
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes — lyrics and origin
United KingdomEnglish
“Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.”
Long before schoolbooks, songs did the teaching. These carry names of animals, colours and weather, and their strong rhythm makes the vocabulary stick — which is why they are still used in language classrooms today.

United KingdomEnglish
“Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.”

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