The 4th of July is a fun and exciting time for toddlers. Singing patriotic songs is a great way to get little ones involved in the Independence Day celebrations. On this page, you’ll find a collection of easy, toddler-friendly songs about America, flags, fireworks, and more. These simple, repetitive tunes have motions and rhymes to keep toddlers engaged. Singing about red, white, and blue, parades and fireworks is a playful way to introduce toddlers to concepts related to the 4th of July. The songs on this page are kid-tested and appropriate for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary-aged children.
Down at the Flagpole
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Down By the Station”
Down at the flagpole,
Early in the morning,
We will raise our flag,
The red, white, and blue.
We stand at attention,
It’s something that we do.
We salute the colors,
The red, white, and blue.
The Red, White, and Blue
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “When the Saints Come Marching In”
Oh, when the flag comes marching in,
Oh, when the flag comes marching in,
How I love to see its three colors,
The red, white, and blue.
A Flag For Me and You
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: ” Three Blind Mice”
Red, white and blue,
Red, white and blue,
A flag for me,
A flag for you.
It is the flag of our great nation,
It’s honored by each generation.
Join me now in a celebration,
Red, white and blue.
Designs in the Sky
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Frere Jacques”
Fourth of July, Fourth of July,
It is fun, it is fun.
A picnic in the park,
And then after dark,
Designs in the sky, Fourth of July.
On the Fourth of July
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “London Bridge”
It’s our country’s birthday,
Birthday, birthday.
It’s our country’s birthday,
On the Fourth of July!
On Independence Day
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Fireworks go snap, snap, snap!
Crack, crack, crack! Zap, zap, zap!
Fireworks make me clap, clap, clap
On Independence Day!
Way up in the Sky
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Wave, wave, wave the flag,
Hold it very high.
Watch the colors gently wave,
Way up in the sky.
March, march, march around,
Hold the flag up high.
Wave, wave, wave the flag,
Way up in the sky.
Red, White & Blue
Submitted By: NancyZ
Sung to: �It is sung to Are your sleeping?�
What is Red?
What is Blue?
What is White? What is White?
What has 50 stars?
What has 13 stripes?
It’s our flag. It’s our flag.
Fourth of July Songs
Submitted By: KimD
Sung to: “Frere Jacques”
Fourth of July, Fourth of July,
Independence Day, Independence Day.
Hear the bands playing,
See our flag waving.
Fourth of July, Fourth of July.
Fireworks in the Sky
Submitted By: KimD
Sung to: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Boom, crack, whistle, pop!
Fireworks in the sky.
See them lighting up the night,
On the Fourth of July.
Red, blue, gold, and green,
With fireworks we say,
“Happy Birthday, America,
It’s Independence Day!”
Beat a Drum
Submitted By: KimD
Sung to: “Clementine”
Beat a drum, march along,
Give a cheer, “Hip, hip, hooray!”
Wave a flag, sing a song.
Happy Independence Day!
See the fireworks in the sky,
Give a sheer, “Hip, hip, hooray!”
Happy Birthday to America.
How we love the USA!”
Colors of Our Flag
Submitted By: KimD
Sung to: “Three Blind Mice”
Red, white, and blue, Red, white, and blue.
Colors of our flag, Colors of our flag,
Soon it will be the Fourth of July,
And that, you know, is the reason why
We sing about our country’s flag,
Red, white, and blue.
Statue of Liberty
Submitted By: KimD
Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a giant statue, see my torch,
Symbol of freedom and peace for all.
See me in the harbor
So straight and tall,
Welcoming the people, one and all.
Wave a Flag
Submitted By: KimD
Sung to: “Did You Ever See a Lassie!”
Did you ever wave a flag,
A flag, a flag?
Did you ever wave a flag,
For your country?
Wave this way and that way,
And this way and that way.
Did you ever wave a flag,
For your country?
Wave a Little Flag
Submitted By: Jkteachl
Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”
Wave a little flag,
Red, white and blue.
Our country belongs
To me and you.
So, all together we can say,
“Happy Independence Day!”
