Conference moira::parenting

    Ok here's one - appropriate for this time of year!
    
    	Here comes Peter Cottontail
    	Hoppin' down the bunny trail
    	Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way
    
    	???????
    	???????
    	Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way
    
    

    I can fill in that verse, but there are a few more I would like to
    know:
    
    Here comes Peter Cottontail
    Hopping down the bunny trail
    Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way
    
    Bringing every girl and boy
    Baskets full of Easter joy
    Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way
    
    There's a bonnet for sister ???
    And a ??? for brother ???
    ?????????????????..........

    Here's how I remember it :
    
    Here comes Peter Cottontail
    Hopping down the bunny trail
    Hippity hoppity Easter's on its way.
    
    Bring every girl and boy
    Baskets full of Easter joy
    Things to make you're Easter bright and gay.
    
    There are jellybeans for Tommy
    Colored eggs for sister Sue
    There's an orchid for your Mommy
    And an Easter bonnet too.
    
    Oh, here comes Peter Cottontail
    Hopping down the bunny trail
    Hippity hoppity Happy Easter Day!
    
                                               Tracy

    That's it!  Thanks Tracy.

    How about some nursery rhymes.  I don't know any "American" nursery
    rhymes or songs to sing to my daughter.  Can any of you think of
    putting all the songs that you would sing to your kid or baby.
    Anyone know of this song...
    
    
    Intsy-Wintsy spider..... (I hope I have spelled it right!!!)

    Eantsy Weantsy spider (sp?)
    
    I think that these are the words.  Our 7 month old son ADORES this.  No
    matter what his mood, this is guaranteed to bring a smile to his face.
    
    		The eantsy weantsy spider went up the water spout.
    		Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
    		Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
    		And, the eantsy weantsy spider went up the spout again.
    
    There are hand motions that go with this as well.  Just use your
    imagination.  The more animated, the more they enjoy it.
    
    Leslie

Your local library (I would hope!) should have several children's books
filled with nursery rhymes and children's songs.  Our library (and I
understand most libraries today do) offer children's songs on CD's and
cassette tapes (and flame on me!, but we have copied from them) ...
And you can always purchase these from your local bookstore, too.

Raffi, Sharon Braun (sp?), and Disney have some EXCELLENT tapes/CD's.  You
can also get some of the popular musicals (e.g. Mary Poppins, etc.) on tape/CD.
And dust off some of those old Peter, Paul and Mary records ... they are
great!  (Puff the Magic Dragon, It's Rainin'/It's Pouring, The Mystical Toy
... to name but a few!).  BTW:  the words to the Raffi songs are printed
inside the tape/CD cover!

There are also MANY musical children's videos.  ViewMaster puts out a
12-tape collection which I highly recommend - each has a theme:  Day at Camp,
A Day at the Zoo, Cars, Boats and Trains, A Day at the Circus, Old MacDonald's
Farm, Silly Songs, something about Sleeptime ... they are wonderfully
entertaining for ALL AGES (but geared towards kids).  Raffi, Sharon Braun,
Golden Books, Sesame Street ... and others ... have some good videos, too.
We just added two Barney tapes to Julianne's collection.  (You could video tape
some of the daily Barney TV shows, too.)

One of the best toys we ever bought Juli was her Fisher Price cassette
recorder ... I can't begin to count the number of batteries we have expired
to date! ... or the number of times she has dropped it, stomped on it,
thrown it down the stairs ... brutalized this poor recorder ... and it still
plays and plays very well, too.

GEEESSSH, I'll be singing "Puff the Magic Dragon, lives by the sea ... and
frolics in the autumn mist ...." all afternoon!

And don't forget, these cassettes are great for car rides!!

Dottie

Juli comes home from daycare singing the cutest songs ... just the other
day she came home dancing to:

	Red and Orange, Green and Blue
	Shining Yellow, Purple, too
	All these colors that we know
	Live within the Rainbow!  (as she motions her hand like a rainbow!)


There are many "hand" (motion) songs, to name a few:

	Where is Thumbkin?
	Itsy, Bitsy Spider
	Patty Cake
	Five Little Ducks
	Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
	Knick-Knack, Patty-Wack
	Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
	Hookey Pookey
	Here We Go 'Round the Mullberry Bush
	London Bridge
	If You're Happy and You Know It ...
	The Wheels on the Bus
	Boom, Boom Ain't It Great to Be Crazy
	Do Your Ears Hang Low?
	Rig a Jig Jig
	This Little Light of Mine
	The More We Get Together
	When the Saints Go Marchin' In
	
I probably have the "printed" words to most of the songs/rhymes ... so contact
me "offline", if need be.

Dottie

    For Sharon Braun did you mean Sharon, Lois and Bram ?  They've done
    music and video tapes based on a TV program and stage show called the
    "Elephant Show" up here in Canada which I gather is being distributed
    through the US too.
    
    Stuart

Yes, Stuart ... you're right  (I can never get those names correct! ...
yet I see them a thousand times!)

Thanks,
Dottie

    Dotti's "Rainbow Song" is the first song I learned in kindergarten and
    that was 26 hex years ago!  I've taught it to my kids!
    
    ccb

    There was a song we used to sing in Camp Fire Girls about a
    very skinny girl named Alice.  I can only remeber bits and pieces:
    
    	Alice, with legs like toothpicks
    	and a neck like a giraffe
    
    Then there was something about pulling out the plug and then:
    
    	Oh my goodness, bless my soul
        There goes Alice down the hole
    
    And that's about it!!!   I've looked through various books and have
    yet to find this anywhere.   Anyone heard of this one??
    
    
    	Lila
    

    Alice, where art thou going
    Upstairs to take a bath
    
    With two skinny legs like toothpicks
    and a neck like a giraffe
    
    
    
    ahhhh the rest just left me!!!  Boy does that drive ya nuts!   I will
    keep singing it today and see if anymore comes back!!
    
    -sandy
    

is it

	Itsy Bitsy Spider

or 

	Eeentsy weentsy spider

Clay

re .14:

Dave Barry did a column on this.  It's in the Dave_Barry notesfile somewhere.

Does anyone remember the verses to "I'm a Little Teapot"? I can never remember
the entire song and end up making the ending up.

I'm a Little Teapot Round and stout.
Here is my handle, Here is my spout.
When you tip me over I will shout...

That's all I remember.


Pat K.

    
    
    	I'm a little teapot short and stout,
    	Here is my handle, here is my spout
    	When I get all steamed up watch me shout
    	Just tip me over and pour me out.
    
    			
    
    			Wendy

I thought it was the itsy bitsy, teensy weenie yellow polka ... oops wrong song!

There are lots of versions of this so probably as long as it sounds ok thats
all that matters, although be prepared ... if they do it differently at
nursery school, day care, or school : YOU are WRONG!  Kids are very unforgiving
this way!



I'm a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle, here is my spout
When I get all steamed up, then I shout
Won't! you come and pour me out.

Again lots of versions ... including, courtesy of some tea distributor:

I'm a little teabag, short and stout
Here is my handle, I don't need a spout
When I spy a teacup then I shout
Won't you come and pour me out!

    
    
    	Okay *who* was the airsick eagle?
    
    
    	******, the airsick eagle
    	Never liked being up high
    	He'd stay on the ground
    	Afraid he'd fall down
    	******, the airsick eagle.
    
    		Much thanks,
    
    			Wendy

    How about...
    
    I'm a little teapot short and stout
    Here is my handle, here is my spout
    When I get all steamed up, then I shout
    Just tip me over and pour me out.
    
    I'm a very clever pot it's true
    Here's an example of what I can do
    I can change my handle and my spout
    Just tip me over and pour me out!!
    
    Hope you enjoy this version!  My daughter sings it for hours!

    My son Tobias, age 6, has a variation on the
    "little teapot" that really broke me up.
    
    I'm a little teapot short and stout,
    Here is my handle,
    Here is my (looks over and sees his "spout"
    arm is arranged like another handle)
    ...Oh my gawhd, I'm really a sugar bowl.

    Little Duckie Duddles 
    was sitting in a puddle, a puddle, a puddle quite small...
    
    He said it doesn't matter, how much I splash and splatter...
    
    I'm only a duckie.......that's all....QUACK QUACK 
    

    My oldest sister was in Girl Scouts, and they used to sing a
    song that went like this:
    
    	Today is Monday, today is Monday
    	Monday hasenpfeffer, da-da-da-da-da-da.
    
