Yorùbá
Bàbá Macdonald ní oko
E-I-E-I-O
Lórí oko yẹn ó ní pẹ́pẹ́yẹ
E-I-E-I-O
Pẹ̀lú quack quack níbí àti quack quack níbẹ̀
Níbí quack, níbẹ̀ quack, gbogbo ibi quack quack
Bàbá Macdonald ní oko
E-I-E-I-O
English
Old Macdonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O
On that farm he had a duck.
E-I-E-I-O
With a quack quack here and a quack quack there.
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack!
Old Macdonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O
Old MacDonald gets a new name in this Yorùbá version of the English nursery rhyme.
Singing popular rhymes like Old MacDonald in more than one language is a great way to help your little one make connections between lots of new words.
For the lyrics and their translation, click 'Video Transcript' above.
