My hat has three corners: text and notes
This song is actually an Italian folk tune that goes back to a piece of music from 1816. The text is first documented in Saarland in 1886.
Here you will find the lyrics and sheet music for the children’s song “My hat, it has three corners”.
My hat it has three corners
My hat has three corners,
my hat has three corners
, and if it didn’t have three corners,
it wouldn’t be my hat.
The song can be accompanied with gestures. With each repetition of the song, one more word is left out and represented only by the gesture.