Poetry Cafe 115: Rhymes, Chants, Poems and Songs No. 1

Rhymes, Chants, Poems and Songs
No. 1

The Wheels on the Bus …

Elgar: Nursery Suite / The Wagon Passes

Old MacDonald had a Farm

Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suite no. 2/ The Wild Bears

Edwin Morgan: The Loch Ness Monster’s Song

If I had a donkey…

Susan Gowers: My Sister

Mary had a little lamb

My dog is such a nice beast

Debussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Three fish in a tree

Tea for Two

There’s English all around us

L-E-A-R-N (acrostic poem)

London Bridge is falling down

William McGonagall: The Tay Bridge Disaster

Head, shoulder, knees and toes

If You’re Happy, …

Have you got pizza….?

1,2,3,4,/ Come in please …

Pitter, patter!/ Rain on the housetop, …

R.L. Stevenson: The rain is raining all around, …

It’s raining…

It’s raining cats and dogs out there…

Debussy: Jardins sous la pluie

Rain

It’s raining out…

A.E. Housman: The Shades of Night

I Had No Friends at All

Roger McGough: Two’s company …

I scream, you scream, …

1,2,3,4,5,/ Once I caught a fish alive …

Two little dicky birds…

Pussy cat, pussy cat, …

The Grand Old Duke of York

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, …

Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top,…

Stevie Smith: Some are born to peace and joy

Roger McGough: Survivor

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, …

Tony Mitton: Many Ways to Travel

As I was going to St. Ives, …

Tony Mitton: Music is invisible, …

30 Days have September, …

A Days-of-the-Week poem: On Monday, …

A Five-Senses poem: Final Exam Week

A Contrast poem: Vacation

A Minimal poem: Soft sand, …

A Colour poem: White is the snow, …

A Sequence poem: In a dark, dark wood, …

A Ballad: No matter that the bell had rung, …

An Adjective poem: Trick or Treat?

I Used to be Shy, …

If I had wings, …

Trini Lopez: If I had a hammer, …

Simon & Garfunkel: El Condor Pasa

Edward Thomas: Words

Robert Burns: My love is like a red, red rose, …