The 3 Little Fishes is a song recorded by Kay Kyser and His Band with words by Josephine Carringer and Bernice Idins and music by Saxie Dowell. This song tells the story of three fishes, who defy their mom's command of swimming only in a meadow, by swimming over a dam and on out to sea, where they encounter a shark, which the fish describe as a whale. They flee for their lives and return to the meadow in safety. On Barney & Friends, this song first appeared in A Splash Party, Please.
Lyrics[]
Original[]
- Down in the meadow in a itty bitty pool
- Swam 3 little fishies and a mama fishy too.
- "Swim," said the mama fishy, "swim if you can."
- And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
- "Stop," cried the mama fishy, "or you will get lost!"
- But the 3 little fishies didn't wanna be bossed
- The three little fishes went out on a spree
- And they swam and they swam right out to the sea.
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!!
- And they swam and they swam right out to the sea.
- "Whee!" said the little fishies, "It's a lot of fun.
- We'll swim in the sea till the day is done."
- So they swam and they swam, and it was a lark
- Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!
- "Help!" cried the fishes, "Look at the whales!"
- And quick as they could, they turned on their tails.
- And back to the pool in the meadow they swam
- And they swam and they swam back over the dam.
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- And they swam and they swam back over the dam.
Barney & Friends[]
- Down in the meadow in a itty bitty pool
- Lived 3 little fishies and a mommy fishy too.
- "Swim," said the mommy fishy, "swim if you can."
- And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
- "Stop," said the mommy, "or you will get lost!"
- But the 3 little fishies didn't wanna be bossed
- So the three little fishies went off on a spree
- And they swam and they swam right out to the sea.
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!!
- And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
- "Hooray!" said the little fishies, "Here's a lot of fun.
- We'll swim in the ocean till the day is done."
- So they swam and they swam, and it was a lark
- Till all of a sudden they met with a shark!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
- "Help!" cried the little fishies, "Look at all the whales!"
- Quick as they could, they turned on their tails.
- Back to the pool in the meadow they swam
- And they swam and they swam back over the dam.
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Whattem Chu!
- And they swam and they swam all over the dam.
Trivia[]
Song Used In...[]
- A Splash Party, Please
- Barney's Best Manners (Episode Featured: A Splash Party, Please)
- Look At Me, I'm 3!
- Play and Learn with Barney (Episode Featured: A Splash Party, Please)