Ants Go Marching Lyrics, Clip Art, and Activities to go along with the song. The Ants Go Marching s a cute little chant that you can play on the piano as your kids march around in a circle and sing along. The piano is played in the progression of C, B ♭, A ♭ , G (Single notes, you can get fancy if you want!) and is repeated.
During the first part of the verse, the piano is played more slowly, using half notes. For the part “And they all go marching” The notes on the piano are played faster one time, using quarter notes. Then, on the word “down”, start the progression again using half notes.
I’ve included some ant activities and ant clip art image below the lyrics. Feel free to use it for kindergarten counting activities or as a puppet to go along with this song or anything else for your ants unit!
The ants go marching one by one
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching one by one
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching one by one
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching two by two
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching two by two
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching two by two
The little one stops tie his shoe
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching three by three
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching three by three
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching three by three
The little one stops to climb a tree
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching four by four
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching four by four
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching four by four
The little one stops to shut the door
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching five by five
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching five by five
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching five by five
The little one stops to dance a jive
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching six by six
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching six by six
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching six by six
The little one stops to pick up sticks
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching seven by seven
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching seven by seven
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching seven by seven
The little one stops and prays to heaven
They all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching eight by eight
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching eight by eight
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching eight by eight
The little one stops to close the gate
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching nine by nine
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching nine by nine
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching nine by nine
The little one stops to check the time
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain
The ants go marching ten by ten
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching ten by ten
Hur-rah, Hur-rah
The ants go marching ten by ten
The little one stops to start again
And they all go marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain!
Here is the ant clip art I made for this page to go along with the song. Right click to view the full size image and to save it. Feel free to use it in your classroom and even on your blog or site when you include a link to Kindergarten Nation!
Ants Go Marching Activities on The Web
Here is a free set of number cards to use for Ants Go Marching themed counting and math activities:
http://www.classroomfreebies.com/2012/05/ants-go-marching-story-cards.html