Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Languages: English, French
Ressource Type: song, nursery rhyme
Themes: parts of the body (face, hair, teeth), weather (a cold and frosty morning)
Age-range: infant-preschool, 4 – 8 years
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♦ Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Original Lyrics
“Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” (or just “Mulberry Bush“) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. It is often used as a “singing game” and is still sung throughout the English-speaking world. It was first published in the 1840s.
Culture and Vocabulary:
- parts of the body (face, hair, teeth)
- weather (a cold and frosty morning)
- action verbs (to wash, to comb, to brush, to put on)
Grammar and Phonology:
- “This is the way I…”
- the “a” in “wash” and “face”
- the “o”/”u” in “bush” and “round”
- the “e” in “here”
English Version:
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we wash our face,
Wash our face,
Wash our face.
This is the way we wash our face
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we comb our hair,
Comb our hair,
Comb our hair.
This is the way we comb our hair
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we brush our teeth,
Brush our teeth,
Brush our teeth.
This is the way we brush our teeth
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we put on our clothes,
Put on our clothes,
Put on our clothes.
This is the way we put on our clothes
On a cold and frosty morning.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frosty morning.
French Translation:
Nous tournons autour du mûrier
Nous tournons autour du mûrier,
Du mûrier,
Du mûrier.
Nous tournons autour du mûrier
Par un matin froid et gelé.
Voici comment on se lave le visage,
On se lave le visage,
On se lave le visage.
Voici comment on se lave le visage
Par un matin froid et gelé.
Voici comment on se brosse les cheveux,
On se brosse les cheveux,
On se brosse les cheveux.
Voici comment on se brosse les cheveux
Par un matin froid et gelé.
Voici comment on se lave les dents,
On se lave les dents,
On se lave les dents.
Voici comment on se lave les dents
Par un matin froid et gelé.
Voici comment on enfile nos vêtements,
On enfile nos vêtements,
On enfile nos vêtements.
Voici comment on enfile nos vêtements
Par un matin froid et gelé.
Nous tournons autour du mûrier,
Du mûrier,
Du mûrier.
Nous tournons autour du mûrier
Par un matin froid et gelé.
