LYRICS FOR BABYTIME SONGS & GAMES CD

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All Through the Night
Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,
I my loving vigil keeping
All through the night.

Do Do L’Enfant Do
Do, do l’enfant do,
L’enfant dormira bien vite.
Do, do l’enfant do
L’enfant dormira bientot.

Fais Do Do
Fais do do, Colas mon p’tit frere,
Fais do do, t’auras du lolo.
Maman est en haut
Qui fait du gateau
Papa est en bas
Que fait du chocolat

Your Mama Loves You
Oh your mama loves you
And your daddy loves you
And your grandmas and your grampas do, too
We all love child’s name, yes, we do

Twinkle, Twinkle
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
- by Jane Taylor

All the Pretty Horses
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby,
When you awake, you will have cake,
And all the pretty little horses.

Black and bay, dapple and grey,
Coach and six-a little horses,
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.

Lullaby and Goodnight
Lullaby and goodnight
May sleep softly surround you
While your dreams fill your eyes
With a melody of love
May the moonlight embrace you
The starlight caress you
May the sunlight still bring you
This lullaby of love

Frere Jacques
Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques
Dormez vous? dormez vous?
Sonnez les matines,
Sonnez les matines
Din, Dan, Don
Din, Dan, Don

Are you sleeping?
Are you sleeping?
Brother John,
Brother John
Morning bells are ringing
Morning bells are ringing

I Gave My Love a Cherry
I gave my love a cherry that had no stone
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone
I gave my love a story that had no end
I gave my love a baby with no crying

How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
How can there be a story that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no crying?

A cherry when it’s blooming it has no stone
A chicken when it’s pipping it has no bone
The story that I love you it has no end
A baby when it’s sleeping is no crying

Ho, Ho Watanay (traditional Iroquois lullaby)
Ho, ho, watanay
Ho, ho, watanay
Ki yo ke na
Ki yo ke na
Sleep, sleep, little one
Sleep, sleep, little one
Now go to sleep, now go to sleep
Do, do ma petite
Do, do ma petite
Et bon nuit, et bon nuit

Shoo Fly
Shoo fly, don’t bother me
Shoo fly, don’t bother me
Shoo fly, don’t bother me
Shoo fly, don’t bother me for I belong to somebody

I feel, I feel, I feel like a morning star
I feel, I feel, I feel like a morning star

You Gotta Sing
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing
When the spirit says sing, you gotta sing right along
You gotta sing when the spirit says sing

Horsie, Horsie
Horsie, Horsie don’t you stop
Just let your heels go clippity clop
Your tail goes swish and the wheels go ‘round
Giddy–up we’re homeward bound

I like to take a horse and buggy
When I go gliding through the town
I like to hear old Dobbin’s clip-clop
I like to feel the wheels go ‘round

Sur Le Pont
Sur le pont d’Avignon,
L’on y danse, l’on y danse;
Sur le pont d’Avignon,
L’on y danse tout en rond.

Mr. Sun
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun
Mr. golden Sun
Please shine down on me
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun
Mr. golden Sun
Hiding behind a tree

These little children are asking you
To please come out so they can play with you
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun
Mr. golden Sun
Please shine down on me

Dickie Birds
Two little dickie birds
Sitting on a wall
Hold up both index fingers
One named Peter
One named Paul
Fly away Peter
Fly away Paul
“Fly” index fingers behind your back. Bring them back one at a time
Come back Peter
Come back Paul

Baby Bats
Child crouches down as if asleep
All the baby bats sleep through the day,
But when the night time comes
They fly away
Child stands, spreads arms and pretends to fly
They fly so high and they fly so low,
Sometimes fast and sometimes slow
Just before the sun comes up
Back to their cave they go
All the baby bats sleeping in a row
Child returns to crouched position

Sleeping Bunnies
Child crouches down as if asleep
See the sleeping bunnies
Sleeping ‘til it’s noon
Won’t you help me wake them
With a merry tune?
Oh so still, so very, very still
Wake up little bunnies
Child stands and hops
Hop, hop, hop
Wake up little bunnies
Hop, hop, hop
Wake up little bunnies
Hop and stop
Child returns to crouched position to begin again

