Baby Rhymes | Coventry Public Library

Good Morning Song

Hi, hello and how are you?

How are you? How are you?

Hi, hello and how are you?

How are you today?

Goodbye Song

Goodbye, goodbye, I'll see you soon,

See you soon, see you soon.

Goodbye, goodbye, I'll see you soon,

On another day!

Waltzing with Bears

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, waltzing with bears.

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, waltz 'round the chairs.

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, that's what we'll do!

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, waltzing with you!

Nice Kitty

Nice kitty, nice kitty,

let me pet your fur.

Purr kitty, purr kitty,

purr, purr, purr! (Meow!)

Wake Up Toes

Wake up toes, wake up toes,

Wake up toes and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

Wake up toes, wake up toes,

Wake and a-wiggle in the morning!

(Continue with "feet," "hands," etc. finishing with "wake up me, all of me...")

The Farm

I went to visit the farm today.

I met a cow along the way.

And what do you think I heard her say? Mooooo!

(Continue substititing other farm animals and their sounds.)

Let's Take a Walk

Let's take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,

to see what we can see!

Oh, let's take a walk, take a walk, take a walk,

to see what we can see! (Identify things inside or outside.)

Now We Go Up
Now we go up, up, up! (Lift baby up)

Now we go down, down, down! (Lift baby down)

Now we go up, up up! (Lift baby up)

With the prettiest baby in town! (Carefully lift baby over your head; or lying baby in lap facing you, pull up with arms)

Bow Wow Doggy

Bow wow doggy,

Eat your dinner.

Wag your tail,

and bow wow wow! (Woof!)

Here are Baby's Fingers
(At home, substitute in child's name)

Here are baby's fingers,

here are baby's toes,

here is baby's bellybutton.

Round and round it goes! (Tickle baby's tummy)

Rub a Dub Dub

Rub a dub dub,

Who's in the tub?

Little baby _______ (baby's name) !

Rub a dub dub.

Way up High

Way Up high in the apple tree,

I saw a little baby smiling at me! (Hold baby up)

I shook that tree as hard as I could, (Gently sway baby)

and down came that baby, (Lower baby slowly)

Mmmm was (he/she) good! (Tickle baby's tummy)

Finger Family

(Tell rhyme using fingers, starting with thumb)

This is the mother,

this is the father,

this is the brother tall.

This is the sister,

this is the baby,

Oh, how we love them all!

(Hug baby and rock back and forth)

Rabbit Rhyme

Round and round the cornfield, (Draw circle in baby's palm)

looking for a hare.

Where can we find one? (Walk fingers up baby's arm)

Right up there! (Gently tug baby's hair)

Rainy Day

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter, listen to the rain.

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter on my window pane.

(Alternating hands, tap the beat on some part of baby's body)

Lazy Baby

What shall we do with a lazy baby?

Early in the morning?

Put him/her in the bed and tickle all over!

Early in the morning!

Heave, ho! And up he/she rises!

Early in the morning!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. My little baby pie.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

Wont you come and smile for me?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. My little baby pie.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

Wont you come and burp for me?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. My little baby pie.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

Wont you come and sleep for me?

Babies are Born

Babies are born in the circle of the sun,

In the circle of the sun on birthing day.

Babies are born in the circe of the sun,

In the circle of the sun on birthing day.

Clouds to the North!

Clouds to the South!

Wind and rain from the East to the West!

Babies are born in the cirlce of the sun,

In the circle of the sun on birthing day.

Babies learn to walk...on walking day.

Babies learn to talk...on talking day.

Babies learn to love...on loving day.

Beabies learn to walk,

And babies learn to talk,

And babies learn to love,

In the circle of the sun on loving day.

Ride, Ride, to Dover

Ride, ride to Dove,

Ride, ride to Lynee.

Ride, ride, to Dover,

But don't fall in!

(Bounce baby on alternating knees, then dip baby down)