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Up a Bogie Lane

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

How to use this song with babies

Sit baby on your knee facing you - your baby will be able to watch your expressions as you sing the song.

How to use this song with toddlers

Sing the song using appropriate actions for the lines in the song (i.e. point upwards for up a bogie lane etc.)

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

March round the room - sing the song and add in the actions as you march round keeping a steady beat.

Up a Bogie Lane lyrics

Up a bogie lane,

To buy a penny whistle,

A bogie man came up to me and

Stole ma penny whistle.

I asked him for him back,

He says ‘I havenae got it’

‘Ach’, says I, ‘you’re tellin a lie,

You’ve got it in your pocket!’