Words to old McDonald had a farm nursery rhyme?

Answer 1

The first versions of this song appeared in 1917 and was originally called "Old MacDougal" and was later recorded as the song "Old McDonald". The song "Old MacDougal" went something like this:

Old MacDougal had a farm in Ohio-i-o,

And on that farm he had some dogs in Ohio-i-o,

With a bow-wow here, and a bow-wow there,

Here a bow, there a wow, everywhere a bow-wow.

There was one other that I know of which was called "Old Missouri" from 1922 according to the book Ozark Folksongs, by Vance Randolph in 1980.

There are also other versions or variants which were published that date back even further than 1917. Take for example "The Farmyard" dating to 1908, which went something like this:

Up was I on my father's farm

On a May day morning early,

Feeding of my father's cows

On a May day morning early,

With a moo moo here and a moo moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo, Here a pretty moo.

Six pretty maids come and gang along o' me

To the merry green fields of the farm-yard.

The last I will leave you with is from an Opera called The Kingdom of the Birds which was published in 1719-1720:

In the Fields in Frost and Snows,

Watching late and early;

There I keep my Father's Cows,

There I milk 'em Yearly;

Booing here, Booing there,

Here a Boo, there a Boo, every where a Boo,

We defy all Care and Strife,

In a Charming Country-Life.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Old McDonald 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 McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Answer 3

Old McDonald had a farm,

E I E I O,

And on that farm he had a hen

E I E I O

With a cluck, cluck here and a cluck, cluck there

Everywhere a cluck, cluck.

Old McDonald ha a farm

E I E I O

The rhyme is then repeated with different animals and their noises.

Answer 4

Yes, of course he did! He had a farm with cows, horses, chickens, roosters, ducks. goats, sheep, and lots of other animals on it.

Answer 5

NO