Transport Song for Children

Today I would like to share my new Transport song for children. This song helps young learners memorize means of transport and have some fun while learning English.

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Transport Song Lyrics

Verse 1
How can we get to Paris?
How can we get to Rome?
So many means of transport,
So many ways to go.

Chorus
We can drive a car
No matter how far

We can fly a plane
As fast as a hurricane

We can go by train
Along a railway

We can take a bus
It’s so good for us

We can ride a bike
It's something all kids like

We can sail a boat
On sea in place of a road.

Verse 2
No matter how we travel
By train, plane, car or boat,
By bus, bike or whatever
We'll see the whole world!

Toys Song for Children

Today I have a wonderful opportunity to share my new ESL song with fellow teachers and parents. It's the Toys Song. Singing this song during English classes will help educators introduce the playroom and toys vocabulary to children and improve their grammar skills when using the verb to have.

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Here are the song lyrics:

Toys Song

Toys, toys, toys,
I like to share
Toys, toys, toys,
Let’s play together

My name is Mike
I am a boy
I like to play
I have many toys
I like to share
Let’s play together

I have a ball - A BALL
I have a train – A TRAIN
I have a ship – A SHIP
I have a plane – A PLANE
I have a car – A CAR
I have a boat – A BOAT
I have a bike – A BIKE
I have a robot – A ROBOT

My name is Jane
I am a girl
I like to play
I have many toys
I like to share
Let’s play together

I have a doll – A DOLL
I have a house – A HOUSE
I have a teddy – A TEDDY
I have a puzzle – A PUZZLE
I have a book – A BOOK
I have a music box – A MUSIC BOX
I have a yo-yo – A YO-YO
I have a fox – A FOX.

Toys, toys, toys,
I like to share
Toys, toys, toys,
Let’s play together

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I Can. Action Verbs Song for Kids (+ Flashcards and Worksheets)

My vacation is over and I am back to share my new songs, worksheets and other educational materials to help ESL teachers make their English lessons more fun and engaging.

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Here is my new song I have written to teach the verb “can”, some action verbs and names of animals. This very simple song is suitable for fun activities while singing even with the smallest children. For example, in the course of singing the song kids could repeat actions of animals as seen in the little cartoon below which would certainly stimulate young learners’ cognition and memory.

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Spring Song for Children (+ Worksheets)

Spring is a long-expected season of the year especially in those parts of the world where winter is cold and snowy. So spring is a big deal for kids over there. People welcome the nature resurrection and work days that are coming back. Sure, the topic of spring cannot be missed in schools and kindergartens all over the world. There are lots of things to talk about spring during English lessons with kids.

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To help fellow ESL teachers make their English lessons dedicated to the spring season even more interesting I and my husband have written and animated our own spring song. My husband is the proud author of lyrics but we would have no problem if you use this song for your lessons with kids as long as you indicate our blog as the source. So here are the spring song video and lyrics:

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It’s spring,
All trees are getting green.
It’s spring,
It’s such a lovely scene
It’s spring, it’s spring, it’s spring.

Fruits and Berries Song for Kids (+ Counting to 10)

Summer is a wonderful season of harvesting fruits, berries and vegetables. Lots of people around the world celebrate the harvest and the end of the field work season in late summer and in the beginning of autumn. It's an important event and a great topic for English lessons with kids. After all, the majority of children adore fruits and berries, so learning their names in English could be really exciting for them. That's why I decided to create a “Fruit and Berries Counting Song”. Singing this song, kids can fancy themselves gathering fruits and berries in a garden. And this is kind of a song with the added value as it teaches not only the fruits and berries vocabulary but also counting to ten. And as usual I asked my husband to create an animated cartoon for this song for me to make learning fruits and berries more engaging. This is the third song where you can here the voice of my 3-years old son who also learns English using my teaching materials. So here is the resulting video:

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Summer Song for Kids

As the spring comes to an end and we are heading into the summer, it’s a great time for my little student to pick up some summer vocabulary right before they leave the kindergarten for vacations and the future school year.

