The Wheels on the Bus: A Celebration of Language!
“The Wheels on the Bus” was published in the US by Verna Hills in 1939 and has wheeled around our collective consciousness for the past 86 years. The song is so simple and catchy that versions of the tune can now be found in innumerable languages. To celebrate the multicultural family that is The Music Class, today we’re going to look at The Wheels on the Bus in as many different languages* as I can fit on this page!
If your family speaks another language (or two), it would be wonderful to share your version of The Wheels on the Bus with your class! We (your TMC teachers) would absolutely love to hear it!
*Important note: I (Ms. Raina) don’t speak all of these languages, so please feel free to send corrections to info@themusicclass.com if I made any mistakes!!
The Wheels on the Bus in Spanish:
Las ruedas del autobús dan vueltas,
Vueltas y vueltas, vueltas y vueltas.
Las ruedas del autobús dan vueltas,
por toda la ciudad
The Wheels on the Bus in French:
Les roues de l’autobus elles tournent tournent,
Tournent tournent, tournent tournent.
Les roues de l’autobus elles tournent tournent,
Dans toute la ville
The Wheels on the Bus in Portuguese:
As rodas do ônibus giram giram,
Giram giram, giram giram.
As rodas do ônibus giram giram,
Pela cidade
The Wheels on the Bus in Korean:
버스에 바퀴가 돌아가요,
빙글빙글, 빙글빙글.
버스에 바퀴가돌아가요,
마을을 달려요
The Wheels on the Bus in German:
Die Räder am Bus drehen sich rundherum,
Rundherum, rundherum.
Die Räder am Bus drehen sich rundherum,
Den ganzen Tag
The Wheels on the Bus in Hindi:
द व्हील्स ऑन द बस गो राउंड एंड राउंड
राउंड एंड राउंड, राउंड एंड राउंड
द व्हील्स ऑन द बस गो राउंड एंड राउंड
आल थ्रो द टाउन
The Wheels on the Bus in Russian:
Колеса у автобуса все крутятся,
И вертятся, и крутятся.
Колеса у автобуса все крутятся,
Целый день-деньской
The Wheels on the Bus in Ukrainian:
Колеса автобуса крутяться, Крутяться, Крутяться.
Колеса автобуса крутяться,
Кру-тять-ся
The Wheels on the Bus in Mandarin Chinese (with Pinyin):
汽车的轮子转呀转,
转呀转,转呀转.
汽车的轮子转呀转,
穿过街道
qìchē de lúnzi zhuàn ya zhuàn,
zhuàn ya zhuàn, zhuàn ya zhuàn.
qìchē de lúnzi zhuàn ya zhuàn,
chuānguò jiēdào
The Wheels on the Bus in Hebrew:
גלגלי האוטובוס מסתובבים,
מסתובבים, מסתובבים.
גלגלי האוטובוס מסתובבים,
כל היום
The Wheels on the Bus in Italian:
Le ruote del bus girano,
Girano, girano.
Le ruote del bus girano,
per tutta la città
The Wheels on the Bus in Arabic:
عجلات الحافلة تدور,
تدور تدور,تدور تدور
,كل من عليها مسرو
والعجلات تدور
The Wheels on the Bus in Japanese:
バスのタイヤ クールクル、
クールクル、クールクル.
バスのタイヤ クール、
クル いちにちずっと!
Let’s see how many languages we can sing in one class! Enjoy!