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Lyrics
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, ev'rywhere a chick chick.
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 cow, E I E I O.
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, ev'rywhere 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 an oink oink here and an oink oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink, ev'rywhere an oink oink.
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 some geese, E I E I O.
With a honk honk here and a honk honk there,
Here a honk, there a honk, ev'rywhere a honk honk.
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 neh neh here and a neh neh there,
Here a neh, there a neh, ev'rywhere a neh neh.
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 mule, E I E I O.
With a hee haw here and a hee haw there,
Here a hee, there a hee, ev'rywhere a hee haw.
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 duck, E I E I O.
With a quack quack here and a quack quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, ev'rywhere a quack quack.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O.
Information About Old MacDonald Had a Farm
The origins of "Old MacDonald" are unknown, however there are many versions sung throughout the world with a changing of lyrics but with the same effect. It was sung in World War I with a different farmers name and then written down in a book that dates back to 1917.
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is a nursery rhyme about a farmer and the events that take place on his farm that houses a wide variety of animals and livestock. The song is sung with each verse being changed usually at random to a different animal and respective animal noise.
The song has a repetitive feel to it, and the verses are replaced from time to time with different animals that the farmer has on the farm. The animal's sounds are then added into the song.
There have been many versions recorded by different artists over time, but the oldest known recording of the song was in 1925 by the Sam Patterson Trio. Numerous variants of this sung dating back as far as the early 18th century have been recorded in England, and from the 19th century in the U. S; one of which was named "Old Missouri" dated 1922 and was published in Vance Randolph's 'Ozark Folksongs'.
Frank Sinatra has a version of this song on one of his albums which a lot of people might be familiar with.
The origin of the modern form of the song can be traced back to 1917 where in a book named "Tommy's Tunes" there is a song called "Ohio (Old MacDougal Had a Farm)'. The song has similar lyrics but uses a different name for the farmer and may have originated from an American folk song.
Alternative Lyrics & Related Songs
This version has slightly different lyrics by adding a rooster and sheep.
What does a COW say?
Moo.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a COW. E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo moo here.
A moo moo there.
Here a moo.
There a moo.
Everywhere a moo moo.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
What does a HORSE say?
Neigh, neigh.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a HORSE. E-I-E-I-O.
With a neigh neigh here.
A neigh neigh there.
Here a neigh.
There a neigh.
Everywhere a neigh neigh.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
What does a PIG say?
Oink, oink.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O. And on that farm he had a PIG. E-I-E-I-O.
With an oink oink here.
An oink oink there.
Here an oink.
There an oink.
Everywhere an oink oink.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
What does a SHEEP say?
Baaa, baaa.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a SHEEP. E-I-E-I-O.
With a baaa baaa here.
A baaa baaa there.
Here a baaa.
There a baaa.
Everywhere a baaa baaa.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
What does a DUCK say?
Quack, quack.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a DUCK. E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack quack here.
A quack quack there.
Here a quack.
There a quack.
Everywhere a quack quack.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
What does a ROOSTER say?
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a ROOSTER. E-I-E-I-O.
With a cock-a-doodle-doo.
Cock-a-doodle-doo.
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doodle-doodle-doodle-doo.
Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O. ♫
This verse uses the sounds from a mouse
And on his farm he had a mouse, E-I-E-I-O!
With an eek-eek here and an eek-eek there
Here an eek, there an eek, everywhere an eek-eek;
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!
Old MacDonald had a farm,
Ee i ee i oh!
And on that farm he had some turkeys,
Ee i ee i oh!
Here's an additional verse adding in the sounds from a turkey
With a gobble-gobble gobble-gobble here,
And a gobble-gobble gobble-gobble there
Here a gobble-gobble, there a gobble-gobble,
Everywhere a gobble-gobble-gobble
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i oh!