Jelly on a Plate
Jelly on a plate
Jelly on a plate
Wibble-wobble, wibble-wobble
Jelly on a plate

Head and Shoulders
(Needs to be sung slowly so that kids can keep up)
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.
Knees and toes.
Knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.
Eyes, ears, mouth and nose

Tete epaules
Genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds
Tete, epaules, genoux et pieds
Yeux, nez, bouche, oreilles

Eency-Weecy Spider
The eency-weency spider went up the waterspout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
So the eency-weency spider went up the spout again

*The eency-weency spider went up the waterspout
Down came the snow and froze the spider out
Out came the sun and it didn’t do a thing
So the eency-weency spider had to wait ‘til spring
*Mary Paston

Little Pony
I have a little pony
I feed her oats and hay
I open up the barnyard gates
And I watch her gallop away

Oh she gallops here
She gallops there
She gallops everywhere
And when I say my pony whoa
Whoa my pony whoa
‘Feed’ child oats and watch as they gallop on all fours. At the end of the song the child returns to start the game again.

Open, Shut Them
Open and shut them,
Open and shut hands
Open and shut them,
Give a little clap, clap, clap
Open and shut them,
Open and shut them.
Put them in your lap.

Creep and crawl them,
Creep and crawl them,
Right down to your toes.
Creep and crawl them,
Creep and crawl them
Then you touch your noes.

Grandfather’s Clock
The grandfather’s clock goes:
Tick Tock, Tick Tock,
Tick Tock, Tick Tock,
Lean child from side to side in a stately manner.
The kitchen clock goes:
Tick Tock,Tick Tock,
Tick Tock,Tick Tock,
Side to side more quickly
And the clock by my bed goes:
Ticka ticka ticka ticka
Ticka ticka ticka ticka
Ticka ticka ticka ticka
BBRRRRINNNGGG!!

A Smooth Road
Gently and smoothly bounce child on your knee
A smooth road, a smooth road (2X)
Bounce lifting first one knee and then the next
A rough road, a rough road (2X)
Bounce quite vigorously
A bumpy road, a bumpy road
A bumpy road – a HOLE!
Open knees and let child drop slightly

Wobbly Knees
Wobbly knees
Wobbly knees
Baby likes to sit on wobbly knees
Forward, backward, side to side
Forward, backward, side to side
Down the slide
*Alaina Fraser

Baby Goes
Baby (or child’s name) goes to Canmore
and to Wetaskawin
Watch out Baby or you might fall in!
Gently bounce child on your knee. Open knees and let child drop slightly.

Off to Market
Gently bounce child on your knee
Father and mother and Uncle John
Went to market one by one.
Mother fell off
Lean child in one direction
Father fell off
And then the other
But Uncle John went on and on and on…
Increase speed and vigor of bouncing.

Five Eggs
Five eggs Hold up five fingers
Five eggs Hold up other five fingers
That makes ten
Sitting on top Lock fingers together, knuckles up
Is mother hen
Crickle, crackle, crickle, crackle
Rock locked finger back and forth
What can it be?
Ten little chicks
As fluffy as can be
Hold up ten fingers and give baby a tickle

Hana, Hana (Japanese Face Rhyme)
Hana, hana, (Touch baby’s nose) guchi (mouth)
Guchi, guchi, mimi (ear)
Mimi, mimi, me (eye)

Two Fat Sausages
Two fat sausages sizzling in a pan
Hold up thumbs
One went “Pop!”
Hold up one thumb
and the other went “Bam!”
Clap your hands

Ten Fat Peas
Ten fat peas in a peapod pressed
Fold hands in, palm facing up
One grew, two grew
Release one finger at time
So did all the rest
Two hands with fingers wiggly
They grew and they grew
Arms move upwards
And did not stop
Until one day the pod went “Pop!”
Clap hands together