Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Nursery Rhyme)

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Old MacDonald Had a Farm is a beloved children's nursery rhyme you can read and sing along to free online. Verse by verse, Old MacDonald's lively farm fills with moo-ing cows, oink-ing pigs, clucking chickens, and seven more noisy animals — each adding their own chorus of sounds to the growing, joyful racket. The satisfying repetition of "E-I-E-I-O" and each animal's distinct call makes every new verse a small, gleeful surprise for young readers and listeners.


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Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-O.
With an oink oink here and an oink oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink oink,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a chicken, E-I-E-I-O.
With a cluck cluck here and a cluck cluck there,
Here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck cluck,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a sheep, E-I-E-I-O.
With a baa baa here and a baa baa there,
Here a baa, there a baa, everywhere a baa baa,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a horse, E-I-E-I-O.
With a neigh neigh here and a neigh neigh there,
Here a neigh, there a neigh, everywhere a neigh neigh,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a duck, E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack quack here and a quack quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a turkey, E-I-E-I-O.
With a gobble gobble here and a gobble gobble there,
Here a gobble, there a gobble, everywhere a gobble gobble,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a goat, E-I-E-I-O.
With a meh meh here and a meh meh there,
Here a meh, there a meh, everywhere a meh meh,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a dog, E-I-E-I-O.
With a woof woof here and a woof woof there,
Here a woof, there a woof, everywhere a woob woof,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on that farm he had a cat, E-I-E-I-O.
With a meow meow here and a meow meow there,
Here a meow, there a meow, everywhere a meow meow,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.


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Ririro is the in-house editorial team at Ririro.com, dedicated to bringing classic nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and children's stories to young readers around the world for free. Old MacDonald Had a Farm is one of the most widely sung nursery rhymes in the English-speaking world, with roots tracing back to at least the early twentieth century, and this version features a full ten-animal roster to maximise the singalong fun.