Video Title: The Ants Go Marching Song with Lyrics - Nursery Rhymes For Kids, Children Songs | Mum Mum TV The History behind the Ants Go Marching Rhyme - As with many modern children’s songs, the original lyrics to the “Ants go marching” song may have been anything but a nursery rhyme. In fact, according to sound historical evidence, the ants go marching rhyme has its origin in an African spiritual called “When Johnny comes marching home” that became popular during the American civil war Sharing some common melodic aspects with a still older Irish song known as “Johnny I hardly knew ye” (1820), the song “When Johnny comes marching home” can be traced back to 1863. The meaning of the song makes an obvious reference to people’s longing for the return of family and friends from war. This is why it was widely used during the civil war by both sides as a motivation song. Ants go Marching One by One song lyrics The Ants go marching lyrics makes reference to a group of ants who march on until they reach their anthill and get inside in order to protect themselves from the rain. The same words are repeated over and over since verse one; only that the numbers chance each time. Starting with “the ants go marching one by one”, moving on to ten; this song also focuses on helping young children learn how to count up to ten. Ants go marching youtube-style Mum Mum TV offers an animated alternative to the song. In this video, children can see the ants and follow-along as they sing. Ants can be seen marching in ones, pairs, threes and so on, until ten is reached. Ants Go Marching one by one Song Lyrics: The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah 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, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching two by two, The little one stops to tie his shoe And they all go marching down to the ground To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah 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, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah 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, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching five by five, The little one stops to take a dive And they all go marching down to the ground To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah 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, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching seven by seven, The little one stops to pray to heaven And they all go marching down to the ground To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching eight by eight, The little one stops to roller skate And they all go marching down to the ground To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah 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, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching ten by ten, The little one stops to shout "The End", And they all go marching down to the ground To get out of the rain. Watch Mum Mum TV Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nLzxV4OEvfvmT2bF3qvGA/videos Thank you for watching the video. Subscribe our Channel: https://goo.gl/CmLf7F Click to subscribe our Mum Mum TV Play School: https://goo.gl/zI0cZp Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/mummumtv/ Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TheMumMumTV