Fun & Punk
Silly, energetic, and wonderfully irreverent. These are the songs children beg to hear again.
74 songs
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Humpty Dumpty
The great fall that no one could undo — not even all the King's men
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Jack and Jill
Up the hill they went for water — and down they came again
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London Bridge Is Falling Down
Falling down, falling down — and rebuilt with everything from straw to stone
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go
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One Finger, One Thumb
Keep moving! The happiest cumulative action song in the nursery
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Ring a Ring o' Roses
The singing game that isn't about the plague
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The Wheels on the Bus
The classic action song with wheels, wipers, horns and a crying baby
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What Shall We Do With the Grumpy Pirate?
A pirate version of the drunken sailor song — make him smile, wobble the plank, tickle him
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A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Made famous by Ella Fitzgerald — a timeless playground favourite
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Aiken Drum
The man in the moon made entirely of food
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B-I-N-G-O (Bingo Was His Name-O)
There was a farmer had a dog, and Bingo was his name-o!
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Bananas In Pyjamas (Medley)
B1 and B2 — the most famous pyjama-wearing bananas in the world
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Chick Chick Chicken
A brilliantly silly 1920s music hall song demanding an egg for tea
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Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
The action song where a floppy scarecrow comes hilariously to life
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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
The irresistible bedtime countdown with bouncing monkeys and a very patient doctor
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
A ring-game song about morning routines on a cold and frosty day
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Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen
A black hen who lays eggs for the gentlemen every day
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Hokey Cokey
Put your whole self in — that's what it's all about
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Looby Loo
Here we go looby loo — all on a Saturday night
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Miss Polly Had a Dolly
The doctor came with his bag and his hat — and knocked with a rat-a-tat-tat
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Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake, Baker's Man
One of the oldest nursery rhymes in print — still clapping
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Round and Round the Garden
One step, two step — tickle time!
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Rub a Dub Dub
Three men in a tub and a series of increasingly poor decisions
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She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
Coming round the mountain in pink pyjamas on six white horses
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Shoo Fly
Shoo fly, don't bother me — I belong to somebody
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Simple Simon
No penny, no pie — and a very unfortunate fisherman
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Ten Green Bottles
Hanging on the wall, and accidentally falling one by one
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The Big Ship Sailed
Ally-ally-oh — on the last day of September
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The More We Get Together
The more we get together, the happier we'll be
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There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly
The cumulative tale of increasingly unfortunate dietary choices
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Sleeping Bunnies
Shhh — the bunnies are sleeping. Ready to hop!
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The Pirate Song
When I was one to ten, a pirate captain's life for me
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The Skeleton Dance
Them bones them bones them dancing bones — connect the skeleton and dance
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This Is the House That Jack Built
The classic cumulative rhyme that grows verse by verse from malt to farmer
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A Sailor Went To Sea Sea Sea
The classic hand-clapping song every playground knows
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Alice The Camel
A counting-down camel with a surprising twist at the end
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Animal Alphabet
A to Z — every letter gets its own animal friend
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Animal Fair
The funniest day at the fair you've never actually attended
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Apples And Bananas
A silly vowel-swapping song that turns eating into a language game
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Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu
Five vowel sounds, endless laughs — a phonics song for little voices
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Beanbag, Beanbag
Throw it, catch it, balance it — the song that gets everyone moving
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Clap Your Hands Together
A simple, joyful action song for very young children
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Cobbler Cobbler Mend My Shoe
A satisfying rhythmic rhyme from the age of handmade shoes
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Desperate Dan
A comic verse celebrating the gloriously scruffy fictional hero of The Dandy
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Ding Dong Bell
The cautionary cat-in-the-well rhyme with a surprisingly ancient history
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Do Your Ears Hang Low
The wonderfully silly ear-waggling song every child knows and loves
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Down in the Jungle Boogie
A groovy jungle action song with a great big gorilla doing the laundry
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Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
The ancient counting-out rhyme used by children the world over to decide who goes first
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Five Currant Buns
The classic countdown counting song set in a baker's shop
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Five Fat Sausages
The satisfyingly explosive counting-down song with a sizzle and a bang
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Ging Gang Goolie
The nonsense camp-fire song composed by Baden-Powell himself in 1907
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Go to Sleep You Baby
A tender lullaby with a gently surprising twist in its delivery
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The beloved counting and story song about porridge, chairs, and a very nosy little girl
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Goosey, Goosey Gander
A goose wanders the house and throws an old man down the stairs
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Horsey, Horsey
A gentle clip-clop song about the journey homeward bound
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I Had a Cat
A cumulative song of farmyard animals, each adding their own sound
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I'm the King of the Castle
Climb to the top and declare yourself ruler — until someone pushes you off
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In and Out the Dusty Bluebells
A weaving ring game through arches of children's arms
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It's Raining, It's Pouring
The old man is snoring — three rainy-day rhymes combined in one lively recording
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Jack Sprat
One eats no fat, the other eats no lean — together they clean the plate
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Jelly on a Plate
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble — a wiggly song about food
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Little White Duck
Sitting in the water doing what he oughter — the happiest duck in the pond
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Mah Nà Mah Nà
Mah nà mah nà — the song that doesn't mean anything and means everything
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Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
Put your hand on yourself — a body-part song with a silly refrain
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Oh! Susanna
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee — don't you cry for me
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Pease Pudding Hot
Hot or cold, nine days old — pease pudding for everyone
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Peter Rabbit
A fly on his nose and a fine pair of floppy ears
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The Farmer's in His Den
The farmer wants a wife, the wife wants a child — and the dog wants a bone
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The Jumping Song
Jump, jump, jump, jump — jump around now!
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There Was a Princess Long Ago
The Sleeping Beauty story told in song — princess, tower, forest and prince
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There Were Ten in a Bed
Ten in a bed and the little one says roll over — until there's just one left
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There's a Worm at the Bottom of the Garden
Wiggly Woo the worm and Slippery Sue the snail live at the bottom of the garden
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Waltzing Matilda
Australia's most beloved folk song — the swagman, the jumbuck and the billabong
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What Are Little Boys Made Of?
Snips and snails for boys, sugar and spice for girls — the classic rhyme extended