Alphabet Song is a children's song that first appeared in Barney Goes To School. It is another English version of the French song, "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman", and uses the same tunes as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".
Lyrics[]
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
- H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
- Q, R, S, T, U, V,
- W, X, Y, and Z.
- Now I know my ABC's.
- Next time, won't you sing with me?
Alternate Lyrics #1[]
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
- H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
- Q, R, S, T, U, V,
- W, X, Y, and Z.
- Now I've said my ABC's.
- Tell me what you think of me.
Alternate Lyrics #2[]
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
- H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
- Q, R, S, T, U, V,
- W, X, Y, and Z.
- Now I've sung my ABC's.
- School is such a great place to be.
Alternate Lyrics #3[]
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
- H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
- Q, R, S, T, U, V,
- W, X, Y, and Z.
- Now we've sung our ABC's.
- School is where we love to be.
Alternate Lyrics #4[]
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
- H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
- Q, R, S, T, U, V,
- W, X, Y, and Z.
- Now we've sung our ABC's
- This time, won't you sing with me?
Alef Bet (Hebrew Alphabet) Lyrics[]
- Aleph, Bet, Vet (Aleph, Bet, Vet) א בּ ב
- Gimel, Dalet, Heh (Gimel, Dalet, Heh) ג ד ה
- Vav, Zayin, Khet, Tet (Vav, Zayin, Khet, Tet) ו ז ח ט
- Yud, Kaf, Khaf (Yud, Kaf, Kaf) י כּ כ
- Lamed, Mem, Noon (Lamed, Mem, Noon) ל מ נ
- Sahmekh, Ayin, Peh, Feh (Sahmekh, Ayin, Peh, Feh) ס ע פּ פ
- Tzahdi, Qof, Resh (Tzahdi, Qof, Resh) צ ק ר
- Shin, Shin, Tav (Shin, Shin, Tav) שׁ שׂ ת
French Alphabet Lyrics[]
- A, Bé, Cé, Dé, E, Effe, Gé
- Ache, I, Ji, Ka, Elle, Emme, Enne, O, Pé
- Qu, Erre, Esse, Té, U, Vé
- Double vé, Ixe, I grec, Zède
- Maintenant je sais mon alphabet,
- Chante avec moi la prochaine fois
Children's Song Used In...[]
- Alphabet Soup!
- May I Help You?
- The Alphabet Zoo
- Twice Is Nice!
- Classical Cleanup
- First Day of School
- What's In A Name?
- Easy as ABC (Scene Taken from: Now I Know My ABCs)
- Look What I Can Do!
- Letters
- Days of the Week (Scene Taken from: Letters)
- Barney's Alphabet Zoo (Episode Featured: The Alphabet Zoo)
- A to Z with Barney (Episode Featured: What's In A Name?)
- Barney's Learning Round-Up (Episode Featured: What's In A Name?)
- Now I Know My ABCs
- Barney's Animal ABC's
- I Can Do It! (Scene Taken from: Look What I Can Do!)
- 1-2-3 Learn (Episode Featured: Letters)
- Most Loveable Moments (Episode Featured: Days of the Week/Scene Taken from: Letters)
- It's Showtime with Barney (Episode Featured: Look What I Can Do!)
- Barney Goes to School
- Barney in Concert
- Barney's Favorites Vol. 1 (Audio Taken from: May I Help You?)
- Barney's ABC Animals! Read Along Cassette (Audio Taken from: First Day of School)
- Start Singing with Barney
- Juguemos a Cantar con Barney
- Dino-Tunes (Audio Taken from: Start Singing With Barney)
- Perfectly Platinum: 30 Dino-Mite Songs (Audio Taken from: "Letters")
- Hagamos Música
- Ek hoor musiek... van vroeg tot laat
- Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!: Original Cast Recording
Trivia[]
- This song is normally done in the key of C.
- In Barney in Concert and Barney's Animal ABC's, it is done entirely in D.
- In Twice Is Nice! and Classical Cleanup, the second round is pitched up to E-flat.
- This song is normally repeated twice.
- In Barney in Concert, the Hebrew alphabet with different melody is sung between renditions.
- In Barney Goes to School and The Alphabet Zoo, it is only sung once.
- In Barney's Animal ABC's, it is sung three times with a tag at the end.
- The entire lyrics of the main version is only used in May I Help You?. In Twice Is Nice! and Classical Cleanup, “I know” is altered to “I’ve sung” and “We’ve sung”, respectively.
- The first alternate version is used in Barney in Concert, May I Help You?, and all episodes since First Day of School except for the Season 9 episode: Look What I Can Do!.
- Of those appearances, “I’ve said” was changed to “I know” from May I Help You? to What's In A Name?. In Easy as ABC, it is changed again to “We’ve sung”.
- The second alternate version is used in Barney Goes to School and Twice Is Nice!.
- The third alternate version is used in Alphabet Soup!, The Alphabet Zoo and Classical Cleanup.
- The fourth alternate version is also used in Alphabet Soup!, as well as Look What I Can Do!.
- In Letters, the final line is sung twice as slow. In Easy as ABC, it is sung quadruple as slow.
- In What's In A Name?, Barney comes to life in the middle of the song.