Songs We Always Sing

Here 175 great songs for children. Nursery rhymes, folk tunes, show tunes, pop tunes, TV songs and traditional melodies – all the favourites!

They are all in child-friendly keys, the accompaniments are easy to play and there are historical notes about the origins of the songs and some of the peculiar words!

For the teacher who wishes to keep singing at the heart of their school this book is a godsend.

For the parent who wants their child to enjoy the songs they themselves enjoyed, Songs We Always Sing is truly a treasure chest. Songs Included Are: A fly and a flea A handful of songs A peanut sat on a railroad track A-tisket, a-tasket A wiggly, waggly worm Aeroplanes Agadoo All kinds of everything All things bright and beautiful Alouette Amazing grace And the green grass grows all around Announcements! Any dream will do Away in a manger Ballin’ the jack Be kind to your web-footed friends Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo Bingo Bright eyes Brother, come and dance with me By the rivers of Babylon Bye, bye blackbird Camptown races Carol of the drum Caterpillar, caterpillar Chitty chitty bang bang Christmas alphabet Cobbler, Cobbler, mend my shoe Come and join the celebration Consider yourself Daddy wouldn’t buy me a bow-wow Dancing Queen Dashing away with the smoothing iron Diddle, diddle dumpling Dingle-dangle scarecrow Donkey riding Don’t worry, be happy Do-re-mi Down in the Jungle Down on Grandpa’s farm Driving in our car Dry bones English country garden Father, I place into your hands Feelin’ groovy Fingers, nose and toes song For he’s a jolly good fellow Found a peanut From the tiny ant Georgie Porgie Give me joy in my heart Going over the sea Good King Wenceslas Good-bye-ee! Goosey, goosey, gander Grandma’s feather bed Happy days are here again Happy Talk High Hopes Hush-a-bye, baby I am the music man I can see cherries I can see clearly now I danced in the morning I had a little engine I had a little nut tree I saw three ships I was born under a wandering star I went to school one morning I went to visit a farm one day I wish I was a mole I’d like to teach the world to sing I’m a nut! I’m late I’m Popeye the sailor man In a cottage in a wood In the hairy, scary castle It’s a small world Jelly on the plate Jelly, jelly in my belly John Brown’s baby King of the road Land of the silver birch Let everyone clap hands like me Let’s twist again Little April shower Little Arabella Miller Little Boy Blue Little Donkey Little Jesus, sweetly sleep Little Peter Rabbit Little Rabbit Fou Fou Little Tommy Tucker Lots of worms Lucy Locket Make someone happy Mary’s boy child Merrily we roll along Morningtown ride Never smile at a crocodile Oats, peas, beans and barley grow Octopus’s garden Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone? Okki-tokki-unga Once in royal David’s city One elephant went out to play One grey elephant One more step along the world I go One of those songs One, two, buckle my shoe Open, shut them Pinocchio Pop goes the weasel Pull the cracker, bang! Que sera, sera Roly-poly pudding Round and round the garden Rub-a-dub-dub Sally go round the sun Santa Claus is coming to town Says the bee Seventy-six trombones Silent night Skye Boat song Sleigh ride Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah Strollin’ Sur le pont d’Avignon Sweet gingerbread man Swinging on a star Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay The animal fair The bare necessities The candy man The Lambeth Walk The Muffin Man The old grey mare The twelve days of Christmas The Ugly Bug Ball The umbrella man The unbirthday song The wonderful thing about Tiggers There’s a worm at the bottom of my garden Thirty days hath September This is the way the farmer rides This little pig went to market Those magnificent men in their flying machines Three cheers for Paddington Bear Three little birds Three little kittens Three wheels on my wagon Tingalayo Tom, Tom, the Piper’s son Tommy Thumb Tomorrow Underneath the spreading chestnut tree Wake up! Wash your dirty hands We all clap hands together We wish you a merry Christmas We’re busy doing nothing What shall we do when we all go out? When I first came to this land When you come to the end of a lollipop When you wish upon a star Where are you going to, my pretty maid? Whistle while you work Who built the ark? Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Will you come to my party? Wind the bobbin up Yellow Submarine You are my sunshine You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!