    Anyway, it went all through the week with sort of a "what's for
    dinner" theme.  We used to rock back and forth on my mother's
    old gray sofa (called a "couch" back home :-)) and sing this.
    
    Does any former Scout remember the words?  I'd love to teach
    it to my kids.

    
    I have a girl scout song that's haunted me for years .
    
    What I remember of it was
    
    Does he love me 
    Does he not
    Tell me Daisy do
    Candles on a birthday cake
    Blow them out and your wish will come true
    
    Santa Claus at Christmas time
    Mom and Dad love me 
    Ta dum, ta dum
    
    Oh to be a child again
    Oaks from acorns grew
    One and One made two
    I belived it all
    Didn't you?

I was a Girl Scout but don't recall the songs that you two mentioned.  BUT -
I have a request of my own.  We used to play a game during camping trips where
you take a package and wrap it with bunches of paper tying it with string and
using bunches of tape.  It contained a price inside.  Everyone sat in a circle.
In the middle of the circle was the package, a large sweatshirt, scarf, hat and
mittens.  One of the leaders took the top of a cooking pan, held it upside down
with two dice in it.  They started somewhere in the circle with the first person
rolling the dice.  One roll each.  The first person to get doubles, ran to the
middle of the circle, put on the sweatshirt, scarf, hat and mittens then 
proceeded to start undoing the package.  While they were dressing, the leader
continued going around in the circle until the next person got doubles.  This
person would run to the middle.  The person that was in the middle then had to
stop undoing the package, had to pull everything off and the "new" person then
had to dress and start taking a crack at undoing the package.  This continues
like this and the person to reach the prize first wins! 

Now I am missing something because when trying to play it with some kids, there
was mass confusion about whereas the new person to get doubles was literally
ripping the clothes off the person in the middle and I don't remember it going
that way.

Can anyone help?

We used to sing this at Y Camp where I was a counsellor.  I am not sure
of the order but it was something like

Monday washday
Tuesday string beans
Wednesday roast beef
Thursday hasenpfeffer
Friday payday
Saturday ? (can't remember)
Sunday churchday

The verse went:

Today is Monday
Today is Monday
Monday washday
Is everybody happy?
We wish the same to you.

The "Monday washday", etc.  were repeated as each verse was added.

We had seven tables in the dining room and each table would get assigned a
day.  When the line for your table came up, the whole table would stand
and sing it out.  The favorite day was Thursday when that table would yell
out "HASENPFEFFER".  They liked that word :-)

Cheryl

    And then there's the one about the peanut--all I can remember is the
    last line, something about a little peanut loving trains, went to the
    track to see one, and 
    
    ...
    ...
    ...
    OOPS! Peanut butter!
    
    My son's singing it, but I cant get the words...
    
    Adrienne
    

    RE: -1
    
    A peanut sat on a railroad track
    His heart was all a-flutter
    Along came the choo-choo train
    Peanut butter!
    
    

    We used to sing a song like this in the Girl Scouts.  It went something
    like this:
    
    Chorus:
    
    Oh it ain't gonna rain no more,
    It ain't gonna rain no more,
    How in the heck can I wash my neck
    If it ain't gonna rain no more.
    
    Verse:
    
    A peanut sat on a railroad track
    Waiting for it's mother,
    Along came a choo choo train
    Choo Choo Peanut butter.
    
    
    It had other verses but I can't remember what they were.  
    
    marianne
    

    RE:-1
    
    The way I learned that one (from a Disney cassette) goes this way:
    
    Chorus:
    It ain't gonna rain no more, no more
    It ain't gonna rain no more
    How in the heck can I wash my neck
    When it ain't gonna rain no more?
    
    1:
    I went to the movies tomorrow
    I took a front seat in the back
    I drank down a box full of popcorn
    And the dog in the movie went: "Moo!"
    
    Chorus
    
    2:
    I said to the lady behind me
    "I cannot see over your hat!"
    "Then turn around, you silly clown!"
    "Oops, I didn't think of that"
    
    Chorus
    
    3:
    That evening the sun was a shining
    So I opened up my umbrella
    The fish in the treetops were singing
    "There goes that crazy fellw!"
    

A peanut sittin' on a railroad track
His heart was all a-flutter
Around the bend came Number 10
Choo choo peanut butter

An apple sittin' on a railroad track
His heart was all a-flutter
Around the bend came Number 10
Choo choo apple butter

A pumpkin sittin' on a railroad track
His heart was all a-flutter
Around the bend came Number 10
**clap**

{you clap to indicate that the pumpkin was squashed and the song ends abruptly)

    Hi,
    
    There was a song about the 5 little ducklings
    
    It went something like this, 
    
    
    5 little ducklings I once knew
    fat ones, skinny ones there were two
    but the one little one with the feather on his back
    He ruled the others with his Quack Quack Quack...
    
    I am not sure if those are the correct words, and I know there are more 
    verses, but I can't remember them. 
    
    Can anyone help?
    
    
    Katie

    Hi Katie,
    
    You're close but...
    
    6 little ducks that I once knew
    fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones, too.
    But the one little duck with the feather on his back, 
    he lead the others with his quack quack quack
    
    Quack quack quack, quack quack quack
    He lead the others with his quack quack quack
    
    Down to the river they did go
    Wiggle woggle wiggle woggle to and fro
    But the one little duck with the feather on his back
    he lead the others with his quack quack quack
    
    Quack quack quack, quack quack quack
    He lead with his quack quack quack.
    
    Back from the river they did come
    Wiggle woggle wiggle woggle ho ho hum
    But the one little duck with the feather on his back
    He lead the others with his quack quack quack
    
    Quack quack quack, quack quack quack
    He lead the others with his quack quack quack
    

    Just watch Barney videos - They have more songs than you could
    ever remember!

    Does anyone know the words to an old Frank Sinatra song. High Hopes.
    Its some thing about an ant and a rubber tree plant. 
    
    Some of the lyrics are..
    
    I've got high hopes, I've got high hopes, I've got high apple pie in
    the sky hopes.. so when your feeling down again ... (don't remember this
    part) So just remember that ant...Oops there goes another rubber tree,
    oops there goes another rubber tree, oops there goes another rubber
    tree plant.
    
    

I only remember the first verse or so :

	Just what makes that little ol' ant,
	Think he can move a rubber tree plant?
	Everyone knows an ant can't
	Move a rubber tree plant.

	But he's got hi-i-igh hopes,
	He's got hi-i-igh hopes,
	He's got <mumble> pie
	In the sky-y-y hopes.

I've got high hopes, 
I've got high hopes, 
I've got high apple pie in the sky hopes.. 
so when you're feeling low, 'stead of letting go
just remember that ant...
Oops there goes another rubber tree,
    oops there goes another rubber tree, 
oops there goes another rubber
    tree plant.
    

Noelle really seems to like this one, but I only seem to know the
refrain and none of the verses.  Can anyone help?

All I can recall is:

	Oh dear, what can the matter be?
	Oh dear, what can the matter be?
	Oh dear, what can the matter be?
	Johnny's not home from the fair.

While we're at it, is there anymore to Camptown <something>?

   Camptown Ladies sing this song, doo dah, doo dah.
   Camptown racetrack's 5 miles long, oh doo dah day.
   Going to run all night.
   Going to run all day.
   I'll bet my money on the bobtail nag.
   Somebody bet on the bay.

(Hope this doesn't leave anyone humming these tunes all day :-)

BTW, I don't even promise that the above lyrics are correct.  I'm famous
for making up my own ("I'm leaving on a jet train" :-).

- Deb

I asked him to buy me a length of red ribbon
I asked him to buy me a length of red ribbon
I asked him to buy me a length of red ribbon
But Johnny's too long at the fair.

[that's all I can remember, but maybe that will
trigger someone else's memory]



Pat

to be tied in her bonnie brown hair!  ;^)

    Does anyone know this one?
    
    Shake hands with your Uncle Jack my boy
    Shake hands with your sister Kate...
    And this is the girl you used to know outside the garden gate.
    
    

    I think it goes like this, but not 100% sure
    
    
    Shake hands with your Uncle Mike me boy
    Shake hands with your sister Kate...
    And, Here's the girl you used to swing
    down on the garden gate.
    
