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The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like this:
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!
And on his farm he had some chicks, E-I-E-I-O!
With a chick, chick here, and a chick, chick there, Here a chick, there a chick, Everywhere a chick, chick, Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!
In other verses, the name of the animal is mentioned only once, and then the sound of it is repeated several times, like ducks - quack, quack, cows - moo, moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?
Nobuko Iwasaki
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Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!
And on his farm he had some chicks, E-I-E-I-O!
With a chick, chick here, and a chick, chick there, Here a chick, there a chick, Everywhere a chick, chick, Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!
In other verses, the name of the animal is mentioned only once, and then the sound of it is repeated several times, like ducks - quack, quack, cows - moo, moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?
Nobuko Iwasaki
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[nq:1]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like this: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on his ... moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble.
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[nq:1]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like this: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on his ... moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?[/nq]
My ***, you're right. My entire weltanschauung has been shifted.
DC
My ***, you're right. My entire weltanschauung has been shifted.
DC
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[nq:1]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like this: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on his ... like ducks - quack, quack, cows - moo, moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"?[/nq]
Erm.. yes, they do, I think. I guess "cheep, cheep" might have been better, but I can live with "chick, chick".
This does, however, raise an intersting (?) poi
Erm.. yes, they do, I think. I guess "cheep, cheep" might have been better, but I can live with "chick, chick".
This does, however, raise an intersting (?) poi
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[nq:1]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like this: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on his ... moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?[/nq]
There's a lot of free-form variation on this song. Grown-ups often pause to let a small child fill in the blank, and then they just go with it. "And on this farm
There's a lot of free-form variation on this song. Grown-ups often pause to let a small child fill in the blank, and then they just go with it. "And on this farm
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[nq:1]I spent my life assuming that everyone knew that guns go "bang!" until I read the "Tintin" books in French, ... dogs bark differently ib French, too, i.e. not "woof" - but I can't remember what the French version was ATM.[/nq]
Good summary of this, covering lots of languages and lots of animals, at:
Sounds of the World's Animals
Good summary of this, covering lots of languages and lots of animals, at:
Sounds of the World's Animals
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iwasaki wrote on 25 Jun 2004:
[nq:1]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like this: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on his ... moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?[/nq]
I used to sing this with my son and we said "With a chick-chick here" etc. Neither of us cared that it's not the high-pitched so
[nq:1]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like this: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on his ... moo, and turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?[/nq]
I used to sing this with my son and we said "With a chick-chick here" etc. Neither of us cared that it's not the high-pitched so
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[nq:2]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like ... turkeys - gobble, gobble. Surely chicks don't go "chick, chick"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Erm.. yes, they do, I think. I guess "cheep, cheep" might have been better, but I can live with "chick, ... differently ib French, too, i.e. not "woof" - but I can't remember what the French version was ATM. Mike M[/nq]
Indeed, Snowy, (Milou in the origna
[nq:1]Erm.. yes, they do, I think. I guess "cheep, cheep" might have been better, but I can live with "chick, ... differently ib French, too, i.e. not "woof" - but I can't remember what the French version was ATM. Mike M[/nq]
Indeed, Snowy, (Milou in the origna
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[nq:2]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like ... "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?[/nq]
[nq:1]There's a lot of free-form variation on this song. Grown-ups often pause to let a small child fill in the ... ??" "With a ??" "Cheep, cheep here," etc., would be a common way to express the noise that chicks make.[/nq]
Some years ago we were on a long drive with t
[nq:1]There's a lot of free-form variation on this song. Grown-ups often pause to let a small child fill in the ... ??" "With a ??" "Cheep, cheep here," etc., would be a common way to express the noise that chicks make.[/nq]
Some years ago we were on a long drive with t
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[nq:2]The lyrics of "Old MacDonald had a farm" goes like ... "chick, chick"? How do you teach this song to children?[/nq]
[nq:1]There's a lot of free-form variation on this song. Grown-ups often pause to let a small child fill in the ... ??" "With a ??" "Cheep, cheep here," etc., would be a common way to express the noise that chicks make.[/nq]
We only sang about hens clucking, but if we h
[nq:1]There's a lot of free-form variation on this song. Grown-ups often pause to let a small child fill in the ... ??" "With a ??" "Cheep, cheep here," etc., would be a common way to express the noise that chicks make.[/nq]
We only sang about hens clucking, but if we h
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Donna Richoux filted:
[nq:2]I spent my life assuming that everyone knew that guns ... but I can't remember what the French version was ATM.[/nq]
[nq:1]Good summary of this, covering lots of languages and lots of animals, at: Sounds of the World's Animals http://www.georgetown
[nq:2]I spent my life assuming that everyone knew that guns ... but I can't remember what the French version was ATM.[/nq]
[nq:1]Good summary of this, covering lots of languages and lots of animals, at: Sounds of the World's Animals http://www.georgetown
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[nq:1]Donna Richoux filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]Good summary of this, covering lots of languages and lots of animals, at: Sounds of the World's Animals http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/[/nq]
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[nq:2]Good summary of this, covering lots of languages and lots of animals, at: Sounds of the World's Animals http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/[/nq]
[nq:1]There's something wrong with this...not one language listed says "roh-roh" for d
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