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Grand Old Duke of York

Song type: Actions, Active, Face to face
Language: English
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, Children, Pre-school, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug

How to use this song with babies

Bounce baby gently on your knee or in your arms. Hold them facing you and lift them up and down to the words of the song.

How to use this song with toddlers

Get them to hold on to Lycra or fabric and lift the Lycra up to the words of the song.

How to use this song with 3 to 5-year olds

Try doing the actions to the song, and singing the song in your head. It’s quite tricky! Children will love the challenge.

Grand Old Duke of York lyrics

Oh the grand old Duke of York

He had ten thousand men

He marched them up to the top of the hill

And he marched them down again.

And when they were up they were up

And when they were down they were down

And when they were only halfway up

They were neither up nor down.