Miss Mary Mack
Nursery Rhyme Miss Mary Mack with Lyrics and Clapping Instructions
Miss Mary Mack is a very popular nursery rhyme and hand clapping game. It is actually said to be the most popular (English speaking) clapping game Worldwide.
Below you will find the Miss Mary Mack lyrics (most common versions) as well as as clapping instructions (video).
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Miss Mary Mack - Lyrics
A common, long version:
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver butt'ns, butt'ns, butt'ns
All down her back, back, back
She couldn't read, read, read
She couldn't write, write, write
But she could smoke, smoke, smoke
Her father's, pipe, pipe, pipe
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the hippos, hippos, hippos
Jump the fence, fence, fence.
They jumped so high, high, high
They reached the sky, sky, sky
And didn't come back, back, back
Till the 4th of July-ly-ly!
(July can't walk, walk, walk
July can't talk, talk, talk
July can't eat, eat, eat
With a knife and fork, fork, fork
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For 5 cents more, more, more
To see the hippos, hippos, hippos
Jump over the door, door, door.
They jumped so low, low, low
They stubbed their toe, toe, toe
And that was the end, end, end
Of the elephant show, show, show!
A common, short version:
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump the fence, fence, fence.
They jumped so high, high, high
They reached the sky, sky, sky
And didn't come back, back, back
Till the 4th of July-ly-ly!
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver butt'ns, butt'ns, butt'ns
All down her back, back, back
She couldn't read, read, read
She couldn't write, write, write
But she could smoke, smoke, smoke
Her father's, pipe, pipe, pipe
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the hippos, hippos, hippos
Jump the fence, fence, fence.
They jumped so high, high, high
They reached the sky, sky, sky
And didn't come back, back, back
Till the 4th of July-ly-ly!
(July can't walk, walk, walk
July can't talk, talk, talk
July can't eat, eat, eat
With a knife and fork, fork, fork
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For 5 cents more, more, more
To see the hippos, hippos, hippos
Jump over the door, door, door.
They jumped so low, low, low
They stubbed their toe, toe, toe
And that was the end, end, end
Of the elephant show, show, show!
A common, short version:
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
All dressed in black, black, black
With silver buttons, buttons, buttons
All down her back, back, back
She asked her mother, mother, mother
For fifty cents, cents, cents
To see the elephants, elephants, elephants
Jump the fence, fence, fence.
They jumped so high, high, high
They reached the sky, sky, sky
And didn't come back, back, back
Till the 4th of July-ly-ly!
Clapping Instructions / Video / Tune
See clapping instructions for Miss Mary Mack, and listen to different versions of the song below. Just click the play icon below.
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