The ants go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hooray.
The ants go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hooray.
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stopped to SHOOT HIS GUN
And they all go marching…
Down into the ground…to get out of the rain,
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
(On succeeding verses change “one by one” to “two by two”, “three by three”, etc. and use the following lines in place for the underlined above).
Verses:
Two – To tie his shoe
Three – To climb a tree
Four – To shut the door
Five – To take a dive
Six – To pick up sticks
Seven – To look at Heaven
Eight – To shut the gate
Nine – To check the time
Ten – To say the end!