    We'll invite all the neighbors,
    and kiss the colleens all
    Your as welcome as the flowers in May
    in dear ol Dony Gal(sp)
    
    
    Thats as much of the song as I remember

Like others, I'm not 100% certain of the words, but I think it's something like:

Oh, dear, 
what can the matter be?
Dear, dear,
What can the matter be?
Oh, dear, 
What can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair.

He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons.
He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons.
He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons.
To tie up my bonnie brown hair.

Chele

Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Three old ladies locked in the lavatory
They were there from Monday to Saturday
Nobody knew they were there.

    Anyone know all the words to the "Unicorn Song" by the Irish Rovers?
    
    It goes *something* like this...
    
    Well, a long time ago when the earth was green.
    There were more kind of animals than you've ever seen.
    They would all roam around while the earth was being born.
    But the loveliest of them all was the Unicorn...
    
    There were green alligators and long neck geese.
    Humpy back camels and chimpanzees.
    Cats and rats and elephants but sure as you're born...
    the loveliest of them all was the Unicorn.
    
    Thanks,
    Jodi-
     
    

    Here's most of the rest of it:
    
    The Lord saw some sinning and it gave him pain
    He said "S I'm gonna make it rain
    Hey Brother Noah I'll te

    Oops! Sorry about that I keep getting bumped out before I'm
    finished----
    
    The Lord saw some sinning and it gave him pain
    He said "Stand back I'm gonna make it rain
    Hey brother Noah I'll tell you what to do
    Build me a floating zoo
    
    Get me some .....
    
    And don't you forget those Unicorns.
    
    Brother Noah answered the call
    He finished the ark just as the rain started fallin'
    He marched in the animals two by two
    And called as they went through
    
    Hey Lord, I've got your .....
    
    But I just can't get no Unicorns
    
    {Forget this part, something about the Unicorns were kicking and
    a'splashing and playing silly games .... Oh those silly unicorns}
    
    The Ark started moving and drifting with the tide
    The Unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried
    The water came up and floated them away
    That's why you won't see one to this very day
    
    You'll see ....

    Wow, thanks.
    
    If anyone can fill in the last part that would be fantastic.
    
    Jodi-who *loves* this song.

    Oh, WOW!  I've been singing the "green alligators" part to my son since
    he was born, but I never knew WHO sang it, or ANY of the other verses!
    I could never describe it well enough to actually find a recording of
    it.  Thanks for asking, Jodi!  And thanks everyone else who can fill in
    the missing verses.  My son is going to be so pleased to hear the rest
    of the song.  He always tells me that it's too short : )
    Sarah

    There were green alligators, and long necked geese
    Some honky back camels and some chimpanzees
    Some cats and rats and elephants,
    But sure as you're born, you ain't gonna see no unicorns!
    
    As sung by Mr Skiffle,
    
    Lonnie Donnegan

>>    Some honky back camels and some chimpanzees

      Some humpty-back camels and some chimpanzees.

michael

>>>    Some honky back camels and some chimpanzees
>
>      Some humpty-back camels and some chimpanzees.

Cloth ears ... that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it ! ! ! :-)
(I must admit I have heard some versions that sounded like humpty, but others
sounded like honky ... take your choice!)

Stuart

    The reason I knew the song is that my son has that tape.
    
    I'll try to listen to it tonight.  It's driving me crazy now to try to
    remember the lost verse.
    
    I think it goes like this:
    
    The skies opened up and it started to rain
    The unicorns were splashing, playing silly games
    "Close the doors," said Noah, "the rain is pouring in"
    Oh those silly unicorns.
    

    
    Anyone know the words to:
    
    	Three little fishies in an itty-bitty pool...
    
    ???

    Down in the meadow in an itty-bitty pool
    Lived 3 little fishies and a momma fishie too
    Swim said the momma fishie swim if you can
    And they swam and they swam right over the damn
    
    Boom boom diddle daddle whaddum ooh ????
    Boom boom diddle daddle waddum ooh
    Boom boom diddle daddle waddum ooh
    and they swam and they swam right over the damn
    
    Come back said the momma fish or you will get lost
    But the 3 little fishies didn;t want to be bossed
    ?????????
    And they swam and they swam right out to the sea
    
    That's all I can remember right now!   Lila
    

    Ok - I think these are ALL the words to 3 little fishies!
    
            Down in the meadow in an itty bitty pool
            Swam 3 little fishies and a momma fishie too
            Swim said the momma fishie swim if you can
            And they swam and they swam right over the dam
    
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            And they swam and they swam right over the dam
    
            Stop cried the mommy fish or you will get lost
            But the 3 little fishies didn't want to be bossed
            The three little fishies went off on a spree
            And they swam and they swam right out to the sea
     
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            And they swam and they swam right out to the sea
    
            Whee squealed the fishies we're having some fun
            We'll swim in the sea till the day is done
            They swam and they swam until it was dark
            Till all of a sudden they saw a shark
    
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Till all of a sudden they saw a shark
    
            Help cried the fishies look at the whale
            Quick as they could they turned on their tails
            And back to the itty bitty pool they swam
            They swam and they swam back over the dam
    
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            Boom boom diddum daddum waddum choo
            They swam and they swam back over the dam
        
        
    Lila
       

    I got "hooked" by my own devices this year.  I was Christmas shopping
    at Walmart and found a Sesamie Street tape with "silly songs" on it.
    It's a great hit both at home, and on AJ's walkman while riding in the
    car.
    
    There are many of the songs mentioned in this string, plus one I can't
    remember too much of, but I do remember the Three stooges did a version
    of it once. Goes something like
    
    B-I BO, D-I DO, B-I BIPPY OH BO BO BO, it's a sort of a spelling song.
    Geeze, I swiped the kid's walkman to listen to the weather at work
    today, now I wish I had taken that tape too!
    
    Plus a lot of the real classic cute kids songs.
    
    Lyn

	Two Little Duckies I once Knew
	A fat one, skinny one, there were two
	And the little ducky with the feathers on his back,
	He led the others with a Quack Quack Quack.
	Down to the river they would go,
	Wibble, Wobble, Wibble, Wobble, to and Fro
	And the little ducky with the feathers on his back,
	He led the others with a Quack Quack Quack.

	

	-> I can't think of any song that would help with the tune
	on this one.  Maybe someone else can?

	-> I flap Lauren's arms up and down and side by side when
        doing this and she loves it!

    re the last....
    
    This song is on the Playschool tape I reference a couple back, and also
    admitted to liking in ".113 of you know you're a parent when" note.
    
    AJ and I have gotten some strange looks in the car, as he act out the
    hand motions of (hands spread wide) Fat one, (had held close) skinny
    ones, I always thought it was saying "bare ones too" not "there were
    two.   I think it's called "three little ducks" (that I once knew) not
    Two.  I can check the tape since it's in the car.
    
    We do hand motions of hands together in a sort of forward waving motion
    for the "wibble wobble" part.  and he puts his hands behind his back in
    a wing motion when it says "the feather on his back", and we finally
    get some strange looks from passers by when he makes a duck bill by
    putting his hands by his mouth, opening a closing his hands in a duck
    bill motion while signing "quack quack quack".
    
    We have had lots of fun with the tape, lots of real cute silly things
    on this tape.  The other one is a spelling song, they describe it as
    "swinging the vowels against the consinents"  as in  A,E, I, O, U,
    begin with B, and say B-A  BA, B-E BE, B-I BICKY BI, B-0 BO, B-U BU,
    etc.  It just sort of grows on us.  I just like this special time we
    spend together in the car!
    
    Lyn
    (who desperately needs a weekend soon!)

    I am looking to see if anyone has the words to a song I heard on My
    LIttle Pony on Palm Sunday.  It was broadcast between 10:30 and 11am. 
    
    The words were something like, "there's always another rainbow, 
    even when you (think) reached the end of the Rainbow. 
    
    Even if someone happened to tape it, I'd like to see if I can write
    down the words.  Any thing with Rainbow in it, has a special meaning to
    me, and the group of teen girls I advise.
    
    Lyn

    I know this sounds like a really crazy request....but I am looking for
    the words to that old song........
    
    
    		HUSH LITTLE BABY 
    		DON'T SAY A WORD
    		PAPAS GOING TO BUY YOU A MOCKING BIRD
    		IF THAT MOCKING BIRD WON'T SING
    		PAPAS GOING TO BUY YOU A DIAMOND RING....
    
    
    What are the rest of the verses to this song?  I have been trying to
    sing it to my daughter and have to hum many of the middle verses
    because I cannot find them anywhere?
    