Fireworks Light the Sky
Submitted By: Jkteachl
Sung to: �Row, Row, Row Your Boat�
Fireworks light the sky
On the Fourth of July —
To celebrate the birthday
Of the USA
Fourth of July
Submitted By: Sallymhawk
Sung to: “Oh My Darlin”
Beat a drum,
March along give a cheer-hip hip hooray
Wave a flag
Sing a song
It’s July Fourth today
See the fireworks, in the sky give a cheer-hip hip hooray
Happy Birthday to America
How we love the USA!
Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Mary had a little lamb”
Our flag is red, white, & blue
red, white & blue
red, white & blue
Our flag is red, white, & blue
in the U.S.A.
Our flag has 50 stars,
50 stars, 50 stars,
Our flag has 50 stars,
in the U.S.A.
Our flag has 13 stripes,
13 stripes, 13 stripes,
Our flag has 13 stripes,
in the U.S.A.
American Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Frere Jacques”
What is red?
What is white?
What is blue?
What is striped?
What has many stars?
What has many stars?
Can you guess, how many there are?
(Then the kids shout 50.)
Our Country’s Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Please sit down, everyone,
I’m going to tell a story (point to mouth.)
About our country’s famous flag-
Its nickname is Old Glory. (point to flag)
Stars and stripes are on our flag,
They’re red and white and blue. (point to flag colors.)
It tells the world that we are free
And proud to be here too! (Nod Head)
Stars and Stripes
Original Author: Unknown
Wave the flag, wave the flag, (wave arm like a flag)
As we march around.
Hold it high to show our pride,
Don’t let it touch the ground.
Wave the flag, wave the flag,
Dear red, white, and blue.
Stars and stripes forever bright,
America-here’s to you!
Our Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Stripes and strips and little stars, (wave arm like a flag)
Oh, how beautiful you are!
Red and white and blue, it’s true,
Proudly waving for me and you.
Our Country’s Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Please sit down, everyone,
I’m going to tell a story
(point to mouth.)
About our country’s famous flag-
Its nickname is Old Glory.
(point to flag)
Stars and stripes are on our flag,
They’re red and white and blue.
(point to flag colors.)
It tells the world that we are free
And proud to be here too!
(Nod Head)
Stars and Stripes
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Row, Row, Row, Your Boat”
Wave, wave, wave the flag,
As we march around.
Hold it high to show our pride,
It must not touch the ground.
Wave, wave, wave the flag,
Dear red, white and blue.
Stars and stripes forever bright,
America to you!
Our Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Stripes and stripes and little stars,
Oh, how beautiful you are.
Red and white and blue, that’s true,
Waving proud for me and you.
Stripes and stripes and little stars,
Oh, how beautiful you are!
We Honor You
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Happy Birthday”
Oh, red, white and blue,
We honor you.
You have red and white stripes,
And fifty stars, too.
See Our Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Mary had a little lamb”
See our flag, it’s waving high,
waving high, waving high,
See our flag, it’s waving high.
It’s red and white and blue.
I’m Proud of our Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Hickory, Dickory, Dock”
Our flag is red, white and blue,
There are stars and stripes on it, too.
I’m proud of our flag, the United States flag,
And you can be proud of it, too!
See The Colors
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “London Bridge”
See the colors in the flag,
In the flag, in the flag.
See the colors in the flag,
Red, white and blue.
At The Fireworks Show
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “London Bridge”
All together here we go
here we go, here we go,
All together here we go,
to the fireworks show.
I like fireworks, don’t you know,
don’t you know, don’t you know,
I like fireworks don’t you know,
at the fireworks show.
They make such a pretty sight,
pretty sight, pretty sight,
they make such a pretty sight.
WOW! The fireworks show.
My Country’s Flag
Original Author: Unknown
I love my flag, my country’s flag
All red and white and blue
Oh flag, you take good care of me
And I will care for you.
I Love My Flag
Original Author: Unknown
Sung to: “Yankee Doodle”
I love my flag, my country’s flag
The red and white and blue.
It has broad stripes and fifty stars,
And stands for freedom, too.