connections between brain cells in the cortex”

(Sousa, 2001, p. 224). Robert Zatorre,

Music neurophysiologist at the Montreal Neurological

“Music is a language that kindles the Institute, says, “I have very little doubt that human spirit, sharpens the mind, when you’re listening to a real piece of music, fuels the body, and fills the heart.” - it is engaging the entire brain” (Shreeve, 1996, Unknown p. 96). Music engages many areas of the brain and “Music washes has multiple far-reaching effects on the mind. away from the soul Music helps people think by activating and the dust of everyday synchronizing neural firing patterns that life.” – Red orchestrate and connect multiple brain sites Auerbach (Jensen 2001). Music is an “Songs are funny things. They can slip arouser of the brain, across borders, proliferate in prisons and a carrier of words, penetrate hard shells. I believe that the right and a primer for the brain. Music can be used song at the right moment can change history.” during icebreakers, movement, games or – Pete Seeger discussion activities. Relaxing music can be Music’s impact on the brain can be traced used as background music during reading. with neuroimaging tools such as fMRIs and PET Listening to background music can substantially scans: The actual brain pathways and improve reading comprehension (Hall, 1952, mechanisms involved can be isolated (Jensen, Giles, 1991). Singing in training events not only 2000b, p. 17). stimulates the brain, but is correlated with “Without Music, life is a journey through a abstract thinking skills, verbal skills, and higher desert.” – Pay Conroy reading scores (Hurwitz, et al., 1975, “Researchers have known for a long Weinberger, 1996). time that music can directly influence blood “If you can walk you can dance. If you can pressure, pulse and the electric activity of talk you can sing.” – Zimbabwe proverb muscles. Newer evidence shows that music Singing brings people together in ways that may even help build and strengthen nothing else can. When we sing together, we are all equals – ready and comfortable with how you do the camper, counselor, song. It’s all about rhythm – fast or slow, being cook, director – we steady. You don’t have to be comfortable and are all an essential relaxed; you just have to appear to be! That part of the whole. will ensure they participate. When it’s over, Our voices move acknowledge them and tell them they sound together and become GOOD! one thing; at times “Do or do not, there is no try.” – Yoda more organized and orderly than others, but one thing. We hear each other, we feel each More Quotes other, and we can’t separate our own voice “A bird doesn’t sign because it has an from those around us. It breaks down barriers answer, it sings because it has a song.” – Maya between people and opens doors. It can be an Angelou amazing experience, and one that continues to “Music is an outburst of the soul.” – unite us long after the song has stopped. The Frederick Delius task of the song leader is to create the “I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy environment, and the moment, that allows the because I sing.” – William James magic to take place. It can be raucous, tender, “Those who wish to sing always find a surprising, comfortable – but at all times safe, song.” – Proverb fun, and satisfying (Weidig, Paul – Camp West “Some days there won’t be a song in your Conference, 2008). heart. Sing anyway.” – Emory Austin You don’t have to sing well, you just need to “As long as we live, there is never enough be willing to lead. Take charge of the song – it singing.” – Martin Luther gives them the confidence to follow. It’s about “The total person sings, not just the vocal the community, not you! Loud repeat after me chords.” – Esther Broner songs are fun, but also be sure to do songs that “Country music is three chords, and the give them a chance to really sound good. truth.” – Harlan Howard Cover a wide range – mix it up! Be playful! It “If we just start and end at the same time, keeps them interested. It’s not how good they It’ll sound pretty good!” – Paul Weidig are, it’s how many are singing. Practice. Be Abba Dabba Alligator (spoken) Abba Dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba Alligator (shout) Said the monkey to the chimp Can be your friend Abba Dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba Can be your friend Said the chimp, “I Love You Too!” Can be your friend too! Well the big baboon one night in June Married them The alligator is my friend and very soon He likes to swim and gloat They went I’d rather see him floating there upon an abba Than have him in my boat dabba Chorus honeymoon. The alligator is my friend He’s playing there in the dirt I’d rather have him in the mud Than have him on my shirt Alice Chorus Alice where are you going? Upstairs to take a bath. All My Life’s a Circle Alice with legs like toothpicks Chorus And a neck like a giraffe, raff, raff, raff, All my life’s a circle, sunrise and sundown raff, raff, raff, raff, The moon rolls through the night-time Alice fell in the bathtub. Til the daybreak comes around Pulled out the plug and All my life’s a circle then: But I can’t tell you why Oh my goodness, oh my Seasons spinning ‘round again, soul The years keep rolling by There goes Alice down the hole. It seems like I’ve been here before, Alice where are you I can’t remember when. going? And I’ve got this funny feeling that we’ll all be Gulp, Gulp, Gulp. together again. Chorus Alice’s Camel Alice’s camel has five humps There’s no straight lines that make up my life. Alice’s camel has five humps And all the roads have bends. Alice’s camel has five humps There’s no clear cut beginnings and so far no dead So go Alice go ends. Bump bump bump Chorus (Repeat with four, three, two and one humps) Alice’s camel has no humps I’ve found you a thousand times, Alice’s camel has no humps And I guess you’ve done the same Alice’s camel has no humps But then we lose each other, it’s like a children’s So Alice’s camel is a horse game. Chorus Alligator Song The alligator is my friend As I find you here again, And I hope he can be yours too The thought runs through my mind I’d rather have him as my friend Out love is like a circle, Let’s go ‘round one more Than have him in my shoe time Chorus Alligator (whisper) Amazing Grace A horrible death to die. Amazing grace How sweet the sound Have you ever seen a windbag That saved a wretch like me A windbag, a windbag I once was lost Have you ever seen a windbag But now am found A windbag like that Was blind Chorus But now I see Glub, Glub, Glub your boat ‘Twas grace that Gently under the stream taught Ha Ha fooled you My heart to fear I’m a submarine And grace my tears Chorus relieved How precious did Ants Go Marching that grace appear (Melody of when Johnny Comes Marching Home) The hour The ants go marching one by one I first believed Hurrah, Hurrah. The ants go marching one by one When we’ve been there Hurrah, Hurrah. Ten thousand years The ants go marching one by one Bright shining as the sun The little one stops to suck his thumb We’ve no less days And they all go marching down (Where?) To sing God’s praise To the ground (Why?) Than when To get out of the rain boom, boom, boom. We first begun The ants go marching 2 by 2 (continue as before) Animal Fair The little one stops to tie his shoe I went to the (continue) animal fair The birds and 3X3…to scratch his knee the beasts 4X4…to shut the door were there 5X5…to take a dive The big 6X6…to scratch an itch baboon by 7X7…to go to heaven the light of the moon 8X8…to close the gate Was combing his auburn hair 9X9…started to lag behind The monkey jumped and jumped 10X10…the little one was And sat on an elephant’s trunk alone again The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees And that was the end of the monk The monk, the monk, the monk

Announcements Chorus Announcements! Announcements! Announcements! A horrible death to die (TO DIE!) A horrible death to die (TO DIE!) A horrible death to be talked to death St. Bernard (woof woof) – paws out Apples & Bananas Grizzly Bear (Raah) – scary arms I like to eat Skier (swish swish) - ski I like to eat Roadrunner (B’beeeeee-ooom) clap-point Apples and Bananas Dinosaur (Uhn) fist on head (repeat) Bunny Rabbit (Brerererer) tongue out thumbs in (A verse) ears fingers wave A like to ate Bird watcher (Wow) shade eyes A like to ate Miss Piggy (kermie!) – open arms Ayepples and Baynaynays Girl Scout (cookies sir?) hold out hand (repeat) Avalanche (rumble rumble) – hands falling down (E verse) Eee like to eeet Each time you sing through this song, use a new Eee like to eeet “thing to come by.” In the chorus, add the new Eeepples and Beeneenees sound/action following the completion of all of the (repeat) old ones. (I verse) I like tie ite For example, on verse three, the chorus would be I like tie ite end… Ipples and Biniyniys Oh lee lah kee kee lah; Oh lee lah cuckoo cuckoo, (repeat) woof woof, grrr grrr, etc. (O verse) O loke toe ote Backwards Lou (Steve Miller – not O loke toe ote THAT Steve Miller) Opples and Bononoes Oh backwards Lou was a backwards kid (repeat) Everything was backwards that Lou had ever did! (U verse) (Repeat) U luke tu ute ZYX-WVU-TSRQ-PON U luke tu ute MLK-JIH-GFED-CBA Upples and bununues (repeat) Banjo I like to play my old banjo Austrian Yodeler And place it on my knee But now the strings are all broken, Once an Austrian went And It’s no good to me. yodeling on a mountain so I took it to the music shop high To see what they could do When along came a ______And now my strings are good as new and I can play Interrupting his cry. for you! Chorus (Sung with a southern twang, and during banjo Oh lee lah parts, a banjo sound) Oh lee lah kee kee lah Oh lee lah cuckoo cuckoo Baby Bumblebee Oh lee lah kee kee lah (melody of Peanut Butter Sandwich made with Jam) Oh lee lah cuckoo cuckoo I’m bringing home a baby Oh lee lah kee kee lah bumblebee Oh lee lah cuckoo cuckoo Won’t my mommy be so proud of Oh lee lah kee kee lah oh me I’m bringing home a baby Things to come by: bumblebee Cuckoo Bird (cuckoo-cuckoo) - flap In tennis shoes a dandy pair. Ouch! It stung me! I’m smashing up my baby bumblebee…continue (Continue in a similar manner)

Ooooh! He’s all over me! He said to me I’m wiping off my baby bumblebee…continue “Why don’t you run? I see you ain’t Yuck! He’s still on me! Got any gun.” (stick tongue out and pretend to lick your hands while humming the tune for the final verse) And so I ran Away from there Bakery Shop But right behind (Melody of Virginia Reel) Me was that bear Oh I ran around the corner And I ran around the block Ahead of me And I ran right into the bakery shop I saw a tree Oh I picked up a doughnut A great big tree Right out of the grease Oh glory be And I handed the lady a Five cent piece The nearest branch Oh she looked at the nickel Was 10 feet up And she looked at me I’d have to jump And she said fine sir And trust my luck Can’t you plainly see There’s a hole in the nickel And so I jumped You can see right through Into the air Said I, “There’s a hole in the Doughnut too!” But I missed that branch Da dum du du du…good bye Away up there

