Songs about colour P-Z

Paint a rainbow

Rainbow round me

Roll that brown jug down to town

Sing a rainbow

So many fishies in the deep blue sea

The rainbow paints the sky

What are you wearing?

Walk along John

When the red, red robin

Wild and free

You’re my rainbow, you’re my star

 

There are also several songs about colour in:

Songs about colour A-O

Seasonal songs

Leaves are falling

Mrs White had a fright

Yellow the bracken

Black snake, black snake

Cançó dels colors / Green, green, green

It’s snowing, it’s blowing

Red in Autumn

 

Last updated: 5/24/2021 10:49 AM

The songs below are part ofAway we go’ Round and about compiled, adapted and illustrated by Dany Rosevear

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Paint a rainbow 🔊

 

 


Rain and sun mixed together in the sky  produces the most magical colours. The same goes for paint, water, a paintbrush and a surface.

Music by Dany Rosevear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


There’s a bridge of wondrous light

Filled with colors shining bright

Red and orange, yellow, green,

The fairest colors ever seen,

Blue and violet, magic rose;

Down from heaven to earth it goes.


 

 

 

Rainbow ‘round me 🔊

 

 


A wonderful rainbow song to cheer everyone up in our difficult times.

Written by the magnificent Ruth Pelham.

1. Make squares with forefingers and thumbs. Throw out hands. 2. Make a sweeping movement with arm up and over the head each time rainbow is sung.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


When I look outside my window,

There’s a world of colour I see.

Fiddle-dee-dee, outside my window

It’s a world of colour for me.CHORUS:

Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow ’round me.

Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow ’round me.

 

And the sky outside my window,

Is as blue as blue as can be.

Fiddle-dee-dee, the sky outside my window

Is as blue as blue as can be. Chorus

 

And the sun outside my window,

Is as yellow as yellow can be.

Fiddle-dee-dee, the sun outside my window,

Is as yellow as yellow can be,

And the sky is as blue as blue as can be. Chorus

 

And the rose outside my window,

Is as red as red as can be.

Fiddle-dee-dee, the rose outside my window

Is as red as red as can be,

And the sun is as yellow as yellow can be,

And the sky is as blue as blue as can be. Chorus

 

And the grass outside my window,

Is as green as green as can be.

Fiddle-dee-dee, the grass outside my window

Is as green as green as can be,

And the rose is as red as red as can be,

And the sun is as yellow as yellow can be,

And the sky is as blue as blue as can be. Chorus


 

 

Roll that brown jug down to town O

 

 


A traditional North American song made popular by Mike Seeger.

It is a wonderful song for encouraging creative thinking. The nouns, adjectives, verbs and place names can all be changed. The stranger the better!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Roll that brown jug down to town.

Roll that brown jug down to town.

Roll that brown jug down to town.

So early in the morning.

 

Roll that blue ball down to town.

Roll that blue ball down to town.

Roll that blue ball down to town.

So early in the morning.

 

Ride that red bike up to school.

Ride that red bike up to school.

Ride that red bike up to school.

So early in the morning.

 

Walk that black dog home again.

Walk that black dog home again.

Walk that black dog home again.

So early in the morning.

 


 

 

Sing a rainbow 🔊

 

 


Sing to celebrate those cheerful rainbow windows.

Rainbows symbolize the sun emerging from a rainy backdrop with a message of hope and encouragement to stay positive. If people are isolating you know you can give them a wave if there is a rainbow in their window.

The rainbow pictures started in Italy, with the slogan "andra tutto benne" ("everything will be alright") spreading quickly across the country. It has since been adopted in the United States, Canada, Spain, and now the UK with people looking to inspire with their beautiful coloured pictures.

Written by Arthur Hamilton; find out more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_Sing_a_Rainbow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Red and yellow and pink and green

Orange and purple and blue,

I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow too.

 

Listen with your ears, listen with your eyes,

And sing everything you see!

You can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,

Sing along with me!


 

 

 

So many fishies in the deep blue sea 🔊

 

 


Learn to identify colour, count to five (or more) and recognise size.

 

Add five or more coloured fish of differeing sizes, to a blue felt background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


There are so many fishies in the deep blue sea.

What colour fishy do you see?

SPOKEN: Can you find the blue fish?

Blue, blue, this one's blue.

This little fishy is blue

(Repeat with other colours)

 

There are so many fishies in the deep blue sea.

Can you count those fishies with me...1,2,3,4,5.

 

There are so many fishies in the deep blue sea

What colour is the biggest fish you see?

 

There are so many fishies in the deep blue sea.

What colour is the smallest fish you see?


 

 

 

The rainbow paints the sky 🔊

 

 


Do you know the seven colours of the rainbow! This song will help you learn them in the right order and understand simply how a rainbow is made.

Adapted and arranged by Dany Rosevear to be sung as a hand play.

