Lyrics for

Mother Goose’s Never-Ending Tea Party

Re-Bop Records RB114 — ©2004

DONKEY, DONKEY, OLD AND GRAY

Open your mouth and gently bray
Lift your ears and blow your horn
To wake the world this sleepy morn

WAKE UP, BABY, DAY’S A-BREAKING

Peas in the pot and a hoe-cake baking

THREE GOOD WISHES

“What would you like to do today?”
“Have a tea party.”
“And where should it be?”
“In a little cottage by the sea”
“And guests should arrive at. . .?”
“I think. . .three!”
“I think five.”
“I don’t agree. How ‘bout half-past three?”
Half-past three it is!”
“Yippee!”
“Three good kisses. . .”
“Three good wishes. . .”
“Tea, the sea, and half-past three!”
(How do you spell a kissing sound? 3 of those!)

SHORT’NIN’ BREAD/UP ON MY LAP BABY RAP

Put on the skillet, put on the pan
Mamma’s gonna make a little short’nin’ bread
That ain’t all I’m gonna do
Mamma’s gonna make a little short’nin’ too
Mamma’s little baby loves short’nin’, short’nin’
Mamma’s little baby loves short’nin’ bread
(repeat)

Up On My Lap Baby Rap

Come here, baby, up on my lap
While the cake is cookin’, let’s clap, clap, clap
Play a couple games, then take a little quiz
’Cause babies oughta know where their noses is...
I mean babies oughta know where their noses are.
Babies oughta know where their eyeses are.
Babies oughta know where their earses are.
Babies oughta know where their mouths are.
Babies oughta know where their chinny, chin, chins and
Belly buttons and their noses and toeses and gully-gully-gullies
And babies oughta know where their pinkies and thumbs
And their tummy-tum-tums and
Fingers and foreheads and
Eyebrows and ... babies oughta know
Where their noses are...

TWO LITTLE EYES TO LOOK AROUND

Two little ears to hear each sound
One little nose to smell what’s sweet
One little mouth that likes to eat

EYE WINKER, TOM TINKER

Nose smeller, mouth eater,
Chin chopper, guzzle whopper

PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE

Baker’s man
Bake a cake as fast as you can
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with ‘B’
And throw it in the oven for Baby and me!

PEASE PORRIDGE HOT

Pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot,
Nine days old

WHEN I WAS YOUNG

I had no sense
I bought a fiddle for eighteen pence
The only tune that I could play
Was over the hills and very far away
So early in the morning
So early in the morning
So early in the morning
Before the break of day

My Aunt Jane she called me in
And gave me tea out of her wee tin
Half a bag of sugar on the top
And three black lumps out of her wee shop

BOUNCE, BOUNCE, BOUNCE

Little bitty baby
Sittin’ on your mommy’s feet
Bounce, bounce, bounce
Sugar and sweet
Little bitty baby
Sittin’ on your mommy’s knee
Bounce, bounce, bounce
One, two, three

CHORUS
Bounce, bounce, bounce that baby
Bounce, bounce, bounce that baby
Bounce, bounce, bounce that baby to sleep
(repeat)

Little bitty baby
Sittin’ on your mommy’s lap
Bounce, bounce, bounce
Won’t you take your nap?
Little bitty baby
Sittin’ on your mommy’s shoulders
Bounce, bounce, bounce
Till you get a little older

CHORUS
Little bitty baby
Sittin’ on your mommy’s head
Bounce, bounce, bounce
Till it’s time for bed

Breakfast smells fill up the house
Daddy does dishes, quiet as a mouse
Baby slept till half past 10
Woke right up started to bounce again
CHORUS

WASH THE DISHES

Wipe the dishes,
Ring the bell for tea
Three good wishes,
Three good kisses,
I will give to thee

YOU AND ME, HALF PAST THREE

Everybody knows
Time for tea, you and me
Dressed in fancy clothes
You and me will have some fun
Until it’s time to go
You and me, half past three
Time for tea
Dressed in fancy clothes

Tip your cup, drink it up
Tea with milk and honey
Sip and slurp, gulp and burp
My, this tea is yummy
All these cakes and cookies
Are filling up my tummy
You and me, half past three
Time for tea
Acting kind of funny

Me and you, tea for two
Singing happily
Me and you, yes it’s true
Friends we’ll always be
All we need is music
And music’s always free
You and me, half past three,
Time for tea
Singing happily

repeat first verse

“WHO SHALL WE INVITE?”

“Who do you think would come?”
“Simple Simon might!”
“And Mother Hubbard and Uncle John and Mary and Ella and Bobby and Tommy and Dottie and Polly and Sukie and Dusty...”
“And Old King Cole and the Queen of Hearts.”
“Let’s write invitations. We better start!”
“Okay!”

WILL YOU COME TO MY PARTY

Will you come?
Bring your own bread and butter and a bun
Mrs. Murphy will be there
Tossing peanuts in the air
Will you come to my party,
Will you come?
(REPEAT, beginning each time with a new person to juggle something in the air, for example...)
Mrs. Flower will be there
Tossing petals in the air
Mrs. Bumpkin will be there
Tossing pumpkins in the air (Ouch!)
Everybody will be there
Tossing hippos!
Sausage!
Muffins!
Porridge!

EARLY IN THE MORNING AT 8 O’CLOCK

You can hear the postman’s knock
Up jumps Ella to answer the door,
One letter, two letters, three letter, four!

THE CAT’S GOT THE MEASLES

The measles, the measles,
The cat’s got the measles,
Whatever shall we do?
We’ll send for the doctor,
The doctor, the doctor,
We’ll send for the doctor
And he’ll/she’ll know what to do

FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS

Jumping on the bed
One fell off and hit his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said
“No more monkeys
Jumping on the bed!”
(Keep counting down)

BOBBY SHAFTOE’S GONE TO SEA

Silver buckles at his knee
He’ll come back and marry me
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe
Bobby Shaftoe’s young and fair
Ringlets in his golden hair
He’s my love forever more
Pretty Bobby Shaftoe

MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN

My bonnie lies over the sea
My bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me

CHORUS
Bring back, bring back
Oh bring back my bonnie to me, to me
repeat

FATHER AND MOTHER AND UNCLE JOHN

Went to market, one by one
Father fell off, Mother fell off
But Uncle John went on, and on,
And on, and on, and on!

TO MARKET, TO MARKET

To buy a fat pig
Home again, home again
Jiggity jig
To market, to market
To buy a fat hog
Home again, home again
Jiggity jog
To market, to market
To buy a plum cake
Home again, home again
Market is late
To market, to market
To buy a plum bun
Home again, home again
Market is done

THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET

This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none
And this little piggy cried
“Wee wee wee wee,”
All the way home

RIDE A COCK HORSE

To Banbury Cross
To see what Tommy can buy
A penny white loaf
A penny white cake
And a two-penny apple pie

OLD MOTHER HUBBARD

Went to the cupboard,
To fetch her poor dog a bone
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare
And so the poor dog had none
She went to the fishmonger’s
To buy him some fish
But when she came back
He was licking the dish
She went to the fruiterer’s
To buy him some fruit
But when she came back
He was playing the flute
She went to the barber’s
To buy him a wig
But when she got back
He was dancing the jig
She went to the tailor’s
To buy him a coat
But when she got back
He was riding a goat

SIMPLE SIMON MET A PIEMAN

Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
“Let me taste your ware”
Says the Pieman to Simple Simon,
“Show me first your penny”
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
“Indeed, I have not any”

A TISKET, A TASKET

(Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald)

A tisket, a tasket
A brown and yellow basket
I sent a letter to my mommy
On the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it
Yes, on the way I dropped it
A little girlie picked it up and
Put it in her pocket

A tisket, a tasket
I lost my yellow basket
And if that girlie won’t return it,
Wonder what I’ll do?

Oh dear, I wonder where my
Basket can be
“So don’t we, so don’t we, so don’t we,
So don’t we, so don’t we!”
Oh gee, I wish that little girl I could see
“So don’t we, so don’t we, so don’t we,
So don’t we, so don’t we!”

Oh why was I so careless with that basket of mine?
That itty bitty basket was a joy of mine!

A tisket, a tasket,
I lost my yellow basket
Won’t someone help me find it?
Make me happy again.

Is it pink?”
“No no no no!”
“Is it blue?”
“No no no no!”
“Is it red?”
“No no no no!, just a little yellow basket.”

