With so many variations, Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down is also known as All the Leaves Are Falling Down and is typically sung to the tune of London Bridge. It is a song that is perfect for the autumn season and teaches children about the characteristics of autumn to help them understand how the world changes as each season come and goes.
As the song goes on, children are told what they should do to the leaves that fall, culminating in them jumping into the leaf pile and having lots of fun. The great thing about this rhyme is that there are no sinister messages, unlike other, traditional nursery rhymes.
This song is often sung in rounds to teach children about different parts of music. The bigger the group of children, the more rounds that can be sung and you can end up with an endless version that only stops when the last entrant to the round finishes their go.
Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down Lyrics
Autumn leaves are falling down
Falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down.
All around the town.
The wind will blow them round and round
Round and round, round and round.
The wind will blow them round and round
All around the town.
They’re drifting gently to the ground,
to the ground, to the ground.
They’re drifting gently to the ground.
All around the town.
Take a rake and rake them up,
Rake them up, rake them up.
Take a rake and rake them up
All around the town.