    I can remember a few...
    
    		diamond ring turns brass.........buy you a looking glass
    
    		horse and cart turns over........buy you a dog named rover
    
    HELP....Please post all verses if you can.....
    
    thanks in advance !
    
    Lisa P

	Hush Little Baby Don't Say a Word
		Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird
	If that mocking bird don't sing,
		Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
	If that diamond ring turns brass
		Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass
	If that looking glass gets broke
		Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat,
	If that billy goat won't pull
		Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull,
	If that cart and bull turn over
		Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover,
	If that dog named Rover won't bark,
		Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart,
	If that horse and cart fall down,
		You'll still be the cutest little baby in town


 	I changed Papa to Mama because I'm Mama and I'd rather sing it
	with me in the song, I suppose it doesn't matter and my husband
	sings it with Papa.  Anyway, there are probably other version,
	but this is the one I know, I've really enjoyed singing it to
	my daughter before bedtime, I get board with Rock-a-bye Baby
	every night.(but it's her favorite).

	Happy Singing!
	Karen T.

    I've been singing "mockingbird" to my 2 little ones (who definitely
    aren't so little anymore - 6 & 4) since they were born. They STILL
    insist on it every night.  We even change the verse of "Dog named
    Rover" to "Dog named Chelsea" since our dog's name is Chelsea.  We
    really didn't think the author would mind.
    
    In my opinion - one of the best lullabys around...
    
    Cindy

	Last night while singing this I remembered another short verse that
	goes at the end of the song:

	Hush Little Baby don't you cry, Mama's gonna sing you a lullabye
	Hush Little Baby don't you cry, Mama's gonna sing you a lullabye.

	It's not much, but it adds a little to the song.
		
	Karen T.

    mocking bird don't sing ... diamond ring
    diamond ring turns brass... looking glass
    looking glass should crack... jumping jack
    jumping jack don't hop... lollipop
    lollipop is gone ... buy you another one
    lollipop is all eaten up ... real live pup
    real live pup don't bark ... horse and cart
    horse and cart fall down ... you'll still be the prettiest girl in town
    

    Well here is a request that should be a little more challenging then
    needing the words to one of the Barney songs....
    
    I need the words to the theme song for the show "Green Acres" and this
    is the only great source I could think of asking!
    
    Thanks for your help!
    
    ..Lori

    
    Augghhh, I din't need another tv jingle in my head!
    
    Green acres is the place to be
    Farm living is the life for me
    land spreading out so far and wide
    Keep Manhatten just give me that country side.
    
    Now for the other half:
    
    New york is where I'd rather stay
    I get alleric smelling hay
    I just adore the penthouse view
    Darling I love you but give me Park Avenue
    
    	Courtesy of the Network team in colorado ;-)
    
    Meg, jene and Ted

All I know is:


	How much is that doggie in the window
	The one with the waggly tail
	How much is that doggie in the window
	I do hope that doggie's for sale

I think this is the chorus.  Are there any verses?

And how about the song that goes

	I love to go a'wandering along the mountain path
	And as I go, I love to sing
	My knapsack on my back
	Val-de-ree, Val-de-rah, 
	Val-de-ree, Val-de-ra-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
	Val-de-ree, Val-de-rah,
	My knapsack on my back.

I know there are more verses...  (Noelle loves to sing herself to sleep
at the *top* of her lungs with this one -- very interesting when she
wakes up at 4 am and sings herself back to sleep :-)

    Lori,
    
    I was just singing that song the other day!
    
    We were redoing our front lawn last week and rented a tractor with a
    york rake on the back.  My husband was driving the tractor around and
    it reminded me of Green Acres, so I started singing the song to him, he
    was NOT amused (it couldn't have been my singing, it must have been
    that he just didn't like the show 8^} ).
    
    Susan

    You three are wonderful, glad that I could invade someone elses head
    with this jingle, now that I have slept with it thru the wee hours of
    the morning!
    
    But.....
    
    Isn't there more?!?
    
    Something with words like "fresh air"  ... "time square"
    
    also, I recall a part where it goes...
    
    "you are my wife... good bye city life".....
    
    I need the WHOLE thing, but am truely grateful for the huge gap you
    filled!!!
    
    ...Lori (also part of the NIS team on the West Coast)

    Ok, I think the whole thing goes... (including the part from the other
    note)
    
    Green acres is the place to be
    Farm living is the life for me
    Land spreading out so far and wide
    Take Manhattan just give me that country side
    
    New York is where I'd rather stay
    I get allergic smelling hay
    I just adore a penthouse view
    Darling I love you but give me Park Avenue
    
    The corn (Only line I'm not 100% sure of)
    The stores
    Fresh Air
    Park Square
    
    (now Eddie Albert reaches from Green acres to Manhattan and pulls Eva
    Gabor out of the penthouse)
    
    You are my wife
    Good bye city life
    Green acres we are there
    
                                             
    Susan

    re: the corn,
    
        I think it is "the chores" as Eddie Albert is working the hay with 
    the pitch fork and when he goes to throw the hay, throws the pitch fork
    as well.
    
                                                   David

    Yup, yup, it's the chores.  I had it visualized in my head, but getting
    it out to my fingers to type as another thing!
    
    I knew it had to rhyme with stores.
    
    Thanks,
    Susan

re: <<< Note 35.73 by GEEWIZ::BOURQUARD "Deb" >>>

	We have our own version!!

	How much is that kitty in the window?
	The one with the long slinky tail?
	How much is that kitty in the window?
	I sure hope that T.K.'s for sale!

	How much is that kitty in the window?
	The one with the big fluffy tail?
	How much is that kitty in the window?
	I sure hope that Bandit's for sale!

	
	I actually made that one up long before Lauren was born...

	Karen

    Now that you have us humming Green Acres all day, I think that it's
    only fair that you tell us WHY you need it!

	Speaking of made up songs, this is one of Daddy's creations...

	Sung to the tune of "Are you sleeping?" or "Frere Jacques"

	Spaghettini, spaghettini
	with some sauce, with some sauce
	Little parmesana, little parmesana,
	mmm good, mmm good

	The funny part is that Emily now knows it by heart! ;-)

    Does anyone know if there a a "Hot Potato" song?  If not, the 
    words to the "Wonderball" song would work, but I don't know
    those either.
    
    Any and all help would be appreciated.
    
    Pam

    
    
    Never heard of the "Hot Potato", but I remember a little of the
    Wonderball;
    
    The wonder ball
    goes round and round
    ????
    ??? put it down ?
    
    For if you do, ....
    
    at this point all I can think of is that "Down by the Bay" song 
    
    Not much help, but maybe it'll get someone else started!
    
    Patty

    I remember the END of The Wonderball...
    
    ....if you're the one to hold it last
        the game for you has surely passed
        and YOU ARE OUT!
    
    That's it, I'm done for the day, I'll never get any work done with this
    running through my head 8^{}
    
    Susan

	and I can fill in the middle!

	The wonder ball goes round and round
	to keep it going you are bound
	if you're the one to hold it last
	the game for you has surely passed
	and 
	you
	are 
	out!

    To all who answered:
    
    I thank you, my son thanks you, the Cub Scouts thank you!
    
    
    Pam 8*)

    The wonder ball
    Goes round and round
    To pass it quickly you are bound
    If you're the one
    To hold it last
    Why then for you
    The game is passed
    And... you... are... out
    
    Leslie

    RE: Hot potato
    
    I don't know the words to that, but I do however know the words to 1
    potato, 2 potato.
    
    1 potato
    2 potato
    3 potato
    4
    5 potato
    6 potato
    7 potato
    More
    
    :-)
    
    Lori B.

    Help!
    
    I need the lyrics to the song, "Turn Around" (I think).  It is
    sometimes song at weddings.  It is a father singing to his daughter
    about how she has grown up too quickly.  
    
    One line is, "Turn around and your a young girl going out of the door."
    Or something like that.  The song is about 25 years old.  I do not know
    the artist.
    
    If you can get me the lyrics to me before tomorrow noon (EST), I would
    be very thankfull.
    
    Jay Bouder @MSO
    WITNES::BOUDER
                                                   

    Sorry I can't help you with the lyrics....it's one of my favorites,
    too.....but, if no one sends you anything, try calling Kodak....although
    I'm sure you wouldn't get them in time!!
    
