
A Tisket, A Tasket — lyrics and origin
United StatesEnglish
“A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.”
Dancing songs come with instructions built in. Many are ring games in which the whole group circles, falls down or changes places on a cue in the lyric, so the song and the game cannot really be separated from each other.

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







GermanyGerman
“Dreh dich kleiner Kreisel, dreh dich immerzu,”

UnknownEnglish
“Five little monkeys swinging on a tree,”

UnknownEnglish
“Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.”

United KingdomEnglish
“Here we go round the mulberry bush…”


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

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


United KingdomEnglish
“London Bridge is falling down,”




United KingdomEnglish
“Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement’s,”

United KingdomEnglish
“Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,”

United KingdomEnglish
“Half a pound of tup’ny rice, half a pound of treacle…”


United KingdomEnglish
“Ring-a-ring-a-roses, a pocket full of posies…”


United StatesEnglish
“She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes,”


UnknownEnglish
“See the little bunnies sleeping till it’s nearly noon,”

UnknownEnglish
“Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around,”

UnknownEnglish
“The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell…”

UnknownEnglish
“O, the grand old Duke of York, he had ten thousand men…”

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




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