My favorite way to introduce the new vocabulary and help kids memorize words is, of course, song singing. Since I teach English as second language to preschoolers who oftentimes have hard time speaking even their native language, I use extremely simple songs. Sometimes my English teaching songs have no rhyme because, as I believe, when it comes to teaching language to little kids rhyme is not as important as the beat, activities and movements children do while singing.

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So I would like to share my song about summer. Summer is a wonderful season full of fun, and every child looks forward to enjoying long summer days, nice weather and vacation somewhere by the seaside, in the forests or elsewhere. In this song I tried to convey the atmosphere of the season so that the children have fun singing and learning new words. And as I said this song is one of my extremely simple songs because it was specially created for little kids who have just begun learning English or even those who have never studied English before. You too, dear fellow teachers, can use this song during your standard lessons as well as during summer school or a summer camp program.

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Dinosaur Song for Preschool Kids

The dinosaur song is our new family project. I have written this song to make my English lesson with preschoolers more interesting and engaging. The mysterious world of dinosaurs is always fascinating for kids! It is fun to have an imaginary travel with children to prehistoric times when those huge and awesome creatures populated the Earth. Children can learn many things about our planet, nature and animals. So let’s get our time machine together and visit a cute stegosaurus family that lived during the Jurassic period some 150 millions years ago.

This song is very simple and perfectly adapted for young English learners from 2 to 5 years old. Our son who is 3,5 years old is very fond of dinosaurs and he loved this song very much. That’s why we decided to perform it together. I think making such family project encourages kids to learn more about our world and to master the language with the help of music, singing and dramatizing interesting stories.

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The animation was created by my husband. Our family friend – artist Igor Lukyanov – helped us create some cute illustrations of the main characters for this song video.

Here are the Dinosaur Song lyrics:

Butterfly Song (+ Coloring Pages and Worksheets)

It's springtime. It's time of flowers and butterflies. And it's also time to learn some spring vocabulary during English lessons with kids. I wrote a very simple song about butterflies a year ago which I used to teach English to preschoolers in spring. So I would like to share this butterfly song and some printable activities with other educators and parents who teach their own children at home.

Butterfly Song

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Down the valley,
In the meadow
I saw pretty butterflies,
They were flying in the air
They were flying very high.

On the flowers
Up the trees,
In the gentle morning breeze,
Butterflies, you’re so cute,
I would like to fly with you.

I have prepared a few coloring pages and worksheets to go with this song. They are rather simple and can be used for preschool and kindergarten activities.

Coloring Pages

Butterfly coloring page 1

Butterfly coloring page 2

Pepper Paper Craft

I would like to present you another vegetable craft – a pepper. It can be used by teachers and parents while teaching a lot of topics: gardening, harvest, healthy food and helping at home. This pepper craft is very colorful and positive.

This craft goes with my Garden song:

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While making this craft your child will learn about:

Forest Animals Song for Kids

I think there is no a child in the whole world who doesn’t love animals. That’s why I decided to create a new song about our children's animal friends. This time my song features animals living in the forest. From the very childhood people meet forest animal characters in children’s stories and fairy-tales. The most lucky kids can observe wildlife in animals' habitat or in a zoo. My 3,5 years old son loves all kinds of animals but for the time being we have no chance to visit at least a zoo as we live in a relatively small town where there is no way to see real wild animals. Anyway, I do believe that animals are the most exciting and appealing creatures in children's life. That's why I hope that kids from all over the world will love my song. The cute thing about the song video is that my little son sings the last refrain. This video was created by our entire family. I had written lyrics and music, then I sang the song with my son and my husband created animal images and the animation for the following video.

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My song introduces animals of middle latitudes. They are common both in European and North American forests. While listening to my song and working with a great variety of worksheets, which I would like to share with educators from all over the world in my next posts, children will learn names of forest animals in English as well as facts about where these animals live and what they can do.

