• Letter Day Lyrics to Songs

    Letter A

    (To Down by the Station)

    A is for Alice,
    who met an alligator,
    swishing down the alleyway
    on Apple Avenue.
    "Shoo!" said Alice.
    "I'm allergic to all gators:
    Ah-choo! Ah-choo!"
    Off she flew.

    a

    b  

    Letter B

    (To Ninety-nine Bottles)

    Bubba's best buddy
    was Bingo the Bear.
    Bubba was Bingo's
    best friend.
    They both lived 
    together
    on Blueberry Lane,
    picking big berries
    in sun and in rain.

    Letter C

    (Do Your Ears Hang Low?)

    Can you bake a cake?
    Can you cook a T-bone steak?
    Can you make a chocolate malted?
    Can you make and ice-cream shake?
    Can you boil a cup of water?
    Clean the dishes like you ought to?
    Can you bake a cake?

    c

    d

    Letter D

    (To Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

    Donkey, dragon, dungeon, drip,
    doodle, dumpling, double-dip,
    dandelion, dungarees...
    all these words begin with D.
    Doll and doughnut, dinosaur...
    Can you name a dozen more?

    Letter E

    (to Yankee Doodle)

    Every morning Eloise
    has hard-boilded eggs for breakfast.
    She never ever eats them fried
    "cause boiled eggs are the tastiest!
    Eloise the elephant,
    thinks that eggs are dandy.
    She eats eleven every day
    and says they taste like candy.

    e

    f

    Letter F

    (To Alouette)

    Five fast fishes swimming 
    down the river.
    Five fast fishes swimming 
    down the stream.
    Swimming past five floating logs.
    Swimming past five croaking frogs.
    Floating logs. Croaking frogs.
    Floating logs. Croaking frogs.
    Five fast fishes.

    Letter G

    (to Ta Ra Ra Bomm De Ay)

    Gert's Grandpa Gregory
    grew whiskers past his knee.
    They grew around and 'round.
    They grew down to the ground.
    "Good golly," Gert declared,
    "Gramp's got a goofy beard."
    So Grandma Gwendolyn
    shaved Grandpa's chin!

    g

    h

    Letter H

    (to Miss Lucie Had a Baby)

    Hannah had the hiccups,
    hic, hic, hic, hic, hic, hic.
    All that hic, hic, hiccupping
    made Hanna feel quite sick.
    Her daddy didn't worry.
    He knew just what to do.
    To scare away her hiccups,
    he simply hollered, "BOO!"

    Letter I

    (To Clementine)

    In an igloo on an island,
    In a sea of icy water,
    lived an inchworm named Ignatius
    and his itsy-bitsy daughter.

    She was smaller than an inkblot
    and her name was Isabelle.
    She didn't need a cradle
    "cause she slept in a seashell.

    i

    j

    Letter J

    (to Frere Jacques)

    James and Judy, James and Judy
    jumped all day, jumped all night.
    Jumping double Dutch, they
    jumped rope much too much; they
    jumped all night,
    jumped all day.

    Letter K

    (To Rockabye, Baby)

    Kitten and kettle, 
    kite and kazoo;
    key, kitchen, kingdom,
    and kangaroo;
    king, kid, and ketchup,
    koala bear...
    How many K words
    did you just hear?

    k

    l

    Letter L

    (To Ten Little Indians)

    One luscious, two luscious,
    three luscious lollipops;
    strawberry, lemon,
    lime-flavored lollipops.
    Let's all lick them
    down to their little sticks.
    We love lollipops!

    Letter M

    (To This Old Man)

    Monkey see.
    Monkey do.
    Come meet monkey in the zoo.
    If you make a face,
    he might make one, too.
    Monkeys love to mimic you.

    m

    n

    Letter N

    (To The Old Gray Mare)

    Nathaniel had a naughty little nanny 
    just nibbled on his overcoat.
    Nathaniel had a naughty little nanny goagoat,
    who never ate a single oat,t.
    Her name was Nannabelle.

    Letter O

    (To My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)

    An octopus swam in the ocean,
    swam over the waves in the sea.
    It raised its arms out of the water,
    and waved eight times to me.
    Oh, me! Oh, my!
    there it goes, swimming by.
    Oh, me! Oh, my!
    That octopus just waved "bye-bye!"

    o

    p

    Letter P

    (To Do You Know the Muffin Man?)

    P is for Penelope,
    Penelope, Penelope.
    P is for Penelope,
    a proud and pretty pig.
    Penelope is pick and plump,
    pink and plump, pink and plump.
    Penelope is pink and plump,
    a truly perfect pig.

    Letter Q

    (To Old MacDonald Had a Farm)

    Quentin's duck went
    "Quack! Quack! Quack!"
    Q - U - A - C - K.
    Though Quentin tried 
    to teach him more,
    "Quack!"" was all he'd say.

    q

    r

    Letter R

    (To She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain)

    Roy's dog Rover runs all over, Rover runs.
    Roy's dog Rover runs all over, Rover runs,
    Rover races, Rover chases,
    Rover chews on Roy's shoelaces.
    Oh, yes, Rover runs all over,
    Rover runs.

    Letter S

    To Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

    Sing, sing, sing a song,
    sing a silly song.
    Singily, jingily,
    ringily, swingily,
    won't you sing along?

    s

    t

    Letter T

    (To Reuben, Reuben)

    Tina takes tap-dancing lessons.
    Tap! Tap! Tap!
    She taps all day.
    She has no time for toys or games.
    She'd really rather tap than play.

    Letter U

    (To The Eensy-Weensy Spider)

    My uncle's ukelele
    goes unka, plunka, doo.
    Each night he strums it
    underneath the moon.
    Unka, plunka, doo,
    unka, plunka, plunka, doo...
    I hear Uncle's happy tune
    floating upstairs to my room.

    u

    v

    Letter V

    (To Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

    Vincent puts his violin
    underneath his chinny-chin.
    Vincent plays it very loud;
    Vincent makes his Aunt Vi proud.
    Aunt Vi loves to hear him play.
    Vincent visits her each day.

    Letter W

    (To Mary Had a Little Lamb)

    Willy would not wear a hat, wear a hat, wear a hat;
    Willy would not wear a hat. It made his hair too flat.
    "I wish you would," Aunt Wanda said,
    Wanda said, Wanda said.
    "I wish you would," Aunt wanda said,
    and plopped one on his head.

    w

    x

    Letter X

    (to Camptown Races)

    Xavier was an alien,
    extraterrestrial.
    He was born on Planet X,
    extremely far from Earth.
    He had two pointy heads;
    his vision was X-ray.
    He saw exactly everything
    in an alien way.

    Letter Y

    (To If You're Happy and You Know It)

    If you think that yams are yummy,
    yell out, "Yes!"
    If you think that yams are yummy,
    yell out, "Yes!"
    If you think that yams are yummy,
    yell out, "Yes!' and rub your tummy.
    If you think that yams are yummy,
    yell out, "Yes!"

    y

    z

    Letter Z:

    (To On Top of Old Smokey)

    Z is for Zelda,
    who zoomed off to Mars.
    She zigged and she zagged past a zillion bright stars.
    She zipped to the left and
    she zapped to the right.
    Then Zelda zoomed home by
    the moon's golden light.