Nursery rhyme videos are crazy popular!
With a blend of entertainment, education, and tradition nursery rhymes provide a valuable tool for early childhood development and appeal to both children and their caregivers.
And to make the nursery rhymes video you need background music and songs!
Hi, I’m Mik, one of TunePocket music composers. I went though our growing catalog of royalty free music and picked my favorite nursery rhymes that will work great in videos, as well as background ambience for many children events. Read some tips below or jump straight to the playlist.
Ideas how to use royalty free nursery rhymes songs and background music
Royalty free nursery rhyme music can enhance various forms of content aimed at children, parents, and educators and help you avoid copyright issues and high licensing costs.
Here are some examples how you can use our nursery rhymes:
1. YouTube Videos – Many Youtubers use royalty free nursery rhymes as background music in their videos, especially in children, parenting, or educational channels. Learn how to make money with nursery rhymes videos on YouTube.
2. Educational Apps and Games – Developers of educational apps and games for children use nursery rhyme music to make learning more engaging and fun.
3. Podcasts – Podcasts that target young audiences or discuss parenting and child-related topics may use nursery rhyme music as an intro, outro, or use instrumental versions to create a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.
4. Schools and Preschools – Nursery rhyme music is commonly used in educational settings to engage and entertain young children during activities, sing-alongs, and various classroom routines.
5. Daycare Centers – Daycare centers use nursery rhyme music during playtime, naptime, and other daily activities to create a comforting and enjoyable environment for children.
6. Children’s Events – At birthday parties, holiday gatherings, or other events for kids, royalty-free nursery rhyme songs can be played to entertain and engage young guests.
Related: Listen to our collection of royalty free happy birthday songs.
7. Animation and Cartoons – Creators of children’s cartoons and animations often incorporate nursery rhyme music into their content to enhance the story.
8. Online Courses For Children – In online courses aimed at teaching early childhood development, nursery rhyme music can be used to support lessons and create a friendly learning environment.
9. Radio Shows – Radio programs that target families and young listeners use nursery rhyme music to entertain and engage their audience.
10. Home Videos – Parents and caregivers can use nursery rhyme music as background music for home videos or slideshows featuring their children’s milestones and memorable moments.
11. Advertisements – Advertisers targeting families or children’s products may use nursery rhyme music in their commercials to create a positive and memorable impression.
12. Puppet Shows and Theater Productions – Nursery rhyme music can be incorporated into live performances, puppet shows, or theater productions designed for young audiences.
Looking for the lyrics for your favorite nursery rhyme? Check out this growing list of classic nursery rhymes lyrics.
Download nursery rhymes music and songs
Below is my selection of some of our best nursery rhymes.
Don’t see a song you like?
Choose from hundreds more royalty free children music, songs, and nursery rhymes.
All our nursery rhymes are available for download to our members as high quality MP3 and WAV files and can be used in both personal and commercial context.
For most of our nursery rhymes recordings your can choose between a vocal version, an instrumental version, a backing track / underscore edit, and a short intro.
Download unlimited royalty free music and sound effects with affordable TunePocket membership. Save over 50% compared to similar music licensing services.
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Happy royalty free classic nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb" music with cheerful, exciting feel and bright female vocals for playful kids video, children vlog or podcast, film, kindergarten or preschool event, commercial business use. You can also download instrumental version: Mary Had A Little Lamb (Instrumental)
Lyrics
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about,
Till Mary did appear.
See the complete lyrics here: Nursery Rhymes Lyrics -
Happy royalty free children nursery rhyme "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" music with funny, upbeat feel for cheerful kids video, whimsical vlog or podcast background, film, kindergarten or preschool dance event, commercial business use.
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"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" nursery rhyme royalty free music with cheerful playful feel for happy kids video, family vlog or children podcast background, preschool game, kindergarten event , commercial business use. You can also download the instrumental version: The Itsy-Bitsy Spider (Instrumental)
Lyrics
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.
See the complete lyrics here: The Itsy Bitsy Spider Nursery Rhyme Lyrics -
Soft children nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down" royalty free music with comforting warm feel for relaxing kids video, vlog or podcast, film, kindergarten or preschool event, commercial business use.
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Classic nursery rhyme "This Old Man" royalty free music with playful upbeat feel and bright female vocals for cheerful kids video, vlog or podcast, film, kindergarten or preschool event, commercial business use. You can also download the instrumental version: This Old Man (Instrumental)
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Happy children nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock" royalty free music (instrumental version) with upbeat, exciting feel for playful kids video, vlog or podcast background, film, kindergarten or preschool game event, commercial business use.
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"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" lullaby royalty free music with gentle female vocal for dreamy children sleep video, nighttime podcast background, kids vlog, kindergarten event, and commercial business use. Download more royalty free lullaby music.
Lyrics
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky.
See complete lyrics here: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Nursery Rhyme Lyrics -
"The Alphabet Song / ABC Song" popular nursery rhyme royalty free music with gentle female vocal for educational children video, kids podcast or vlog, kindergarten or preschool event, and commercial business use.
See the lyrics of this song, along with lyrics to all children classics in our nursery rhymes lyrics collection.
