![]() The last person picked usually becomes the farmer for the next round. This version features a cute redheaded girl farmer and has lyrics about farm activities like milking the cow. ![]() Another adorable The Farmer in the Dell video is by Super Simple Songs. It has some slight pauses between verses, which I really like. This continues for each character in the rhyme. The Farmer in the Dell by Mother Goose Club Playhouse is a cartoon video with the traditional lyrics. The wife joins him in the center for her verse. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the verse is over, everyone stops and the farmer chooses his wife. In the United Kingdom, the rhyme is known as "The Farmer's In His Den," with "hi-ho the derryo" varyingly substituted with "ee-i, tiddly-i," "eei-i andio," and "ee-i, ee-i." "The Farmer in the Dell" can also be sang as a game, in which the players form a circle holding hands around "the farmer," singing the first verse while walking around in a circle. "The Farmer in the Dell" is reputed to have originated in Germany in 1826, with the title "Es fuhr ein Bau'r ins Holz." It is suggested that the rhyme was brought to America by German immigrants and emerged in New York in 1883 in its modern form. ![]()
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