Now don’t you fret Now don’t you frown Cause I caught that branch Bananas! On the way back down Bananas of the world unite! Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas The moral of Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas This story is Don’t talk to bears Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas In tennis shoes Eat bananas, eat, peel bananas That’s all there is Go bananas, go, go bananas There ain’t no more Go bananas, go, go bananas So what the heck y You singing for? Bear Song The other day (echo) Beaver Song I met a bear (echo) I’m a beaver In tennis shoes (echo) You’re a beaver A dandy pair (echo) We are beavers all And when we get together Altogether: We do our beaver call The other day I met a bear Beaver none, Beaver one The wind and rain had done its job Let’s all have some beaver fun And this is what I saw (motions) Beaver two Beaver three Let’s all climb the beaver tree (motions) Smoke coca-cola cigarettes Beaver four, Beaver five Chew Wrigley’s spearmint beer Let’s all do the beaver jive Ken-L-Ration dogfood keeps your (motions) Wife’s complexion clear Beaver six, Beaver seven Simonize your baby All the beavers go to heaven With a Hershey’s candy bar (motions) And Texaco’s the beauty cream Beavers eight, Beavers nine That’s used by all the stars STOP It’s beaver time Go Beaver, Go Beaver (motions)

Bed Bug Song I woke up Monday morning. I looked up on the So… wall. The beetles and the bed bugs were playing a game Take your next vacation of ball. In a brand new Frigidaire Learn to play piano in your The score was 2 to nothing, the beetles were ahead. Grandma’s underwear The bed bugs hit a homer and knocked me out of Doctors say that babies should bed. Smoke until they’re three And people over 65 should bathe in I’m singing, eany meany meany miny mo –o,o,o Lipton tea! Catch a bed bug bed bug by his toe – o,o,o Boom Boom Boom, if he hollers hollers, Let him go – o,o,o; eany meany meany miny mo – o,o,o

Be Kind (Melody:…March, Fight Song???) Be kind to your web-footed friends Bill Grogen’s Goat For a duck may be some ducky’s mother (Echo Song) Be kind to your friends in the swamp Bill Grogen’s goat Where the weather is mighty damp Was feeling fine Well you might think that this is the end He ate three shirts Well it is. Right off the line Bill took a stick Billboard Song And gave him a whack And tied him to (Melody: Grand Ol’ Duke of York) The railroad track As I was walking down the street The whistle blew One dark and dreary day The train drew nye I came across a billboard Bill Grogen’s goat And much to my dismay Was doomed to die The sign was torn and tattered He gave three groans From the storm the night before Of AWFUL pain Coughed up the shirts Let me see your Cindy Crawford (do modeling And flagged the train poses) And Flagged Let me see your Michael Jackson (do one of his The dance steps) Train Let me see your Funky Chicken (do the funky chicken) Birdie Song Let me see your Jelly Fish (act like a jelly fish) Note: Works really well if person leading sings in funny voice and puts a lot of movement into it. Blue Jay Wa-y up in the sky (point to the sky) (echo song) The little bir-dies fly (make wings moving arms up A way down yonder and not far off (repeat) and down) A blue jay died of a whooping cough (repeat) Way down in their nest (make next with palms side And he whooped and he whooped and he whooped by side) all day (repeat) The lit-tle bir-dies rest (hands with palms together He whooped his head and his tail away (repeat) under ear like a pillow) When I say Aussie, you say oy With a wing on the left (wave left arm up and Aussie – Oy down) Aussie – Oy And a wing on the right (wave right arm up and Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – Oy, Oy, Oy down) Second verse We’ll let the little bir-dies (hands with palms Same as the first together under ear like a pillow) But a whole lot louder and a sleep all through the night (same) Whole lot worse! Spoken - Shhh....they’re sleeping (said with index Repeat – louder and louder finger up to lips) SECOND VERSE Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean The bright sun comes up (move arms in a circle My Bonnie lies over the ocean above head) My Bonnie lies over the sea The dew falls a-way (flutter fingers down in front of My Bonnie lies over the ocean face like rain) So bring back my Bonnie to Me “Good morning, good morning,” (wave a greeting) The little birdies say (make wings moving up and Bring back down) Bring back With a wing.... (same as before) Bring back my Bonnie to me to me Bring back BOOG-A-LOO Bring back Heeey - let me see your boog-a-loo (leader) Oh bring back my Bonnie to me What’s that you say? (group) I said - let me see you boog-a-loo (leader) Start this song sitting down. On the first “B” What’s that you say? (group) sound stand up, on the second sit back down, on I said boog-a-loo, boog-boog-a-loo (all together) the third stand back up – continue. Sing faster I said boog-a-loo, boog-boog-a-loo (all together) and faster.

Now leader can ask to see anything....(you Boomba (Bubble Gum) substitute “I said ooh ahh, ooh ahh ahh. I said ooh (Char’s Song) ahh, ooh ahh ahh” for the part sung all together). Here are some ideas: My Mom gave me a penny Let me see your Frankenstein (do the Frankenstein) So I could buy some tennis Let me see your Michael Jordon (shoot hoops) I didn’t buy no tennis Boom Boom ain’t it great to be crazy! Chorus I bought me a boomba Way down South were bananas grow A chicky chicky boomba A flea stepped on an elephant’s toe A chicky chicky boomba The elephant cried with tears in his eyes A chicky chicky boomba “Why don’t you pick on someone your size?” Chorus My mom gave me a nickel So I could buy a pickle Way up North where there’s ice and snow I didn’t buy no pickle There lived a little penguin and his name was Joe I bought me a boomba… He got so tired of black and white Chorus He wore pink slacks to the dance last night Chorus My mom gave me a dime So I could buy a lime Boom Chick-a-Boom I didn’t buy no lime (Echo Song) I bought me a boomba… The leader sets the style and sings the phrase, the Chorus kids repeat each line.

My mom gave me a quarter I said a Boom Chick-a-Boom So I could buy some water I said a Boom Chick-a-Boom I didn’t buy no water I said a Boom Chick-a-Rock-a-Chick-a-Rock-a- I bought me a boomba Chick-a-Boom Chorus Oh Yeah! One more time… My mom gave me a one So I could have some fun Surfer Style I didn’t have no fun I said like a Dude Chick-a- I bought me a boomba Dude Chorus I said like a Dude Chick-a- Dude My mom gave me a five I said like a Dude Chick-a- So I could stay alive Rock-a-Chick-a-Rock-a- I didn’t stay alive Chick-a-Dude I choked on my boomba Oh Yeah! Chorus One more time…

Boom Boom ain’t it Great to Be Crazy Janitor Style A horse and a flea and three I said like a Broom Chick-a- blind mice. Broom Sat on a curb stone shooting I said like a Broom Chick-a- dice Broom The horse he slipped and fell I said like a Broom Chick-a- on the flea Mop-a-Chick-a-Mop-a-Chick- “Whoops,” said the flea, a-Broom “there’s a horse on me!” Oh Yeah! One more time… Chorus Boom Boom ain’t it great to be crazy! Astronaut Style Boom Boom ain’t it great to be crazy! Blast me to the moon Giddy and Foolish the whole day through I said a count down to one and then just blast me to ch, ch, ch, ch the moon OTHER VERSES (Valley Girl Style, Under Water, Really Loud, When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter Really Soft, girl style, Elvis style, baby style, to two southern style, underwater style, flower style and you don’t know what to do ‘bloom-chicka-bloom,’ etc.) Use whatever crazy When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter motions you would like! to three you’ve got a great big smile for me I said a boom-chicka-boom (repeat) When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter I said a boom-chicka-boom (repeat) to four I said a boom-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka-chicka- you hear a great big knock on the door boom (repeat) When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter Uhh huh (repeat) to five Oh yah (repeat) you’re so happy to be alive One more time ______style Candyland Bottle Pop Oh take me back to the candyland, where the cotton 1 Bottle Pop candy grows. 2 Bottle Pop Poof! Poof! 3 Bottle Pop Where the little marshmallows hand from the trees 4 Bottle Pop And the lollipops grow on the ground 5 Bottle Pop What? 6 Bottle Pop Yes! The lollipops grow on the ground! 7 Bottle Pop – Pop (Repeat faster and faster)

Don’t put your trash in my back yard, Cannibal King My backyard, my backyard. The cannibal king with the big nose ring Don’t put your trash in my backyard Fell in love with a dusty maid My backyard’s full. And every night by the pale moonlight It sounded like this to me Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar Ah-rump (kiss-kiss) Ah-rump (kiss-kiss) Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar and POP. Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee-eye Ah-rump (kiss-kiss) Ah-rump (kiss-kiss) Mayonnaise and tootsie rolls, tootsie rolls, tootsie Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee-eye rolls Mayonnaise and tootsie rolls, tootsie rolls and POP As the years went by Like one two three (can be done in rounds with each group singing a Soon there was a different verse) family And every night by BRUSH YOUR TEETH the pale moonlight When you wake up in the morn-ing and it’s quar-ter It sounded like this to to one -- me You want to have a lit-tle fun Ah-rump (ma -ma) You brush your teeth Ah-rump (ma-ma) ch, ch, ch, ch, ch, Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee- ch, ch, ch, ch -- eye You brush your teeth Ah-rump (ma-ma) ch, ch, ch, ch, ch Ah-rump (ma-ma) Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee- eye Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine. Chorus As the years went by like one two three Soon there was a family Drove she duckling to the water, every morning just And every night by the pale moonlight at nine, It sounded like this to me Hit her foot against a splinter, fell into the foaming Ah-rump (granma -ma) Ah-rump (granma-ma) bring. Chorus Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee-eye Ah-rump (granma-ma) Ah-rump (granma-ma) Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee-eye and fine But Alas! I was no swimmer, so I lost my As the years went by like one two three Clementine. Chorus Soon there was NO family And every night by the pale moonlight COOKIE JAR It sounded like this to me Group should sit in a circle, Indian style. Ah-rump (silent pause) Ah-rump (silent pause) Motion: Slap knees, clap hands, slap knees, clap Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee-eye hands, etc... Ah-rump (silent pause) Ah-rump (silent pause) Ahrump-ditty-ahh-ee-eye Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? ______stole the cookie from the cookie jar. CHANTILLY LACE Who me? Chantilly lace Yeah, you! And a pretty face Couldn’t be. With a ponytail Than who? Hanging down ______stole the cookie from the cookie jar With a wiggle and a walk (REPEAT) And a giggle and a talk Makes the world go round, round, round! Cool and Creamy There ain’t nothin’ in the world (Alouetta??? Melody) Like a big eyed girl To make me act so funny Chorus Make me spend my money Cool and creamy Make me feel real loose We like cool and creamy Like a long neck goose Cool and creamy We like it a lot Like a girl Oh baby, that’s what I like! Leader: “Do you like it in your ____” All: “Yes I like it in my _____” Clementine Leader: “In your ___?” In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine All: “In my ____.” Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Leader: “In your ___?” Clementine. All: “In my ____.” Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Chorus Chorus Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling, Clementine (Use places we like it in: Hair, ears, face, shoes, etc) You are lost and gone forever. Dreadful sorry, Clementine Cowboy Joe Way out west where the bad mean are Light she was a like a feather, and her shoes were And the only thing to guide you is the evening star number nine Lives the roughest, toughest man by far, And his name is Cowboy Joe He always sings ragtime music to his cattle Where the watermelons grow (repeat) As he swings back and forth in the saddle Back to my home (repeat) On a horse, a pretty good horse I dare not go (repeat) A syncopated gator For if I do (repeat) And it’s such a funny meter My mother will say (repeat) To the roar of his repeater How they run, how they run! Did you ever see a bear When they see his horse a comin’ combing his hair Cause the western folks all know Down by the bay? What do they know? Chorus He’s a high fallootin, rootin, tootin, Son of a gun from Arizona Did you ever see a bee with a sunburned knee Ragtime Cowboy, Talk about your cowboy Down by the bay? Ragtime Cowboy Joe! Chorus

