Five little ducks is a traditional nursery rhyme where the author is unknown. It’s a great song to practice counting backwards for kids. The song is about five five ducks who went out with her mum but everyday a baby duck is gone. The mother duck is very sad because finally all of them are gone but luckily they are coming back.
If you want to use the song for practicing counting you could also start from any number other number as well to make it more easier.
Guitar Chords and Lyrics
Five little ducks is a pretty short song and the verses are very similar due to its repetitive character. In order to play this song on the guitar you need to 3 chords: F, C and C7. The first two chords are basic chords. The C7 chord however is a chords we don’t use very often but it’s a perfect chance to learn with that song.
C7over the hills and Ffar away.
Mother duck said:
“Quack, qCuack, quack, quack.”
C7But only four little Fducks came back.
2. Four little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said:
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only three little
ducks came back.
3. Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said:
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only two little
ducks came back.
4. Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said:
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only one little
duck came back.
5. One little duck went out one day,
over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said:
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But none of the five little
ducks came back.
6. So sad Mother duck went out one day,
Over the hills and far away.
Mother duck said:
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
And all of the five little
ducks came back.
Music Sheets and Tabs
Once you master the strummed version of the nursery rhyme, you can move forward learning the fingerpicked version. Therefore, you can either use the tabs or music sheet if you know how to read music. Reading music for those simple songs is in general not difficult and quite fast to learn. It will be available soon.
Printables Five little Ducks
Make your guitar lessons and playing more fun for kids! The Ebook Easy Guitar Songs For Kids features printables of the song Five little Ducks! Check it out!
Learn another easy nursery rhyme:
ABC Song
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Brother John
Happy Birthday
Humpty Dumpty
Mary had a little Lamb
Old MacDonald had a Farm
Row row row your Boat
Twinkle twinkle little Star
Wheels on the Bus