Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Traditional English Nursery Rhyme | Old MacDonald Had a Farm

  • "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is a children's song and nursery rhyme about farmer named MacDonald.
  • This song has a Roud Folk song Index number of 745.
  • The "Farmyard, or The Merry Green Fields" is a British version of this song.
  • In 1917, the first version of this song appeared.
  • It is great for teaching kids the different animal sounds.
  • This rhyme is sung by all over the world.
  • The song "Ohio" has quite similar lyrics.
  • Watch this below video to see various interesting versions of classic rhyme "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" and enjoy

Lyrics:

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.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O,
And on his farm he had a horse,
E-I-E-I-O,
With a neigh-neigh here,
And a neigh-neigh there,
Here a neigh, there a neigh,
Everywhere a neigh-neigh.
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 donkey,
E-I-E-I-O,
With a hee-haw here,
And a hee-haw there,
Here a hee, there a hee,
Everywhere a hee-haw.
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 some chickens,
E-I-E-I-O,
With a cluck-cluck here,
And a cluck-cluck there,
Here a cluck, there a cluck,
Everywhere a cluck-cluck.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.