
This song is repeat-after-me with the exception of the chorus or otherwise noted. It is similar to the song “And the Green Grass Grows”
There was a bog,
A rare bog
A ratline bog
And the bog’s down in the valley-o!
Chorus: (all together, clapping)
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
And in that bog,
There was a tree.
A rare tree,
A ratline tree!
Everyone sings together:
And the trees in the bog and
the bog’s down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
And on that tree,
There was a limb.
A rare limb,
A ratline limb.
Everyone sings together
And the limb’s on the tree and
the tree’s in the bog and
the bog’s down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
And on that limb,
There was a branch.
A rare branch,
A ratline branch.
Everyone sings together
And the branch is on the limb and
the limb is on the tree and
the tree is in the bog and
the bog’s down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
Continue in this style with the following verses:
Bog
Arms in circle in front of you
Tree
Arms holding each other above head
Limb
Outstretched straight arm
Branch
Elbow bent, arm up in fist (in muscle)
Twig
Pointed finger up, still in branch
Leaf
Flat hand pointed up, still in branch
Nest
Flat hand to the side, still in branch
Egg
Hand in fist, still in branch
Bird
Arms in armpits flapping arms like bird
Feather
Three fingers above head
Tick
Arms bent at sides, fingers “sprinkling” water at someone
Whole New World
Arms moving around
The last verse will sound like this:
And the whole New World is on the tick
And the tick is on the feather
And the feather is on the bird
And the bird is on the egg
And the egg is on the nest
And the nest is on the leaf
And the leaf is on the twig
And the twig is on the branch
And the branch is on the limb
And the limb is on the tree
And the tree is in the bog
And the bog’s down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!
Rare bog,
A ratline bog,
Way down in the valley-o!