The Farmyard (Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) CJS2/10/1984)". The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library . Retrieved 2021-02-27.

An Egyptian Arabic version of the song exists, with Geddo Ali (in Egyptian Arabic: جدو على, meaning "Grandpa Ali") as the farmer character. Did you know? - The ‘EIEIO’ within the Old Macdonald had a Farm nursery rhymes, actually stands for ‘Ecstatic, Improvisational, Ensemble, Inspired, and Organic’. Onkel Jörg hat einen Bauernhof"[Uncle Jörg has a farm]. www.kinder-lieder.com (in German) . Retrieved 24 August 2016. In Italian, it is Nella vecchia fattoria (meaning "In the old farm"). The farmer is Zio Tobia (meaning "Uncle Tobias"). [19]

Success!

In Korean, it is Geulae geulaeseo (in Korean: '그래 그래서', meaning "Yes, so"). In this version, the farmer "Old Mr. Park" has a farm and animals.

Jens Hansen havde en bondegård"[Jens Hansen had a farm]. Danske børnesange (in Danish) . Retrieved 2 April 2018. Old Macdonald Had A Farm is one of the oldest nursery rhymes that children learn with estimations of when it was written being 1706 at the latest. The song was probably written by Thomas D'Urfey for an opera that year before it became a very popular folk song amongst people in the UK and Ireland. It is unknown whether this was the origin of the song, or if his version of the song was based on a traditional song already in existence. How does Old Macdonald Had A Farm go?In one Japanese version, it is Yukai-na Makiba (in Japanese: ゆかいな牧場, meaning "Happy farm"). Ichiro, Jiro, and Saburo are the farmers who have animals.