So here are the Forest Animals song lyrics:

1
Discover who lives in the forest
In the heart of a deep, green forest,
In the holes and in the trees
I can easily tell you this.

Refrain:
Foxes and bears,
Squirrels and hares,
Wolves, snakes, and birds.
Moles and deer,
Hedgehogs and beavers,
Butterflies and frogs.

2
Discover who lives in the forest
In the heart of a deep, green forest,
On the ground and in the air,
Animals everywhere.

They run very fast
And hide in the grass,
Walk, jump and crawl.
They swim in the river
And fly with no fear
Let’s name them all:

Refrain:
Foxes and bears,
Squirrels and hares,
Wolves, snakes, and birds.
Moles and deer,
Hedgehogs and beavers,
Butterflies and frogs.

See also:
Forest Animals Coloring Pages and Flashcards
Forest Animals Worksheets

Tomato Paper Craft

Referring to my previous posts about vegetables I would like to suggest you making another vegetable craft – a tomato. Tomatoes are very popular in many countries of the world. They are very healthy and help to protect people from serious diseases being a powerful source of antioxidants and vitamins. You can use this craft introducing vegetables to little English learners or investigating the topic of wholesome food.

This craft goes with my Garden song:

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While making this craft your child will learn about:

• red color
• vegetables
• country life in autumn
• healthy food

You’ll also help your kid develop:

• fine motor skills
• sense of space
• hand-eye coordination
• creativity
• imagination
• emotional intelligence

For this craft you’ll need the following:

• construction paper;
• scissors;
• glue or a glue stick;
• wiggle eyes (if you wish).

Step-by-step instructions:

• Print the templates of the tomato paper craft.

• Cut out all the parts. Help your children to cut out the details if they can’t do this by themselves.

• Stick the tomato onto the green piece of paper, and then stick hands and legs.

• Stick the tomato face. You can cut out a mouth, a nose and two eyes from the template or draw your own ones on the tomato. Or you can use wiggle eyes if you like to make your tomato happy and cheerful.

Tomato Paper Craft Template

I belive youк kids will enjoy making this wonderful tomato all year round.

This tomato paper craft is related to my Garden Song.

Cucumber Paper Crafts

Today I would like to present a cucumber paper craft which can be used in connection with many topics while learning English. You can speak with your pupils about wholesome food because cucumbers are considered to be very healthy and refreshing. Ask your pupils to remember what they know about this vegetable. Give them the information that cucumbers consist of 95% water. It means that we should eat these yummy green vegetables during hot summer days to keep ourselves hydrated. In winter preserved cucumbers, or pickles, are also used in many countries of the world as a wonderful component in winter dishes. So cucumbers are very important vegetables full of vitamins and microelements necessary for our body.

This craft goes with my vegies song:

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While making this craft your child will learn about:

• green color
• vegetables
• hydration
• harvest season
• preserving vegetables for winter

You’ll also help your kid develop:

• fine motor skills
• hand-eye coordination
• sense of space
• imagination
• creativity
• emotional intelligence

For this craft you’ll need the following:

• paper;
• scissors;
• glue or a glue stick;
• wiggle eyes (if you wish).

Step-by-step instructions:

► Print the templates of the cucumber craft.

► Cut out all the parts. If your child can’t cut out you can help him/her.

► Stick the cucumber onto the paper, and then stick the leaves, hands and legs on the cucumber.

► Stick the face. You can cut out a mouth, a nose and two eyes from the template or draw your own ones on the cucumber. Or you can use wiggle eyes if you like to make your vegetable merry and friendly.

Cucumber Paper Craft Template

Enjoy this craft! Please make some comments about my songs and worksheets. Share your crafts and ideas about learning English.

This cucumber paper craft is related to my Vegetable Song.