CRAWDAD SONG Did you ever see a moose kissing a goose Note: This song can be song just like this, but also Down by the bay? works very well when sung in unison with “She’ll Chorus Be Coming Round the Mountain” and “When the Did you ever see a whale with a polka dot tail Saints.” Down by the bay? Chorus You get a line, I’ll get a pole, honey You get a line, I’ll get a pole, babe Did you ever have a time when you couldn’t make a You get a line, I’ll get a pole rhyme We’ll go down that crawdad hole Down by the bay? Honey, oh sugarbabe of mine Chorus Yee-haw! Let each kid take a turn inventing a rhyming verse. Cow Down on the Farm There was a cow down on the farm Do Your Ears Hang Low? Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo (Melody: Virginia Reel) She gave fresh milk with out alarm Do your ears hang low? Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo Do they wobble to and frow? One day she drank from a frozen stream Can you tie them in a knot? Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo Can you tie them in a bow? Now she gives up ice cream! Can you throw them over your Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo, Moo shoulder, …like a continental soldier? Dewey Do your ears hang low? Dewey was an admiral at Manila Bay Dewey was a morning in the month of May Everywhere We Go Dewey were her eyes as she pledged her love so true Everywhere that we go (Everywhere that we go) Do We love each other? People always ask us (People always ask us) Yes indeed we do! Who we are (Who we are) Dewey love each other? Yes indeed we do! And where do we come from? (And where do we come from?) So we tell them (So we tell them) Down by the Bay We’re from Boston (We’re from Boston) Mighty, mighty Boston (Mighty, mighty Boston) Chorus And if they can’t hear us (And if they can’t hear us) Down by the bay (repeat) We sing a little louder (We sing a little louder) 2) ...We’re from London (We’re from London) He’s never been in a store before Mighty, mighty London (Mighty, mighty London)... Alone tee hee all alone 3) ...We’re from Rio (We’re from Rio) Mighty, He stepped on the bread mighty Rio (Mighty, mighty Rio)... Wiped his feed on the ham 4) ...We’re from Paris (We’re from Paris) Mighty, And stuck out his tongue at the grocery man mighty Paris (Mighty, mighty Paris)... And then he walked out of the store again 5) ...We’re from Hong Kong (We’re from Hong Alone, tee hee all alone Kong) Mighty, mighty Hong Kong (Mighty, mighty Hong Found a Peanut Kong)... (melody of Clementine) 6) ...We’re from Sydney (We’re from Sydney) Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut just Mighty, mighty Sydney (Mighty, mighty Sydney) now And if they can’t hear us (And if they can’t hear us) Just now I found a peanut, found a peanut just now. We sing a little louder (We sing a little louder) And Cracked it open… if they can’t hear us —they’re deaf! It was rotten… Ate it anyway… Father Abraham Got a stomachacke… Father Abraham Called the doctor… Had many sons (seven sons) Penicillin… And seven sons had father Abraham Operation… They never laughed (HA! HA!) Died anyway… They never cried (Boo! Hoo!) Went to heaven… All they did was go like this Wouldn’t take me... (Swing) ight Arm, Left Arm, Right Leg, Left Leg, Went the other way… Hips, Head, Tongue, Turn around, touch the Didn’t want me… ground, Sit Down. Was a dream… Each time you sing through this, add one Then I woke up… additional motion and continue doing through the Feeling better… verse. You can add in any action you want for them to do - waving with one hand, then with the FRESHMAN CAMP other, hopping on one leg, then hopping on both, Note: Can substitute anything for “Freshman nodding their head, and finally ending up on their Camp.” Group should clap to tune. Can have entire backs doing everything combined. Every time you group sing as is, or split group in two and have half go through the song, you add one more motion sing keep singing only “Freshman Camp” and the and continue to do all while singing the song. other sing the verse. When group finally ends up on their backs, the song is over. Fresh-man Ca-mp Fresh-man Ca-mp FISH AND CHIPS AND VINEGAR Fresh-man Ca-mp Note: Best if sung in unison with “One Bottle of Fresh-man Ca-mp Pop” and “Momma Don’t Allow.” Some call it fun But some may call it ma-ad-ness (twirl finger by Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar head) Fish and chips and vinegar So come with us (invite to come motion) Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt And wipe away your sa-ad-ness (wipe away tears) REPEAT And when we are gone They’ll remember our song Fly in the Grocery Store Singing A fly walked in the grocery store Fresh-man Ca-mp.... Alone, tee hee all alone FROGGIE But one rolled off the table and squished a friend of For this song, everyone needs to kneel down and mine begin clapping and patting their hands on their Oh, I don’t want no more army life thighs (slowly at first). This a repeat song. You Gee Ma I Wanna go home continue to repeat the entire chorus - each time The money that they pay us, they getting faster and faster, until you can not even sing say is mighty fine anymore! They give your thirty dollars and take back forty nine. Dog (repeat) Oh, I don’t want no more army Dog cat (repeat) life Dog cat mouse (repeat) Gee Ma I Wanna go FROGGIE! (everyone together) Back to New Mexico Ittsy bittsy teeny weeny tiny little froggie (repeat) Gee Ma I wanna go Jump froggie, jump you little froggie (repeat) But they won’t let me go Gobble all up the little worms and spiders (repeat) Gee Ma I wanna go HOME! Fleas and flies are scrump-didilyicious (repeat) Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, ribbit, CROAK! Ghost Riders (repeat) An ole cowpoke went riding out one dark and FROGGIE! (everyone together) windy day. Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way Funky Chicken When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he I want to see your funky chicken saw What’s that you say? A-ploughing through the ragged skies, and up a I want to see your funky chicken cloudy draw What’s that you say? Yippey Cayaye Yippey Cayoh Chorus Ghost Riders in the Sky Ooh ahh ahh ah, Ooh ahh ahh ah, Ooh ahh ahh ah, ooh one more time Their brands was still on fire and their hoofs was Ooh ahh ahh ah, Ooh ahh ahh ah made of steel Ooh ahh ahh ah, Ooh 2 3 4 Their horns was black and shiny and their hot (actions with song, flop like a funky breath he could feel chicken) A bold of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky I want to see your (repeat using) He saw the riders coming hard…and he heard a Frankenstein… mournful cry Schwartzeneger Yippey Cayaye Yippey Cayoh Superman…Baller Ghost Riders in the Sky ina…Sumo Wrestler… Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, and shirts Paranoia… all soaked with sweat Surfer Dude… They’re riding hard to catch that herd, but they ain’t Egyptian. caught ‘em yet ‘Cause they’ve got to ride forever on that range up Gee, Ma, I Wanna Go Home in the sky They say that in the army the coffee’s mighty fine On horses snortin’ fire..as they ride on, hear their It looks like muddy water and tastes like turpentine cry: Oh, I don’t want no more army life Yippey Cayaye Yippey Cayoh Gee Ma I Wanna go home Ghost Riders in the Sky

The chicken in the army, they say is mighty fine As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name “If you want to save your soul from the devil’s ridin Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts on our range. Great big globs of greasy grimy gopher guts Then, cowboy, change your ways today, or with us Jubilated monkeys’ meat, concentrated birdies feet you will ride. A great big jar of all-purpose porpoise pus And me To catch the devil’s herd…across these endless without a spoon! Got a straw though….slurp! skies.” Yippey Cayaye Yippey Cayoh Green Grass Grew All Around Ghost Riders in the Sky There was a tree (echo) All in the wood (echo) GIVE A YELL The prettiest tree (echo) Give a yell That you ever did see (echo) Give a yell Give a great substantial yell Chorus And when we yell we yell like hell The tree in the hole and the hole in the ground And this is what the hell we yell and the green grass grew all around, all around Allamen The green grass grew all around. Allamen Allamen Chicago Ish-kitty-boom-boom And on that tree (echo) Rah rah rah There was a limb (echo) Boom! Gotta rat trap bigger than a cat trap The prettiest limb (echo) Boom! Got another one bigger than the other one That you ever did see (echo) Louder, louder, shish-koom-bah The limb on the tree.. ______- YEAH RAH RAH! Chorus

GREY SQUIRREL And on that limb Grey squirrel, grey squirrel, There was a branch… Shake your bushy tail (do the wiggle) Continue… Grey squirrel, grey squirrel, The branch on the limb and the limb on the tree Shake your bushy tail (do the wiggle) Chorus Crinkle up your little nose (crinkly nose and make whiskers) And on that branch there was a nest…continue Put a nut between your toes (bend down as if doing And in that nest there was an egg…continue that) And in that egg there was a bird…continue Grey squirrel, grey squirrel, And on that bird there was a wing…continue Shake your bushy tail (do the wiggle) And on that wind there was a feather…continue And on that feather there was a bug…continue Grand Ol’ Duke of York And on that bug there was a germ…continue Oh the Grand ol’ Duke of York He had ten thousand men HAM AND EGGS He marched them up the hill Ham and eggs And then he marched them down again Ham and eggs And when you’re up, you’re up I like mine fried nice and brown And when you’re down, you’re down I like mine fried upside down And when you’re only halfway up, Ham and eggs you’re neither up nor down. Ham and eggs Flip ‘em, flop ‘em, flip ‘em, flop ‘em When you sing “up,” stand up. When you sing Haaaaam and egggggs “down,” sit down. When you sing “halfway up,” crouch between sitting and standing. Sing faster and faster. Knees and toes Hanky Panky Knees and toes Down on the banks Of the hanky panky Herman the Worm Where the bullfrogs jump Chorus: From bank to banky I was sittin’ on a fence post With an: Chewin’ my bubble gum Eep! (Chomp, Chomp, Chomp, Chomp) Ipe! Playin’ with my yo-yo Oop! (Whoo Whoo) Op! When along came Herman the worm Eases off the lilly with a Kerplop! And he was this big How big was he Hop one small hop to your right on “Eep!”” Ipe!” This big “Oop!” and “Op!” and one big hop to your left on But the next day… “Kerplop.” Try singing this one with everyone Chorus: standing in a big circle. And I said Herman what happened? HAVE YOU EVER I ate all the campers with … GONE A FISHIN’ Chorus And I said Herman what happened? Have you ever gone a fishin I ate all the campers with … (cast your fishing pole) Chorus On a bright and sunny day (sun And I said Herman what happened? above your head) I burped? And seen the little fishies (eye goggles) Swimmin’ in and out the bay? (hands together to Hey Lolly zigzag) Chrous: everyone With their hands in their pockets (show 10 fingers, Hey lolly lolly lolly hit top of thighs) Hey lolly lolly low And their pockets in their pants (hit top of thighs, Hey lolly lolly lolly hit side of thighs) Hey lolly lolly low And all the little fishies doin’ the (hands together to zigzag) One person sings: Hoochie Coochie Dance! (Finger boogie) I know a boy/girl whose name is ______(someone in the group example: Madison) Now, drop one word every time you sing the song Everyone sings: and fill in only the motion...Continue until only Hey lolly lolly low motions remain and go faster and faster! Same one person sings a phrase that rhymes with the name they chose. Head & Shoulders Example: She likes staying at the Radison Everyone sings: Head and shoulders Hey lolly lolly low Knees and toes

