Whether your child loves, planes or trains, or cars or ships, you’ll find fun transportation songs to sing together.
16 SONGS ABOUT THINGS THAT GO:
1. How Will You Travel?
by Music With Shannon
(tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Take a bus or take a train
Take a boat or take a plane
Take a taxi, take the car
Maybe near or maybe far.
Take a rocket to the moon,
But be sure to come back soon.
2. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
by Unknown author
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’ll be there very soon.
If you want to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
Blast off!
3. The Freight Train
by Unknown author
Clickity, clackity, clickity clack!
The train speeds over the railroad track.
It rolls and rattles and screeches its song
And pulls and jiggles its freight cars along.
Clickity, clackity, clickity, clack!
The engine in front is big and black.
The cars are filled with lots of things
Like milk, or oil, or mattress springs.
Clickity, clackity, clickity, clack!
The engineer waves, and I wave back.
I count the cars as the freight train goes
and the whistle blows and blows….and blows!
4. Down By the Station
by Slim Gaillard, Paul Mills, and Lee Ricks
Down by the station early in the morning
See the little pufferbellies all in a row.
See the engine driver pull his little lever
Chuff chuff, toot toot, off we go!
Chuff chuff, toot toot, off we go!
5. Train Song
by Unknown author
Tune of Row, Row Your Boat
Ride, ride, ride the train
Quickly down the track.
Clickety, clickety, clickety clack
When will you be back?
6. The Car Song
by Unknown author
(Tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
We like to travel in our car,
Hurrah, hurrah.
A car can take us near or far,
Hurrah, hurrah.
We buckle up before we go,
Whether we’re going fast or slow,
So we’ll all be safer while riding in our car!
7. Bus Song
by Unknown author
(Tune of Pop Goes the Weasel)
I drive the bus around the town
I stop at every corner
My blinking lights and breaks go on
Swish goes the door
A dollar for a ride around town
A quarter for a transfer
Put your money in the slot,
Swish goes the door
8. Fly Your Plane
by Imaginations Running Wild
(Tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Fly, fly, fly your plane
Soar through the sky
Look at all the pretty clouds
We are way up high.
Fly, fly, fly your plane
Go from here to there
When you land at the airport
Get off with care.
9. This Little Train
by Unknown author
(Tune of This Old Man)
This little train, painted black
It comes chugging down the track
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car painted blue
It has seats for me and you
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car painted yellow
It shimmies and shakes like a bowl of jello
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car, painted green
It’s the fanciest car you’ve seen,
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This little car; it is grey
It takes you places far away
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
This caboose; it is red
It will take you home to bed
With a “Choo-choo; Toot-toot”
Hear the whistle blow
This little train goes chugging home.
10. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
by Eliphalet Oram Lyte
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
life is but a dream.
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
If you see a crocodile
Don’t forget to scream
Ahhhhhhhhhh!
11. Twinkle, Twinkle Traffic Light
by Unknown author
(tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Twinkle, twinkle traffic light
Shinning on the road at night.
Red means “stop,”
Green means “go,”
Yellow means “go through slow.”
Twinkle, twinkle traffic light
Shinning on the road at night.
12. A Pirate Ship
by Imaginations Running Wild
(tune of Are You Sleeping?)
A pirate ship,
A pirate ship.
A-hoy there,
A-hoy there!
It’s sailing quickly towards me.
It’s sailing quickly towards me.
Time to board,
Time to board.
Lots of treasure,
Lots of treasure.
In the chest,
In the chest.
So many shiny coins,
So many shiny coins.
We can share,
We can share.
13. Five Cars in the Race
by GiggleBellies
(Tune of There were Five in the Bed)
There were 5 in the race
and the last one said, “make some way, make some way.”
So they all moved over
and one left the race.
There were 4 in the race
and the last one said, “make some way, make some way.”
So they all moved over
and one left the race.
There were 3 in the race
and the last one said, “make some way, make some way.”
So they all moved over
and one left the race.
There were 2 in the race
and the last one said, “make some way, make some way.”
So they all moved over
and one left the race.
There was 1 in the race
and he looked back “please help us, please help us.”
So he went back
and fixed all of them.
All were back in the race
and they had fun “Hurray, hurray.”
The race ended
and all of the won,
Ya-ay!
14. The Wheels on the Firetruck
by Imaginations Running Wild
(tune of The Wheels on the Bus)
The wheels on the firetruck go ’round and ’round
‘Round and ’round, ’round and ’round
The wheels on the firetruck go ’round and ’round
All through the town.
The sirens on the truck go whee-ee-o
Whee-ee-o, whee-ee-o.
The sirens on the truck go whee-ee-o
All through the town.
The ladders on the truck go up and down
Up and down, up and down
The ladders on the truck go up and down
All through the town.
The water hoses go spray, spray, spray
Spray, spray, spray
The water hoses go spray, spray, spray
All through the town.
The wheels on the firetruck go ’round and ’round
‘Round and ’round, ’round and ’round
The wheels on the firetruck go ’round and ’round
All through the town.
15. C-A-R Song
by Unknown author
(tune of Bingo)
Look at my bright shiny car
I’m driving it today-o.
C – A – R (BEEP! BEEP!)
C – A – R (BEEP! BEEP!)
C – A – R (BEEP! BEEP!)
We put on our seatbelts.
16. The Wheels on the Bus
by Verna Hills
The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round
‘Round and ’round, ’round and ’round
The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round
All through the town.
The doors on the bus go open and shut
Open and shut, open and shut
The doors on the bus go open and shut
All through the town.
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish
All through the town
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep
All through the town.
The driver on the bus goes, “move on back,
move on back, move on back.”
The driver on the bus goes, “move on back,”
All through the town.
The people on the bus go up and down
Up and down, up and down
The people on the bus go up and down
All through the town.
The babies on the bus go, “Wah, wah, wah”
“Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah”
The babies on the bus go, “Wah, wah, wah”
All through the town.
The mommies on the bus go, “Shh, shh, shh”
“Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh”
The mommies on the bus go, “Shh, shh, shh”
All through the town.
The daddies on the bus go, “I love you”
“I love you, I love you”
The daddies on the bus go, “I love you”
All through the town.
The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round
‘Round and ’round, ’round and ’round
The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round
All through the town.
Let me know if I missed any of your preschooler’s favorite transportation songs!
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