Children’s songs, folk songs, and nursery rhymes for March: fun spring hand-play songs.
In this article, we introduce children’s songs, folk songs, and traditional nursery rhymes perfect for March.
We’ve gathered tunes that are easy for kids to listen to and simple to sing along with!
If you’re looking for children’s songs that suit spring, songs you can sing while doing hand-play motions, or something you can sing to your child, be sure to check these out.
As the weather warms up, you’ll likely have more chances to go on walks with your child.
If you take a stroll while singing March songs, it’s sure to be even more fun than usual!
We’ve also picked out famous graduation and school entrance songs, so feel free to use them as references for songs to sing at graduation or entrance ceremonies.
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Nursery rhymes, folk songs, and children's songs for March: Fun spring hand-play songs (21–30)
Spring somewhereLyrics by Soji Momota / Music by Shin Kusakawa
This is a Japanese art song with lyrics by Soji Momota and music by Shin Kusakawa.
It depicts an early-spring scene where the harsh winter has passed its peak, and the breath of spring, beginning to be born here and there, can be felt.
It’s a truly lovely piece that sings of the very moments when the stirrings of spring are sensed.
Spring has come.Lyrics by Tatsuyuki Takano / Music by Teiichi Okano
This is a Japanese children’s song/choral piece published in 1910 in the Elementary School Reader Songs (Jinjō Shōgaku Tokuhon Shōka).
The lyricist–composer duo is Teiichi Okano and Tatsuyuki Takano, who are also known for Furusato and Haru no Ogawa.
Through the simple, repeated lyrics that evoke spring, the joy of spring’s arrival is expressed with refreshing directness.
A Hazy Moonlit NightLyrics by Tatsuyuki Takano / Music by Teiichi Okano
This is a Japanese shoka (school song) with lyrics by Tatsuyuki Takano and music by Teiichi Okano, first published in 1914 in “Jinjō Shōgaku Shōka, for Sixth-Year Students.” “Oborozukiyo” is a seasonal word that refers to the scene of a faintly hazy moon on a spring night.
In this song, traditional Yamato-kotoba (classical Japanese words) are sprinkled throughout to depict a spring evening.
TulipLyrics by Miyako Kondo / Music by Takeshi Inoue
The tulip, one of March’s birth flowers, is also a bloom that makes us feel the arrival of spring.
This is the children’s song “Tulip.” I’m sure many people sang it at least once when they were kids.
The song depicts a beautiful scene of tulips in a variety of colors in full bloom.
We Look Up to You with RespectMonbushō Shōka (Ministry of Education Songs)
It is one of the songs first popularized in Japan in the Shogaku Shoka Collection, Volume 3, published in 1884.
Under the guidance of the American music educator Lowell Mason, melodies from existing Western music that would be familiar to Japanese people were selected, Japanese lyrics were added to them, and they were created as teaching materials for Japan’s music education known as “shoka.”
BelieveLyrics and Music: Ryuichi Sugimoto
This song was released in 1998 as the third ending theme for the NHK program “Ikimono Chikyū Kikō” (Life on Earth Journey).
It’s also a staple as a kindergarten graduation song.
It’s still sung today as a children’s chorus piece.
A well-known classic loved by both adults and children.
Come, springLyrics by Somao Mikaze / Music by Ryutaro Hirota
This is a Japanese children’s song, with lyrics by Gofu Soma and music by Ryutaro Hirota, published in the children’s magazine Kin no Tori in 1923.
It expresses a parent’s wish for their young child to grow up healthy.
It is said that “Mii-chan,” who appears in the lyrics, was modeled after the lyricist Soma’s eldest daughter.