    I remember it as the theme song in the Kodak commercials on TV years
    ago......the lyrics cover both sons and daughters....it used to show
    pictures of weddings, graduations, etc., etc.........(I'm probably 
    'dating' myself)...some Sunday night show, or something.....maybe the 
    business office/customer service at Kodak can fax you a copy!!!!....
    
    'Turn around, turn around, turn around and you're grown; 
    Turn around..you're a young man going out on your own'
    
    Darn thing always makes me cry!!!  I'll be applying it to my grandaughter 
    now....Good luck....
    
    Lorraine 

    Were are you going my little one, little one?
    Were are you going my baby, my own?
    Turn around and you're one, turn around and you're grown, 
    turn around and you're a young girl with babes of your own.
    
    Turn around, turn around, turn around and you're a young
    girl with babes of your own.
    
    

    Loraine & SDOGUS::STEWART,
    
    Thank you so much for your help in getting all the lyrics that I needed
    for my Toastmasters' speech this afternoon.  I used some of the
    lyrics from note .88 and some lyrics that I obtained from a person at
    Kodak from note .87.
    
    The speech was a success with your help.
    
    With much appreciation,
    
    Jay (.86)
                                                  

    Jay, I'll let the moderator move this because it's not a song or...
    but, I wanted to congratulate you on your successful speech, and was
    glad to be of some help to you.  It's a great little song, and sadly,
    so true.  
    
    I was delighted to see your thanks.....
    
    Take care,
    Lorraine

I used that song for my dance
with my father at my wedding..

I think Melissa Manchester sings
it.

Marybeth

    I'm looking for the words to the song about a child who's
    drinking from a straw and a bug or a fly gets in the 
    straw and gets swallowed?????
    
    

    
    If its the one that I'm thinking of -- its a worm in the straw -- but I
    can't think of it right now.
    
    
    I'd like to get the words to the Peanut Song.  I know it has something
    to do with a peanut on the track and along comes the train and smack. 
    My daugher (20 months) is always singing it but of course, at that age,
    she doesn't make complete sentences but she has all the sounds effects
    and arm motions down.
    
    

see 35.28 for the peanut song 
and keep reading -- there are several variations in
the replies which follow

re: the song with a straw -- that one has lots
of variations too if it's the one I'm thinking
of.  The one I learned was called "sippin' cider
through a straw", but I don't recall all the words.
(And you didn't request this variation anyway :-) :-)

- Deb B.

    Funny,  all I can remember from "sippin cider.."  is:
    
    Now 29 kids all call me "Ma"
    from sippin cider through a straw..
    
    sends shivers up me timbers! :-)
    
    					cj *->

I remember some of the 'Sippin Cider' song.  It's one of those songs
where the leader sings a line and the others repeat it.  This happens
for four lines, then the whole verse is sung by everyone.

Here's the first verse.

	The prettiest girl
	  The prettiest girl
	I ever saw
	  I ever saw
	Was sippin' ci
	  Was sippin' ci
	Der through a straw.
	  Der through a straw.
	
	The prettiest girl I ever saw,
	Was sippin' cider through a straw!

Here's the last verse.

	Now twenty-nine kids
	  Now twenty-nine kids
	All call me Paw
	  All call me Paw
	From sippin' ci
	  From sippin' ci
	Der through a straw.
	  Der through a straw.

	Now twenty-nine kids all call me Paw,
	From sippin' cider through a straw!


The verses in between are about the guy asking the girl to
teach him how to sip cider through a straw, him learning,
and them sipping together.  I can't remember them though!

I don't think this song has anything about bugs or worms
though, so it might be the wrong one altogether!

					Tracy

I remember the one about the worm in the straw:  Of course, it's been a long
time.  Please feel free to correct.

Lori


The littlest worm
I ever saw
got stuck inside
my soda straw
(repeat)

He said to me
don't take a sip
for if you do
I'll really flip
(repeat)

I took a sip
and he went down
right through my pipes
he must've drowned.
(repeat)

The biggest worm
I ever saw
got stuck inside
my matzoh ball
(repeat)

He said to me
don't take a bite
for if you do
I'll die of fright
(repeat)

I took a bite
and he went down
right through my pipes
he must've drowned.
(repeat)

    I remember sing this at camp and on the bus, we'd also sing a line and
    others would repeat each one....
    
    The prettiest girl 
    I ever saw
    was sippin ci
    der through a straw
    the prettiest girl I ever saw
    was sipping cider through a straw
    
    I asked her if
    she'd show me
    to sip some ci
    der through a straw
    I asked her if she'd show me how
    to sip some cider through a straw
    
    she said of course 
    she'd show me how
    to sip some ci
    der through a straw
    she said of course she'd show me how
    to sip some cider through a straw
    
    so cheek to cheek
    and jaw to jaw
    we'd sip some ci
    der through a straw
    so scheek to cheek and jaw to jaw
    we'd sip some cider through a straw
    
    and now and then
    the straw would slip
    and we'd be sittin
    lip to lip
    and now and then the straw would slip
    and we'd be sitting lip to lip
    
    (now the part about the twenty nine kids may fit in here, we never sang
    it)
    the moral of 
    my story is
    don't sip ci
    der through a straw
    the moral of my story is
    don't sip cider through a straw
    
    then we'd yell SIP 7-UP!!
    
    
    Roberta
    

<grin> :-)  How come all you women sung "the prettiest girl" and I sang
"the cutest boy" and I'm the one who ended up marrying a woman??  ;-)

      Carol

Well, I sang "cutest boy" too, but you beat me
to a reply :-)

I partly recall one verse a little different
from "lip to lip" -- something more along the lines
of "sippin cider through his teeth".  (And
we'd all go "EEEEuuuuuwwwww" !!! :-) :-)

Another song to the same tune had to do with being
chased by "the biggest bear I ever saw".  I only recall 
the one verse which comes after the singer attempts to jump
to a high tree branch:

	Now don't you fret
	And don't you frown
	'Cause I hit that branch
	On the way back down.

Anybody know the rest of that one??

- Deb B.

    I sing this to Andy all of the time...  
    
    Out in the woods,
    A way out there,
    One day I spied 
    A great big bear...
    
    He looked at me.
    I looked at him.
    He sized up me.
    I sized up him...
    
    He said to me,
    "Why don't you run?
    I see you ain't
    Got any gun"...
    
    I said to him,
    "That's a good idea.
    So come on feet,
    Let's get out of here".
    
    And so I ran
    Away from there
    But right behind
    me was that bear...
    
    What's that I see
    Ahead of me!
    Oh my! Oh me!
    It's a great big tree...
    
    And so I jumped
    Into the air
    But I missed that branch
    A way up there...
    
    Now don't you fret
    And don't you frown
    Cuz I caught that branch
    One the way back down...
    
    That's all there is
    There ain't no more
    Unless I see 
    That bear once more.
    
    (Actually, I have to admit that we change the words just slightly.. 
    I substitute the words "you ain't got any gun" for "that I am not much fun")
    
    Peggy

Ok - you seasoned parents may already have 
this but it was a fun find for us this weekend.
We have been introducing Lauren, 3.5, to games
and bought "Spill the Beans" this weekend.

The concept is simple, you take turns putting 
beans into a little pot.  When the pot gets off
balance it spills into a tray.  We all had lots of
laughs and fun.

It cost between $5-6.

    
    Just a nit ... but isn't it "DON'T Spill the Beans!" ??
    

    Well, I am having a hard time figuring out a couple of words in
    Jingle bells!!   Here's the verse:
    
    Now the ground is white so go it while you're young
    Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song
    Just get a bobtail nag ????? 
    Then hitch him to an open sleigh and crack you'll take the lead
    
    
    Also I am missing some words in one verse of "It Came Upon The
    Midnight Clear":
    
    For Lo! the days are hastening on, by????????
    When with the evercircling years shall come the time foretold
    ?????????????????????
    And the whole world send back the song which now the angles sing
    
    I'm trying to put together a caroling book for my kids and I'm
    trying to get the words off of tapes and having some problems
    deciphering some of them!  Any help would be appreciated!
    I'm also looking for the words to "Angels We Have Heard On High"
    and "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" if anyone would care to send
    them to me!  Thanks again!   Lila
    

    
    The wonder ball 
    goes round and round
    to pass it quickly
    you are bound
    if you're the one
    to hold it last
    I fear for you
    the game has past
    and you are out.
    

