Sing-along words, for the board

⭐ 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!

Words by Jane Taylor (1806); tune a French folk song (1761). Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🔤 The Alphabet Song

A B C D E F G,
H I J K L M N O P,
Q R S, T U V,
W X, Y and Z.
Now I've sung from A to Z,
Come and sing them all with me!

Letters to the Twinkle tune, as Charles Bradlee printed them in Boston (1835), with a last couplet in Peabody's own words. Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🥯 Hot Cross Buns

Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
hot cross buns!

Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
hot cross buns!

Traditional English street cry. Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🐑 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Traditional English nursery rhyme (1744), to the Twinkle tune. Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🚣 Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Traditional American song (1852). Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🐑 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.

Everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
everywhere that Mary went
the lamb was sure to go.

Words by Sarah Josepha Hale (1830); tune by Lowell Mason. Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🦉 Little Owlet (Frère Jacques)

Little owlet, little owlet,
Time to wake! Time to wake!
Sun is up and shining, sun is up and shining,
Hoo, hoo, hoo! Hoo, hoo, hoo!

Tune of the French round Frère Jacques (printed in Paris in 1811), with Peabody's own words. Public domain tune. · Sing it with the tune

🌉 London Bridge

London Bridge is falling down,
falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
my fair lady.

Build it up with sticks and stones,
sticks and stones, sticks and stones.
Build it up with sticks and stones,
my fair lady.

Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🐮 Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on his farm he had a cow,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo,
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on his farm he had a pig,
E-I-E-I-O!
With an oink oink here and an oink oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink oink,
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on his farm he had a duck,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a quack quack here and a quack quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack,
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!

Traditional American song. Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🐶 This Old Man

This old man, he played one,
he played knick-knack on my thumb;
with a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone;
this old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,
he played knick-knack on my shoe;
with a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone;
this old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three,
he played knick-knack on my knee;
with a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone;
this old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four,
he played knick-knack on my door;
with a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone;
this old man came rolling home.

Traditional English counting song. Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

⛵ The Sleepy Sailor

What shall we do with a sleepy sailor?
What shall we do with a sleepy sailor?
What shall we do with a sleepy sailor?
Early in the morning!

Way, hay, and up she rises,
Way, hay, and up she rises,
Way, hay, and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Sing him a song until he wakes up!
Sing him a song until he wakes up!
Sing him a song until he wakes up!
Early in the morning!

Way, hay, and up she rises,
Way, hay, and up she rises,
Way, hay, and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Give him a hug and a cup of cocoa!
Give him a hug and a cup of cocoa!
Give him a hug and a cup of cocoa!
Early in the morning!

Way, hay, and up she rises,
Way, hay, and up she rises,
Way, hay, and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Traditional sea shanty tune (public domain), with Peabody's own words. · Sing it with the tune

🔔 Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow,
In a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh!

Words and tune by James Lord Pierpont (1857). Public domain. · Sing it with the tune

🐴 Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle went to town,
A-riding on a pony;
Stuck a feather in his cap
And called it macaroni.

Yankee Doodle came to school,
A-riding on a pony;
Read a book and sang a song
And ate some macaroni.

Traditional American song (1700s), public domain; the second verse is Peabody's own words. · Sing it with the tune