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Bailee smith
10/8/2014 06:24:09 pm
This is the best song ever
Chloe
7/31/2018 11:51:54 am
Same
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.
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
Will
10/7/2015 04:52:54 pm
HAHA
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
Jill
5/30/2022 12:04:18 am
My highland goat
Micah (they/them)
5/21/2023 09:16:07 pm
We sang this at a camp and the version I learned has different lyrics, as well. Not by much, but they're different. I also learned two other silly versions (same lyrics, but like, sInG iN a DiFfErEnT aCcEnT sort of thing.) I don't know if this comment has a limit of characters, BUT we're gonna try! [Version 1:] My highland goat / was feeling fine / ate all my shorts / right off the line / I took a stick / and gave a whack / and tied him to / the railroad track / the whistle blew / the train grew nigh / my highland goat / was sure to die / he gave a groan / of mortal pain / coughed up my shorts / and flagged the train [Version 2:] My highland goat (not a chicken, but a goat!) / was feeling fine (had a glass of wine!) / ate all my shorts (red white and blue) / right off the line ('twas made of twine) / I took a stick (not a tree, but a stick!) / and gave a whack (smack, smack, smack, smack) / and tied him to (with a knot, not glue!) / the railroad track (no time to pack) / the whistle blew (woo!) / the train grew nigh (it started to fly!) / my highland goat (not a chicken, but a goat) / was sure to die (goodbye, goodbye) / he gave a groan (oh!) / of mortal pain (oh!) / coughed up my shorts (red, white, and blue) / and flagged the train (this is the end) [Version 3:] My highland chicken (not a goat, but a chicken) / Was feeling wine (had a glass of fine) / Ate all my blue (red, white, and shorts) / Right off the twine ('twas made of line) / I took a tree (not a stick, but a tree) / And gave a smack (whack whack whack whack) / Then tied him glue (with a knot, not to) / The railroad pack (no time to track) / The whistle woo (blew!) / The train grew fly (it started to nigh) / My highland chicken (not a goat, but a chicken) / Was sure to bye (good die, good die) / He gave an oh (groan!) / Of mortal oh (pain!) / Coughed up my blue (red, white, and shorts) / And flagged the end (this is the train)
peanut
11/11/2015 10:27:30 pm
very weird
Taylor swift
11/28/2015 11:28:12 am
I'll sing this at my next concert!
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!
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.
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. 10/26/2017 08:53:51 pm
wow you are a bad person, i will find out where you live and evicted from America
axolotyl
11/16/2017 03:59:41 pm
I learned it as:
Bob tootsalot
3/8/2018 12:50:48 pm
My highland goat
Jack Harkin
4/20/2018 05:16:46 am
I love whacking goats with a stick
Micah
5/21/2023 09:18:43 pm
Ikr fr my favorite activity
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! Leave a Reply. |
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