We present you with Nigerian Nursery rhymes and poems and kids. You can listen and download this free children songs for free. During this Covid19 season in which a lot of schools are closed, it is imperative that parents keep their kids busy and one way of doing this is teaching them this basic nursery rhymes.
List Of Nigerian Rhymes for Kids
– Paw Paw is a kind of Fruit
Paw paw is a kind of fruit ,
sweet like sugar yellow like Fanta
Every body likes paw paw.
– Solomon Grundy
Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy
– Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after
– Tolo Tolo Mess
Who mess? Tolo tolo mess.
Teacher say na Obi, Obi say na teacher.
Na u yama yama Na u mess
– After Round One
After round one, original Panadol extra, otun gbe de
– Mr Macaroni
Mr macaroni riding on a bicycle if you want to follow me macaroni
– I am a teacher in My Country
I am teacher in my country everybody know me well if look at up and down you know that is true
Sadalelelele sandals sandalelele Sandale
– Hip for Hippopotamus
H I P for the HIP HIP HIP
P O P O for the HIPPOPO
and T A M U S for the HIPPOPOTAMUS,
HIPPOPOTAMUS !
– Row row row your boat
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
– Some have food but cannot eat
Some have food but cannot eat
Some can eat but have no food
We have food and we can eat
Glory be to thee oh Lord
– All Things are Bright
All things bright and beautiful, all creature great and small
all things bright and wonderful,
the lord god made them all.
He gave us eyes to see them
And lips that we might tell
He gave us “something” colors
And made the mighty se eee
– Wherever you go
Wherever you go (go go go n go)
Wherever you see (sisi eko)
Do not say yes, when you mean to say no(Baba Ibadan)
– Two little black birds
Two little black birds sitting on a wall,
One named Peter, one named Paul.
Fly away Peter, fly away Paul,
Come back Peter, come back Paul!
Come back two black bird and sit on the wall
– Thirty days hath September,
Thirty days hath September
April, June and November
All the rest have thirty one
Except for February which has twenty eight!