Knees and toes Chrous: everyone Head and shoulders Then the person named sings the next verse using Knees and toes another person’s name and making a rhyme Knees and toes Eyes and ears and Mouth and nose High Hopes Head and shoulders Once there was a little old ant Thought he could move a If you’re hap-py and you know it, clap your hands rubber tree plant (clap, clap) Anyone know an ant cant Move a rubber tree plant OTHER VERSES: But…he’s got high hopes Stamp your feet He’s got high hopes Snap your fingers He’s got high apple pie in Slap your thighs the sky hopes Say “We are!”

How the Meatballs I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Roll In Fly (Melody: My Bonnie lies over the I know an old lady who swallowed a fly ocean) I don’t know why she swallowed a fly perhaps My dad is a very fine fellow she’ll die You can tell by the lift in his chin But whenever the man bends his elbow Oh boy how the meatballs roll in I know an old lady who swallowed a spider Roll in, Roll in That wriggled and wiggled and jiggled inside her Oh boy how the She swallowed the spider to catch the fly meatballs roll in, roll But I don’t know why she swallowed the fly in perhaps she’ll die. Roll in, Roll in Oh boy how the meatballs roll in. I know an old lady who swallowed a bird My Dad dines on meatballs for breakfast How absurd to swallow a bird He eats them at lunchtime and then She swallowed the bird to catch the When he comes to the table for supper spider…continue Oh boy how the meatballs roll in Roll in, Roll in I know an old lady who Oh boy how the meatballs roll in, roll in swallowed a cat Roll in, Roll in Well fancy that, she swallowed a cat Oh boy how the meatballs roll in. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird…continue

HUMBA HUMBA I know an old lady who swallowed a Humba, humba (hands by mouth) dog Riki-tiki-tumba (do a boogie, but arms bent and What a hog to swallow a dog close to body) She swallowed the dog to catch the Moosa, moosa, moosa (whispering - make antlers) cat…continue A-ala-way, alaway, alaway (do the hula to the right and left) I know an old lady who swallowed a cow IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW I don’t know how she IT swallowed a cow She swallowed the If you’re hap-py and you know it, clap your hands (clap, clap) cow to catch the dog…continue If you’re hap-py and you know it, clap your hands (clap, clap) If you’re hap-py and you know it Then your face will sure-ly show it I know an old lady who swallowed a horse And the limb was on the tree, and the tree’s in the She’s dead of course bog...(CHORUS)

I KNOW WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD Song continues...add one thing each time: I know what I’ve been told And on that limb, there was a branch ______as good as gold And on that branch, there was a twig Am I right or wrong? (part of group or leader says And on that twig, there was a nest this) And on that nest, there was an egg You’re right! (other part of group) And on that egg, there was a bird Am I right or wrong? (part of group) And on that bird, there was a feather You’re right! (other part of group) And on that feather, there was a tick Sound off! (leader or part of group) And on that tick, there was an elephant - NOT! 1-2! (other part of group) Bring it on down! (leader or part of group) I’m a Little Pile of Tin 3-4! (other part of group) I’m a little pile of tin Nobody knows what shape I’m in I'm a Nut I’ve got four wheels and a runnin’ board I'm a little acorn, nice and round. I live away down I’m a Ford oh I’m a Ford in the ground, And everyone walks over me And Honk Honk that is why I'm cracked you see! Rattle Rattle Rattle I'm a nut! (Click, click with tongue) I'm a nut! Crash (Click, click with tongue) I'm a nut! (Click, click Beep Beep with tongue) Honk Honk 16. Yon Yonson Rattle Rattle My name is Yon Yonson. I came from Wisconsin. I Rattle work in the lumber mill there. As I walk down the Crash street All the people I meet Ask me my name, And I Beep Beep say... Honk Honk Rattle Rattle Rattle IN THAT BOG Crash Beep Beep Motions: Leader can make up as they go Honk Honk

CHORUS ...And the bog’s down in the valley-o I’m a Nut Rare bog, rattlin’ bog I’m a little acorn round Way down in the valley-o Lying on the cold hard ground Rare bog, rattlin’ bog People come and step on me Way down in the valley-o tThat is why I’m cracked you see FIRST VERSE Now in that bog Chorus: There was a tree I’m a nut, I’m a nut, I’m crazy A rare tree A rattlin’ tree Called myself up on the phone And the tree’s in the bog....(CHORUS) Just to see if I was home SECOND VERSE Asked myself out on a date Now on that tree “Pick me up and half past eight” There was a limb Chorus A rare limb A rattlin’ limb Rat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat (machine gun) It’s a Small World It’s a world of laughter Kookaburra A world of tears Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree It’s a world of hopes and Merry merry king of the bush is he A world of fears Laugh kookaburra laugh There’s so much that we share Kookaburra gay your life must be That it’s time we’re aware Kookaburra sits in the old It’s a small world after all gum tree Eating all the gumdrops he Chorus: can see It’s a small world after all Stop kookaburra stop, It’s a small world after all Kookaburra leave some there It’s a small world after all for me It’s a small small world Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree There’s just one moon Counting all the monkeys he And one golden sun can see And a smile means friendship Stop kookaburra stop To everyone Kookaburra that’s not a monkey that’s me Though the mountains divide And the oceans are wide Limerick Song It’s a small world after all Chorus Aye-aye-aye-aye Chorus In China they never grow chilly So sing me a verse that’s worse than John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt the first John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt Make sure that it’s foolish and silly His name is my name too Whenever we go out A canner exceedingly canny The people always shout One morning remarked to his granny There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt “A canner can can anything that he Na na na na na na na can, but a canner can’t can a can, can Repeat very softly and then loudly he?” Chorus Junior Birdman Up in the air! A tutor who tooted the floot Junior Birdman Tried to tutor two tooters to toos Up in the air! Said the two to the tutor, Flying High “It is tougher to tood Up in the air! or to tutor two tooters to toot?” Junior Birdman Chorus Keep your wings up to the sky – up to the sky And when you hear the great announcement A certain young fellow named Beebee That you’ve got your wings of tin Wished to marry a lady named Phoebe Then you’ll know the Junior Birdman “But,” he said, “I must see what the minister’s fee Has turned his box tops in. be, Five Box Tops Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebee.” Ten Box Tops 1. I’ll give you 2 chances. Then I’ll turn you LINGER LONGER into a Goon! M-hmm, I want to li-inger Chorus M-hmm, a little lo-on-ger 2. I’ll give you 1 more chance. Then I’ll turn M-hmm, a little longer here with you you into a Goon! M-hmm, it’s such a perfect night Chorus M-hmm, it doesn’t seem quite right 3. I gave you 2 chances. Now I’ll turn you into M-hmm, that it should be my last with you a Goon! Poof – you’re a Goon! M-hmm, and come Sep-te-m-ber And the moral of the story is: Hare today, Goon M-hmm, I shall re-me-m-ber Tomorrow.! M-hmm, our camping days and friendships true M-hmm, and as the years go by Little Chicken M-hmm, I’ll think of you and sigh (Melody of Virginia Reel) M-hmm, it is good night and not goodbye Oh I had a little chicken and she wouldn’t lay an egg Little Bar of Soap So I poured hot water (Melody: There’s a whole in the bottom of the sea) Up and down her leg Oh the little chicken hollered Oh I wish I were a little bar And the little chicken of soap begged Bar of Soap And the little chicken layed me Oh I wish I were a little bar A hard boiled egg of soap Da dum du du du…some chick Bar of Soap I’d slippy and go slidy Little Green Frog Over everybody’s hidey Aah loop Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap Went the little green frog one day Bar of Soap Aah loop Went the little green frog Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop Aah loop Bottle of pop Went the little green frog one day Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop And his eyes went Bottle of pop Gink, gank, goink I’d go slurpy slurpy slurpy And make everybody burpy But we all know frogs go Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop Fe lo di oh di oh Bottle of pop Fe lo di oh di oh Fe lo di oh di oh Little Bunny Foo Foo But we all know frogs go Chorus Fe lo di oh di oh Little Bunny Foo Foo They don’t go Hopping through the forest Gink, gank, goink Scooping up the field mice And bopping ‘em on the head…. Little Skunk Down came the Good Fairy (Melody: Virginia Reel) And she said, Well I stuck my head in a “Little Bunny Foo Foo little skunk’s hole I don’t want to see you And the little skunk said, Scooping up the field mice “Well bless my soul!” And bopping ‘em on the head” “Take it Out, Take it Out, Take it Out, Take it Out, Remove it.” Well we don’t care what Momma don’t allow Well I didn’t take it out and the little skunk said, Gonna clap our hands any old how “You better take it out or you’ll wish you were Momma don’t allow no hand clapping round here dead.” (clap hands) “Take it Out, Take it Out, Take it Out, Take it Out” I removed it.” Other verses: Psssssst! Phew! Too Late!!! Momma don’t allow no foot stomping round here (stomp feet twice) McDonalds Momma don’t allow no bottom bouncing round (AKA: the Galen song – with motions) here (bounce in seat) Mc Donalds Momma don’t allow no carrying on round here (in Mc Donalds unison, clap hands, stomp feet, bounce seat, and Kentucky Fried Chicken and a shout “soo-ey”) Pizza Hut…a Pizza Hut Repeat Darth Vader Michael Finnegan Darth Vader There was an old man Luke Skywalker and a Named Michael Finnegan Jaba the Hut…a Jaba the He grew wiskers on his chin- Hut egan Repeat They fell out and Then grew in again McVader Poor old Michael Finnegan McVader Luke Sky Chicken and a Begin again Jaba the Hut…a Jaba the Hut There was an old man Named Michael Finnegan MAKE NEW FRIENDS He went fishing with a Make new friends, but keep the old pinnegan One is silver and the other’s gold Caught a fish and dropped it in again A circle is round, it has no ends Poor old Michael Finnegan That’s how long I want to be your friend Begin again Make new friends, but keep the old One is silver and the other’s gold There was an old man Named Michael Finnegan Mary Had A Swarm Of Bees He grew fat and then grew thin again Mary had a swarm of bees, swarm of bees, swarm Then he died and had to begin again of bees Mary had a swarm of bees and they to save Poor old Michael Finnegan their lives Had to go where Mary went, Mary went, Begin again Mary went Had to go where Mary went 'cause Mary had the hives. Milk Song Give me long M, (yell) M. MOMMA DON’T ALLOW Give me a short M, (quiet) Note: Can be sung alone, but best if sung in unison M. with “Fish and Chips and Vinegar” and “One Bottle Don’t give me no pop, no of Pop.” pop. Don’t give me no tea, no tea. Momma don’t allow no hand clapping round here Just give me that Milk. (clap hands twice) Moo Moo Moo Moo Momma don’t allow no hand clapping round here Just give me that Milk (clap twice) Moo Moo Moo Moo

