Pat A Cake Lyrics for Kids

Pat a Cake is a famous lyrical poem which is learned by the students in their playschool.

Your child will love this rhyme when you sing to them with actions. We will also provide some tips for the actions at the end of the poem.

The kids are introduced to the baker’s man, the protagonist, and also billy. Let us make the poem enjoyable for the kids! 

Sing the Pat A Cake Lyrics

Cake Marked with Letter ‘B’

Pat-A-Cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Prick it and pat it and mark it with a “b”

And put it in the oven for Billy and me

Make it with chocolate, make it with cream

Make it the prettiest you’ve ever seen

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Please

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Mix it and stir it and bake it just right

Good from the first ’til the very last bite

Write his name with lots of care

And make pretty flowers here and there

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Prick it and price it and mark it with a “b”

And put it in the oven for Billy and me

And put it in the oven for Billy and me

And put it in the oven for Billy and me

A Blurred Background of This Song – Pat A Cake 

• Did you know, the earliest recorded version of Pat a Cake was in the year 1698! The rhyme then appeared in Thomas D’Urfey’s play which was known as ‘The Campaigners from 1698’. In this play, a nurse says to her charges to bake her a cake – prick it and throw it in the oven is directed to a baker’s man by the Nurse. 

• This poem next made its entry in 1765 in ‘Mother Goose’s Melody’ in yet another form:

Patty Cake, Patty Cake,

Baker's Man;

That I will Master,

As fast as I can;

Pat it and prick it,

And mark it with a T,

And there will be enough for Tommy and me.

• Another earliest version of this poem was in James Hook’s music "A Christmas Box".

Action Rhyme – Pat A Cake

Action for Pat A Cake

Encourage your children to do actions while they sing the Pat A Cake lyrics.  

The song generally is done by two people clapping hands with each other turn by turn. The clapping gets alternated by a clap of one person with two hands with the other person. You can do this with your kid or engage a group of two kids in this activity.

Initially, the Pat A Cake song was done as a clapping game that was used by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. They started this in their ‘Roads’ films. This was done as a means of entertainment or fun. 

We hope your kid will enjoy singing the song Pat a Cake. You can also relate the background in a simple manner to your kid. This will, even more, give them the interest to sing this song with action.