Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Count down from five and whoosh in to space with the little green aliens. Sing along and do the actions. Look left and right, shake your head for "didn't like the sight" and when you hear whoosh! throw your baby in the air (and catch them).
Video Credits: Produced by Sarah Harrison & Ed Hartwell (Woolly Vision) Animation and Direction: Ed Hartwell, Puppets and Sets by Leeanne Bell Music performed by Gemma Storr, Recorded by Steve Pretty
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Origin:
This is a relatively modern nursery rhyme inspired by “Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer” first recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1951. The nursery rhyme is a variation on the first verse of the song with the lyrics and music changed.
Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics: Two little men in a flying saucer flew down to Earth one day Looked to left and right of it, couldn't stand the sight of it And said let's fly away They took a look at a Western movie, somebody heard them say If a horse can be a star, think how dumb the people are We'd better fly away Then they shook their little green antennas, scratched their purple hair Said this planet is an awful menace, let's go back to where we came from Two little men in a flying saucer just didn't care to stay Said it's too peculiar here, headed for the stratosphere And quickly flew away Now they took a left in Ebbets Field in Brooklyn When the Dodgers played a baseball game Heard all the screaming, said we must be dreaming 'Cause this planet is insane During intermission, heard a politician making speeches as they travelled by But they departed faster than they started 'Cause the holler blew them sky high Two little men in a flying saucer flew down to Earth one day Listened to a radio, saw a television show and said let's fly away They got their fill of commercial jingles and they were heard to say All the people seem to be living in a nursery we'd better fly away Travelled all around and once they'd seen us, said let's head for Space We were better off on Mars and Venus, goodness what a place to live in Two little men in a flying saucer just didn't care to stay Crossed a crowded thoroughfare, saw the hats the women wear And quickly flew away And quickly flew away One look and then they flew away (two little men in a flying saucer) (Two little men in a flying saucer, two little men in a flying saucer)
Lyrics
Five little men in a flying saucer
Flew around the world one day
They looked left and right but they didn't like the sight
So one man flew away
WHOOSH!
Four little men in a flying saucer
Flew around the world one day
They looked left and right but they didn't like the sight
So one man flew away
WHOOSH!
Three little men in a flying saucer
Flew around the world one day
They looked left and right but they didn't like the sight
So one man flew away
WHOOSH!
Two little men in a flying saucer
Flew around the world one day
They looked left and right but they didn't like the sight
So one man flew away
WHOOSH!
One little man in a flying saucer
Flew around the world one day
He looked left and right but he didn't like the sight
So that man flew away
WHOOSH!
Five little men in a flying saucer
Flew around the moon one day
They looked left and right and they really liked the sight
So that is where they stayed
Yeah!