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Feel-good children nursery rhyme "Row Row Row Your Boat" royalty free music with bright female vocal for happy kids video, vlog or podcast background, kindergarten or preschool event, commercial business use.
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Gentle "Baa Baa Black Sheep" nursery rhyme royalty free children music underscore / backing track (no lead melody) for kids video, kindergarten YouTube channel, happy film background, preschool vlog or podcast, and commercial business use. You can also download the instrumental version with the melody Baa Baa Black Sheep (Instrumental), as well as the vocal version: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Lyrics
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One to mend the jerseys, one to mend the socks,
And one for the little girl with holes in her frocks.
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the sweater, one for the shawl,
And one for the blanket that hangs by the wall.
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
See more nursery rhymes lyrics here: Nursery Rhymes Lyrics -
"Are you sleeping (Brother John)" nursery rhyme royalty free music (instrumental) with soft acoustic guitar and flute melody for children video, soft podcast background, kids vlog, nursery or pre-school event, and commercial business use. You can also download the vocal version: Are You Sleeping Brother John
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"Baby Shark" nursery rhyme royalty free music children song with upbeat happy dance feel for exciting kids video, vlog or podcast background, kindergarten or preschool activity event, lyrics videos, commercial business use.
Lyrics
Baby Shark
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Baby shark!
See complete lyrics here: Baby Shark Nursery Rhyme Lyrics -
"The Farmer In The Dell" children nursery rhyme royalty free music song with fun upbeat feel and cheerful vocal duet for happy kids video, whimsical vlog or podcast background, film, kindergarten or preschool dance event, commercial business use.
Lyrics
The farmer in the dell,
The farmer in the dell,
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell.
See the complete lyrics here: The Farmer In The Dell Lyrics -
"The Wheels On The Bus" children nursery rhyme royalty free music song with fun upbeat feel and happy vocals for cheerful kids video, whimsical vlog or podcast background, film, kindergarten or preschool dance event, commercial business use.
Lyrics
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town.
See the complete lyrics here: The Wheels On The Bus -
"Do You Know The Muffin Man" playful nursery rhyme royalty free song with cheerful happy feel for fun children video, family vlog background, kids film, kindergarten or preschool activity event, commercial business use.
Lyrics
Do you know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man?
Do you know the muffin man,
Who lives on Drury Lane?
See complete lyrics here: The Muffin Man Nursery Rhyme Lyrics -
"Rain Rain Go Away" nursery rhyme royalty free music with cheerful happy feel for fun baby video, children vlog, kids film, kindergarten or preschool activity event, commercial business use.
Lyrics
Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day
Little baby wants to play
Rain, rain, go away
See complete lyrics here: Rain Rain Go Away Nursery Rhyme Lyrics -
"The Finger Family" nursery rhyme royalty free music with laid-back happy feel for fun baby video, children vlog, kids film, kindergarten or preschool activity event, commercial business use.
Lyrics
Daddy finger, daddy finger, where are you?
Here I am, here I am. How do you do?
See complete lyrics here: The Finger Family Nursery Rhyme Lyrics -
"5 Little Monkeys" nursery rhyme royalty free music with fun playful feel for funny kids video, children vlog, film, kindergarten or preschool activity event, commercial business use. Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
See the complete lyrics here: 5 Little Monkeys Lyrics -
"Old MacDonald Had A Farm" instrumental nursery rhyme royalty free music underscore (backing track) with fun upbeat happy acoustic feel for cheerful kids video, children vlog, film, kindergarten or preschool activity event, commercial business use. You can also download the full version with lyrics here: Old MacDonald Had A Farm.
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"Head, Shoulders, Knees, And Toes Lyrics" nursery rhyme royalty free music with cheerful playful feel and bright female vocals for fun kids video, children vlog, upbeat film, kindergarten or preschool dance activity event, commercial business use.
Lyrics
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes, knees and toes
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes, knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes, knees and toes
See complete lyrics here: Head, Shoulders, Knees, And Toes Lyrics
I really like the Nursery Rhymes on your website. However , i noticed that the selection is somewhat limited and includes mainly old versions. Could you please consider adding some of the latest popular one such as “Johnny Johnny Yes papa” , “Baby Shark” ,and Finger Family” and many more?
I am a member of this website and want to make videos on the latest Nursery Rhymes.
Thanks
Thank you! We’ve got a long list of upcoming nursery rhymes in our work pipeline. You can get updates about new additions by joining our weekly mailing list (no need to sign up if you already have the membership, you’ll get the updates automatically).
Please note that some of more recent popular children songs are copyrighted and can only be used with permission from their respective copyright owners. For example, recording our own version of “Baby Shark” will likely cause unresolvable publishing claims on YouTube and we certainly wouldn’t want that for our clients. That song has a history of legal disputes and some are still ongoing.
Hi , I was searching for a long time for copyright free poems for kids. You have done a great job. Please allow me to use it.
Thank you, I have been looking for the nursery rhymes to use in my videos for a while and yours is the greatest I have discovered so far.
Thank you for the kind words! We keep adding new nursery rhymes regularly. You can keep track of the new uploads here: https://www.tunepocket.com/music-children-video/