Author: dunnm

I Like the Flowers

I like the flowers. I like the daffodils.

I like the mountains. I like the rolling hills and

I like the fireside, when the lights are low.

Boom-di-a-dah, boom-di-a-dah, boom-di-a-dah, boom-di-a-dah.

The last phrase can also be:

Do-wap-a, do-wap-a, do-wap-a, do-wap-a

The tune is unexpectedly tricky and I find the “Boom-di-a-dah” part useful as an introduction.

Sheet music (PDF)

Hickory Dickory Dock

Actions as described in the verses.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one, the mouse ran down,

Hickory dickory dock

tick, tock, tick, tock, tick tock

Repeat the same verse form replacing the second line with the following:

The clock struck two, the mouse said…”BOO”.

The clock struck three, the mouse went weeeee.

The clock struck four, the mouse said “NO MORE!”

A Hedgehog is Very Prickly

Make a hedgehog by pushing your hands together, fingers laced upwards through each other, make a spider by linking thumbs so the remaining eight fingers can scuttle across the floor, a butterfly can be made similarly with fingers together to make fluttery wings and a crab by pressing the thumbs together slightly to create eyes, with the fingers as legs scuttling sideways. Index fingers make good wiggly worms and tickle fingers

A hedgehog is very prickly,

A hedgehog is very prickly,

A hedgehog is very prickly.

It couldn’t be anything else.

Repeat with:

A spider is very tickly, a butterfly’s very fluttery, a crab is very scuttley, a worm is very wriggly and children are very giggly.

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Baby Bird

This is more of a rhyme. Use pointer finger and thumb for Babies’ beaks, clap hands for Mummy’s beak and closed hands (knuckles representing toothless gums) for Granny’s beak, clap hands from the elbow for Daddy’s beak, pointer finger for the worm, arms for flapping wings and rub your tummy for happy birds who’ve got their worm.

Baby bird do do do do do do x2

Mummy bird do do do do do do x2

Daddy bird do do do do do do x2

Granny bird mm mm mm mm mm mm x2

Wiggly worm woo woo woo woo woo woo x2

Flying down swoop swoop swoop swoopy swoop x2

Happy bird yum yum yum yum yummy yum x2

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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.

Variants include…

  1. …And one for the little girl who lives down the lane.
  2. Thank you said the master, thank you said the dame, and thank you said the little boy/girl who lives down the lane.
  3. Baa Baa White Sheep when the sun is hot, you don’t need your woolly coat, surely not. But in the Winter, when the snow is here, you’ll grow another one, so don’t cry dear.

Algie and the Bear

With each hand, make a circle with the thumb and pointer finger and put them to your eyes to represent glasses. This is the symbol for Algie.  Put your hands up on your head as ears as a symbol for the bear. “bulge” and “bulgy” are shown as if you were moving your hands together over a heavily pregnant bump.

 

Algie met a bear.

The bear met Algie.

The bear was bulgy.

The bulge was Algie.

Sheet Music (PDF)

Tommy Thumb, Where are You?

Move the names fingers in front of you in line 1, then the thumbs bow to each other in line 2.

Tommy Thumb, Tommy Thumb, where are you?

Here I am, here I am, how do you do?

Repeat with…

Peter Pointer, Toby tall, Ruby Ring, Baby Small

Then…

Fingers all, Fingers all, where are you?

Here we are, here we are, how do you do?