Doodle Doodle Doo, the Princess Lost Her Shoe Lyrics
A princess loses her shoe, hops on one foot, and the fiddler stops playing, not knowing what to do.
Doodle Doodle Doo, the Princess Lost Her Shoe
Doodle doodle doo,
The Princess lost her shoe:
Her Highness hopped,
The fiddler stopped,
Not knowing what to do.
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- Type
- Mother Goose
- Tune
- Spoken with a bouncing beat, hopping on 'hopped'
- Best for ages
- 2 to 6 years
Hand Motions and Actions
| When you sing | Do this |
|---|---|
| The Princess lost her shoe | Slip one shoe off and hold it up. |
| Her Highness hopped | Hop on one foot. |
| The fiddler stopped | Pretend to play the fiddle, then freeze mid-bow. |
What Does Doodle Doodle Doo, the Princess Lost Her Shoe Mean?
Doodle doodle doo is a musical nonsense line, like a tune on a fiddle. Her Highness is the polite title for a princess, so it is a grand name for someone hopping on one foot. When she hops, the fiddler stops and does not know what to do.
The ending line turns back to the opening sounds: doo, shoe and do all share one sound, and hopped rhymes with stopped.
History and Origin
The rhyme is in The Real Mother Goose (1916) under the title The Lost Shoe. It has five lines in a single verse.
Learning Activities
- Hop and freeze: hop while someone plays music and freeze when it stops.
- One shoe: take off one shoe and hop to a spot across the room.
- Fiddle band: play a pretend fiddle with a ruler for a bow and stop at the right line.
- Rhyme hunt: list words that end in the same sound as shoe.