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My Highland Goat - Lyrics and Chords

8/17/2014

24 Comments

 
Lyrics and Chords
(first round can be sung as an echo with a leader and group)

My highland goat
Was feeling fine 
He ate three shirts 
Off my back line

I took a stick 
Gave him a whack 
And tied him to 
The railway track

The whistle blew 
The train drew nigh 
My highland goat 
Was sure to die

I took a knife 
And cut that rope 
And set him free 
My highland goat

My highland goatie-oatie-oatie-oatie-oat 
Was feeling finey-iney-iney-iney-ine 
He ate three shirty-irty-irty-irty-irts 
Off my back liney-iney-iney-iney-ine

I took a sticky-icky-icky-icky-ick
Gave him a whacky-acky-acky-acky--ack
And tied him tooey-ooey-ooey-ooey-oo
The railway tracky-acky-acky-acky-ack

The whistle blewie-ewie-ewie-ewie-ewe
The train drew nighey-ighey-ighey-ighey-igh
My highland goatie-oatie-oatie-oatie-oat
Was sure to die-ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-ee-i

I took a knifey-ifey-ifey-ifey-ife
And cut that ropey-opey-opey-opey-ope
And set him free-e-ee-e-ee-e-ee-e-ee
My highland goatie-oatie-oatie-oatie-oat

Variations: Bill Grogan's Goat
My Highland Goat Free Sheet Music
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24 Comments
Bailee smith
10/8/2014 06:24:09 pm

This is the best song ever

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Dave link
10/9/2014 07:58:10 am

It's one of my favourites. I have some good memories of singing this song back in school.

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Chloe
7/31/2018 11:51:54 am

Same

scott link
5/5/2022 02:17:16 am

I really like this song

Charlie link
7/16/2015 04:59:54 pm

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mr person link
8/22/2016 05:15:10 pm

A short narrative poem with stanzas of two or four lines and usually a refrain. They are written in straight-forward verse, seldom with detail, but always with graphic simplicity and force.
It usually follows the same rhyming pattern throughout with the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyming.

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Mike Stoklasa link
9/14/2020 06:39:43 pm

no

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Nath
10/7/2015 04:51:49 pm

So dark for a nursery rhyme. This was sung at my school every assemble in kindergarten. This explains why our school is so weird

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Will
10/7/2015 04:52:54 pm

HAHA

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ble bla link
10/27/2015 11:00:54 pm

i have different lirics

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Marylyn Black
7/24/2017 11:38:12 am

Would you mind sharing your version. My father used to sing this song but it had a different ending

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Jill
5/30/2022 12:04:18 am

My highland goat
Was feeling fine
Ate six red shirts
Right off the line

My Master Jack
Gave him a whack
And tied him to
The railway track

The whistle blew
The train drew nigh
My highland goat
Was sure to die

He gave a groan
Of awful pain
Coughed up those shirts
And flagged the train

peanut
11/11/2015 10:27:30 pm

very weird

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Taylor swift
11/28/2015 11:28:12 am

I'll sing this at my next concert!

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sarahjau1
12/23/2015 03:21:18 pm

My grade 2 teacher had a guitar and taught us this song. I'm 33 now and I've taught it to every child in my family and the children of all my friends. I taught my sister and parents when I first learned it - and we sang it nonstop on car rides (which in hindsight probably just about killed mum and dad) but we all still sing it to this day!

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Scott
8/31/2020 02:43:44 am

My grade 2 teacher sung this song to us while playing the guitar as well, back in the 90's. I can't think of her name though but I remember every word of the song.

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nooo link
8/22/2016 05:15:57 pm

A short narrative poem with stanzas of two or four lines and usually a refrain. They are written in straight-forward verse, seldom with detail, but always with graphic simplicity and force.
It usually follows the same rhyming pattern throughout with the last words of the second and fourth lines rhyming.

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nonon link
10/26/2017 06:48:11 pm

qhqsux

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Donald Trump link
10/26/2017 08:53:51 pm

wow you are a bad person, i will find out where you live and evicted from America

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NONON link
10/26/2017 08:54:15 pm

lmao i dont live in america

axolotyl
11/16/2017 03:59:41 pm

I learned it as:

My highland goat
Was feeling fine
Ate three red shirts
From off the line

My brother Jack
Gave him a whack
And tied him to
The railway track

The whistle blew
The train drew nigh
My highland goat
Was sure to die

He gave a scream
of aweful pain
Coughed up the shirts
Flagged down the train.

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Bob tootsalot
3/8/2018 12:50:48 pm

My highland goat
Was eating pie
And now he's full
He started to cry
And now he's dead
They put him in bed
Then covered him in pie
Then ate the pie

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Jack Harkin
4/20/2018 05:16:46 am

I love whacking goats with a stick

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Margaret Asmussen
8/29/2019 07:42:24 am

Omg such happy memories from primary school from early 80 s thought I would look it up now my daughter is doing choir! Really loved performing at the festival theatre and thoroughly enjoyed watching her at the same place twenty odd years later!

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