Harvest and Autumn songs
Autumn is near
Nights turning cold
Blackberries in the hedgerows
And leaves red and gold
Three jolly gentlemen
In coats of red,
Rode their horses up to bed.
Three jolly gentlemen
Snored 'til morn,
The horses chomping the golden corn.
Three jolly gentlemen at break of day
Got on their horses and rode away!
Knock at the door
Peep in
Ring the bell
Lift the latch
Walk in
Four scarlet berries left upon a tree
Thank you said the blackbird these will do for me.
So he ate numbers one and two
Then he ate number three
And when he’d eaten number four, there were none to see.
Yellow the bracken, golden the sheaves
Rosy the apples
Crimson the leaves
Mist on the hillside
Clouds grey and white
Autumn good morning
Summer goodnight
Oats and beans and barley grow
Oats and beans and barley grow
Can you or I or anyone know
How oats and beans and barley grow?
First the farmer sows his seed
Then he stands and takes his ease
Stamps his feet and claps his hands
And turns around to view the land.
Hurry little children, come along with me
Come into the garden and shake the apple tree
I will shake the big ones
You can shake the small
When we’ve filled our basket
Home we’ll take them all, home we’ll take them all
Let’s join hands and circle round
While we watch the leaves fall down
See them twirling to the ground
See then dancing all around
Let’s join hands and circle round
While we watch the leaves fall down
Pumpkin, pumpkin round and fat
Turn into a jack o’lantern just like that (clap, clap, clap)
October leaves are lovely
They rustle when I run
Sometimes I make a heap
And jump in them for fun.