Songs to Help You to Learn Languages

Treble Clef girl playing the violin on a musical stave in a rainbow of colours. Illustration by Angela Lansbury. Created March 16th 2011. Framed. Photographed by Angela Lansbury 2026. Copyright. 

English Language Songs

1 Happy Birthday To You ... dear ... ) Only 5 words.

2 National anthem - God save our king 

3 Ten Green Bottles hanging on the wall ,and if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there'd be 9. Teaches numbers.

4 The wheels on the bus go round and round ... all day long

5 The first day of Christmas (teaches numbers and ordinals, which is numbers in order, eg first, second)

French Language Songs

1 Frere Jacques, dormez-vous

2 Sous Le Pont D'Avignon, on y dance

3 La Marseillaise - Allons enfant de La Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrive French national anthem.

Greek Language Songs

1 Never on a Sunday (Ta Pediá tou Pireá) Versions in English, Greek, and bilingual. Sung by Melina Mercouri in the film of the same name.

Israeli Songs in Hebrew Language

1 Hatikva (the hope) national anthem

2 Jerusalem of Gold 

3 Mayim, mayim (water, water plural)

Italian Language Songs

1 Que Sera, Sera, whatever will be, will be

2 Ave Maria - our Maria

Latin Language Songs

1 Gaudeamus Igitur School song and graduation song

 Russian Language Songs

1 Goldie Hawn

niet, niet, niet, niet not any more

Scottish Language Songs

1 Auld Lang Syne (Old time's sake)

2 The Bonny banks of Loch Lomond (The beautiful banks of Lake Lomond)

3 My Bonny Lies over the ocean, my bonny lies over the sea, bring back my bonny to me. Refers to exiled Scottish

4 A Gordon For me, if you're nae a Gordon you're nae use to me nae - no

Spanish Language Songs

1 Feliz Navidad, I wish you a merry Christmas

2  Adios Amigos (goodbye friends) Jim Reeves song 1962

3 Que Viva Espana

Useful Websites On English & Foreign Language Songs

Latin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudeamus

Scottish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bonnie_Lies_over_the_Ocean

Learn Languages Through Songs

https://lingoclip.com/

Spotify playlist for bilingual songs

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7h05p0kpiXtcSAvDly5TLf

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How to learn English, Hebrew, Greek, alphabets, numbers, body parts and other languages through songs

 People who don't speak English struggle with English, but we have songs for children which could help them. For example, Heads and shoulders, knees and toes.

If you know somebody who is starting to learn English, or you are teaching and want a fun filler for the last part of a lesson, or for the start, that is one of several possibilities.

I have been struggling for years to learn the Greek, Hebrew and Russian (Cyrillic) alphabets. This week I discovered that you can find Heads and shoulders, knees and toes in Hebrew. 

Type in the words of a nursery rhyme or type of word or exercise (alphabet, numbers, days of the week) and your chosen language. you tube will show other similar types of song in the column on the left and when your chosen video ends another will start on a similar them in the same language.

So, I got three songs in Hebrew.

Useful Websites

Heads and shoulders knees and toes sung by cute cartoon characters on YouTube

also teaches: heads, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, march

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eueDYPTIg

You tube alphabet songs

h for hat, jfor juice, j for jug and so on, k for king, k for kite etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdS5XMX2Aq8

Heads and shoulder, knees and toes with adults and children performing and subtitles in Hebrew and English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVE8TMUzk8

Hebrew alphabet song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHqjNHxmB7c

Counting one to ten in Greek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr24jKgwdQc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head,_Shoulders,_Knees_and_Toes

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Member of Harrovian Speakers Toastmasters International club in NW London; also VP PR for Braddell Heights advanced club in Singapore.

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