Carrot Paper Craft

Following my previous posts I would like to present you another vegetable craft – a carrot. It’s a very healthy vegetable that gives you a lot of vitamins and positive feelings. This craft goes with my vegetables song:

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While making this craft your child will learn about:

• orange color
• vegetables
• country life in autumn

You’ll also help your kid develop:

• fine motor skills
• hand-eye coordination
• sense of space
• imagination
• creativity
• emotional intelligence

For this craft you’ll need the following:

• paper;
• scissors;
• glue or a glue stick;
• wiggle eyes (if you wish).

Step-by-step instructions:

► Print the templates of the carrot craft.

► Cut out all the parts. If your child can’t cut out you can help him/her.

► Stick the carrot onto the paper, and then stick the leaves and hands on the carrot.

► Stick the face. You can cut out a mouth, a nose and two eyes from the template or draw your own ones on the carrot. Or you can use wiggle eyes if you like to make your carrot more alive and friendly.

Carrot Paper Craft Template

I hope your children will like this craft.

This carrot paper craft is related to my Vegetable Song.

This Scary Night – Halloween Song for Kids

Halloween is coming! This holiday is not only for ghosts and monsters but also for little kids. This is a joyful time of singing and sweets. That’s why I wrote a special song for this day about spooky spirits and wicked witches. This song is very optimistic. It tells, of course, about evil creatures gathering to their feast, but it also stresses happy feelings among children in spite of all their fears. I hope this song will help you create a merry atmosphere in your classroom as well as help kids overcome all their fears.

Halloween Song Lyrics

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It’s Halloween, it’s Halloween,
The ghosts are flying in the wind,
There is no light,
Only pumpkin’s bright,
Oh, this night, this scary night.

There are witches in the air,
Evil spirits everywhere,
Creepy monsters walking by,
Gloomy moon is in the sky.

It’s Halloween, it’s Halloween,
The ghosts are flying in the wind,
There is no light,
Only pumpkin’s bright,
Oh, this night, this scary night.

Fancy dresses we have on,
Trick or treating time! Come on!
Give us sweets and bubble gum,
We are ready for some fun.

It’s Halloween, it’s Halloween,
The ghosts are flying in the wind,
There is no light,
Only pumpkin’s bright,
Oh, this night, this scary night.

Halloween song lyrics

Here are also some worksheets to remember the Halloween vocabulary.

Worksheet 1: This is a counting worksheet for children to count all the evil creatures and match the quantity with the number. There are two variants of this task. The first one presents numbers as numeric symbols, while the second one gives them as words.

Halloween worksheet 1

Pumpkin Paper Craft

Pumpkin is the most popular craft for the harvest season, especially for Halloween. My pumpkin isn’t scary, it’s happy and cheerful. I hope this craft will create a merry atmosphere in your classroom or house if you teach kids at home. This craft goes with my vegetables song:

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While making this craft your child will learn about:

• orange and green colors
• vegetables
• the country life in autumn (fall)
• Halloween

You’ll also help your kid develop:

• fine motor skills
• hand-eye coordination
• sense of space
• imagination
• creativity
• emotional intelligence

For this craft you’ll need the following:

• paper;
• scissors;
• glue or a glue stick;
• wiggle eyes (optional).

Step-by-step instructions:

• Print the templates of the pumpkin craft which can be found below.

• Cut out all the parts. If your child can’t cut out you can help him/her.

• Stick the pumpkin onto the paper, and then stick hands, legs and a pumpkin stalk.

• Stick the face of the pumpkin. You can cut out a mouth, a nose and two eyes from the template or draw your own ones on the pumpkin. Or you can use wiggle eyes if you like to make your pumpkin happy and cheerful.

Pumpkin Paper Craft Template

This pumpkin paper craft is related to my earlier posts about the Garden Song and about Halloween.

