Wordful Wednesday: Who wrote Little Bunny Foo Foo?
"Little Bunny Foo Foo is a children's poem, involving a rabbit harassing a population of field mice. The rabbit is scolded and eventually punished by a fairy. Like many traditional folk songs, there are multiple versions with differing variations. It is also known under the alternative name Little Rabbit Foo Foo; "Foo Foo" is sometimes spelled as "Fu Fu". The poem is sung to the tune of Down By The Station.
The rhyme is usually sung by an older person to a younger child, using a repetitive tune that reinforces the meter, accompanied by hand gestures. In this mode of transmission, it is a form of tickle play that teaches and reinforces motor skills, often passed as childlore.
One of the more popular versions of the song is as follows:
- Little bunny Foo Foo
- Hopping through the forest
- Scooping up the field mice
- And bopping them on the head
- Down came the Good Fairy, and she said
- "Little bunny Foo Foo
- I don't want to see you
- Scooping up the field mice
- And bopping them on the head."
- (Book by Michael Rosen and song by Paul Brett Johnson)
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This is one story/rhyme I do not remember hearing? I love your bunny puppets, I bet the grandkids will too. I like to watch the real bunnies in our wild acre, as we put out bird seed & everyone enjoys it, LOL.
ReplyDeleteI worked as a director for a girls camp for several years and the kids loved to sing Little Bunny Foo Foo. It is cute but now it's going to be stuck in my head for awhile. :)
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