Old Mac Donald Had A Farm - Lyrics

Lyrics

In the version commonly sung today, the lyrics allow for a substitutable animal and its respective sound.

Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O,

And on that farm he had a, EE-I-EE-I-O,

With a here and a there

Here a, there a, everywhere a

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

For example, a verse using a cow as an animal and “moo” as the cow's sound:

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

And on that farm he had a cow, EE-I-EE-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, EE-I-EE-I-O.

Sometimes the ‘with a’ before the animal sound is dropped, which changes the third line to this:

Moo moo here, moo moo there