Corn Paper Craft

Today I would like to share a lovely corn craft. A corn is one of the most essential crops in the world. It’s also a nice decoration for autumn (fall) days and especially for the Thanksgiving Day. I hope you will enjoy this activity. This craft goes with my vegetables song:

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While making this craft your child will learn about:

• yellow and green colors
• vegetables
• the country life in autumn

You’ll also help your kid develop:

• fine motor skills
• hand-eye coordination
• sense of space
• imagination
• creativity
• emotional intelligence

For this craft you’ll need the following:

• paper;
• scissors;
• glue or a glue stick;
• wiggle eyes (optional).

Step-by-step instructions:

► Print the templates of the corn craft.

► Cut out all the parts. If your child can’t cut out you can help him/her.

► Stick thin leaves onto the paper, and then stick the corn ear. Stick the rest of the leaves on the corn.

► Stick the face of the corn. You can cut out a mouth, a nose and two eyes from the template or draw your own ones on the corn. Or you can use wiggle eyes if you like to make your corn more cheerful and friendly.

The corn paper craft template

This corn paper craft is related to my previous Garden Song post.

This corn paper craft is related to my Vegetable Song for kids.

Cabbage Paper Craft

Following my previous post I would like to present you a nice cabbage paper craft for children to make during the harvest season. A cabbage is a very healthy vegetable, and not only for bunnies! I hope you will enjoy my craft which can be used for learning vegetables and/or letters, letter the "C", in particular. This craft goes with my vegetables song:

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While making this craft your child will learn about:

• the green color
• the circle / round shape
• vegetables
• the country life in autumn / fall


You’ll also help your kids develop:

• fine motor skills
• hand-eye coordination
• sense of space
• imagination
• creativity
• emotional intelligence

For this craft you’ll need the following:

• paper;
• scissors;
• glue or a glue stick;
• wiggle eyes (optional).


Step-by-step instructions:

► Print the templates of the cabbage craft which you can find below.

► Cut out all the parts. If your child can’t cut out you can help him/her.

► Stick leaf number 1 onto the paper, then stick leaves number 2 and 3. Stick the cabbage head onto the leaves and at last the rest of the leaves on the head.

► Stick the face of the cabbage. You can cut out a mouth, a nose and two eyes from the template or draw your own ones on the cabbage. Or you can use wiggle eyes if you like to make your cabbage more cheerful.

Cabbage Paper Craft Template

This corn paper craft is related to my Garden Song for kids.

The Garden Song – English Vegetable Vocabulary

Summer brings us a lot of tasty and healthy vegetables. It’s one of interesting topics for young English learners to discover. That’s why I made my best to present it in an attractive and children-appealing way. This catchy song and funny cartoon characters will help children learn easy and quickly how vegetables are called in English.

Garden Song Lyrics

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To the garden, to the garden,
We are walking now.
To the garden, to the garden,
We are walking now.

In the garden you will see
Many veggies for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many veggies for you and me.

It’s a carrot, it’s a carrot,
Growing in the ground.
It’s a carrot, it’s a carrot,
Growing in the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many carrots for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many carrots for you and me.

It’s a cabbage, it’s a cabbage,
Growing on the ground.
It’s a cabbage, it’s a cabbage,
Growing on the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many cabbages for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many cabbages for you and me.

It’s a tomato, it’s a tomato,
Growing on the ground.
It’s a tomato, it’s a tomato,
Growing on the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many tomatoes for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many tomatoes for you and me.

It’s a potato, it’s a potato,
Growing in the ground.
It’s a potato, it’s a potato,
Growing in the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many potatoes for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many potatoes for you and me.

It’s a cucumber, it’s a cucumber,
Growing on the ground.
It’s a cucumber, it’s a cucumber,
Growing on the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many cucumbers for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many cucumbers for you and me.

It’s a pumpkin, it’s a pumpkin,
Growing on the ground.
It’s a pumpkin, it’s a pumpkin,
Growing on the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many pumpkins for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many pumpkins for you and me.

It’s a beet, it’s a beet,
Growing in the ground.
It’s a beet, it’s a beet,
Growing in the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many beets for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many beets for you and me.

