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Hey Jock Ma Cuddie

Song type: Actions, Face to face, Tickling
Language: Scots
Age group: 0-2, 3-5

How to use this song with babies

Hold your baby close for this short rhyme, bouncing them gently before a gentle tickle at the end.

How to use this song with toddlers

Build anticipation for the 'bite' at the end of this short rhyme. Toddlers will enjoy saying this again and again. The 'bite' might start on the tummy, but move to a knee, a foot or an arm to extend play.

How to use this song with 3-5 year olds

This short Scots rhyme introduces new vocabulary and a chance for children to say the final word. Why not swap places and let them act it out on you?

Hey Jock Ma Cuddie lyrics

Hey Jock ma cuddie

Ma cuddie is ower the dyke

An if ye touch ma cuddie

Ma cuddie will gie ye a bite!

Funded by Scottish Government's Gaelic and Scots Learning Directorate.