This is an all-time favourite performed by children’s singing legend Raffi. You can make up your own giggle-worthy rhymes and encourage your kiddos to do the same. Here are the “Down by the Bay” lyrics:
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
Did you ever see a baboon
Holding a balloon
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
Did you ever see a whale
With a polka-dot tail
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
Did you ever see a pig
Wearing a wig
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
Did you ever see a goat
Standing in a boat
Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
Did you ever see a llama
Wearing pajamas
Down by the bay…
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