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Released	September 4, 2008 October 7, 2008 January 18, 2010 June 21, 2010 (as a television special)
Written by	The Wiggles
Directed by	Paul Field
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Previous	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008)
Next	The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009)

Sing a Song of Wiggles is the thirtieth Wiggles video special by The Wiggles. It was released on September 4, 2008.

Overview

Sing a Song of Wiggles is a collection of nursery rhymes and songs from The Wiggles. Nursery rhymes allow children to experience language, sound, rhyme, rhythm and even mathematical understanding! Most importantly, Sing a Song of Wiggles is so much fun!

Songs

1. Old MacDonald Had A Farm
2. Sing A Song Of Sixpence
3. Roses Are Red
4. Over In The Meadow
5. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
6. Wash the Dishes
7. Rub-A-Dub Dub
8. A Dillar, A Dollar
9. She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain
10. Smiling Girls, Rosy Boys
11. Old King Cole (Fiddlers)
12. Humpty Dumpty
13. Black Velvet Band
14. Curly Locks
15. The Turkey In The Straw (featuring Troy Cassar-Daley)
16. Jack Be Nimble
17. Old King Cole (Guitarists)
18. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
19. Rock-A-Bye Baby
20. This Little Piggy
21. I'm A Little Teapot
22. Jack Be Slow
23. Baa-Baa Black Sheep
24. Thistle Sweet, Thistle Down
25. Old King Cole (Trumpeters)
26. Little Boy Blue
27. Two Little Dickie Birds
28. Gee Up Neddy to the Fair
29. Polly Put The Kettle On
30. Ride A Cock-Horse To Banburry Cross
31. I Have a Dog Named Dandy
32. One, Two, Three, Four, Five
33. Hark, Hark, The Dogs Do Bark
34. Hot Cross Buns
35. Jill Be Nimble
36. It's Raining, It's Pouring
37. Old Mother Hubbard
38. To Market
39. What Are Little Boys Made Of?
40. What Are Little Girls Made Of?
41. Dr. Foster
42. The Boll Weevil Song
43. Jill Be Slow
44. Boys And Girls Come Out To Play
45. Hush Baby, My Doll, I Pray You Don't Cry
46. Hush Little Baby
47. Nursery Rhymes Medley

Plot

Caterina dances and turns a jack-in-the-box. The Wiggles pop out and introduce themselves. Sam is dressed like a prince. Anthony is a buzzing bee. Murray is a rock-n-roll singer. Jeff is dressed like a farmer, so let's get ready to sing the first song.

Song #1: Old MacDonald Had A Farm Jeff is Old MacDonald. Sam sings the main part and Jeff sings the E-I-E-I-O part.

Song #2: Sing A Song Of Sixpence Sam Sings. Anthony and Rebecca are the king and queen. Clare is the maid.

Song #3: Roses Are Red

Song #4: Over In The Meadow A counting song. Look for the Ben fish!

Dorothy introduces the next song about Mary.

Song #5: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Dorothy is with Mary and she does ballet with some of the other girls.

Song #6: Jeff recites Wash the Dishes and then gives everyone three kisses.

Song #7: Rub-A-Dub Dub

Anthony is the butcher. Adrian is the baker. Ben is the candlestick maker.

Song #8: A Dillar, A Dollar

Song #9: She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain Lyn is the carriage driver and wears a western outfit. The Wiggles ride horses and the mascots dance.

Song #10: Murray recites Smiling Girls, Rosy Boys.

Song #11: Old King Cole (Fiddlers) are the Irish dancing girls with fiddles.

Anthony recites Humpty Dumpty and then says, "You know what happened next. They couldn't put Humpty together again."

Song #12: Humpty Dumpty

Dorothy says here's a story about a handsome prince. Sam arrives and greets Dorothy. Dorothy briefs everyone about the story. The prince meets a lady with a black velvet band. Then the princess has gone missing, but the prince goes to find her. Now for the detailed story.

Song #13: Black Velvet Band

Captain Feathersword narrates the story. Sam sings the main verses and each of the folks in the story takes a verse as well. Anthony is the butcher. Fernando is the bicycle maker. Caterina is the florist. Then the prince reaches the princess (Carolyn Ferrie - the voice of Dorothy the Dinosaur) and serenades her. They then proceed to dance. The princess even sings a verse.

Song #14: Anthony recites Curly Locks.

Song #15: The Turkey In The Straw (From the "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" album) - featuring Troy Cassar-Daley. Jeff is the turkey.

Song #16: Jack Be Nimble

Anthony recites this as Jack does a jump.

Song #17: Old King Cole (Guitarists) Fernando, Caterina and Mario arrive and play guitars.

Song #18: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Song #19: Rock-A-Bye Baby Sam sings, Lyn dances and there's an actual baby (Julius) in the cradle.

Song #20: This Little Piggy

Song #21: I'm A Little Teapot (Captain and Dorothy sing verses).

Song #22: Jack Be Slow

Anthony recites and Jack does a handstand and turns around on his hands.

Song #23: Baa-Baa Black Sheep (Sam sings the song. Ben is the black sheep).

Song #24: Jeff recites Thistle Sweet, Thistle Down.

Song #25: Old King Cole (Trumpeters)

Song #26: Little Boy Blue

Song #27: Two Little Dickie Birds

The Wiggles are dressed like Elvis with their shaky white clothes and coloured capes.

Song #28: Gee Up Neddy to the Fair

Song #29: Polly Put The Kettle On

Dorothy sings the song. Lyn is Polly. Emily is Suki.

