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1 DOTTY CHRISTMAS DITTIES Album Number AHCM0010 by Alison Hedger for everyone young at heart No need to learn new tunes as the ditties use well-known Nursery Rhymes
1. Mince Pies With His Jym-jams On
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Diddle-diddle Dumpling My Son John 1 .Diddle-diddle Dumpling my son John Ate mince pies with his jym-jams on. One shoe off and one shoe on, Diddle-diddle Dumpling my son John. 2 .Diddle-diddle Dumpling my son John Ate mince pies with his jym-jams on. He ate one, then two, then three. Just one more, and that was four! 3. Diddle-diddle Dumpling my son John Ate mince pies with his jym-jams on. He dropped crumbs all over the place, With a currant on his face! 4 .Diddle-diddle Dumpling my son John Ate mince pies with his jym-jams on. Dumpling could not get enough Of that scrumptious mince-meat stuff! repeat 1. Diddle-diddle Dumpling my son John Ate mince pies with his jym-jams on. One shoe off and one shoe on, Diddle-diddle Dumpling my son John.
2. The Father Christmas Round
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Frère Jacques
Father Christmas, Father Christmas Père Noël, Père Noël Merry Christmas wishes, merry Christmas wishes, Joyeux Noël, Joyeux Noël.
3. There Were 10 Christmas Crackers 10 In a Bed 1. There were ten Christmas crackers hanging on the tree. Let’s have fun And pull one! So we pulled one cracker, and one was gone…
Dotty Christmas Ditties by Alison Hedger Copyright 2005 Alison Hedger
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2 2. There were nine Christmas crackers hanging on the tree. Let’s have fun And pull one! So we pulled one cracker, and one was gone there were…. 3. eight 4. seven 5. six 6. five 7. four 8. three 9. two 10. one So we pulled one cracker, and one was gone there were…. 11. No Christmas crackers hanging on the tree. Can’t pull one. They’re all gone!
4. Waiting Up For Santa
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1,2,3,4,5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive
1. Two, four, six and eight Once I kept myself awake. Trying hard not to sleep. It is true! I’m not a cheat. 2.
Why did you stay awake? Didn’t you get a bad head ache? Yes, but it was neat To see dear Santa’s two big feet!
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“Big feet” did you say? What about his reindeer sleigh? No, I only saw Santa going out the door!
5. Nine,Ten It’s Christmas Again! 1,2, Buckle My Shoe One, Two. How do you do? Three, Four. A party for sure. Five, Six. Pick and mix. Seven, Eight. Grab a plate. Nine, Ten. It’s Christmas again. One, Two. Hullabaloo. Three, Four. Presents galore. Five, Six. Party tricks. Seven, Eight. This is great. Nine, Ten. It’s Christmas again!
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6. Hanging On My Christmas Tree
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Polly Put the Kettle On Come and see my Christmas tree Twinkling oh so prettily. It is twice as tall as me, let’s go and see. CHORUS: Something special after tea, Hanging on my Christmas tree. One for you and one for me. Let’s go and see. Polly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on. Polly put the kettle on, We’ll all have tea. CHORUS: Something special after tea, Hanging on my Christmas tree. One for you and one for me. Let’s go and see.
7. Turkey in His Tum-Tum
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Yankee Doodle Came to Town 1. Yankee Doodle ate some turkey For his Christmas dinner. He washed it down with lemonade. He thought it was a winner.
2. Yankee Doodle came to town A-riding on his pony. He stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni.
CHORUS: Yankee Doodle doodle-dee, Yankee Doodle dum-dum. Yankee Doodle felt so good With turkey in his tum-tum.
Dotty Christmas Ditties by Alison Hedger Copyright 2005 Alison Hedger
