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"The Farmer in the Dell" is a singing game, nursery rhyme, and children's song. It probably originated in Germany and was brought to America by immigrants.[1] From there, it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages.

The Farmer in the Dell

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Song lyrics to The Farmer in the Dell

“The Farmer in the Dell” is a singing game, nursery rhyme, and children’s song. It probably originated in Germany and was brought to America by immigrants.[1] From there, it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages.

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Song lyrics to Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

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Song lyrics to Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? Written by Septimus Winner in 1864. Interestingly, it was originally sung with a bogus German accent: “Oh Where, oh Where Ish Mine Little Dog Gone?” Set to the German folk tune “In Lauterbach hab’ ich mein’ Strumpf verlor’n”

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Song lyrics to Shortenin' Bread - an African-American folk song dating back at least to the 1890s. James Whitcomb Riley published it as a poem in 1900, building on older lyrics.

Shortenin’ Bread

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Song lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread – an African-American folk song dating back at least to the 1890s. James Whitcomb Riley published it as a poem in 1900, building on older lyrics.

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Song lyrics to It Really Was No Miracle (1939), lyrics by Harburg Arlen, music by Harold Arlen, performed by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz

It Really Was No Miracle

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Song lyrics to It Really Was No Miracle (1939), lyrics by Harburg Arlen, music by Harold Arlen, performed by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale:

It really was no miracle
What happened was just this
The wind began to switch, the house to pitch
And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch
Just then the Witch, to satisfy an itch
Went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch
And oh, what happened then was rich

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Song lyrics to Little Brown Jug (1869), by Joseph Eastburn Winner

Little Brown Jug [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Little Brown Jug (1869), by Joseph Eastburn Winner

Me and my wife live all alone
In a little log hut we’re all our own
She loves gin and I love rum,
And don’t we have a lot of fun!

Ha, ha, ha, you and me,
Little brown jug, don’t I love thee!
Ha, ha, ha, you and me,
Little brown jug, don’t I love thee!
When I go toiling on the farm
I take the little jug under my arm

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