Pat‑a‑cake, Baker's Man
Language: English
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker's man, Bake me a cake As fast as you can. Roll it and pat it, And mark it with a "B", And put it in the oven For baby and me. Sugar and spice, that's all nice. Little girls are worth the price. Frogs and snails, Puppies' tails, Little boys make manly males. Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker's man, Bake me a cake As fast as you can. Roll it and pat it, And mark it with a "B", And put it in the oven For baby and me. Yes, bake me a cake for baby and me.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Mother Goose [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Pat-a-cake, Baker's Man", 2005 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Nursery Rhymes and Children's Prayers, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-02
Line count: 23
Word count: 99