 

Paint a rainbow in a big sweep. Point to self. Put up one finger for each colour then emphasize seven fingers. Make a sun wiggling fingers and then wiggle fingers downwards. Draw a smile on face and point to a child.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The rainbow paints the sky,

With colours that we know:

Red, orange, yellow, green,

Blue and indigo,

And don’t forget the violet,

For seven colours true.

The sun shines through the falling rain,

To bring a smile for you!


 

 

What are you wearing? O

 

This is a modern song written by music educationist Hap Palmer http://www.happalmer.com/Files/About%20Hap.html .

You can also hear it sung on a CD by Mike Whitla..

This song can also be used for identifying articles of clothing e.g.  If you're wearing a shirt, stand up.

Skip in a circle each time the chorus plays and finish sitting down ready to follow the instructions. The children will find all sorts of colours on themselves and may well be joining in  for each verse – the more exercise the better!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


What are you wearing, what are you wearing,

What are you wearing today, today?

What are you wearing, what are you wearing,

What are you wearing today?

If you are wearing red - stand up,

If you are wearing red - nod your head,

If you are wearing red - turn around,

If you are wearing red - sit right down.

 

blue – touch your shoe

green- jump like a jumping bean

yellow – play a cello

pink – give a wink

black – pat you back

white – fly like a bird in the night

clothes – touch your nose

 


 

Walk along John O

 

From “American Folk Songs for Children” by Ruth Crawford Seeger. Originally in “The American Play-Party Song” by B. A. Botkin.

One named child walks round the room as the others clap and sing. At the end of the second line that child calls out a colour and those wearing the colour join the line, hold hands and walk round with ‘John’. This continues with new colours called until every child has joined the line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Come on guys, hush your talking,

All join hands and let’s go walking.

Walk along John with your red clothes follow on.

Walk along John with your red clothes follow on.

 

Come on guys, hush your squawking,

All join hands and let’s go walking.

Walk along John with your blue clothes follow on.

Walk along John with your blue clothes follow on.

 


 

 

When the red, red robin 🔊

 

 


Another song from my younger days, sung by Doris Day.

Written and composed by Harry Woods 1926.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


When the red, red robin comes bob, bob bobbin'

Along, along,

There'll be no more sobbin'

When he starts throbbin'

His old sweet song.

Wake up, wake up you sleepy head,

Get up, get up, get out of bed,

Cheer up, cheer up, the sun is red,

Live, love, laugh and be happy.

What if I've been blue,

Now I'm walkin' through fields of flow'rs?

Rain may glisten but still I listen

For hours and hours.

I'm just a kid again, doin' what I did again,

Singing a song,

When the red, red robin comes bob, bob bobbin' along.

When the red, red robin comes bob, bob bobbin' along.

Bob, bob bobbin' along.

Bob, bob bobbin' along.


 


 

Wild and free 🔊

 

 


A colourful marine hand play. Could also be played as an action game.

Music and words by Dany Rosevear.

1. One palm on top of the other hand, with thumbs out move hands with a swimming motion. 2. Join tops of palm, tuck thumbs in and wiggle fungers. 3. Move hands in a leaping movement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


See the silver fishes, in the sea,

Swimming in the sunshine, wild and free,

Wild and free, wild and free,

Swimming in the sunshine, wild and free.

 

See the purple jellyfish, in the sea,

Wibbling and a-wobbling, wild and free,

Wild and free, wild and free,

Wibbling and a-wobbling, wild and free.

 

See the spotty octopus, in the sea,

Crawling in the ocean deep, wild and free,

Wild and free, wild and free,

Crawling in the ocean deep, wild and free.

 

See the great white shark, in the sea,

Snapping at a turtle, wild and free,

Wild and free, wild and free,

Snapping at a turtle, wild and free.

 

See the tiny red crabs, in the sea

Scampering up the beaches, wild and free,

Wild and free, wild and free,

Scampering up the beaches, wild and free.

 

See the grey dolphins, in the sea,

Leaping over rolling waves, wild and free,

Wild and free, wild and free,

Leaping over rolling waves, wild and free.

 

See the awesome blue whale in the sea,

Spouting and a-diving, wild and free,

Wild and free, wild and free,

Spouting and a-diving, wild and free.


 

 

You’re my rainbow, you’re my star 🔊

 

 


A colourful song for St. Valentine’s Day. Can also be sung as a lullaby.

Music: ‘Love me tender’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


You're my rainbow, you're my star,

You're my bright red cookie jar,

You're my goldfish, you're my pie;

You're the apple of my eye.

You're my rainbow, you're my star,

You're my bright red cookie jar,

You're my daisy, you're my vine,

You're my own true Valentine!

Valentine! My Valentine!

You're my own true Valentine!

 

You're my rainbow, you're my star,

You're my bright red cookie jar,

You're my goldfish, you're my pie;

You're the apple of my eye.

You’re the song I love to sing,

I would give you anything.

Anything! Yes, anything!

I would give you anything.

Valentine! My Valentine!

You're my own true Valentine!


 

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