Give me long I, (yell) I. In graves both deep…and narrow Give me a short I, (quiet) I. And up from hers Don’t…. There growed a rose And up from his’n…a brier Give me long L, (yell) L. Dey climbed and climbed Give me a short L, (quiet) L. Up the old church tower Don’t… The red rose and …the brier Give me long K, (yell) K. Give me a short K, (quiet) K. Nero, My Dog, Has Fleas Don’t…. Nero, my dog, has fleas. Nero has fleas. Nero, my dog, has fleas. Nero has fleas. Give me a long milk, Chocolate That’s not a swarm of bees. Nero, my dog, has Give me a short milk, skim fleas. Nero, my dog, has fleas. Nero has fleas. Don’t… 23. Have You Ever Seen? Have you ever seen a horse fly, a horse fly, a horse Mr Sun fly? Have you ever seen a horse fly? Now you tell Oh Mr. Sun, Sun us one. Golden Mr. Sun Have you ever seen a shoe box, a shoe box, a shoe Hiding behind that tree box? Oh Mr. Sun, Sun Have you ever seen a chimney sweep, a chimney Won’t you shine down on me sweep, A chimney sweep? We’re all waiting for you Have you ever seen a dish mop, a dish mop, a dish So come out and do mop? Those things that you do Oh Mr. Sun, Sun Nobody Likes Me Golden Mr. Sun Nobody likes me. Everybody hates me. Think I'll go Won’t you doine down on eat worms— Big, fat, juicy ones Eeeny, weeny, Please shine down on squirmy ones. See how they wiggle and squirm! Won’t you shine down on me Shine down on me Old Lady Leary MY BACK ACHES Late last night Left, left, left-right-left (march) fWhen we were all in bed Left, left, left-right-left (march) Old Lady Leary My back aches (lean back with hands on lower Hung a lantern in the back) shed My pants to tight (put hands on front pockets and And when the cow lean forward) kicked it over My hips shake from left to right (shake hips) She winked her eye and Say - un, ungowa, ______has the power said (dance) “There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight!” Say - un, ungowa, ______has the power FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! (dance)

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time you sing it time leave My Rose out the each underlined My Rose she died. words in order until they She died for love. have all been omitted from Her lover he died…for sorrow the song. They buried ‘em both In the old church yard For experts!!! the cup that held my cola drink. I looked in the saucepan, right under the lid. No matter where I Late last night looked, those mushrooms stayed hid. Next time you When bed we all were in make pizza, I’m begging you, please, Do not give Old Lady Leary me mushrooms, but just plain old cheese. Hung a shed the lantern in 4. Michael Finnegan And when the kick cowed it over There once was a man named Michael Finnegan. She eyed her wink and said He grew whiskers on his chinnegan. The wind came “There’ll be a time hot in the town old tonight!” out and blew them in again. Poor old Michael IRF! IRF! IRF! Finnegan, begin again! There once was a man named Michael Finnegan. Oh Mrs. Sadie He went fishing with a pinnegan. Caught a fish but Oh Mrs. Sadie, she was a lady he dropped it in again. Poor old Michael Finnegan, She had a daughter I adored begin again! I used to court her, I mean her daughter There once was a man named Michael Finnegan. Every Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Climbed a tree and barked his shinnigan. Took off Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, half past four. several yards of skinnigan. Poor old Michael Finnegan, begin again! Repeat adding another week every time getting There once was a man named Michael Finnegan. faster and faster. He grew fat and he grew thin again. Then he died and we have to begin again. Poor old Michael On Top of Old Smokey & Spaghetti Finnegan, begin again!

On top of old Smoky, all covered with snow I lost my true lover, for a courtin’ too slow ONE BOTTLE OF POP A courtin’s a pleasure, a partin’ is grief Note: Best if sung in unison with “Fish and Chips But a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief and Vinegar” and “Momma Don’t Allow.” For a thief, he will rob you and take all you save But a false-hearted lover will send you to your One bottle of pop, two bottles of pop, three bottles grave of pop, four bottles of pop, He’ll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lied. five bottles of pop, six bottles of pop, seven, seven Than the cross-ties on the rail road or the stars in bottles of pop the skies REPEAT

On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese One Tin Soldier I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed Listen children to a story that was written long ago It rolled off the table, and onto the floor, ‘bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door below. It rolled in the garden, and under a bush And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath The mush was as tasty as tasty could be a stone. And the valley people swore they’d have it And early next summer, turned into a tree for their very own. The tree was all covered with beautiful moss, It grew great big meatballs and tomato sause Chorus So if you eat spaghetti, all covered with cheese Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and Hold onto your meatball, and be sure not to sneeze! cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven. You can justify it in the end. On Top Of My Pizza There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ come the On top of my pizza all covered with sauce Could judgment day. On the bloody morning after. One not find the mushrooms. I think they got lost. I Tin soldier rides away. looked in the closet. I looked in the sink. I looked in So the people of the valley sent a message up the You want to sing, it’s fresh like spring, you want to hill. Asking for the buried treasure – tons of gold pass it on. for which they’d kill. I wish for you my friend this happiness that I’ve Came an answer from the kingdom “With our found brothers we will share. All the secrets of our You can depend on Him, It matters not where mountain, all the riches buried there.” you’re bound I’ll shout it from the mountaintop; I want my world Chorus to know The Lord of love has come to me, I want to pass it Now the valley cried with anger mount your horses, on draw your sword. And they killed the mountain I’ll shout it from the mountaintop (Hey World!) people so the won their just reward. I want my world to know The Lord of love has come to me, Now they stood beside the treasure on the I want… to pass… it on mountain, dark and red. Turned the stone and looked beneath it “Peace on Earth” was all it said. Peanut Butter Chorus Chorus Peanut, Peanut Butter, and Jelly…repeat O Tom The Toad O Tom the toad, O Tom the toad Why did you hop First you take the peanuts and you smash ‘em, up on the road? O Tom the toad, O Tom the toad smash ‘em…repeat Why did you hop up on the road? You were my Chorus friend and now you’re dead You bear the marks of Next you take the grapes and you tire tread stomp ‘em, stomp ‘em…repeat O Tom the toad, O Tom the toad Why did you hop Chorus up on the road? Then you take the bread and you O Tom the toad, O Tom the toad Why did you hop spread it, spread it…repeat up on the road? O Tom the toad, O Tom the toad Chorus Why did you hop up on the road? You did not see Then you take the sandwich and yon passing car you eat it, eat it…repeat And now you’re stretched out on the tar O Tom the Chorus (hum as if mouth stuck together by the Toad, O Tom the Toad Why did you hop up on the peanut butter and say “Yum!” at end of each line. road? Piccolo Pass It On Piccolo pic pic a lo It only takes a spark, to get a fire going Piccolo pic pic a lo And soon all those around, can warm up in it’s glowing. Hey_____ (name) That’s how it is with God’s love, once you’ve Hey what (answers) experienced it; Hey_____ (same name) You spread his love, to everyone, you want to pass Hey what (answers) it on. Are you ready to piccolo?

What a wondrous time is spring, when all the trees With my hands up high and my feet down low this are budding is the way I piccolo The birds begin to sing; the flowers start their (named person makes an action for others to copy) blooming then repeat with another person’s name. That’s how it is with God’s love, Once you’ve experienced it’

Pink Pajamas Variance: let the singers come up with their own (Melody: Battle Hymn of the Republic) rhyme! We wear our pink pajamas in the summer when it’s hot Pizza Man Song We wear our woolen undies in the winter when it’s not Hey, Hey, Bo Diddley Bop But sometimes in the springtime I gotta get back to my block and sometimes in the fall with a pizza in my hand We jump into the covers with I’m gonna be a pizza man nothing on at all!!! I’m gonna be a pizza man That’s the way we do in Private That’s the way we do in Private Hey, Hey, Bo Diddley Bop I gotta get back to my That’s the way we do in Private block We jump into the covers with with my car keys in my hand nothing on at all!!! I’m gonna drive my Chevy van Chevy van, pizza man, Pirate Song I’m gonna be a pizza man When I turned one, I sucked my thumb Hey, Hey, Bo Diddley Bop I gotta get back to my That day I went to sea block I climbed aboard the pirate ship with a basketball in my hand The captain said to me… I’m gonna be like Michael Jordan Michael Jordan, Oh, we’ll go this way Chevy van, pizza man That way I’m gonna be a pizza man Forward and backward Over the Irish sea Hey, Hey, Bo Diddley Bop Some bubble gum I gotta get back to my block To fill my tum with some noonchucks in my hand ‘Cause that’s the life for I’m gonna be like Jackie Chan me Jackie Chan, Michael Jordan, Chevy van, pizza man Y-argh! I’m gonna be... a... piz... za... man !