    
    Does anybody know the words to the hand song.  The one that goes
    something like "where is pinky, where is pinky, here I am...etc
    
    Thanks
    

    Where is Thumbkin, Where is Thumbkin
    Here I am, Here I am
    How are you today, sir?
    Very well, I thank you
    Run away, Run away (hide hand behind back)
    
    Where is pointer....
    (same chorus as above) 
    
    Where is tall man...   careful on this one ;-)
    
    Where is ring man...
    
    Where is baby (or pinky)...
    
    Where are all the men, Where are all the men
    Here we are, Here we are
    How are you today sirs
    Very well, we thank you
    Run away, Run away
    
    

    I heard it the same as Julie, with one exception ... on the last verse,
    instead of "where are all the men", it was "Where is {the?} family"
    

There's a nonsense song (and associated story?) we used to 
sing years and years ago.  The only part I can remember is 
something along the lines of 

  Hey, Mister Bunny Rabbit, 
  I don't like your attitude...
  Waking up the field mice 
  and bopping them on the head...

Does anyone happen to know from whence this derives? I'd
love to have the full story/song for my daughter (and wife!).

thanks,

Tom

re .110...

There's this chorus that goes "Little Bunny Fufu / hopping through the forest /
picking up the field mice / and bopping them on the head" (to the tune of "Down
by the station, early in the morning").  After the first round of the chorus,
there's this narrative about the good fairy coming along and scolding Little
Bunny FuFu, and telling him that she'll give him three chances, and if he
doesn't behave, she'll turn him into a goon.  Chorus again; good fairy appears
and tells him he only has two more chances; chorus; one more chance; chorus;
good fairy appears and turns him into a goon.

"And the moral of the story is, 'Hare today, goon tomorrow.'"

> "And the moral of the story is, 'Hare today, goon tomorrow.'"

groannn...

I'm told this is on a Shari Lewis video?

Does anyone know the words to the whole rubber duckie song?   

Rubber duckie, you're the one 
you make my bath time so much fun 
rubber duckie, I'm awfully fond of you...  


I think that's the chorus.  Looking for the verses. 

Thanks 

    I sing the bunny fufu song to my girls all the time.  They love it.
    It goes along with hand gestures.  Two fingers for bunny hopping,
    then the bop with both hands. And the finger pointing when the fairy
    comes in.  Its great!  Rose
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Little bunny fufu hopping through the forest
    scoopin' up the field mice and bopping them on the head
    
    And out came the fairy and this is what she said,
    Little bunny fufu I don't want to see you
    scoppin' up the field mice and bopping them on the head
    I'll give you threeeeee more chances
    
    Sooooo little bunny fufu went hoppin' through the forest
    scoopin' up the field mice and bopping them on the head
    
    And out came the fairy and this is what she said, 
    ......................
    (repeat same as above until down to none)
    I gave you threeeeee chances and now I'll turn you into a goooooon.
    
    (I usually tickle my kids at that point).
    
    
    
    
    

Here, off the top of my head, are the words I can remember:

Rubber ducky, you're the one
You make bath time lots of fun
Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you

Rubber ducky, joy of joys
When I squeeze you, you make noise
Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you

Every day
    When I
Make my way
    To the Tubby
I find a
Little fella
    Who's
Cute and yella
    And chubby

     [The last chorus I think has somewhat different words, but I can't recall
      what they are, so I'm essentially repeating the first chorus]

Rubber ducky, you're the one
You make bath time lots of fun
Rubber ducky, I'd like a whole pond of
Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you

    re -.1, that's just how I remember it; just insert one line:
    
        >Cute and yella and chubby
        Rub-a-dub-dubby!
    
    It's on the original Sesame Street album (circa 1969?), and I wish
    I could find a rubber ducky who really *does* make noise  :-}
    
    Leslie
    

>>    I wish I could find a rubber ducky who really *does* make noise  :-}

Tell me about it...  We bought an official Ernie rubber ducky (Sesame Street
imprimatur), but it does not make noise.  Those noise-making bath toys tend to
get filled with water and get moldy inside, so I suppose there's a good reason,
but still, it's hard to emulate the antics of the one on the screen without the
noise.

						Brian

    re: rubber duckie - isn't there also a line that says
    
    "Rubber ducky you're so fine, and I'm lucky that you're mine"?
    
    I have this song on a 45 somewhere - I'll have to dig it out and
    listen to it!!
    
    Lila
    

    I know there is a note that this question belongs in - but I can't find
    it!
    Does anyone know the words ot a children's rhyme about five monkeys in
    a tree and an alligator below.
    
    Thanks,
    Nancy

    3 Little monkeys swingin' in a tree, 
    teasin' Mr. Alligator, "You can't catch me".
    Along comes Mr. Alligator, quite as can be.
    And SNAP!
    
    2 Little monkeys swingin' in a tree...
    
    

    Actually, I've been thinking about getting a book of 
    children's songs, so that I can sing the whole song to 
    my son.  I find I can't remember them well, and use the
    words I can remember, then insert whatever makes sense.
    I'd love to expand my songs...has anyone seen a book,
    in a particular store?
    
    Thanks,
    Dale

    "Wee Sing" has a variety of children's tapes, and the
    ones I have bought come with a book of music/words.
    I like these tapes better than any other children's music
    I have bought.  I saw them recently at Costco, and have
    previously bought them at Kaybee.  I've bought them on
    sale for $3.99.
    
    Janice

  Is anyone familiar with the following song?  My daughter's teacher would
like to know the rest of the words.

Thanks,

Elizabeth


In came the doctor
in came the nurse
in came the lady with the alligator purse

    Miss Lucy had a baby
    She named him Tiny Tim
    She put him in the bath tub
    To see if he could swim
    
    He drank up all the water
    He ate up all the soap
    He tried to swallow the bathtub
    But it wouldn't go down his throat
    
    Miss Lucy called the doctor
    The doctor called the nurse
    The nurse called the lady
    With the alligator purse
    
    Get out you mean old doctor
    Get out you mean old nurse
    Stay in you nice old lady
    With the alligator purse
    

    We had a couple of extra versus in our version and a different 'last'
    verse:
    
>    Miss Lucy called the doctor
>    The doctor called the nurse
>    The nurse called the lady
>    With the alligator purse
    
     In came the doctor, in came the nurse       - 2 lines sung really slowly
     In came the lady with the alligator purse     and a little differently
    
>    Get out you phony doctor
>    Get out you phony nurse
>    Get out you phony lady
>    With the alligator purse
    
     Out went the doctor, out went the nurse     - 2 lines sung really slowly
     Out went the lady with the alligator purse    and a little differently
    
     Then up came all the water
     and up came all the soap
     and up came all the bathtub
     that did go down his throat
    

    A little different twist ....
    
    Oh ... and it was Miss Tutsie, not Miss Lucy (what I learned)

    Miss Tutsie had a baby
    She named him Tiny Tim
    She put him in the bath tub
    To see if he could swim
    
    He drank up all the water
    He ate up all the soap
    *He tried to eat the bathtub, 
    *but it wouldn't fit down his throat
        
    Miss Tutsie called the doctor
    *Miss Tutsie called the nurse
    *Miss Tutsie called the lady
    With the alligator purse
    
    *Mumps said the Doctor,
    *Mumps said the nurse!
    *Measles said the lady 
    *with the alligator purse.
    
    *Get out you dirty doctor
    *Get out you dirty nurse
    *Stay in you beautiful lady
    *With the alligator purse
    

    The one that seems to be in playgrounds these days, involves a
    "medicine", but I forget what it is exactly ..... goes something like;
    
    Miss Tutsie called the doctor
    *Miss Tutsie called the nurse
    *Miss Tutsie called the lady
    With the alligator purse
    
    Broccoli said the Doctor
    Broccoli said the nurse
    Pizza said the lady
    with the alligator purse.
    {and then the get out part}
    
    I'll have to check with the resident 10 yr old! (-:
    

    Ok, here's another version that comes from one of the tapes my kids'
    have.  I think it's Shari, Lois and Bram but I'm not positive.
    
    In came the doctor
    In came the nurse       
    In came the lady with the alligator purse   

    Measles said the doctor,
    Measles said the nurse,
    Chicken Pox said the lady with the alligator purse.
    
    Penicillin said the doctor, 
    Penicillin said the nurse, 
    Pizza said the lady with the alligator purse.
    
    Out went the doctor, 
    Out went the nurse     
    Out went the lady with the alligator purse.
    
    The dogs got the measles,
    The cats got the flu,
    The baby has the chicken pox and SO HAVE YOU!
    

