3 Little Fishies
Song Lyrics & Words
Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too
"Swim" said the mama fishie, "Swim if you can"
And they swam and they swam all over the dam
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam all over the dam
"Stop" said the mama fishie,
"or you will get lost"
The three little fishies didn't wanna be bossed
The three little fishies went off on a spree
And they swam and they swam right out to the sea
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam right out to the sea
"Whee!" yelled the little fishies,
"Here's a lot of fun
We'll swim in the sea till the day is done"
They swam and they swam, and it was a lark
Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!
"Help!" cried the little fishies,
"Gee! look at all the whales!"
And quick as they could, they turned on their tails
And back to the pool in the meadow they swam
And they swam and they swam back over the dam
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam back over the dam.
Alternative Lyrics & Words
Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too.
"Swim" said the mama fishie,
"Swim if you can!"
And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
"Stop" said the mama fishie, "or you will get lost;"
But the three little fishies didn't wanna be bossed.
The three little fishies went off on a spree;
And they swam and they swam right out to the sea.
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam right out to the sea.
"Whee!" yelled the little fishies, "Here's a lot of fun!
We'll swim in the sea till the day is done.
"They swam and they swam, and it was a lark;
Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! |
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!
"Help!" cried the little fishies, "Gee! look at all the whales;"
And quick as they could, they turned on their tails!
And back to the pool in the meadow they swam;
And they swam and they swam back over the dam.
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam back over the dam
Information About This Song
Some versions of this song have only one whale (not whales)
Some versions see the shark after dark (instead of "it was a lark")
The reader's digest children's songbook (1993)
documents the words and music by saxie dowell,
popularized (in baby talk) by kay kyser and his
orchestra in 1941, when the band was riding high in
popularity as a result of the music-quiz radio
program called kay kyser's kollege of musical
knowledge.
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Comments (5)
By Paredes in Makati on 12 January 2009
I love the site :D
By Paredes in Makati on 12 January 2009
I love her with all that i am:)
By Laura in Longview, Washington Usa on 24 January 2009
My mother used to sing this song to us; the lyrics popped in my head the other day but I couldn't remember all. The tune would not leave me so I called my sister long-distance who called her daughter (who knew how to work the internet), she found it right away. This song brings back pleasant memories of my mother who sang around the house all the time even when doing unpleasant chores so that I've been doing it also since growing up.
By April in Chapel Hill, Usa on 11 May 2009
My grandmother used to sing this to me. What a great site!
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By Daisy in Anderson Sc on 29 November 2008
I loved this song as a kid. My brothers and I would sing it and run around in the living room to it.