Sam and Captain arrive on horses and meet Dorothy. They introduce the next song.

Song #30: Ride A Cock-Horse To Banburry Cross

Sam and Dorothy sing the song. Captain Feathersword rides to the castle and see the fine lady (Kristy). They dance and then Captain returns and sings a verse.

Song #31: Anthony recites I Have a Dog Named Dandy.

Song #32: One, Two, Three, Four, Five Sam sings a verse. Dorothy sings as well.

Song #33: Hark, Hark, The Dogs Do Bark

Song #34: Hot Cross Buns Dorothy and Captain Feathersword sing verses.

Song #35: Jill Be Nimble - Anthony recites this. Jill does a cartwheel flip and then jumps over the candlestick.

Song #36: It's Raining, It's Pouring Sam sings the main verse. Jeff is sleeping. Each of The Wiggles takes a turn dancing.

Sam introduces the next song.

Song #37: Old Mother Hubbard

Sam sings the song.

Song #38: Sam recites To Market.

Song #39: What Are Little Boys Made Of?

The Wiggles are dressed in their regular clothes for this song.

Song #40: What Are Little Girls Made Of? Dorothy sings off-camera. Caterina, Larissa and Naomi play the instruments.

Song #41: Anthony recites Dr. Foster.

Song #42: The Boll Weevil Song

Jeff and Anthony narrates the story. Captain Feathersword is the boll weevil.

Song #43: Jill Be Slow.

Anthony recites this rhyme. Jill does some back walkovers.

Song #44: Boys And Girls Come Out To Play

Sam sings this one. Dorothy dances in the middle while the boys and girls are next to her dancing.

Song #45: Hush Baby, My Doll, I Pray You Don't Cry

Jeff recites a verse of Hush Baby, My Doll, I Pray You Don't Cry.

Song #46: Hush Little Baby

Dorothy sings this song to a baby dinosaur in a swing basket.

Song #47: Nursery Rhymes Medley- Caterina dances. She winds up the box and Old Man Jeff pops out. Then other dancers and Wiggles join her. Medley songs featured - This Old Man, Hey Diddle Diddle, See Saw Margery Daw, Miss Susie, Frere Jacques, Little Bo Peep.

Caterina finishes with a split.

The end credits feature baby pictures of the cast while their names are printed under the pictures. "Over In The Meadow" and "Sing A Song Of Sixpence" plays during the song & production credits.

Trivia

• This special was completed in post-production on July 18, 2008.
• In "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe", Jeff plays the air drums with drumsticks.
• This video was most likely filmed from December 2007 to February 2008.
• "Over In The Meadow" was originally featured in a Red Nose Day 2008 ad as background music.
• This is the only Wiggle and Learn video where Greg has no known involvement, whether it be writing the songs or being part of the production.
• Anthony's mother, Marie appeared in this video as "Old Mother Hubbard".
• This is the last Sam video that was in a TV Series.
• This is the last Wiggles DVD to include the "Sing Along With The Wiggles" subtitle feature.
• This is the first (and so far, only) Wiggles video to feature the video to a medley from its accompanying album.
• The Wiggles didn't say goodbye at the end of this video.
• This was the final nursery rhyme video to feature the Sam-era line-up, thus making Anthony the only one to appear in every nursery rhyme themed video.
• Songs from this video can be seen in Wiggle and Learn.
• This is the fifth video not to feature Jeff playing the accordion.
• The background from "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" was reused in "Rub-a-Dub Dub with the Soap in a Tub".
• The UK DVD is temporarily called SASW_UK.
• The UK DVD was burned on November 26th, 2009.
• This is the first Wiggles video to have the 2008-2017 ABC DVD logo on the packaging. However, it would not be used in the opening until The Wiggles Big, Big Show!.
• This is Troy Cassar-Daley's last video until Duets.
• This is the second and last nursery rhymes video distributed by Warner Home Video.
• This is the only Sam-era video where The Wiggles don't say goodbye at the end.

Release date

• The UK DVD was released three days after Greg Page's thirty-sixth birthday.

References

The Wiggles Videography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1993-2006, 2012, 2018) Wiggle Time! (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggledance! (1997) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1997) • Wiggle Time! (remake, 1998) • Yummy Yummy (remake, 1998) • Toot Toot! (1998) • The Wiggly Big Show (1999) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Yule Be Wiggling (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Space Dancing! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2004) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2006) • Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) • Celebration! (2012) • The Wiggles Reunion Show (2018) Feature Film The Wiggles Movie (1997) Spin-Offs The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (1999) • Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate (2000) Other Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (Promo video, 1999) • Bonus Sampler Video (Promo video, 2004) • 15 Years of Wiggly Fun! (Documentary, 2006) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Wiggledancing! Live In Concert (2007) • Getting Strong! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • The Wiggles Big, Big Show! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Other On The Road With The Wiggles (Documentary, 2008) • Wiggle Treats! (Promo video, 2011) • Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing! (Documentary, 2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (new version, 2014) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Wiggle Around Australia (2017) • Duets (2017) • Nursery Rhymes featuring CinderEmma! A Musical Fairytale! (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • The Best of The Wiggles (2018) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (2021) YouTube videos Nursery Rhymes (2016) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) Spin-Offs Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2017) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2022-present) Super Wiggles (2022) • Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Fruit Salad Big Show (2022) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007-2012) Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012) More from The Wiggles ABC For Kids Video Hits (1991) • Video Hits Volume 2 (1992) • Live In Concert (1993) • Featuring Banana Holiday and Lots of Other Great Songs (1994) The Kingdom of Paramithi Cinderella Pantomime (2011)