    
    ....our version of jump rope jingle from my "childhood"....several 
    decades ago!!!!    
    
    Miss Lucy (?) had a baby,
    She named him Tiny Tim.
    She put him in the bathtub
    To teach him how to swim.
    
    He drank all the water,
    He ate all the soap,
    He died last night
    With a bubble in his throat.
    
    In came the doctor,
    In came the nurse,
    In came the lady with the big, fat purse.
    
    Out went the doctor,
    Out went the nurse,
    Out went the lady with the big, fat purse.
    
    	?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
    
    L.

    Hi...looking for words to 2 songs and 1 jingle.  I'll put them each in
    their own reply....first one...this is long, and I don't know how many
    verses.
    
    Would you like to swing on a star?
    Carry moonbeams home in a jar?
    And be better off than you are..
    Or...would you rather be a ..... pig?
    
    A pig is an animal with dirt on his face.
    His shoes are a terrible disgrace.
    He's ?????? ????? when he eats his food;
    He's ?????? ????? and extremely rude.
    So, if you don't care a feather or a fig..
    You may grow up to be a pig.
    
    Chorus (repeats, and changes animal names each time)
    Or would you rather be a .. mule?
    
    A mule is an animal with long funny ears;
    He kicks up at everything he hears.
    He's ??????
    He's just plain stupid (?) with a stubborn streak.
    So, if you don't ??????? school (?)
    You may grow up to be a mule.
    
    Chorus  ( next animal ???)
    
    End chorus:
    
    All the monkeys aren't in the zoo;
    Every day you meet quite a few.
    So, you see it's all up to you;
    You can be better than you are.....
    You could be swinging on a star.
    
    

    Next one.....from "Meet Me in St. Louis" with Judy Garland.  My
    daughter asking about this to sing to her daughter!  I'm putting down
    some of the lines that come to mind, but don't know how accurate they
    are!  Sorry....
    
    Zoom, zoom, zoom went the trolley
    Clack, clack, clack went the wheels.
    Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings.
    ???????????????????????????????????????
    
    Buzz, buzz, buzz went the buzzer.
    ????????????????????????????????
    
    When he smiled, I could feel the car shake.
    
    He asked my name, I held my breath.
    I couldn't speak because he scared my half to death.
     
    
    ????????????????????????????????????????????

    O.K., last one....a jingle/rhyme about daylight savings time...
    
    In winter I get up at night;
    And dress by yellow candlelight.
    
    In summers' just the other way;
    I have to go to bed by day.
    
    I have to go to bed and see;
    The birds still hopping on the tree.
    
    And hear the grownup peoples feet;
    Still prancing merrily down the street.
    
    ?????????????????????????????????????

    Re: .131
    
    That's Robert Louis Stevenson, I believe.  I don't know the rest of it
    but that's the author.  I love his stuff and would be interested in the
    rest of it too.

Here's a lot of it...  And thanks -- now I'm going to be 
humming this all day!!! :-) :-)

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He's got no manners when he eats his food
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude
So if you don't care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig

[chorus]

A mule is an animal with long floppy ears
He kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
... if you don't like to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

[chorus]

A fish is an animal that swims in a brook
He can't write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And thought he's slippery he still gets caught
.. if that sort of life is what you wish
You may grow up to be a fish

    .....I know what you mean about humming it all day!  I don't know how
    this popped into my head...buy, boy, it's been running around it for at
    least a week!
    
    Thanks much...
    L.

<                     <<< Note 35.130 by MAL009::MAGUIRE >>>
<                             -< The Trolley Song  >-

I used to know this by heart.  Sadly, I can only remember a tiny bit now.
    
<    Zoom, zoom, zoom went the trolley

I believe this should be Clang, Clang, Clang

then after a third "xxxx went the xxxxx," came:
"from the moment I saw him, I xxxxx"

Also, something like 
"He tipped his hat, and took a seat.
He said he hoped he hadn't stepped upon my feet.
He asked my name, I held my breath.
I couldn't speak because he scared me half to death."
     
One of the sounds was for the motor.

There's also a music conference you might want to try.

       Carol

Does anyone have the words for the Rainbow Connection
song that Kermit the Frog sings in the Muppet Movie? 
I think it's the  1st  movie (vs. Muppets take Manhattan). 
He's sitting in a swamp playing a guitar and Dom  DeLuise, 
playing a Hollywood agent, comes by in a canoe to recruit him to be a star....

Starts out like this (I think, probably mixing verses here)...

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are memories, sweet dream illusions, 
rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it,  | **??? 
I know they're wrong wait and see.		   | **???
One day we'll find it the rainbow connection, the
lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who  said that every wish, would be heard and answered,
when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,  (***???)
look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing, and what
do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the
lovers, the dreamers, and me,

	All of us under it's spell, we know that
	it's probably magic!



**** and so on ****

My kids love this song (They call it the Rainbow Collection song;
It's a beautiful melody and make's a nice lullaby, but I can't keep
the verses straight!...Any Muppets fans out there w/ the correct words?

    
    We have a baby mobile that plays the Winnie the Pooh song.  The tune
    sticks in my head, but the only words I know are "Winnie the Pooh,
    Winnie the Pooh" 
    
    Does soneone out there remember the words?
    
    thanks,
    cheryl
    

    
    Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh
    Chubby little tubby all stuffed with fluff
    He's Winnie the Pooh, WTP
    Silly, Silly, Silly old bear
    
    
    Something like that!
    
    Karen
    

    The Disney book lists the last line as
    
    Willy, nilly, silly old bear.

Ditto .-1; also:

>>    Chubby little tubby all stuffed with fluff

I believe that should be "cubby," not "tubby."

    Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood
    Where Christopher Robin played,
    You'll find the enchanted neighborhood
    of Christoher's childhood days.
    
    A donkey named Eeyore is his friend.
    And Kanga and Little Roo.
    There's Rabbit and Piglet and there's Owl,
    But most of all Winnie the Pooh!
    
    Winnie the Pooh
    Winnie the Pooh
    Chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff.
    He's Winnie the Pooh,
    Winnie the Pooh
    Willy, nilly, silly old bear.
    
      Annie

    RE: the rainbow connection..
    
    I remember SOME of the verses.. not all... I'll have to check my family
    song book at home tonight.
    
    Why are there so many songs about rainbows
    and what's on the other side.
    Rainbows are vision, and only illusions
    and rainbows have nothing to hide.
    I've heard it too many times to ignore it
    There's something that I'm supposed to see.
    One day we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
    The lover, the dreamer and me.
    
    Who said that every wish, would be heard and answered
    when wished on a morning star.
    Somebody thought of that, and some choose to believe it
    Look what it's done so far.
    What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing?
    And what do we think we might see?
    Some day we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
    The lover, the dreamer and me.
    
    All of us under it's spell
    We know that it's probably magic.
    
    Have you been half asleep, and have you hear voices?
    I've heard them calling my name.
    
    There's a part of that last verse that I"m missing... Just a few more
    lines.  Same melody as the first two verses.
    
    Holly
    

    re .141 (and others)
    
    Thanks!  I'm getting tired of singing da -da da da da , etc.
    
    cheryl
    

    
>>    Have you been half asleep, and have you hear voices?
>>    I've heard them calling my name.
    

    Have you been half asleep, and have you heard voices?
    I've heard them calling my name.
    Is it the soft voice that calls the young sailors?
    The voice might be one and the same
    
    I've heard it too many times to ignore it
    There's something that I'm supposed to see.
    Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
    The lover, the dreamer and me.
    ladada....
    
    
    ...I think the end of the last verse is the same as the end of the
    first verse and you do the ladada thing to finish it off.  It's pretty
    close anyways...
    
    R

    Does anyone know the name of a song about a bumblebee that is
    caught and held in the child's hand??
    My daughter is going through the motions but doesn't know the words!
    Thanks!!

you're not referring to a four-line ditty I recall
from some cartoon *many* years ago:

   I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
   Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
   I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
   Ow! Ow! He stung me!

    YES, THATS IT!!!  But there is a second verse where after the child is
    stung, the bumblebee is squished....really....
    
    Does anyone know the second verse???
    
    Thanks!!!

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
Ow! Ow! He stung me!

I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
Yew, Yew..he's all over me!

    And then there's the final verse...
    
    
    I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
    Ow! Ow! He stung me!
    
    I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
    Yew, Yew..he's all over me!
    
