The Wheels on the bus - Wikipedia The Wheels on the bus This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2013 ) `` The Wheels on the Bus '' Song by Andrew Jeffrey Language English Genre Children 's folk Length 3mins - 1hr Songwriter ( s ) Verna Hills `` The Wheels on the Bus '' is an American folk song dating no later than 1939 written by Verna Hills. It is a popular children 's song in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada, and is often sung by children on bus trips to keep themselves amused. It has a very repetitive rhythm, making the song easy for a large number of people to sing, in a manner similar to the song `` 99 Bottles of Beer ''. It is based on fellow 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 version done by Raffi. The song is now very popular for children in several other languages. Normally followed by `` The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish '' ( with action ), `` the horn on the bus goes beep beep beep '' and `` the people on the bus go up and down '' ( with action ). Lil peeps cover version `` Wheels on the bus '' Single by Mad Donna Released 4 May 2002 Format CD single Length 2 : 25 Label Star Harbour All Around The World Disco 0202R Songwriter ( s ) Verna Hills In 2002 American Madonna impersonator `` Mad Donna '' ( Michelle Chappel ) had a hit with the wheels on the bus song, featuring a version of Madonna 's `` Ray of Light '' over which the classic children 's song was sung. The single reached # 17 in the United Kingdom and also made the charts elsewhere in Europe. References Jump up ^ American Childhood, vol. 25, 1939, p. 56 Jump up ^ `` Mad Donna ( 3 ) - The Wheels On The Bus ''. Discogs. External links This song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Wheels_on_the_Bus&oldid=831287588 '' Categories : Song stubs Children 's songs 2002 singles Songs about buses Traditional children 's songs Year of song unknown Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from August 2013 All articles needing additional references Duration without hAudio microformat Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Dansk فارسی Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 19 March 2018, at 20 : 25. About Wikipedia

Question: when was the wheels on the bus written
Answer: no later than 1939