Sing
nursery rhyme
Сорока-ворона / Soroka-Vorona (The Magpie-Crow)
Best Age
Best Age
wk 8–104
Category
Sing
Audio Track & Sing-Along Available in BabyNook
Listen to the full song, vocal melody, and soothing instrumental tracks directly in the BabyNook app.
About this song
A classic Ukrainian (and wider Slavic) finger-play rhyme. The magpie cooks porridge and 'gives' some to each finger — a playful hand game that delights babies and builds finger awareness.
How to do it (Step by step)
- Trace circles on baby's palm ('cooked the porridge').
- Touch each finger in turn as you say the lines.
- Give a little tickle up the arm at the end.
Lyrics & Rhyme
The Dream passes by the windows,
And Sleepiness by the fence.
The Dream asks Sleep:
"Where should we stay the night?"
Where the cottage is warm,
Where the little child is tiny,
There we will go to stay the night,
And rock the little child.
There we will rest,
And lull the child to sleep:
Sleep, sleep, my little falcon,
Sleep, sleep, my little dove.