1歳から楽しめる♪こどもの定番英語の歌YouTube動画まとめ

みんな知ってるABCの歌。「L-M-N-O-P」の部分が早口なので、幼い我が子は「えろえろえろお~ぴぃ～♪」と歌ってるようにしか聞こえなかった。

歌詞

♫A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
Q R S
T U V
W X Y and Z
Now I know my ABCs
Next time won’t you sing with me?♫

ちっちゃなクモがあまどいを登っていくけれど、雨がふってきて流れておっこちちゃう歌です。

手遊びと一緒に覚えてきた歌でした。手をイジイジさせてるのはなんでだろうと思ったのはいい思い出。

歌詞

♫The itsy bitsy spider
Crawled up the water spout.
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider
Crawled up the spout again.♫

日本でも定番の童謡『キラキラ星』の英語版です。というか『Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star』の歌詞が日本語に訳されたのが『キラキラ星』ですね。

歌詞

♫ Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are. ♫

「B-I-N-G-O！」と思わず一緒に声が出ちゃいます。

歌詞

♫There was a farmer had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o♫

日本では一郎さんの牧場で イーアイイーアイオー一郎さんの牧場で イーアイイーアイオー♫の歌詞で有名な「ゆかいな牧場」の英語版です。我が子は最近この曲の替え歌『大阪うまいもんの歌』ばかり歌っております。

歌詞

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that 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 that farm he had a duck,
E-I-E-I-O!
With an quack quack here and an quack quack there,
Here an quack, there an quack, everywhere a quack quack.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that 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.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!

Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!
And on that 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.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O!

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

５匹の子ザルがベットの上で飛び跳ねてると転げてケガをしてしまいます。お母さんがあわててお医者さんに電話すると・・・という内容。この歌を覚えたあとしばらくベットの上で飛び跳ねながら歌うのにハマっていました。

歌詞

♫Five little monkeys
jumping on the bed.
One fell off
and bumped his head.
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed! ♫

以下略。

手、足、体を使って楽しめる『If You’re Happy And You Know It』。日本では『幸せなら手をたたこう』で有名ですね。

歌詞

♫If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, And you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands♫

以下略。

ハンプティ・ダンプティが壁に座ったら落っこちたよ～という歌ですね。子どもにはちょっとコワイキャラに見えるそうです。なので、可愛いイラストの動画を選びました。

歌詞

♫Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.♫

♫Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.♫

お出かけしたアヒル５匹のアヒルが１匹ずついなくなって、とうとう誰も戻ってこなくなってしまうけれどお母さんアヒルが探しに行って「クワックワックワッ」と呼んだら５匹全員帰ってくるという歌です。手遊び、数え歌。

歌詞

♫Five little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only four little ducks came back.♫

以下略。