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The melody of "The ABC Song" was first published in the French book of music Les Amusements d'une Heure et Demy (transl. Amusements of an Hour and a Half) (1761) without lyrics. It was adapted in Mozart 's Twelve Variations and used in many nursery rhymes around the world, including " Ah! vous dirai-je, maman ", " Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star ...
"Little Bunny Foo Foo" is a children's poem and song.The poem consists of four-line sung verses separated by some spoken words. The verses are sung to the tune of the French-Canadian children's song "Alouette" (1879), which is melodically similar to "Down by the Station" (1948) and the "Itsy Bitsy Spider". [1]
Miss Polly Had a Dolly" is a popular nursery rhyme and children's song about a little girl named Miss Polly and a little dolly who was sick and calls the doctor to come and help. [2] The song was published as early as 1986 by Maureen Sinclair in Glasgow Scotland. [1]
The adult, out of sight of the child, will mark in some conspicuous way the nail of the index finger of one hand and the nail of the second finger of the other hand. Both hands are then shown to the child as fists (folded fingers downwards) with the two fingers with marked nails pointing forward – these represent Peter and Paul.
The song has been used to teach children names of colours. [1] [2] Despite the name of the song, two of the seven colours mentioned ("red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue") – pink and purple – are not actually a colour of the rainbow (i.e. they are not spectral colors; pink is a variation of shade, and purple is the human brain's interpretation of mixed red/blue ...
"Skidamarink" or "Skinnamarink" [1] is a popular child's sing-along song from North America. [2] Originally titled "Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp" [3] or "Skiddy-Mer-Rink-A-Doo", [4] the initial version of the song was written by Felix F. Feist (lyrics) and Al Piantadosi (music) for the 1910 Charles Dillingham Broadway production: The Echo. [4]
"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.
In most languages below, it is still sung as a children's song to the same tune. In Afrikaans the song is called Ou Oom Klasie het 'n plaas (meaning "Old Uncle Claus has a farm"). [13] An Egyptian Arabic version of the song exists, with Geddo Ali (in Egyptian Arabic: جدو على, meaning "Grandpa Ali") as the farmer character.