Nursery rhyme, England.
“This Little Piggy” is a British nursery rhyme and fingerplay. In 1728, the first line of the rhyme appeared in a medley called “The Nurse’s Song”.
The first known full version was recorded in The Famous Tommy Thumb’s Little Story-Book, published in London about 1760. The full rhyme continued to appear, with slight variations, in many late 18th and early 19th century collections. Until the mid-20th century, the lines referred to “little pigs”.
The rhyme became especially popular as a toe-play game for infants and toddlers.
Table of Contents
- This Little Piggy INFO
- This Little Piggy Videos
- This Little Piggy Lyrics
- This Little Piggy karaoke [Free mp3 download]
- MP4 Video File | Free Download
- This Little Piggy Sheet music with chords
- Free Printable Sheet Music PDF with Lyrics
- This Little Piggy Teaching idea & activities
This Little Piggy INFO
This Little Piggy is a traditional nursery rhyme and finger-play game, usually performed with a baby or small child by touching or wiggling each toe in order.
It is mainly meant as:
- a playful bonding activity between adult and child,
- a rhythm and language exercise,
- and a simple counting/sequence game using the child’s toes.
The “piggies” are not real pigs in the story — they symbolize the child’s toes. Traditionally:
- the big toe is the piggy who “went to market,”
- and the last little toe is the piggy crying “wee wee wee.”
This Little Piggy Videos
Karaoke Video with Lyrics
This Little Piggy Lyrics
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home.
This Little Piggy karaoke
[Free mp3 download]
To download your free instrumental mp3 of this song, click or tap on the following button or link:
“This Little Piggy” (instrumental, 3:34 – 2/4 – 132 bpm)
Commercial License (karaoke)
Purchase a license that permits the commercial use of this track. You can license this track for:
YouTube License
Insta/FB License
TikTok License
Other License
Not sure which license is best for you?
Read our licensing FAQ or contact us!
Buy our entire album with
50 Instrumental Nursery Rhymes Vol. 2
+ sing karaoke versions of children’s favourites.
INFO
MP4 Video File | Free Download
To watch the karaoke video of this song on your mobile device, click on the following link to download the video file (mp4 format).
This Little Piggy | Free mp4 Video File Download
This Little Piggy Sheet music with chords
To save this free music sheet of “This Little Piggy” to your computer, right click (or tap and hold, on mobile devices) and choose “Save Image As…”.
Free Printable Sheet Music PDF with Lyrics
To download a ready-to-print PDF of this song for music activities with a music sheet, lyrics and a drawing for kids to paint, right click (or tap and hold) on the following link, then choose “Save link as…”.
“This Little Piggy” free PDF download – Singing Bell
This Little Piggy Teaching idea & activities
Count out on a baby or children’s toes, while singing a line for every toe, starting with the big and ending with the little one. A foot tickle is usually added during the “Wee… all the way home” section of the last line.
You may also like:
