Color Songs

Red

Tune: Frere Jacques

R-e-d, red,

R-e-d, red,

I can spell red.

I can spell red.

Fire trucks are red stop signs are red too.

R-e-d

Yellow

Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

Y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow.

Y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow.

Like the early morning sun,

When the day has just begun,

Y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow.

Daffodils and baby ducks are yellow.

Lemonade and scrambled eggs are yellow.

I like the smiley face that’s yellow.

He is such a happy fellow.

Y-e-l-l-o-w spells yellow.

Blue

Tune: Farmer in the Dell

B-l-u-e spells blue.

B-l-u-e spells blue.

Hi! Ho! Did you know?

B-l-u-e spells blue.

The big sky is blue.

The Ocean is too.

Hi! Ho! Did you know?

B-l-u-e spells blue.

Green

Tune: Row Row Row Your Boat

G-r-e-e-n

G-r-e-e-n

I know how to spell green.

G-r-e-e-n

Caterpillars are green,

And grasshoppers too.

I know how to spell green.

G-r-e-e-n

Orange

Tune: Ten Little Indians

O-r-a-n-g-e

O-r-a-n-g-e

Orange is what that spells.

Jack-o-lanterns are always orange.

Carrots are always orange.

Oranges are always orange.

O-r-a-n-g-e

Purple

Tune: Campton Races

P-u-r-p-l-e

Purple, purple

P-u-r-p-l-e

Purple’s what that spells.

Purple grapes on the vine,

Purple Kool-Aid’s fine.

P-u-r-p-l-e

Purple’s what that spells.

Brown

Tune: Bingo

There is a color we all know

Can you guess what it is?

B-r-o-w-n

B-r-o-w-n

B-r-o-w-n

That’s how you spell brown

Teddy bears and squirrels are brown.

Autumn leaves are too.

Chocolate candy’s always brown.

Chocolate cake is always brown.

Chocolate milk is always brown.

I like brown, don’t you?

Black

Tune: She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain

B-l-a-c-k spells black.

B-l-a-c-k spells black.

Flying bats are black

Scary cats are black

Jelly beans are black

I like black.

B-l-a-c-k spells black.

B-l-a-c-k spells black.

Sunday shoes are black.

Santa’s boots are black.

 B-l-a-c-k spells black.

Pink

Tune: Jingle Bells

Cotton candy, fat pink pigs,

Girls with socks and bows,

P-i-n-k, p-i-n-k,

That is how it goes!

Bubble gum, valentines,

These are all pink too!

Pink icing and pink balloons,

We can spell can you?

White

Tune: Little Brown Jug

W-h-i-t-e,

That spells white,

Sing with me.

Milk is white, and so is glue.

Ghosts are white, and they say BOO!

W-h-i-t-e,

That spells white,

Sing with me.

The clouds above, the snow below,

Santa’s beard, ho-ho-ho.