Animal Nursery Rhymes
Cats, dogs, rabbits, cows, pigs, elephants, monkeys, lions... Kids simply love animals - and also songs about animals!
Enjoy singing the animal nursery rhymes on this page together with your kids! They can be sung anywhere and anytime, but it is a "must" singing them before, during or after visiting a farm or a zoo.
See also our specials: Nursery rhymes with cats or nursery rhymes with dogs.
Recommended Nursery Rhymes About Food:
A Wise Old Owl | Wise words from a wise old owl. |
Alice The Camel | Nursery rhyme and counting song about a camel (or was it a horse?) :) |
All That Pretty Horses | This is a beautiful lullaby about horses. |
Animal Alphabet Song | Alphabet song with 27 different animals. |
Animal Fair, The | A fun nursery rhyme sung by American sailors in 1898... |
Baa Baa Black Sheep | Maybe the most popular nursery rhyme of all times? |
Baby Bumble Bee | OUCH! This song is about a child who was stung by a bee. |
Bingo (B-I-N-G-O) | Popular rhyme about a dog called Bingo. The children love this song! |
Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To The Sea | Rhyme about Bobby who has gone to the sea. |
Ding Dong Little Bell | Ding Dong Little Bell is very old nursery rhyme about a cat (from 1580). |
Five Little Ducks | Popular nursery rhymes about ducks that is great for teaching counting. |
Five Little Monkeys | Five Little Monkeys is a very popular nursery rhyme. The children simply love it! |
Five Little Speckled Frogs | Repetitive nursery rhyme about frogs. This rhyme is also ideal for teaching counting. |
For Want of a Nail | Very old nursery rhyme (dates back to the 14th century). About horseshoes and horses. |
Frog Went A-Courting | (Or Frog Went a-courtin). Very old nursery rhyme about a frog who rode up to Miss Mousy's door. Funny stuff! |
Goosey Goosey Gander | Fun nursery rhyme about a goose walking around - indoor! |
Hey Diddle Diddle | Popular nursery rhyme about a cat, a cow and a dog. |
Here is The Beehive | Here is the beehive. But where are the bees? This nursery rhyme is great for teaching counting. |
Hickety Pickety | Nursery rhyme about a black hen called Hickety Pickety. |
Hickory Dickory Dock | Hickory Dickory Dock is a nursery rhyme about a mouse that ran up the clock. |
Horsey Horsey | Children love horses. So why not sing a song about these beautiful animals? |
If I Had a Donkey | Why not sing about "the best little donkey that ever was born"? |
If Wishes Were Horses | What if wishes were horses... |
Itsy Bitsy Spider | Popular nursery rhyme about a spider climbing up the water spout. |
Ladybug, Ladybug | Classic nursery rhyme about ladybugs. (Ladybird, Ladybird in UK). |
Little Bo Peep | Fascinating rhyme about sheep that the children find very exciting. |
Little Boy Blue | In this song the sheep's in the meadow and the cow's in the corn... |
Little Bunny Foo Foo | In this long, repetitive nursery rhyme we meet a little bunny and some birds. Exciting story! |
Little Miss Muffet | Little Miss Muffet was frightened by a spider in this Rhyme. |
Little Peter Rabbit | Popular song about a little rabbit. Often used in Easter Celebrations. |
Little Poll Parrot | Popular song about a parrot eating toast and tea(!) |
Little Robin Redbreast | Nursery rhyme about a little bird and a pussycat hunting for him. |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | A very cosy nursery rhyme about Mary and her little lamb. |
Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? | Old American nursery rhyme about a missing dog. |
Old McDonald had a farm | A true classic about the different animals on the farm. Very popular among children. |
Once I Saw a Little Bird) | Short but popular nursery rhyme. Perfect to sing if you see a bird outside the window. |
One Two Three Four | Short Counting Rhyme that is popular among the kids. Goes from 1 to 8. |
One Two Three Four Five | Nursery Rhyme about fishing that also is great for teaching counting. |
Pop Goes the Weasel | Funny about a monkey and a weasel. |
Pussycat, Pussycat | The pussycat in this song went to London to visit the Queen... |
Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross | Perfect rhyme to sing while the kids are playing with a playhorse/cockhorse |
Ring A Ring O'Roses | You will find both birds and cows in this popular "song game". |
Rockin' Robin | Funny song about a bird rockin' around in the tree tops. |
Round and Round the Garden | Round and round the forest, like a little deer |
Sleeping Bunnies | Cute nursery rhyme about sleeping bunnies. Can you wake them up? |
The Bear Went Over The Mountain | Very popular nursery rhyme about a bear that went over the mountain. So, what did he find there? |
The Farmer in the Dell | Singing game with cows, dogs, cats and mice. |
The Lion And The Unicorn | Nursery rhymes about the official symbols of United Kingdom! |
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | Fun cumulative tale about an old lady who swallowed a fly. Is that a bit strange? :) |
This Little Piggy | Nursery rhyme about pigs that is perfect to count-out on children's toes. |
Three Blind Mice | Traditional English nursery rhyme about three blind mice. |
Three Little Kittens | American nursery rhyme about three little kittens who lost their mittens. |
To Market, To Market | A very old nursery rhyme - from 1611(!) A pig is bought at the market in this fun rhyme. |