Do Your Ears Hang Low? Free Sheet Music and Lyrics

Do Your Ears Hang Low? is a popular children's camp song set to the melody of Turkey in the Straw. Though no conclusive evidence exists concerning the origin of the lyrics, popular ideas suggest a military connection. The earliest idea originated around the time of the American Revolutionary War with the lyrics referring to the tabs (ears) on the rope drum played by the drummers of the Continental army. The British military drummers kept their drums tied tightly. The American drummers did not seem to be able to do the same, and when the drum head was tensioned the ears fell to the bottom of the drum.

Free Sheet Music
Do Your Ears Hang Low? for Easy Piano Solo
Do Your Ears Hang Low? for Guitar (Music, Lyrics and Chords)

Lyrics
Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Do your ears hang high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they wrinkle when they're wet?
Do they straighten when they're dry?
Can you wave them at your neighbor
With an element of flavor?
Do your ears hang high?

Do your ears hang wide?
Do they flap from side to side?
Do they wave in the breeze
From the slightest little sneeze?
Can you soar above the nation
With a feeling of elevation?
Do your ears hang wide?

Do your ears fall off
When you give a great big cough?
Do they lie there on the ground
Or bounce up at every sound?
Can you stick them in your pocket
Just like Davy Crocket?
Do your ears fall off?

Does your tongue hang down?
Does it flop all around?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Does your tongue hang down?

Does your nose hang low?
Does it wiggle to and fro?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Does your nose hang low?

Do your eyes pop out?
Do they bounce all about?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Do your eyes pop out?