When I turned two Princess Pat I tied my shoe The princess Pat (echo) That day I went to sea… Light infantry (echo) Y-argh! She sailed across (echo) The seven seas (echo) Then I turned three, She sailed across (echo) I banged my knee The channel too (echo) 4- shut the door And she took with her (echo) 5 – did a jibe A rick-a-bamboo (echo) 6 – picked up sticks A rick-a-bamboo (echo) 7 – went to heaven 8 – had a date 9 – feeling fine Now that is that (echo) 10 – did it again It’s something made (echo) Argh! By the princess Pat (echo) It’s red and gold (echo) And purple too (echo) That’s why it’s called (echo) A rick-a-bamboo (echo) Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane A rick-a-bamboo (echo) Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave. Now Captain Jack (echo) So, Puff, the mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his Had a mighty fine crew (echo) cave. Oh… Chorus He sailed across the channel too (echo) His ship did sink (echo) Then one day it happened, as Puff stepped out his And so will you (echo) cave If you don’t take (echo) Looking down to his surprise saw foot prints in the A rick-a-bamboo (echo) sand A rick-a-bamboo (echo) A voice said Mr. Dragon, now don’t you look so sad, Repeat 2nd verse My name is Jennny Paper, I was sent here by my dad. Oh!... Chorus

Puff the Magic Dragon (Peter yarrow Ravioli and Leonard Lipton) Ravioli, I like ravioli. Ravioli, it’s the best for me! Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea Leader: Do I have it on my chin? Everyone: Yes, And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called you’ve got it on your chin. Leader: On my chin? Hana Lee Everyone: On your chin! Ohhhhhhhhh! Little Jackie Paper, loved that rascal Puff, Leader: Do I have it in my hair? Everyone: Yes, And brought him strings and sealing was, and other you’ve got it in your hair! ... fancy stuff, Oh… Leader: Do I have it in my ears? Everyone: Yes, you’ve got in your ears! ..19. Little Black Things Chorus Chorus: Little black things, little black things Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea Running up and down my arm If I wait till they And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called have babies I can start a black thing farm Hana Lee Haven't had a bath in two years And I never wash Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea my clothes 'Cause I got these little black thing And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Where they came from no one knows Hana Lee Had a boyfriend, tried to kiss me But he turned and gave a yell And I never got to ask him Was it the Together they would travel, on a boat with billowed black things or the smell? sail Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic Rise and Shine tail. Chorus: Noble kings and princes would bow when’er they Oh Rise and shine and give God the glory glory came Rise and shine and give God the glory glory Pirate ships would lower their flags, Rise and shine and (clap) give God the glory glory When Puff roared out his name. Oh… Chorus Children of the Lord

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys, Oh God told Noah Painted wings and giant rings make way for other “There’s gonna be a floody, floody” toys God told Noah One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no “There’s gonna be a floody, floody” more Get those children (clap) And Puff , that mighty dragon, he ceased his Out of the muddy, muddy fearless roar. Children of the Lord Chorus His head was bent in sorrow, Green scales fell like rain. Noah, he built him He build him an arky, arky Noah, he built him Shark Song He build him an arky, arky Baby Shark – do do do do do Make it out of (clap) gopher barky, barky Kiddy Shark - do do do do do Children of the Lord Teen Shark - do do do do do Chorus Mama Shark - do do do do do Papa Shark - do do do do do (as before) Go for a Swim - do do do do do The animals, they came in Shark Swimming - do do do do They came in by two-dies, two-sies do Elephants and kangaroo-sies – oosies Shark Attack - do do do do do Chorus Lost a Leg - do do do do do Lost my Arm - do do do do do It rained and poured for Forty day-sies, day-sies Nearly drove those animals crazy, crazy SHE’LL BE COMING ‘ROUND THE Chorus MOUNTAIN The sun, it came out Note: Can be sung by itself, or with “When the And dried up the landy, landy Saints” and “Crawdad Song.” Everything was fine and dandy, dandy Chorus She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she comes The animals, they came out Toot, toot! They came out by three-sies, three-sies She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she Must have been those birds and bee-sies, bee-sies comes Chorus Toot, toot! She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain This is the end, She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain The end of our story, story She’ll be coming ‘round the mountain when she Everything was hunky dory, dory comes Toot, toot! Road Kill Stew Road kill stew! Road kill stew! Tastes so good— She Waded in the Water Just like it should. First you go down to the (Melody: Battle Hymn of the Republic) interstate. You wait for the critter to meet its fate. She waded in the water and she got her feet all wet You take it home and you make it great. Road kill She waded in the water and she got her feet all wet stew! She waded in the water and she got her feet all wet Road kill stew! But she didn’t get her (whoo whoo) wet (clap) yet (clap). SHAKE YOUR SILLIES OUT She waded in the water and she got her ankles I’m gon-na shake, shake, shake my sil-lies out wet…repeat 3 times Shake, shake, shake my sil-lies out But she didn’t get her (whoo whoo) wet (clap) yet And wig-gle my wag-gles a-way (clap).

OTHER VERSES She waded in the water and she got her knees Clap my crazies out wet…continue Jump my jiggles out She waded in the Yawn my sleepies out water and she got her Stretch my strechies out thighs wet…continue Shake my sillies out She waded in the water and she finally got it Was sippin’ ci…(echo) ‘der through a straw (echo) wet…continue (All) The cutest boy/girl I ever saw was sippin’ ci-di-i-di-i-der through a straw Yes she finally got her bathing suit wet! Tiddily, ha ha.

SHOW ME THE SCOTCHMAN I asked him if (echo) Group does the first round slow, then gets rather He’d show me how (echo) crazy for the second round (clapping hands and To sip that ci…(echo) ‘der through a straw (echo) jumping around...) (All) I asked him if he’d show me how, to sip that ci-di-i-di-i-der through a straw Show me the Scotchman Tiddily, ha ha. Who doesn’t love the thistle Show me the Englishman He said of course (echo) Who doesn’t love the rose He’d show me how (echo) Show me the true-heart-ed To sip that ci…(echo) ‘der through a straw (echo) Son of old Springfield (All) He said of course he’d show me how, to sip Who doesn’t love the spot (slap, slap, slap) that Where the Massasoit flows (use hand to show a ci-di-i-di-i-der through a straw river flowing) Tiddily, ha ha.

Sing First cheek to cheek (echo) Then jaw to jaw (echo) Sing, sing a song We sipped that ci…(echo) ‘der Sing out loud, sing out strong through a straw (echo) Sing of good things, not bad. (All) First cheek to cheek then Sing of happy, not sad jaw to haw, we’d sip that

ci-di-i-di-i-der through a straw Sing, sing a song Tiddily, ha ha. Make it simple to last your whole life long

Don’t worry that it’s not good enough I asked him if (echo) for anyone else to hear He’d show me how (echo) Just sing, sing a song. To sip that ci…(echo) ‘der through a straw (echo) La, la, la, la, la, etc. (All) I asked him if he’d show me how, to sip that

ci-di-i-di-i-der through a straw Sing, sing a song, Tiddily, ha ha. Let the whole world

Sing along Now 49 kids (echo) Sing of love that could be All call me “Ma” (echo) Sing for you and for me From sippin’ ci…(echo) ‘der through a straw (echo)

(All) Now 49 kids all call me “Ma” from sippin’ Sing, sing a song that Make it simple to last your whole life long ci-di-i-di-i-der through a straw Don’t worry that it’s not good enough Tiddily, ha ha. for anyone else to hear

Just sing, sing a song. The moral of (echo) Just sing, sing a song. This little tale (echo) La, la, la, la, la, etc. Is sip your ci…(echo) ‘der through a pail (echo)

(All) The moral of this little tale is sip that Sipin’ Cider ci-di-i-di-i-der through a pail The cutest boy/girl (echo) Tiddily, ha ha. I ever saw (echo) SING ME A RAINBOW Quack, quack, quack (open and close hands like a CHORUS duck bill) Sing me a rainbow, paint me a dream Quack, quack, quack! (Same) Show me a world that I’ve never seen It led the oth-ers with a quack, quack, quack! Whisper a sunset and whey you do (Same) You’ll know how I feel, I say you’ll know how I feel SMILE SONG You’ll know how I’ll feel when I’m with you I’ve got something in my pocket that belongs across FIRST VERSE my face You walked into my life on such an ordinary day I keep it very close to me, in a most convenient But it’s been extraordinary since you came my way place There’s nothing in this world that I can’t do I’m sure you couldn’t guess it, if you guessed a As long as you continue to... long, long while SECOND VERSE You brought something special to a life that was so So, I’ll take it out and put it on plain It’s a great big ______smile! Feelings that you turned me onto I just can’t explain Something happens when I’m with you Song that gets on everybody’s And’ I just can’t wait to hear you... nerves

I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves SINGING IN THE RAIN I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves I’m singing in the rain I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves Just singing in the rain It’s really easy these are all the words. (repeat) What a glorious feeling I’m hap-hap-happy again (group should be swaying back and forth) Song that never ends Thumbs up! (Repeat) This is the song that never ends Tickie tah, a tickie tah, a tickie tah, tah It just goes on and on my friend. a tickie tah, a tickie tah, a tickie tah, tah (while Somebody started singing it not knowing what it turning around) was. And now they just keep on singing it forever just Add one each time: because, (repeat). Elbows back (so would say, “thumbs up! thumbs up! elbows back! elbows back!) Speckled Frogs Chest out Five green and speckled frogs Butt out Sat on a speckled log Knees together Eating the most delicious Toes together bugs Chin down Yum Yum Tongue out One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool. SIX LITTLE DUCKS Now there are four speckled frogs. Six little ducks that I once knew (hold up six Continue until no more frogs. fingers, then point to self) Fat ones, skin-ny ones, tall ones too (spread hands, Spider on the Floor hands close together, reach for sky) (Melody: If you’re happy and you know it) But the one lit-tle duck with a feath-er on its back There’s a spider on the floor on the floor (hold up one finger, hand behind back) There’s a spider on the floor on the floor It led the oth-ers with a quack, quack, quack, There’s a spider on the floor (beckon neighbor, open and close hands) Who could ask for anything more There’s a spider on the floor on the floor feety. Oh, I wish I were a little foreign car. (Foreign Now the spider’s on my leg on my leg car) Oh the spider’s on my leg on my leg Oh he’s really really big! Oh, I wish I were a little mosquito. (Mosquito) Oh, This old spider on my leg I wish I were a little mosquito. (Mosquito) I'd go There’s a spider on my leg on my leg hidey, hidey, hidey under everybody's nightie. Oh, I wish I were a little mosquito. (Mosquito) Now the spider’s on my stomach on my stomach Oh the spider’s on my stomach on my stomach Oh, I wish I were a little band-aid. (Band-aid) Oh, I Oh he’s just a real old lummock wish I were a little band-aid. (Band -aid) I'd stick to This old spider on my stomach the hairs and pull them up in pairs. Oh, I wish I There’s a spider on my stomach on my stomach were a little band-aid. (Band -aid)

