Rub-a-dub-du
Three men in a tub
And how do you think they got there?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker
They all jumped out of a rotten potato,
'Twas enough to make a man stare.

Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me?
Soldier, soldier will you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum?
Oh, how can I marry such a pretty
Girl as thee,
If I've got no shoes to put on?

Off to the cobbler she did go,
As fast as she could run,
Bought him a pair of the best that
Was there,
And the soldier put them on.

Chorus: Soldier, Soldier…

Oh, how can I marry such a pretty girl as thee,
If I've got no pants to put on?
So off to the tailor she did go …

Chorus: Soldier, soldier…

Oh, how can I marry such a pretty girl as thee
With a wife and baby at home?

Clementine
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Lived a miner, Forty-Niner,
And his daughter, Clementine.

Chorus:
Oh my darling x 2
Oh my darling, Clementine,
You are lost and gone for ever,
Dreadful sorrow, Clementine.

Johnny Works with One Hammer
Johnny works with one hammer (the children bang on the table with one hand when "one hammer" is sung)
One hammer, one hammer,
Johnny works with one hammer,
Now he works with two.

Johnny works with two hammers… (the children bang both hands)
Johnny works with three hammers… (they stamp one foot as well)
Johnny works with four hammers… (two hands, and two feet)
Four hammers, four hammers,
Johnny works with four hammers,
Now he goes to sleep.

I've been Working on the Railroad
I've been working on the railroad, all the live-long day.
I've been working on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away.
Don't you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn!
Don't you hear the captain shouting?
Dinah, blow your horn.

Chorus:
Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow,) x 2
Dinah, won't you blow your horn? )

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Someone's in the kitchen, I know,
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Strumming the old banjo.
Fee Fi Fiddley aye, oh, x 2
Strumming the old banjo

When I was a Soldier
(The children recite this chant and perform the appropriate actions)
1. When I was a soldier, a soldier, a soldier,
When I was a soldier, this is what I did.

2. When I was a sailor, a sailor, a sailor…
3. When I was a tailor…
4. When I was a driver…

Baker's Man
Pat a cake, pat a cake,
Baker's man
Bake me a cake
As fast as you can.
Pat it and prick it
And mark it with B
And put it in the oven
For Baby and me.

There was a Jolly Miller
There was a jolly miller once,
Lived on the River Dee;
He worked and sang from morn till night,
No lark more blithe than he.
And thus the burden of his song
Forever used to be,
I care for nobody, no! not I,
If nobody cares for me.

Lavender's Blue, Dilly, Dilly
Lavender's Blue, Dilly, Dilly
Lavender's green;
When I am king, dilly, dilly
You shall be queen.

Call up your men, dilly, dilly,
Set them to work,
Some to the plough, dilly, dilly,
Some to the cart.

Some to make hay, dilly, dilly,
Some to thresh corn,
Whilst you and I dilly, dilly,
Keep ourselves warm.

The Drunken Sailor
What shall we do with the drunken sailor, x 3
Early in the morning,

Hey ho and up she rises, x 3
Early in the morning.

What Are You Going to Be?
What are you going to be x 2

I shall be a soldier,
That's the life for me.

What are you going to be? X 2
I shall be a fireman,
That's the life for me.

What are you going to be x 2
I shall be a garge hand
That's the life for me.

Tinker, tailor, (an elimination game to find who is "It")
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor,
Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief,
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief.

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