Favourite nursery rhymes and songs

[minimatron]

Olivias fave song at the moment is
Shoo Fly...i think thats the title
shoo fly dont bother me (wave hand across face)
shoo fly dont bother me
shoo fly dont bother me
Cause I dont want your company.
She thinks its hilerious!

[Pandora]

Ok people, I need "location" songs for 0-4 year olds, so songs or rhymes about "in" "on" "over" "under" "behind" "infront" etc.

Any suggestions? All I canthink of is the hokey-pokey.

[Phteven]

The Grand Old Duke of York - has up and down.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Here we go Loopy Loo - that's a bit like the Hokey Cokey though.

The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
To see what he could see

But all that he could see
But all that he could see

Was the other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain
Was all that he could see


How about something like She'll be coming round the mountain, but as well as wearing pink pyjamas and riding 6 white horses, maybe she'll be coming over a bridge, or coming through a tunnel, or coming behind an elephant, or before an alien invasion, or in a pirate ship... whatever else takes his interest!

[Pandora]

oh I jut discovered "the bear went over the mountain" this morning, I'd not heard it before. Must have had a deprived childhood!

Mmm..might check out the playchsool webpage too.
Thanks for the suggestions!

[thelastmuse]

His favorite song is "Vincent" by Don McLean and I also sing Broadway songs to him :-) I think he will grow up a singer!

[Madham]

I was singing to ds the other day and having trouble remembering some lines from songs, he just loves music and laughs at my terrible singing. Anyway i googled the words to the frogs song and it gave me a link to here, i never even thought of looking on belly belly (Derr). Should have known you can find everything on here.lol

[mamasanace]

Tess LOVES us singing the old Cab Calloway song Minnie the Moocher (from the Blues Brothers movie)

Now folks let me tell you the story about MInnie (Tessie) the moocher
She was a lowdown hoochie-coocher
She was the roughest, toughes frail
But Minnie (Tessie) had a heart as big as a whale

Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi (Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi)
Hodey Hodey Hodey Ho (Hodey Hodey Hodey Ho)
Heedey Heedey Heedey He (Heedey Heedey Heedey He)

etc etc.

I think we must look funny singing the Hidey Hi's as she always cracks up and laughs and laughs at us which eggs us on.

It's on You Tube if you need the music!

[Swoop]

I love this thread! I'm just putting DD to bed, but I'll be back later to contribute...

[BMCMI]

When I was pregnant with DD3, my older two and I would sing her Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and it's now her favourite song. If she's crying, we break out in song and she starts giggling and coo'ing. I didn't really sing to my older two and wishing I did.

[Starter1]

Always stuck with the basics; twinkle twinkle and row, row, row your boat.