The Origins—and Evolution—of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” “The ... North refers to it as “that classic, the ‘Spider Song,’” and gives the lyrics as follows: “Oh, the blooming ...

and in Mike and Peggy Seeger’s American Folk Songs for Children in 1948. The original author of the rhyme and melody is unknown. Different publications use different versions of the lyrics, including ...

The entire gang, including Kimmy Gibbler and Michelle’s buddy Derek, follow him down to the basement where he plays “Itsy Bitsy Spider” (a song he’d recorded a few years earlier for a ...

In that book, “itsy bitsy” is changed from “blooming ... also from 1948. Original lyrics from the “Spider Song” in 1910 go like this: Oh, the blooming, bloody spider went up the spider ...