here, some there Spiders crawling in your hair A tight squeeze, a cool breeze No you’ve got the shiverees! 6 Dance like snowflakes (tune: Frere Jacques) Dance like snowflakes In the air, in the air Whirling, twirling snowflakes Whirling, twirling snowflakes Everywhere, everywhere Diddle diddle dumpling my son John Went to bed with his trousers on One shoe off and one shoe on Diddle diddle dumpling my son John Diddlely Diddley Dumpty The cat is up the plum tree Give her a plum And down she’ll come Diddlely Diddley Dumpty! Down by the station early in the morning See the little puffer billies all in a row See the engine driver pull the little handle Puff puff peep peep Off we go! Down at the garage early in the morning See the little buses all in a row See the bus driver pull a little handle Vroom vroom honk honk honk off we go! Down at the farmyard early in the morning See the little tractors all in a row See the tractor driver pull a little handle Chug chug zoom zoom off we go! Down at the fire station early in the morning See the little fire engines all in a row See the fire fighter pull a little handle Nee-naaa nee-naaa off we go! The eency weency spider went up the water spout Down came the rain and washed the spider out Out came the sun and dried up all the rain And the eency weency spider went up the spout again (Repeat with great big, big fat, teeny weeny, itsy bitsy etc) Incy wincy araña tejio su telaraña vino la lluvia y se la llevo salio el sol se sequo la lluvia incy wincy araña otra vez tejio 7 Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles everywhere On their nose, Nobody knows Why why why why Elephants have wrinkles etc On their toes On their nose Nobody knows Why why why why (Repeat adding Knees, Chin, Forehead) End with Why why why why WHY? An elephant goes like this and that He's terribly big and terribly fat He has no fingers he has no toes But goodness gracious what a nose! Firecrackers, Firecrackers Firecrackers, firecrackers (Bend knees and crouch while bouncing up and down) Bursting in the sky! (Jump up spreading arms up and out) Scare us! Scare us! (Cover ears, curl up and cringe as if in fear) Bang!! Bang!! Bang!! (Clap hands exuberantly like big, crashing cymbals) First you take a seed and you plant it in the ground Next a rain cloud comes and waters all around. Next the sun shines brightly, without a sound. And in just a few days... a flower is found! 5 fat peas in a peapod pressed 1 grew, 2 grew So did all the rest They grew and they grew And they did not stop Until one day that pod went POP! 5 fat sausages sizzling in a pan All of a sudden — 1 went BANG! (4, 3, 2, 1) 8 Five green and speckled frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating some most delicious bugs Yum yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Then there were 4 green speckled frogs GLUG GLUG! (Repeat with 4,3,2,1) Five little bells hanging in a row The first one said “Ring me slow.” The second one said, “Ring me fast” The third one said, “Ring me last” The fourth one said, “I’m like a chime” The fifth one said “Ring us all at Christmastime!” Five little ducks went out one day Over the hills and far far way Mother duck said Quack quack quack quack But only 4 little ducks came back (Repeat with 4,3,2,1, none and then end with) Sad mother duck went out one day Over the hills and far far away Mother duck said Quack quack quack quack And all of the five little duckies came back! Quack quack quack quack quack! Five little Easter eggs at the store, Mommy bought the blue one Then there were four Four little Easter eggs Two and two you see Daddy bought the red one Then there were three Three little Easter eggs Before I knew Brother bought the green one Then there were two Two little Easter eggs Oh what fun Sister bought the pink one Then there was one One little Easter egg See me run I bought the purple one Now there are none! 9 FIVE LITTLE GINGERBREAD MEN 5 Little gingerbread men on the tray, (Place 5 fingers of one hand onto the open palm of the other hand) One jumped up and ran away.