Old MacDonald Had A Farm — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

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,

Everywhere 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,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 horse, E-I-E-I-O

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 some sheep, E-I-E-I-O

With a baa, baa here and a baa, baa there

Here a baa, there a baa,

Everywhere a baa, baa;

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 chicken, E-I-E-I-O

With a brawk, brawk here and a brawk, brawk there

Here a brawk, there a brawk,

Everywhere a brawk, brawk;

With a baa, baa here and a baa, baa there

Here a baa, there a baa,

Everywhere a baa, baa;

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 duck, E-I-E-I-O

With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there

Here a quack, there a quack,

Everywhere a quack, quack;

With a brawk, brawk here and a brawk, brawk there

Here a brawk, there a brawk,

Everywhere a brawk, brawk;

With a baa, baa here and a baa, baa there

Here a baa, there a baa,

Everywhere a baa, baa;

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 goose, E-I-E-I-O

With a gabble, gabble here and a gabble, gabble there

Here a gabble, there a gabble,

Everywhere a gabble, gabble;

With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there

Here a quack, there a quack,

Everywhere a quack, quack;

With a brawk, brawk here and a brawk, brawk there

Here a brawk, there a brawk,

Everywhere a brawk, brawk;

With a baa, baa here and a baa, baa there

Here a baa, there a baa,

Everywhere a baa, baa;

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 dog, E-I-E-I-O

With a bow wow here and a bow wow there

Here a bow, there a wow,

Everywhere a bow wow;

With a gabble, gabble here and a gabble, gabble there

Here a gabble, there a gabble,

Everywhere a gabble, gabble;

With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there

Here a quack, there a quack,

Everywhere a quack, quack;

With a brawk, brawk here and a brawk, brawk there

Here a brawk, there a brawk,

Everywhere a brawk, brawk;

With a baa, baa here and a baa, baa there

Here a baa, there a baa,

Everywhere a baa, baa;

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 cat, E-I-E-I-O

With a meow, meow here and a meow, meow there

Here a meow, there a meow,

Everywhere a meow, meow;

With a bow wow here and a bow wow there

Here a bow, there a wow,

Everywhere a bow wow;

With a gabble, gabble here and a gabble, gabble there

Here a gabble, there a gabble,

Everywhere a gabble, gabble;

With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there

Here a quack, there a quack,

Everywhere a quack, quack;

With a brawk, brawk here and a brawk, brawk there

Here a brawk, there a brawk,

Everywhere a brawk, brawk;

With a baa, baa here and a baa, baa there

Here a baa, there a baa,

Everywhere a baa, baa;

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere 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 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;

With a meow, meow here and a meow, meow there

Here a meow, there a meow,

Everywhere a meow, meow;

With a bow wow here and a bow wow there

Here a bow, there a wow,

Everywhere a bow wow;

With a gabble, gabble here and a gabble, gabble there

Here a gabble, there a gabble,

Everywhere a gabble, gabble;

With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there

Here a quack, there a quack,

Everywhere a quack, quack;

With a brawk, brawk here and a brawk, brawk there

Here a brawk, there a brawk,

Everywhere a brawk, brawk;

With a baa, baa here and a baa, baa there

Here a baa, there a baa,

Everywhere a baa, baa;

With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there

Here a neigh, there a neigh,

Everywhere a neigh, neigh;

With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there

Here an oink, there an oink,

Everywhere an oink-oink;

With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere a moo-moo,

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

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What are the words to Old MacDonald Had A Farm?: The lyrics to Old MacDonald Had A Farm are: 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, / Everywhere a moo-moo, / Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O. ... Read the full 195-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
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