Old MacDonald

Old MacDonald

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a “moo, moo” here and a “moo, moo” there,
Here a “moo,” there a “moo,”
Everywhere a “moo, moo,”
Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,
And on his farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-O.
With a “snort, snort” here, and a “snort, snort” there,
Here a “snort,” there a “snort,”
Everywhere a “snort, snort;”
“Moo, moo” here, and a “moo, moo” there,
Here a “moo,” there a “moo,”
Everywhere a “moo, moo,”
Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-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” there,
Here a “neigh,” there a “neigh,”
Everywhere a “neigh, neigh;”
With a ”snort, snort” here, and a “snort, snort” there,
Here a “snort,” there a “snort,”
Everywhere a “snort, snort;”
“Moo-moo” here, and a “moo-moo” there,
Here a “moo,” there a “moo,”
Everywhere a “moo, moo,”
Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

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Origin

There are many theories about the origin of “Old Macdonald”: Did it date back as early as 1719 to an English opera called The Kingdom of the Birds; pop up as The Farmyard, or The Merry Green Field in London in 1908; or appear in a boy scout songbook in 1920? An American version called “Old Missouri” was published as an Ozark folksong in 1922, but the version most closely resembling the song we sing today is “Ohio (Old Macdougal Had a Farm),” published in 1917 in Tommy’s Tunes, a collection of World War I-era songs. Today, the lyrics of “Old Macdonald” vary with different animals and different animal sounds, depending on your preference!

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