Children’s song, U.K.
“The Wheels on the Bus” is one of the most popular songs for children in the U.K. and the entire English-speaking world.
It is a “repetitive song” as it is cyclically-structured, so that it’s easy for children to learn and participate.
The melody is actually based on “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”, a popular circle-dance song.
On this page you can find Lyrics, videos, and MP3 and MP4 files for Free Download.
Table of Contents
- The Wheels on the Bus Videos
- Song with Vocals
- Karaoke (Free mp3 download)
- MP4 Video File | Free Download
- Free sheet music PDF
- The Wheels on the Bus Teaching idea & activities
- The Wheels on the Bus Song Info
The Wheels on the Bus Videos
Sing-Along Video with lyrics
Karaoke Video with lyrics
Lyrics
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. The Driver on the bus says “Move on back,
move on back, move on back;”
The Driver on the bus says “Move on back”,
all through the town.
6. The baby on the bus says “wah, wah, wah
wah, wah, wah,
wah, wah, wah”.
The baby on the bus says “wah, wah, wah”,
all through the town.
7. The mommy on the bus says “shush, shush, shush;
shush, shush, shush,
shush, shush, shush.”
The mommy on the bus says “shush, shush, shush”
all through the town.
Substitute these lyrics also:
The money on the bus goes, clink, clink, clink.
The bell on the bus goes ding-ding-ding.
The lady on the bus says, “Get off my feet”…
The people on the bus say, “We had a nice ride”…
Song with Vocals
This is the vocal version of this song, as recorded by Singing Bell. Play the song and sing along!
Commercial License (Song with vocals)
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Karaoke
(Free mp3 download)
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“The Wheels on the Bus” free mp3 download (instrumental, 1:29 – 2/4 – 86 bpm)
“The Wheels on the Bus (2017 version)” – Free mp3 audio download (instrumental, 1:32 – 2/4 – 86 bpm)
Commercial License for Wheels on the Bus (karaoke)
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MP4 Video File | Free Download
To watch the karaoke video of this song on your tablet, smartphone or other mobile device, click on the following link to download the video file (mp4 format).
The Wheels on the Bus | Free mp4 Video File Download
Free sheet music PDF
Looking for beginner-level sheet music for The Wheels on the Bus?
Here’s a free printable PDF, which you can use for teaching, public performance, studying or just for fun!
Sheet Music for Piano Solo for two hands
Click on the button or on the following image to download a PDF file with piano sheet music for this nursery rhyme with no charge whatsoever. You can also watch a piano tutorial video.
Guitar chords, tabs, and Sheet Music for guitar
By clicking on the button or the following image, you can get a printable PDF file with Guitar Chords, Tabs and Sheet Music for this song for free.
The Wheels on the Bus Teaching idea & activities
Songs such as “The Wheels on the Bus” are ideal for teaching the chords of the tonic and dominant. Start by teaching the basic hand positioning on the piano or guitar, then practice the following chord sequence: tonic, tonic, dominant, tonic.
You don’t need sheet music; simply sing along with the children and give a visual cue when it’s time to change chords.
If you have a glockenspiel, play just the root note and the fifth (for example, F and C, C and G) to accompany the song, instead of playing full chords.
The Wheels on the Bus Song Info
“The Wheels on the Bus” is a song known already in 1939 (published in the “American Childhood” magazine, vol. 25). It is a tune with repetitive parts where the text stays almost the same from verse to verse with only one or two words changing (see also “If you are happy and you know it” , “Finger Family“, “Baby Bumblebee”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” , “Rain, rain, go away”, “Old MacDonald had a farm”).
The song is based on the traditional nursery rhyme “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” which shares the same melody.
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