“Is it green”
“No no no no!”
“Is it purple?”
“No no no no!”
“Is it plaid?”
“No no no no, just a little yellow basket.”
“Is this it?”
“I found my yellow basket!”

CLIMB UP BABY RAP/TROT ALONG TO BOSTON

Climb up, baby, sit on my knee
’Cause baby’s gotta know how to get to the sea
Baby’s got to know how to ride a horsey
Or a bike or a boat or a puffabelly!

Trot Along to Boston
Trot along to Lynn
Better watch out or you’ll fall in!

I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING

A-sailing on the sea,
And oh, but it was laden
With pretty things for thee!
The captain was a duck
With a packet on his back,
And when the ship began to move
The captain said, “Quack! Quack!”

ONE O’CLOCK: Hickory, Dickory, Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
And down he runs
Hickory, dickory, dock!

DOWN BY THE STATION

Early in the morning
See the little puffabellies all in a row
See the station master
Pull the little handle
Puff puff, toot toot, off we go!

TWO O’CLOCK: Hickory, Dickory, Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck two
And down he flew
Hickory, dickory, dock!

DO, RE, MI, TEA PARTY TIME

Mama, light the stove up
I need to boil some tea
I’m throwing a tea party for
My teddy bears and me
Would you plug in the iron while
I get the tablecloth
I’ll fill my little sugar bowl --
But first I’ll dust it off!

CHORUS
It’s do-re-mi-fa-sol-la tea party time!
It’s do-re-mi-fa so luscious too!
I eat do-re-mi-fa so much sweets that I’m
Do re mi full up, are you?

I invited Dottie so
I’ll pour a cup for her
Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la tea’s
The kind she most prefers
She’s not imaginary!
She’s real as she can be!
And though she’s sometimes naughty
She keeps me company!

But Dottie won’t take sugar ,
She’ll just say “No, thank you”
So could we fill a pitcher with
Her favorite honey too?
The cookies she might eat up
’Case you’re wondering where they went
And if she breaks a tea cup, well
It was an accident!

chorus

POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON/CLIPPIDY CLOP

Polly put the kettle on
Polly put the kettle on
Polly put the kettle on,
We’ll all have tea

Sukie take it off again
Sukie take it off again
Sukie take it off again
They’re all gone away

Clippidy Clop
This is the way the lady rides
Clippidy clop, clippidy clop,
This is the way the gentleman rides
Clippidy, clippidy, clippidy clop
This is the way the baby rides
Clippidy, clippidy, clippidy, clippidy, clippidy, clippidy, clop!

THREE O’CLOCK/HALF-PAST THREE: Hickory, Dickory, Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck three
The mouse went “Whee!”
Hickory, dickory, dock!

Hickory, Dickory, Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
It’s half-past three
It’s time for tea!
Hickory, dickory, dock!

KNOCK AT THE DOOR

Peep in.
Lift up the latch. Walk in!

CROSS-PATCH

Draw the latch
Sit by the fire and spin
Take a cup, and drink it up,
Then call your neighbors in.

DUSTY BILL

I’m Dusty Bill from Vinegar Hill
Never had a bath and I never will

MY AUNT JANE

She came from France,
To teach to me the polka dance
First the heel, and then the toe,
That’s the way the dance should go.

KNOCK AT THE DOOR (Reprise)/LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER

Peep in.
Lift up the latch. Walk in!

Little Tommy Tucker
Sings for his supper;
What shall we give him?
Brown bread and butter
How shall he cut it
Without e’er a knife?
How will he be married
Without e’er a wife?

MISS MARY MACK

Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
Silver buttons, buttons, buttons,
All down her back, back, back,
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents,
To see the elephant, elephant, elephant
Jump the fence, fence, fence
He jumped so high, high, high
He reached the sky, sky, sky
And didn’t come back, back, back
Till the Fourth of July, ly, ly

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

Little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day,
School one day, school one day,
It followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play

“WHERE IS THUMBKIN

Where is Thumbkin?”
“Here I am, here I am.”
“How are you this morning?”
“Very well, I thank you!”
Run away, run away
(Where is pointer? Where is tall man? Where is ring finger? Where is pinkie?)
“Where’s my family?
Where’s my family?”
“Here we are, here we are!”
“How are you this morning?”
“Very well I thank you!”
“Run away, run away”

SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE

A pocketful of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing
Wasn’t that a dainty dish
To set before the king?

