A silly song with actions.
This is a modern nursery rhyme of unknown origin that has many variations. It can also be sung to the tune of ‘The Big Ship Sails on the Alley Alley Oh’ with the ‘Tra la la’s’ taking the place of the ‘Alley oh’s’.
You can add any animals you like for the following verses but for this version I chose a mouse, horse, rabbit and elephant.
There is also a version know as the mmm mmm frog or the mm ah frog, where instead of jumping, the frog says mm ah. The tra la la’s can also be swapped for lardi daa’s.
Video Credits:
Produced by Sarah Simi & Ed Hartwell (Woolly Vision)
Animation and Direction: Ed Hartwell
Art Direction: Sarah Simi
Animal puppets by Leeanne Bell, Sarah Simi and Ed Hartwell
Set elements by Laura Gardner (Little Egg Designs), Leeanne Bell, Sarah Simi and Ed Hartwell
Music performed by Gemma Storr and Steve Pretty
Recorded by Steve Pretty
Lyrics: jump jump went the little green frog one day jump jump went the little green frog jump jump went the little green frog one day and his eyes went blink blink blink jump jump when the little green frog one day jump jump went the little green frog jump jump went the little green frog one day and his tongue went bluegh bluegh bluegh but we know frogs go (clap) tra la la la la clap) tra la la la la we know frogs go (clap) tra la la la la they don't go bluegh bluegh bluegh scurry scurry when the little white mouse one day and his nose went sniff sniff sniff. but we know mice go (clap) tra la la la la clap) tra la la la la we know mice go (clap) tra la la la la they don't go sniff sniff sniff clip clop when the little brown horse one day and his tail went swish swish swish but we know horses go (clap) tra la la la la clap) tra la la la la we know horses go (clap) tra la la la la they don't go clip clop clip hop hop when the little bunny one day and her ears went flip flop flip but we know ribbits go (clap) tra la la la la clap) tra la la la la we know rabbits go (clap) tra la la la la they don't go hop hop hop stomp stomp went the great big elephant one day and his trunk went toot toot toot but we know elephants go (clap) tra la la la la clap) tra la la la la we know elephants go (clap) tra la la la la they don't go stomp stomp stomp