Watch: Two Little Bluebirds Song

Learn and sing with us Two Little Bluebirds song. We offer you these very simple lyrics accompanied by pictures of the little bunny with the gestures you have to make at each verse.

Description

Two Little Bluebirds song, a popular English language nursery rhyme can be heard at Reader Rabbit Toddler Game

Lyrics

Two little bluebirds sitting on the wall,
(both of the exposed, marked, fingers are wiggled to attract attention)

One named Jack,
(wiggle one marked finger, Jack, to attract attention)

One named Jill.
(wiggle other marked finger, Jill, to attract attention)

Fly away Jack,
(the Jack hand is quickly drawn back)

Fly away Jill
(the Jill hand is quickly drawn back)

Come back Jack,
(the action is reversed to make Jack reappear)

Come back Jill.
(the action is reversed to make Jill reappear)

Other versions

Two little blackbirds flying in the sky.
One named Low and one named High.
Fly away Low, fly away High.
Come back Low, come back High.

Two little blackbirds sitting on a pole.
One named Fast and one named Slow.
Fly away Fast, fly away Slow.
Come back Fast, come back Slow.

Two little blackbirds sitting on a gate.
One named Early and one named Late.
Fly away Early, fly away Late.
Come back Early, come back Late.

Notes

The rhyme was first recorded when published in Mother Goose's Melody in London around 1765. In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill.

These names seem to have been replaced with the apostles Peter and Paul in the 19th century.