The king was in his counting house
Counting out his money
The queen was in the parlor
Eating bread and honey
The maid was in the garden
Hanging out her clothes
When down came a blackbird
And nipped at her nose

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

She made some tarts,
All on a summer’s day
The Knave of Hearts
He stole the tarts
And took them clean away

OLD KING COLE

Was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he
He called for his pipe
And he called for his bowl
And he called for his fiddlers three

Every fiddler he had a fine fiddle
And a very fine fiddle had he
Twee tweedle dum
Went the fiddlers three
Tweedle dum, tweedle deedle dum
Dee hee hee -- tweedle dum, tweedle
Tweedle dum dee

I HAD A SAUSAGE

A bonny bonny sausage,
I put it in the oven for my tea.
I went down to the cellar,
to get the salt and pepper,
And the sausage ran after me.

JELLY ON A PLATE

Jelly on a plate,
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble
Jelly on a plate.
Sausage in a pan
Sausage in a pan
Frizzle, frazzle, frizzle, frazzle,
Sausage in a pan.
Baby on the floor
Baby on the floor
Pick him up, pick him up
Baby on the floor

I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT — and Proud of It

I’m a little teapot
short and stout
Here is my handle, here is my spout
When the tea is ready, hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out!

HOT COCOA

Hot cocoa
Is a most delightful treat
Hot cocoa
Hot cocoa
I like it when you’re sweet

Hot cocoa
Hot cocoa
From my head down to my feet
Hot cocoa
Hot cocoa
With a cookie to eat

Hot cocoa
Give me your cup and I’ll fill it up
Hot cocoa
Drink it down to the very last drop

Hot cocoa
Hot cocoa
Is a most delightful treat
Hot cocoa
Hot cocoa
I like it when you’re sweet

I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT — steamed Up

I’m a little teapot
Short and stout,
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When the tea steamed up, hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out!

The Cider Sister’s Song
“Would you like apple cider in a glass?”

I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT — Boiling

I’m a little teapot
Short and stout,
Here is my handle, here is my spout.
When the tea is boiling, hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out!
When the tea is boiling mad, hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out!

MY BONNIE (Rock Version)

My bonnie lies over the ocean
My bonnie lies over the sea
My bonnie lies over the ocean
So bring back my bonnie to me

CHORUS
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my bonnie to me

The wind has blown over the ocean
The wind has blown over the sea
The wind has blown over the ocean
And brought back my bonnie to me

chorus

OH, I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE

I do like to be beside the sea
I do like to stroll upon the
Prom prom prom
Where the brass bands play
Tiddley-om-pom-pom
So just let me be beside the seaside
I’ll be beside myself with glee
And there’s lots of girls besides
I should like to be beside
Beside the seaside, beside the sea.

I DANCED WITH THE GIRL/I SEE THE MOON

I danced with a girl
With a hole in her stocking,
And her heel kept a-rocking,
Her heel kept a-rocking;
I danced with the girl
With a hole in her stocking,
And we danced by the light of the moon.
repeat twice

I See The Moon
The moon sees me
The moon sees somebody
I’d like to see
God bless the moon and God bless me
And God bless that somebody
I’d like to see

DANCE TO YOUR DADDY

My little baby
Dance to your daddy
My little lamb
You shall have a fishy
In a little dishy
You shall have a fishy
When the boat comes in.
repeat

SLEEPY YOU, SLEEPY ME

Come my little lamb
No more tea, time to be
Dressed in flannel ’jams
Puffabellies in a row
Toot. toot, off we go!

RAISINS AND ALMONDS

To my little one’s cradle in the night
Comes a new little goat snowy white
The goat will trot to the market
While mother her watch will keep
To bring you back raisins and almonds
Sleep, my little one, sleep
To bring you back raisins and almonds
Sleep, my little one, sleep
Sleep, my little one, sleep

HUSH-A-BYE BABY/TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

Hush-a-bye baby
They’re gone to milk.
Lady and milkmaid all in silk
Lady goes softly, maid goes slow
Round again, round again
Round they go
Lady goes softly, maid goes slow
Round again, round again
Round they go

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are

ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES

Hush a-bye, don’t you cry
Go to sleep my little baby
When you wake you shall have
All the pretty little horses
Black and bays, dapples and grays
All the pretty little horses
repeat