
A Tisket, A Tasket — lyrics and origin
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“A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.”
American children’s songs mix inherited British rhymes with homegrown campfire, folk and play-party songs. Every song here is given with its full lyrics, its background, and sources for where it was first collected.

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“A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.”


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“Five green and speckled frogs,”

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“Five little ladybugs climbing up a door,”

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“Five little monkeys swinging on a tree,”









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“If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! (clap clap)”


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“The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.”



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“Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!”


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“Group: (Tony) stole the cookie from the cookie jar!”


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“The wheels on the bus go round and round,”


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“Two little feet go stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp.”