It’s an eggplant cucumber, it’s an eggplant,
Growing on the ground.
It’s an eggplant, it’s an eggplant,
Growing on the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many eggplants for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many eggplants for you and me.

It’s a corn, it’s a corn,
Growing on the ground.
It’s a corn, it’s a corn,
Growing on the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many corns for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many corns for you and me.

It’s an onion, it’s an onion,
Growing in the ground.
It’s an onion, it’s an onion,
Growing in the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many onions for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many onions for you and me.

It’s a pepper, it’s a pepper,
Growing on the ground.
It’s a pepper, it’s a pepper,
Growing on the ground.

In the garden you will see
Many peppers for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many peppers for you and me.

To the garden, to the garden,
We are walking now.
To the garden, to the garden,
We are walking now.

In the garden you will see
Many veggies for you and me.
In the garden you will see
Many veggies for you and me.

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Karaoke Version of the Song

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First of all, I would like to share vegetables flashcards here. There are two kinds of flashcards. The first set contains cards with both pictures and words. The second set consists of flashcards with pictures and small cards on which words are printed. You can organize different playing activities with your kids, for example, matching words and pictures to bring up a positive attitude towards studying foreign languages.

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Vegetable Flashcards

Set 1

Flashcards of set 1 contain vegetable images and words

Thanksgiving Song

This is a very simple counting song for little kids. While learning this song you can introduce the wonderful idea of Thanksgiving Day even to very little children. This material can be also used during the lessons related to farm animals and numbers.

Here are the lyrics:

I’m a little turkey
I’m a little turkey

I have many feathers
I have many feathers

I come for Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day

I’m a little turkey
I’m a little turkey

I have many feathers
I have many feathers

Let’s count one of them
As quickly as you can

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Good job!

I’m a little turkey
I’m a little turkey

I have many feathers
I have many feathers

I come for Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day

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You can also make a simple Turkey Craft using the templates below:

Africa Song for Children

I think Africa is the most wonderful continent on Earth. The diversity of its landscapes amazes a traveler to the depths. There are deserts and rainforests, savanna grasslands and the snowy summit of Kilimanjaro. That’s why Africa inspired me to write a song for children telling about beautiful nature and different kinds of animals living there. You can use this song for English and geography lessons.

Here are the lyrics:

Refrain
Africa, Africa,
Faraway land.
Africa, Africa,
Miles of burning sand.
Africa, Africa,
Low scattered trees.
Africa, Africa,
Amazing herds of beasts.

1
Once I went to Africa
To see the wildlife.
The whole day the desert sleeps,
At night it comes alive.
Fennec foxes, ostriches,
Scorpions are there,
Oryxes, jerboas,
Caravans of camels.

Refrain
Africa, Africa,
Faraway land.
Africa, Africa,
Miles of burning sand.
Africa, Africa,
Low scattered trees.
Africa, Africa,
Amazing herds of beasts.

2
Savanna meets me with gazelles,
Antilopes and gnus,
Meerkats and hippoes,
And some zebras, too.
Elephants, rhinoceros,
Elegant giraffes,
Lions and leopards
Hunting in the grass.

Refrain
Africa, Africa,
Faraway land.
Africa, Africa,
Miles of burning sand.
Africa, Africa,
Low scattered trees.
Africa, Africa,
Amazing herds of beasts.

3
Then in tropics was my journey
Down the river Nile.
There live a lot of snakes,
And big crocodiles.
Pink flamingoes at the lake,
Thousands of birds,
Gorillas and colobuses,
Chameleons and frogs.

Refrain
Africa, Africa,
Faraway land.
Africa, Africa,
Miles of burning sand.
Africa, Africa,
Low scattered trees.
Africa, Africa,
Amazing herds of beasts.

Enjoy the song and lovely African views while watching the video:

Watch this video on Youtube

See also:

Printable African Animals Dominoes
Forest animals song