Now the spider’s on my neck on my neck Oh, I wish I were a little striped skunk. (Striped Oh the spider’s on my neck on my neck skunk) Oh, I wish I were a little striped skunk. Oh I’m gunna be a wreck (Striped skunk) I'd sit up in the trees and perfume I’ve got a spider on my neck all the breeze. Oh, I wish I were a little striped There’s a spider on my neck on skunk. (Striped skunk) my neck STORM Now the spider’s on my face on Dum, dum, da, da my face Da, dum, dum, da, da Oh the spider’s on my face on Da, dum, dum, da, da, dum, dum my face CONTINUE TO REPEAT (Getting louder and Oh what a big disgrace softer for storm) I’ve got a spider on my face There’s a spider on my face on my face Motions: During round one: clap, snap, clap, snap... During round two: Four snaps (snap at Now the spider’s on my head on my head four levels, start at top and work down) Oh the spider’s on my head on my head During round three: clap, slap knees, Oh I wish that I was dead (Charleston style - opp. hand/opp. Knee) I’ve got a spider on my head During round four: hand twirl (like There’s a spider on my head …but he jumps off! saying, “You’re crazy!”) Repeat....but, backwards! Squirty Orange Oh, I wish I were a little squirty orange. (Squirty SWITCH orange) Oh, I wish I were a little squirty orange. I don't care if I go crazy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Switch (Squirty orange) I'd go squirty, squirty, squirty over Crazy go I, if care don't I 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Switch everybody's shirty. Oh, I wish I were a little squirty orange. (Squirty orange) Ta Tee Ta Tah Oh, I wish I were a little bottle of pop. (Bottle of Ta Tee Ta Tah Ta Tee Ta Tah pop) Oh, I wish I were a little bottle of pop. (Bottle Ta Tee Ta Tah Tah of pop) I'd go down with a slurp and come up with a Ta Tee Ta Tah Ta Tee Ta Tah burp. Oh, I wish I were a little bottle of pop. (Bottle Ta Tee Ta Tah Tah of pop) 1. Thumbs up Oh, I wish I were a little foreign car. (Foreign car) 2. Thumbs up, arms back Oh, I wish I were a little foreign car. (Foreign car) 3. Thumbs up, arms back, knees bent I'd go speedy, speedy, speedy over everybody's 4. Thumbs up, arms back, knees bent, toes in 5. Thumbs up, arms back, knees bent, toes in, TEA POT shoulders ba I’m a little tea pot, short and stout (person squats 6. Thumbs up, arms back, knees bent, toes in, down) shoulders back, bottoms up Here is my handle (puts one hand on waist as a 7. Thumbs up, arms back, knees bent, toes in, handle) shoulders back, bottoms up, tongue out Here is my spout (holds other arm out straight for spout) Take It Out, Remove It When I get all steamed up, hear my SHOUT (says Oh, I stuck my head in a little skunk’s hole The very loudly) little skunk said, “Upon my soul, Take it out! Take Just tip me over, and pour me out (leans over as if it out! Take it out! Remove it!” pouring tea) Oh, I stuck my head in a little skunk’s hole The little skunk said, “Upon my soul, Take it out! Take TENNESSEE WIGGLE WALK it out! Take it out! Remove it!” I’m a bull-legged chicken (be bull-legged) Well, I didn’t take it out, and the little skunk said, I’m a knock-kneed hen (be knock-kneed) “If you don’t take it out, you will wish that you Haven’t been so happy, since I don’t know when were dead. Take it out! Take It out!” (bounce to music, use arms) SSSSSSSSSSSSST! I walk with a wiggle, a giggle, and a squawk (walk, I removed it! knees in plie, leaning to right and left) Doin’ the Tennessee Wiggle Walk (hit hip with Tarzan someone else’s on “wiggle”) (echo song) Put your heels together and your knees apart (do Tar-zan just that - and bounce) Swinging on a rubber band Snap your fingers ready to start (begin snapping Tar-zan fingers and continue bouncing) Fell into a frying pan Flap your wings just once for luck (begin to flap Now Tarzan has a tan arms) Ja-ane And you wiggle and you walk like a baby duck Cruising in her airplane (walk like that) Ja-ane Come dance with me, baby keep your toes in time Fell into a traffic lane (tap foot and clap hands) Now Jane has a pain, and Tarzan has a tan Haven’t been so happy in a long, long time (bounce Chee-tah to music, use arms) Rocking to the beat-uh I walk with a wiggle, a giggle, and a squawk (walk, Chee-tah clap, lean side to side) Got eaten by amoebas Doin’ the Tennessee Wiggle Walk (hit hips of Now Cheetah is Velveta, and Jane has a pain, and another person on “wiggle”) Tarzan has a tan And I hope he doesn’t peel…like a banana The Bear Went Over the Mountain The bear went over the mountain, The bear went TARZAN OF THE APES over the mountain, The bear went over the I like bananas, coconuts, and grapes mountain, To see what he could see. I like bananas, coconuts, and grapes To see what he could see. To see what he could see. I like bananas, coconuts, and grapes The bear went over the mountain, The bear went That’s why they call me TARZAN OF THE over the mountain, The bear went over the APES!!! mountain, To see what he could see. The other side of the mountain, The other side of (Group should sing quieter until they SCREAM the mountain, The other side of the mountain, Was “Tarzan of the Apes”) all that he could see. Was all that he could see, Was all that he could see, The other side of the mountain, The other side of finally thought the cat was out of human reach. the mountain, Was all that he could see! Next day they got a call from Miami Beach. But the cat came back the very next day. They The Cat Came Back thought he was a goner, but the cat came back Well, old Mr. Johnson had troubles all his own; He Cause he wouldn't stay away! had an old yellow cat that wouldn't leave home. Tried everything he knew to get the cat to stay There’s A Hole In The Bucket away. Even took him up to Canada and told him for There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza. to stay. But the cat came back the very next day. There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole. They thought he was a goner, but the cat came back Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry. Cause he wouldn't stay away! Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it. Well they gave a boy a dollar for to set the cat afloat With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza? And he took him up the river in a sack and a boat. With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what? Now the fishing, it was fine until the news got With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry; around That the boat was missing and the boy was With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, a straw. drowned. But the cat came back the very next day. But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza. They thought he was a goner, but the cat came back But the straw is too long, dear Liza, too long. Cause he wouldn't stay away! Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry. Well, the farmer on the corner said he’d shoot him Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it. on sight And he loaded up his gun full of rocks and With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza? dynamite. The gun went off, heard all over town; With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what? Little pieces of the man was all that they found With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry; But the cat came back the very next day. They With an axe, dear Henry, dear Henry, an axe. thought he was a goner, but the cat came back The axe is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza. Cause he wouldn't stay away! The axe is too dull, dear Liza, too dull. Now they gave him to a man going up in a balloon Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear And they told him for to leave him with the man in Henry. the moon. The balloon it busted, back to earth did Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it. head; Seven miles away they picked the man up With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza? dead. But the cat came back the very next day. They With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, with what? thought he was a goner, but the cat came back With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry; Cause he wouldn't stay away! With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, a stone. Well, they finally found a way for this cat to fix. The stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza. They put him in an orange crate on Route 66. Come The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry. a ten-ton truck with a 20-ton load. Scattered pieces Then wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry. of the orange crate all down the road. But the cat Then wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it. came back the very next day. With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza? They thought he was a goner, but the cat came back With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what? Cause he wouldn't stay away! With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry; Well, they took him to the shop where the meat was With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, water. ground, And they dropped him in the hopper when How shall I get it, dear Liza, dear Liza? the butcher wasn’t round. Well, the cat disappeared How shall I get it, dear Liza, get it? with a blood-curdling shriek And the town’s meat In the bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry; tasted furry for a week. But the cat came back the In the bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, the bucket. very next day. They thought he was a goner, but the There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza. cat came back Cause he wouldn't stay away! There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole. And from Cape Canaveral they put him into place. Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry. Shot him in a rocket going way out in space. They Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.

There’s a Hole in the That ribbon of highway Bottom of the Sea I saw before me, that endless skyway There’s a Hole in the Bottom I saw below me, that golden valley of the Sea This land was made for you and me. There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea I’ve roamed and rambled There’s a Hole…There’s a Hole And followed my footsteps There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea To the sparkling sands of Her diamond deserts There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea. And all around me There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea. A voice was sounding There’s a hole…There’s a hole This land was made for you and me There’s a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea. When the sun came shining There’s a knot on the log in the hole in the bottom As I was strolling of the sea…continue. With the wheat fields waving There’s a frog on the knot on the log in the hole in And the dust clouds rolling the bottom of the sea…continue. A voice was chanting There’s a wart on the frog on the knot on the log in As the fog was lifting the hole in the bottom of the sea…continue. This land was made for you and me There’s a hair on the wart on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the Tony Chestnut (with motions) sea…continue. Tony Chestnut knows I Love You There’s a flea on the hair on the wart on the frog on Tony knows…Tony knows the knot on the log in the hole in the bottom of the Tony Chestnut knows I Love You sea…continue. That’s what Tony knows There’s a chigger on the flea on the hair on the wart Tony…Tony on the frog on the knot on the log in the hole in the And his sister Ilene bottom of the sea…continue. And Ilene loves Neil There’s NO hole. And Neil loves Pat There’s NO hole. But Pat…still loves Bob There’s NO hole in the bottom of the sea. And there’s Russell…And Skip There Was A Little Rooster This song is silly, but it’s hip How it ends… Oh, there was a little rooster in our little country Just one man knows store. And he phfft! on the counter and he phfft! on And guess what? the floor. And he phfft! on the sugar and he phfft! It’s Tony Chestnut on the bread. And if I hadn’t ducked he’d have Sing faster and faster! phfft! on my head!

