A rambling little song built almost entirely from repeated words, tumbling 'long, long, long' down the lane alongside the singer. Its loop-the-loop structure makes it easy to remember and easy to stretch out for as long as a walk lasts.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
As I was going along, along,
A-singing a comical song, song, song,
The lane that I went was so long, long, long,
And the song that I sang was so long, long, long,
And so I went singing along.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition