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Published: Dec 16, 2022 by Birute Efe · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Bingo Printable Lyrics, Origins, and Video

While relishing your childhood memories, remember the moments spend learning Bingo? The joy of learning the alphabet for the first time and singing along with your parents made up your core memories.  

Do you know that you share the same memories with kids from the 18th century? The song is over 230 years old when your great-grandparents used to sing the poem to their kids.

If you find it fascinating enough, you’ll love to learn about the poem’s long and lovely origins. Let’s learn about the poem, its history, and where you can download the printable version. 

Jump to:
  • Written lyrics
  • Printable lyrics
  • Photo lyrics
  • Video links
  • Origins and history
  • FAQs

Written lyrics

Here is how the lyrics of the nursery rhyme Bingo go.

There was a farmer who had a dog,

And Bingo was his name-O.

B-I-N-G-O!

B-I-N-G-O!

B-I-N-G-O!

And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,

And Bingo was his name-O.

(Clap)-I-N-G-O!

(Clap)-I-N-G-O!

(Clap)-I-N-G-O!

And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,

And Bingo was his name-O!

(Clap - Clap)-N-G-O!

(Clap - Clap)-N-G-O!

(Clap - Clap)-N-G-O!

And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,

And Bingo was his name-O.

(Clap - Clap - Clap)-G-O!

(Clap - Clap - Clap)-G-O!

(Clap - Clap - Clap)-G-O!

And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,

And Bingo was his name-O.

(Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap)-O!

(Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap)-O!

(Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap)-O!

And Bingo was his name-O!

There was a farmer who had a dog,

And Bingo was his name-O.

(Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap)

(Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap)

(Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap - Clap)

And Bingo was his name-O!

Printable lyrics

Download the lovely lyrics for your kid’s room, which will make them relive your childhood too. Find it here. 

Photo lyrics

Bingo lyrics

Video links

There’s no better way of retaining a nursery rhyme than a video synced to a catchy tune. Enhance your kid’s love for the rhyme with the Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IvC6fZYGMM 

Origins and history

Bingo,  also called  Bingo was his name-O,  is an English-language song with an obscure origin. Each subsequent verse lets children clap instead of saying the letter from the previous verse out loud.

For example, the entire word BINGO is spelled out loud in the first verse. In the second, the B is omitted, and the children clap instead of saying it. In the third verse, they clap instead of saying BI and directly sing NGO, and so on.

Early versions of the song were titled, “The farmer's dog leaped o’er the stile”. According to the Ingoldsby Legends, one verse of this poem dates back to 1840.

Variations of the song have the dog belonging to a shepherd or miller and named Pinto or Bango. Versions with variations on the early verse of Bingo have been reported in a classical arrangement by John Langstaff (1952),  Frederick Ranalow (1925), and Richard Lewis (1960). 

FAQs

What was your favorite instrument for the dog?

The dog's favorite instrument was a trombone.

Is Bingo the name of the dog or the farmer?

Bingo is the name of the farmer’s dog.

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