Easy Harmonica Songs You Can Learn Fast, Part 3 - Kids Songs | Beginner Lesson, Tab & Demos

Hello! In today's harmonica lesson we'll be learning some easy children's songs for beginner harmonica players. The video covers the first three songs; tabs and demos for all 11 songs can be found below. Grab a C harp to play along!

The song is tabbed out for diatonic harmonica (in any key). The symbols I use are pretty basic - positive numbers are blow, negative numbers are draw.

5 -4 4 -4 5 5 5

Mary had a little lamb

-4 -4 -4

Little lamb

5 6 6

Little lamb

5 -4 4 -4 5 5 5

Mary had a little lamb

5 -4 -4 5 -4 4

Whose fleece was white as snow

4 4 4 -4 5
  Row, row, row your boat
 
  5 -4 5 -5 6
  Gently down the stream
 
  7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
  Me-rr-ily, me-rr-ily, me-rr-ily, me-rr-ily
 
  6 -5 5 -4 4
  Life is but a dream

5 6 -5 -6 6 -6 -7 7
  Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
 

5 6 -5 -6 6 5 4 -4
  Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
 
  5 5 6 -5 -5 -6 6 -6 -7 7
  All the king's horses and all the king's men
 
  8 8 7 -9 -9 8 -8 7 -7 7
  Couldn't put Humpty together again

4 -4 5 5

-4 4 -4 5 4 3

4 -4 5 5

-4 4 -4 5 4

6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 6

London Bridge is falling down

-4 5 -5

Falling down

5 -5 6

Falling down

6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 6

London Bridge is falling down

-4 6 5 4

My fair lady

4 4 6 6 -6 -6 6

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
  -5 -5 5 5 -4 -4 4

How I wonder what you are
  6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4

Up above the world so high
  6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4

Like a diamond in the sky
  4 4 6 6 -6 -6 6

Twinkle, twinkle little star
  -5 -5 5 5 -4 -4 4

How I wonder what you are

4 4 -4 5 5

You are my sunshine

5 -4 5 4 4

My only sunshine

4 -4 5 -5 -6

You make me happy

-6 6 -5 5

When skies are grey

4 -4 5 -5 -6
  You'll never know dear

-6 6 -5 5 4

How much I love you

4 -4 5 -5 -4 -4 5 4
  Please don't take my sunshine away

6 5 6 6 5 6
  This old man, he played ONE
  -6 6 -5 5 -4 5 -5
  He played knick-knack on my THUMB
  5 -5 6 4 4 4 4
  With a knick-knack, paddywhack
  4 -4 5 -5 6
  Give a dog a bone
  6 -4 -4 -5 5 -4 4
  This old man came rolling home

4 4 5 6 7 -6

On top of old Smokey

-6 -5 6 -6 6

All covered with snow

4 4 5 6 6 -4

I lost my true lover

5 -5 -5 5 -4 4

From (a-)courting too slow

4 3 4 4 3 4

Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns!
  6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -5

One a penny, two a penny

6 3 4
  Hot cross buns!
 

4 -4 5 -5 6 6
  If you have no daughters

6 -5 5 -4 4
  Give them to your sons
  6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -5

One a penny, two a penny

6 3 4
  Hot cross buns!

6 6 5 6 -6 6 5 5 -4 5 -4

Camptown ladies sing this song, doo-dah doo-dah

6 6 5 6 -6 6 5 -4 -5 5 -4 4
  Camptown race track's five miles long, oh dee doo-dah day

5 6 6 5 6 6 -6 6 5 5 -4 5 -4

I came down there with my hat caved in, doo-dah doo-dah

6 6 6 5 6 6 -6 -6 6 6 5 -4 -5 5 -4 4
  I’ll go back home with my pocket full of tin, oh dee doo-dah day

4 4 5 6 7 -6 -6 7 -6 6
  Goin' to run all night, goin' to run all day

5 6 6 5 5 6 6 -6 6 5
  I’ll bet my money on the bobtail nag

-4 -5 -5 5 -4 -4 4

Somebody bet on the bay

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