MULTIMEDIA-ENGLISH
Do Your Ears Hang Low? (action song) (Barney)
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Description

A nursery rhyme with motions. You must sing it faster and faster every time. 


If you want to learn the song with on-screen lyrics, CLICK HERE.


If you want to see another version with extended lyrics, CLICK HERE.

Transcript

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie 'em in a knot?
Can you tie 'em in a bow?
Can you throw 'em o'er your shoulders
Like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Explanations

WOBBLE= To move, rock, or sway unsteadily, like jelly.


TO AND FRO= Forwards and backwards


'EM= (coll.) /əm/ Them


KNOT= (see picture)


BOW= (see picture)


O'ER= (coll. or poetry) /ɔ:*/, /əʊə*/ Over


CONTINENTAL SOLDIER= A soldier from the Continental Army, the American army that fought against the British for the independence of the USA. British versions say "Regimental soldier", a soldier forming part of a regiment (a military unit).