This Land is Your Land Two Little Fleas Two little fleas together sat; they cried when one This land is your land flea said, "I've had no place to lay my head since This land is my land my old dog is dead. I've traveled far from place to From California place and farther will I roam. But the next old dog To the New York Island that shows his face will be From the redwood forest my home sweet home." To the gulf-stream waters

This land was made for you and me. UM AHH As I was walking Motions: UM AHH - pulse hands, closed fist (UM), open fist (AHH), hands shoulder level Deedeleedeleedelee - both arms out straight at shoulder level, wiggle to left, and WADLEE ATCHA then to right Wadlee a-tcha (slap knees/clap hands) Wadlee a-tcha (snap right hand/snap left hand) UM AHH went the little green frog one day Dood-ly doo (grab nose with right hand, right ear UM AHH went the little green frog with left hand) UM AHH went the little green frog one day Dood-ly doo (grab nose with left hand, left ear with UM AHH went the little green frog right hand) And all the little flies went Wadlee a-tcha (slap knees/clap hands) deedeleedeleedelee deedeleedeleedelee Wadlee a-tcha (snap right hand/snap left hand) deedeleedeleedelee Dood-ly doo (grab nose with right hand, right ear deedeleedeleedelee with left hand) And the little green frog went Dood-ly doo (grab nose with left hand, left ear with UM AHH, UM AHH, UM AHH AHH right hand) It’s a simple little song, there’s not much to it (slap, UP THE HILL clap, snap, snap, repeat) Heidy heidy heidy ho (repeat) All you gotta do is dood-ly doo it (slap, clap, snap, Wibbly wobbly wibbly wo (or wibbly wobbly up snap, grab nose, grab nose) we go) (repeat) I like the rest, but the part I like best is (slap, clap, Hold your head up to the sky (or get your feet a- snap, snap, repeat) movin’ fast) (repeat) dood-ly, dood-ly, doo (grab nose, grab nose) Mighty (group name) passing by! (or at the top we’ll have a blast!) (repeat) WE KNOW WHAT TO DO Sound off! (group responds with “1-2") 0, 1, 2 - Sound off! (group responds with “3-4") We know what to do (dance) Break it on down now (group responds with “1-2-3- Stand up everybody 4, 1-2, 3-4!” And do the boog-a-loo N, N, No, Nobody messes with the ______(clap, Vista clap) Flea (echo) 3, 4, 5 - Flea Fly (echo) We know how to jive (jive) Flea Fly Low (echo) Clap your hands everybody Vista (echo) And show them we’re alive N, N, No, Nobody messes with the ______(clap, Coomalada, coomalada, coomalada vista (echo) clap) Oh no no no not the vista (echo) 6, 7, 8 - Eenie-meenie, dipsalinie, oh wad-a-wad-a-meanie We hold all the weight (echo) Stamp your feet everybody Ex-a-meanie, xylameanie, oh, wad-a-wad-a-meanie And show them we are great (echo) N, N, No, Nobody messes with the ______(clap, Beat billy oat’n goat’n be-bop schidinidotin’ sh sh clap) sh sh sh sh (echo) 9 and 10 Beat billy oat’n goat’n be-bop schidinidotin’ sh sh And we’ll say it again sh sh sh sh (echo) N, N, No, Nobody messes with the ______(clap, clap) Supercalafragalisticexpialadocious (echo) Super California Surfer surfin down the ocean (echo) Weather Song Backpacker falling off the mountain (echo) Whether the weather be cold Together count to four (echo) Or whether the weather be ht 1-2-3-4 Vista! Whether the weather is fine She stole a Newbras-key Or whether the weather is not We’ll whether the weather What did Tennessee, boys Whatever the weather She saw what Arkansaw, boys Whether we like it or not How did Flora-die, boys What a Wonderful World She did in Missouri, boys I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom, for me and you Where has Oregon, boys, And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. She’s gone to Oklahom, boys I hear babies cry, I watch them grow They’ll learn much more, than I’ll ever know What makes a hippo smile? And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. (echo song) Hippo position Hut… Refrain Oh what can make a The color of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky hippopotamus smile? Are also on the faces, of people goin’ by Oh what can make him walk I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do for more than a mile? They’re really saying, I Love YOU It’s not a tune on the old violin Or listening to the whistling wind I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night Chorus And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. Cause that’s not what hippo’s do I think to myself, what a wonderful world. They ooze through the goose without any shoes They swim through the water ’til their lips turn blue What did Del-a-ware (Repeat) What did Delaware boys what did Delaware? What did Delaware boys what did Delaware? Hippo position hut… What did Delaware boys what did Delaware? It’s not a party with a cardboard hat I ask you now as a personal friend, What did Or a bag of candy that makes him fat Delaware? ‘Cause that’s not

She wore her New Jersey boys, she wore her New Chorus Jersey. She wore her New Jersey boys, she wore her New WE’RE GOING TO KENTUCKY Jersey. Form a circle with one person in the middle. She wore her New Jersey boys, she wore her New Outside people hold hands and run skip around Jersey. circle while singing. On “shake it,” the group stops I tell you now as a personal friend circling and starts clapping while person in the She wore her New Jersey. middle “shake it all he/she can.” On “round and round,” the person in middle shuts his/her eyes, Continue with… spins in a circle while pointing with his/her finger, What did Idaho boys… and stops on “knows.” The person being pointed at She hoed her Mary joins inside the circle. land, boys… We’re going to Kentucky What did Ioway, boys… We’re going to the fair She weighed a To see the senoritas Washington, boys With flowers in their hair Oh! How did Wiscon-sin boys… Shake it-shake it- shake it Shake it all you can WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING And if you cannot shake it IN Just do the best you can Note: Can be sung by itself, or with “Crawdad Oh! Song” and “She’ll be Coming ‘Round the Round and round and round we go Mountain.” Where we stop Nobody knows! (bring people into the middle) Oh, when the saints Go march-ing in WHEELS ON THE BUS Oh, when the saints go march-ing in The wheels on the bus go round and round, round Oh, Lord, I want to be in that num-ber and round, round and round When the saints go march-ing in! The wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town WISHY WASHY WASHER WOMAN (should move hands in circular motion) Waaaaaaaay down in the valley (dance) The people on the bus go up and down, up and Where nobody goes down, up and down There’s a wishy washy washer woman The people on the bus go up and down, all through washin’ her clothes the town She goes Ooh Ahh! (should bob up and down) She goes Ooh Ahh! The driver on the bus says, “move on back, move That’s how the wishy, washy, washer, woman on back, move on back” washes her clothes! The driver on the bus says, “move on back,” all PAUSE (put one arm bent, parallel to ground, put through the town elbow on hand, and twirl hand) (should make move back signal) A guadally atcha! A scooby, dooby, doo The horn on the bus goes, “beep, beep, beep - beep, A guadally atcha! A scooby, dooby, doo beep, beep - beep, beep, beep” That’s how the wishy, washy, washer woman The horn on the bus goes, “beep, beep, beep” all washes her clothes! through the town (should pretend beeping a horn) Repeat using the following: The wipers on the bus go, “swoosh, swoosh, That’s how the wishy, washy, washer woman dries swoosh - swoosh, swoosh, swoosh - swoosh, her clothes (blow on clothes on Ooh!) swoosh, swoosh” That’s how the wishy, washy, washer woman folds The wipers on the bus go, “swoosh, swoosh, her clothes (shark eating moving) swoosh” all through the town That’s how the wishy, washy, washer woman eat’s (move arms back and forth) oreos (some serious oreo action) The kids on the bus go, “hah, hah, hah - hah, hah, That’s how the wishy, washy, washer woman picks hah - hah, hah, hah” her nose (pick and fling) The kids on the bus go, “hah, hah, hah” all through the town (pretend to be laughing) Woe is Laundry (Black Socks) The mothers on the bus go, “shh, shh, shh - shh, Black Socks shh, shh - shh, shh, shh” They never get dirty The mothers on the bus go, “shh, shh, shh” all The longer you wear ‘em through the town The blacker they get (do the “shh” motion) Sometimes I think about The wheels on the bus go round and round, round laundry and round, round and round, But something inside me The wheels on the bus go round and round, all Says don’t do it yet through the town Last night as I lay on my pillow Last night as I lay in my bed I stuck me feet out the window In the morning my neighbor was dead You are my sunshine Bring back, bring back My only sunshine Oh bring back my neighbor to me You make me happy when skies are gray Repeat You never know dear how much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away Wood Fly If I had the wings of a Wood Fly…Wood Fly I’ll always love you and make you happy Off to the woods I would fly….Wood Fly If you will only say the same There to remain as a Wood Fly…Wood Fly If you leave me and love another There ‘til the day that I die…I die You’ll regret it all someday Chorus Chorus Uh la la, Uh la la, Uh la la You told me once dear Again You really loved me and that Uh la la, Uh la la, Uh la la No one could come between Repeat But now you’ve left me to love another Uh la la, Uh la la, Uh la la You’ve shattered all of my dreams Last time Chorus Uh la la, Uh la la, Uh la la la In all my dreams dear you seem to leave me Repeat with… When I awake my poor heart pains If I had the wings of a Humming Bird, Butterfly, So won’t you come back and make me happy Bumblebee, Oriole, Eagle, Red Breasted Northern I’ll forgive dear I’ll take all blame Flicker. Chorus If I had the wings of…school or group MASCOT YOU GOTTA SING WHEN YOUR Worms SPIRIT SAYS SING Have you ever heard when a hearse went by You got-ta sing when your spir-it says sing That you may be the next to die You got-ta sing when your spir-it says sing They nail you up and a big black box When your spirit says sing, you got-ta sing right a- They cover you up with dirt and rocks long You got-ta sing when your spir-it says sing OOOOh the worms crawl in, and the worms crawl out YOU LOOK LIKE A REAL COOL CAT The worms crawl in and out your snout Group stands in a big circle. One person starts in They eat the dirt between your toes the center. Group sings: They play pinochle on your nose Get out and walk…I can’t I’m ruptured. You look like a real cool cat (point to someone) You got a little bit of this (make “crazy” sign with Eyeballs Eyeballs rolling down the main street right hand) Dirty little birdy feet, mangy little monkey meat And a little bit of that (make “crazy” sign with left Eyeballs, eyeballs rolling down the main street hand) I forgot my spoon, got my straw though…slurrrrp. So, come on in (as if you are saying “let’s go”) And let’s get down (point down to the floor) You are my Sunshine ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch (do the boogie down to the floor) The other night dear And up (point up) While I was sleeping ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch (do the boogie up I dreamt I held you in my arms until standing straight) When I awoke dear I was To the left (point to the left) mistaken ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch (do the boogie to So I hung my head and I cried the left, sliding feet) Chorus To the right (point to the right) ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch - ch, ch, ch (do the boogie to the right, sliding feet)

Person in center pulls someone in and song starts over. Song continues until everyone is inside the circle.

Zippity Doo Dah Zippity do da zippity ay My oh my what a wonderful day Plenty of sunshine heading my way Zippity do da zippity ay

Mr. Blue bird’s on my shoulder It’s the truth; it’s actual Everything is satisfactual

Zippity do da zippity ay My oh my what a wonderful day Plenty of sunshine heading my way Zippity do da zippity ay