Mad Donna

Biography & Overview

"The Wheels on the Bus" is an American folk song written by Verna Hills (1898–1990) of Boston, Massachusetts. The earliest known publishing of the lyrics is the December 1937 issue of American Childhood, originally called "The Bus", with the lyrics being "The wheels of the bus", with each verse ending in lines relevant to what the verse spoke of, as opposed to the modern standard "all through the town" (or "all day long" in some versions).
It is a popular children's song in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Brazil. The song has a repetitive rhythm, making the song easy for many people to sing, in a manner similar to the song "99 Bottles of Beer". It is based on the traditional British song "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush". The song is also sometimes sung to the tune of "Buffalo Gals", as in the versions done by Raffi Cavoukian and The Wiggles.