Image of a Old Macdonald Had a Farm Little Baby Bum

Former MacDonald Had a Subcontract

Languages: English, French
Ressource Type: vocal, nursery rhyme
Theme: animals
Age-range: infant-preschool, 3 – 7 years

Download the words of the vocal:
♦ Old MacDonald had a Farm Lyrics

"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is a nursery rhyme for children. The lyrics were starting time printed in 1917. It deals with a farmer named MacDonald and the various animals he keeps on his farm.

Culture and Vocabulary:

• farm animals : cow, pig, duck, horse, sheep, dog, hen
• cries of animals : moo, oink, dishonest, neigh, baa, woof, cluck

Grammar:

• using the past tense "had"
• adverbs of places : here, at that place, everywhere

Teaching suggestions:

• ask questions near characters – Who had a subcontract? How many different animals can we hear in the song?
• inquire questions about fauna cries – How does the duck become? (Quack dishonest.) How does the moo-cow go? (Moo moo.) How does the dog go? (Woof woof.)
• inquire questions about the structure of the vocal – How is the song structured? How many parts are there?
• complete the song with other animals

English version:

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

1. Old McDonald had a farm,
Eastward-I-Due east-I-O
And on his subcontract he had a cow,
E-I-E-I-O
With a "moo-moo" here
and a "moo-moo" there
Hither a "moo" in that location a "moo"
Everywhere a "moo-moo"
Old McDonald had a subcontract,
E-I-Eastward-I-O.

2. Former McDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O
And on his subcontract he had a sus scrofa,
E-I-E-I-O
With a "oink" here
and a "oink" there
Hither a "oink" at that place a "oink"
Everywhere a "oink-oink"
Old McDonald had a subcontract,
E-I-E-I-O.

3. Old McDonald had a farm,
Eastward-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a duck,
East-I-East-I-O
With a ''quack-quack'' hither
And a ''quack-quack'' at that place
Here a ''dishonest'', in that location a ''quack''
Everywhere a ''quack-quack''
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-Due east-I-O.

4. Erstwhile McDonald had a farm,
Due east-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a horse,
E-I-E-I-O
With a ''neigh-neigh'' here
And a ''neigh-neigh'' in that location
Here a ''neigh'', there a ''neigh''
Everywhere a ''neigh-neigh''
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.

5. Erstwhile McDonald had a farm,
Due east-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a sheep,
E-I-E-I-O
With a ''baa-baa'' here
And a ''baa-baa'' in that location
Here a ''baa'', in that location a ''baa''
Everywhere a ''baa-baa''
Onetime MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.

half dozen. Erstwhile McDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a domestic dog,
Eastward-I-E-I-O
With a ''woof-woof'' here
And a ''woof-woof'' there
Here a ''woof'', there a ''woof''
Everywhere a ''woof-woof''
Erstwhile MacDonald had a farm,
Eastward-I-E-I-O.

7. Sometime McDonald had a subcontract,
Due east-I-E-I-O
And on his subcontract he had a hen
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.

French Translation:

Onetime McDonald avait une ferme

one. Old McDonald avait une ferme,
Eastward-I-E-I-O
Et dans sa ferme, il avait une vache,
E-I-Due east-I-O
Avec united nations «meuh-meuh» ici
Et un «meuh-meuh» là
Ici un «meuh» là un «meuh»
Partout united nations «meuh-meuh»
Old McDonald avait une ferme,
E-I-E-I-O.

two. Quondam McDonald avait une ferme,
Eastward-I-East-I-O
Et dans sa ferme, il avait un cochon,
E-I-E-I-O
Avec un «groin» ici
Et un «groin» là
Ici un «groin» là un «groin»
Partout un «groin- groin»
Old McDonald avait une ferme,
E-I-Eastward-I-O.

iii. Old McDonald avait une ferme,
East-I-East-I-O
Et dans sa ferme, il avait un canard,
E-I-E-I-O
Avec united nations «coin-coin» ici
Et united nations «coin-coin» là
Ici un «money-coin», là un «coin-money»
Partout united nations «money-coin»
Le vieux Macdonald avait une ferme,
E-I-Due east-I-O.

4. Sometime McDonald avait une ferme,
E-I-E-I-O
Et dans sa ferme, il avait un cheval,
Eastward-I-East-I-O
Avec united nations «hi-hello» ici
Et un «howdy-hi» là
Ici united nations «how-do-you-do-hi», là un «hi-hi»
Partout un «howdy-hi»
Le vieux Macdonald avait une ferme,
East-I-E-I-O.

5. Former McDonald avait une ferme,
E-I-E-I-O
Et dans sa ferme, il avait un mouton,
E-I-E-I-O
Avec un «bêê-bêê» ici
Et united nations «bêê-bêê» là
Ici united nations «bêê», là un «bêê»
Partout united nations «bêê-bêê»
Le vieux Macdonald avait une ferme,
E-I-Eastward-I-O.

6. Old McDonald avait une ferme,
E-I-Eastward-I-O
Et dans sa ferme, il avait un chien,
E-I-E-I-O
Avec united nations «ouaf-ouaf» ici
Et un «ouaf-ouaf» là
Ici un «ouaf», là un «ouaf»
Partout un «ouaf-ouaf»
Le vieux Macdonald avait une ferme,
E-I-E-I-O.

vii. Old McDonald avait une ferme,
Eastward-I-Eastward-I-O
Et dans sa ferme, il avait une poule
E-I-Due east-I-O
Avec un «cot-cot» ici
Et un «cot-cot» là
Ici united nations «cot-cot», là un «cot-cot»
Partout un «cot-cot»
Le vieux Macdonald avait une ferme,
E-I-E-I-O.

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