More nursery favourites
Hickory
dickory dock
I’m a
little teapot
Incy Wincy spider
Little
Arabella Miller
Pat-a-cake
Ride
a cock horse
Last updated: 2/21/2015
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The songs below are part of ‘Away we
go’ Round and about
compiled, adapted and illustrated by Dany Rosevear
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Hickory dickory dock O Keep to the steady beat of a
grandfather clock. This can be simply played as
a finger rhyme on a baby or toddler’s arm. Move up one side and down the
other. In the second verse get hold of the pig’s tail and dramatically pull
it down. Hickory
dickory dock, The
mouse ran up the clock. The
clock struck one, The
mouse ran down, Hickory
dickory dock. TICK,
TOCK, TICK, TOCK! Hickory
dickory dare, The
pig flew up in the air. The
man in brown, Soon
bought him down, Hickory
dickory dare. TICK,
TOCK, TICK, TOCK!! |
I’m a little teapot O There are many variations of
this American song originally written in 1939 (Wikipedia); the version below
is the one I learnt as a child, though I picked up the second verse while
teacher training in the 1960s. .
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Incy Wincy Spider O This is also familiar in other
parts of the world as Itsy Bitsy Spider. Look out Incy
Wincy here comes the rain.
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Little Arabella
MillerO Not everyone enjoys creepy
crawly minibeasts especially on their body, but this song might perhaps encourage an ‘I’m not scared!’ attitude.
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Pat-a-cake O A clapping game for a baby
or a toddler. Substitute child’s name for ‘baby’ especially once a child
reaches a certain age and does not wish to be regarded as a baby anymore! Sit baby on your lap and help it clap hands. Older
children can clap hands by themselves or play a simple clapping sequence with
a partner.
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Ride a cock horse O A traditional lap song for a
toddler or a baby.
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