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The following are tickly, foot tapping and hand clapping rhymes: For nappy change, playtime or any other time!
Pat-a-cake Pat-a-cake 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 (Baby's name in here) and Me (or Mummy, Daddy, Grandma etc)
Two little hands clap with Daddy
Two little hands go clap clap clap
Two little feet go tap tap tap
And these little toes can touch Daddy's Nose
Two little hands clap with Mummy
Two little hands go clap clap clap
Two little feet go tap tap tap
And these little toes can touch Mummy's Nose
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed at home
This little piggy had roast beef
And this little piggy had none
But/And this little piggy went ... (pause here to build on Baby's excitement)
Wee Wee Wee Wee Wee Wee all the way home!
Tickle tickle on the tummy, oh
This is where the yummy food goes
Tickle tickle on the little nose, oh
This is where Daddy's kisses go
Tickle tickle on the tummy, oh
This is where the yummy food goes
Tickle tickle on the little nose, oh
This is where Mummy's kisses go
Hip Hop Down to the Market Town
To buy a big pig, To buy a big pig
Hip hop home, jiggerty jig, jiggerty jig, jiggerty jig
Hip hop down to the market town
To buy a big hog, To buy big hog
Hip hop home, jiggerty jog, jiggerty jog, jiggerty jog
Humpty dumpty diddley dee
Here come the horses 1 2 3
Let’s go riding on my knee
Humpty Dumpty Diddley Dee
You are my Baby, my Baby, Oh ...
You are my baby, my baby, oh
Let's clap those hands as we go, go, go!
Today is a day for having some fun ...
Ah ... O (pause here to build on Baby's excitement)
Here comes a tickle on your tummy, tum, tum!
Round and round the garden
Went the teddy bear
One step ... two steps (slowly)
And (pause) ... tickly under there
(Repeat)
Round and round the haystack
Went the little mouse
One step ... two steps...
And ... in the little house
(Repeat)
Round the bellybutton with Daddy
Round and round this bellybutton
Daddy's fingers go
Creeping Creeping up up up ... (pause)
To touch your little nose
Round and round this bellybutton
Daddy's fingers go
Creeping Creeping Down Down Down ... (pause)
To tickle you on your toes
Round the bellybutton with Mummy
Round and round this bellybutton
Mummy's fingers go
Creeping Creeping up up up ... (pause)
To touch your little nose
Round and round this bellybutton
Mummy's fingers go
Creeping Creeping Down Down Down ... (pause)
To tickle you on your toes
The following are knee-jogging rhymes: For 'get-up-and-go' playtime
Cliperty clop, cliperty clop
Horses trot until they stop
Cliperty Cliperty, Cliperty Clop ...
(Faster) Cliperty Clop, Cliperty Clop
Horses trot until they stop
Cliperty Cliperty, Cliperty ... Clop ...
(Faster) Cliperty Clop, Cliperty Clop
Horses trot until they stop
Cliperty Cliperty, Cliperty ... STOP!
Giddy giddy up we go
Riding on the pony
Trotting trotting up and down
On our way to town ...
(Faster) Giddy Giddy Up We Go
Riding on the pony
Galloping Galloping up and down...
On our way to town ...
(Slower) Giddy Giddy Up We Go
Riding on the pony
Slowing slowing slowing down
Now we've reached the town ... wooooo
Here comes the camel
With humps on his back
Bumperty bump, Bumperty bump
He goes through the desert going his way and that
Bumperty, Bumperty bump
And a wind-down rhyme ...
Stars, Stars, shining so bright
Stars, stars, shining so bright
In the shimmering of the night
Soon it will be time to turn out the light
Dream a dream and sleep so tight