Ring around the rosie
Pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down!
The cows are in the meadow
Eating buttercups
Thunder, lightning,
We all jump up!
Alternate Version:
Ring around the rosies,
Pocket full of posies,
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down!
The goats are in the meadow
Eating buttercups
Ashes, ashes,
We all jump up!
Expanded version:
Ring around the rosie, (everyone join hands in a circle, walk or skip around)
A pocket full of posies,
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down! (“fall” down to floor)
Repeat with different movements (easiest done without holding hands!):
Skip around the rosie…
Hop…
Fly…
Crawl…
Run…
Tiptoe…
Gallop…
(Adapted from Wee Sing 25th Anniversary Celebration; see also Wee sing children's songs and fingerplays, opens a new window by Pamela Conn Beall.)
