Nursery Rhymes · Traditional cumulative nursery song
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald's cow, duck, pig, sheep, hen and horse each add a new sound to the farm. Children can join in before they know every word, making this a reliable rhyme for noisy, happy participation.
Sing every animal verse
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that 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 that 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 that 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 that farm he had a sheep,
E-I-E-I-O!
With a baa-baa here
And a baa-baa there,
Here a baa, there a baa,
Everywhere a baa-baa.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that farm he had a hen,
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!
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that 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!
About this story
Hand over every animal noise to your child, and stop after any verse when they have had enough.
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Talk about it
Every animal has its own voice and a place on the farm.
Questions to ask
- Which animal says moo?
- What sound does the duck make?
- Which farm animal would you add next?
Words to know
- farm
- Land where people grow food and keep animals.
- quack
- The sound a duck makes.
- oink
- The sound a pig makes.
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