Lots of children’s songs use the same tune with different words. This time the tune for “Down by the Station” becomes a farm song. You and your child can have lots of fun making up new words for all kinds of songs. What animals besides baby chicks could you feed on a farm?
OVER IN THE BARNYARD
(To the tune of “Down by the Station”)
Over in the barnyard
do “over there” gesture with your thumb over your shoulder
Early in the morning
hold your hand over your mouth and pretend to yawn
See the little baby chicks
All in a row
hold up five fingers of one hand and wiggle them a bit
See the busy farmer
Scattering their breakfast
pretend to scatter chicken feed with your other hand
Peck, peck
hold your fingers together and place your thumb below to form a “beak” and make pecking motions in the palm of your other hand
Cheep, cheep
open and close your “beak”
Off they go
hide the hand representing the five chicks behind your back