    (child looks like he's wiping hands on shirt)
    So I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee
    won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    So I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee
    
    Then then child exclaims "Uh oh!  Here comes Mommy!!"
    

    We had a couple of more versus when I was kid...they were the versus
    the kids loved and the parents didnt...
    
    (hold hands together until get stung)
    I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
    Ow! He stung me!
    
    (squish hands together)    
    I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
    Yew..he's all over me!
    
    (pretend to lick hands)
    I'm licking up my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm licking up my baby bumblebee
    Yuck, my tummy!
    
    (pretend to throw up)
    I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee
    Ahhh!
    
    (pretend to clean up floor)
    I'm cleaning up my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm cleaning up my baby bumblebee!!
    (end with hands open pointing to clean floor)
    
    
                  

    I'm at a loss to understand why this is considered a valuable ditty....
    (I don't think it's cute OR funny, but then I'm on the cusp of Old-
    Fogeyhood, where one generally doesn't give toddlers the "visual" of
    crushing bumblebees barehanded :-)
    
    Leslie

    It was mentioned earlier in this string, but never completed. 
    So...does anyone know the words to 7 old ladies....  I think it starts
    out:
    
    Oh, dear what can the matter be
    Seven old ladies got stuck in the lavatory
    They'll be there from Sunday til Saturday
    Knowbody knew they were there
    
    The first ones name was old Mrs. Haggerty
    ..
    ..
    
    Knowbody knew she was there
    
    The second ones name was ?????
    
    etc.
    
    Thanks...R

    Re: The Bumblebee song - When my husband tried to paraphrase what he
    thought the words were, I made sure to tell my daughter to never hold
    or try to touch a bumblebee.  It is an odd song but think about some of
    the nursery rhymes we had.....
    
    Rock a bye baby on the tree top
    When the wind blows the cradle will rock
    When the bough breaks the cradle will fall.....
    
    I think some of this stuff is put together without thought about the
    content - the rhyme potential seems to be important.
    
    And thanks to everyone for the speedy replies!
    
    Nancy
    
    

    
      That's for sure, I used to know a lot that we started changing
    the words or selves to make it sound grosser or worse! It seemed like
    fun back then for some reason.  Like,,,
    
    
       Old gramma she ain't what she used to be,
       Ain't what she used to be.
    
       Old gramma she ain't what she used to be,
       Walking up the Delaware, eating up her underwear! 
    
    It's really not funny, but we used to love singing it!
    
      Rosie

    re:.151
    
    It's not a valuable ditty, it was just fun to sing as a kid. 
    Definitely not for toddlers, but pretty harmless for school aged kids
    and they have fun singing them.  We were taught all kinds of
    fun/funny/pointless/nonvaluable songs around the campfire at overnight
    camp and in scouts.  No foul language, but lots of stuff that made
    adults cringe (which is probably why we liked them so much).  There was
    always at least 1 adult that liked them...they taught us (I know, that
    doesnt make it right).  I think some of the Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
    are much worse than of the odd/gross/strange songs we learned as kids
    (more violent too).
    
    Sorry...off soapbox now...
    
    R

I personally don't see anything wrong with singing silly songs.  Being silly is
part of being a kid!  And I happen to be one of those adults who sings
these silly songs right along with the kids.  I've even been the one
to teach my son many of them(He's 5 1/2) He thinks it's great when Mom is silly
too. I try not to take these things so seriously .I remember singing the
bumblebee song as a kid and never once was I tempted to actually grab a bee
and squish it!  It was just fun to sing.   That is the "value" of these
songs, in my opinion - sincging them with my kids gives us the chance to
be silly together.  I enjoy it and so do they!  I'll often change the
words to songs just to be silly and make them laugh - they love it!
(I've got some GREAT words to Hush Little Baby that just cracks my 2 1/2
year old up!!)  Anyway - just my .02 cents worth. :-)
Lila

    Silliness is part of being a kid, and part of interfacing withkids in
    my experience.  I lead Jr. Girl Scouts and they are giggly monsters,
    not as bad as they were as brownies, but.....
    
    We do get into a fair amount of silliness.  to me there is nothing
    sadder than meeting up with the girls who won't laugh, dance, play
    games, as it is beneath an aquired adult veneer.
    
    meg

    *Sigh*  Having been raised on Tom Lehrer (and called "Gruesome" as a
    pet name by my mom and "Lesley-Ann" by my teasing dad), I  definitely 
    place a high value on satire/silliness/gross-but-funny-stuff.
    
    I just don't find *this particular* song to be comically redeeming.  
    (I don't like "Bunny Foo Foo", either, but that's because it (or at
    least the version taught at Alex's daycare) didn't rhyme and--
    I don't know, wasn't absurd *enough*, I guess.)
    
    Leslie

    re. Nursery Rhymes
    
    Quite a few of them weren't written for children in the first place.
    
    "Ring Around the Rosey" is about the Black Death
    
    "Pop Goes the Weasel" is about a cobbler [or tailor] who drinks up all
     money [and more besides]
    
    "Bessie Bell" is about a starving child at the church-gate
    
    "Jack Spratt" and "Peter, Pumpkin Eater" have grim origins.
    
    and then, of course, there's "Lizzie Borden ..."
    
    I think children picked them up because they are clever, easy to sing,
    and a tad gruesome.
    
      Annie

    
    Here's our version of the Bumble Bee song
    
    (Gently cup hands together)
    I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
    Ouch! He stung me!
    
    (Squish hands repeatedly)
    I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
    Ewwwww - what a mess!
    
    (wipe-clap hands together)
    I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee
    (Look at floor)  Uh OH!
    
    (Pretend to be sweeping w/ a broom)
    I'm sweeping up my baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    I'm sweeping up my baby bumblebee
    There!  All clean!
    
    There's no more baby bumblebee
    Won't my mommy be so-proud-of-me
    There's no more baby bumblebee
    ....but my hand still hurts! 
    
    I liked this little ditty (and this version of it!) because it follows
    a logical sequence of events .... and the kids love the motions, so
    what the heck!!
    
    After all - almost every one likes Ring around the Rosey, and that's
    about the black plague (or black death - assuming they're different)!
    
    		Ring around the rosey (disease noted by a red ring - not
    						sure where)
    		Pocketful of posies (posies were believed to help ward it
    									off)
    		Ashes ashes (they burned the dead, to prevent the spread of
    				disease)
    		We all fall down (everyone was 'dropping dead')
    
    How's that for a cheery kid song??  I'd rather squish a bumblebee and
    let mom get mad!!  (-;

The words to "Ring around a Rosie" are slightly different in England (where
I come from).

Instead of Ashes, Ashes... it's  Atishoo, Atishoo

I was always led to believe that's because one of the symptoms of the plague 
was sneezing.

Lucy

    
      And the ashes are for when the body is cremated......
    
    
      The fun part of "Ring around the Rosie" was everyone falling down. 

    
    I've heard...
    		the cows are in the meadow eating butter cups
     	        thunder thunder we all get up.
    
    		then repeat
    		ring around the rosie...
    
    	but I don't know where it came from.
    
    
    I read somewhere? the "ring around the rosie" was for a rash around 
    the neck...and that posie's were placed in the pocket of the dead. 
    
    Teri   

    Does anyone know the words to the Banahnahs in Pajahmahs opening song ?
    
    My son has a B1 doll that sings the song, but we can't seem to make
    out the last line.  We might not actually have the others right either
    but they're a little clearer.  Since it runs at 6:30 in the morning,
    I'm usually not near the T.V. when the song runs.  I'm sure some one of
    you early birds out there must know it.
    
    
    1. Bananas in pajamas are coming down the stairs,  (1 & 2 might be
    2. Bananas in pajamas are coming down in pairs,     reversed )
    3. Bananas in pajamas are chasing teddy bears,
    4. la-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la la-la-la-la
    
    Thanks from mom & big sister.

    Oh, I'd like to know that as well.  I've tried to catch it several
    times and after line 3 it sounds garbled.  This is how I wake my son
    in the morning. Carry him to my bed, turn on Bananas in Jamanas (as he
    calls them) and I do my thing as he gradually wakes to this show (on
    channel 56)

Bananas in pajamas are coming down the stairs,  
Bananas in pajamas are coming down in pairs,    
Bananas in pajamas are chasing teddy bears,
Because on Tuesdays they all try to catch them unawares.


\C

    This is too funny!  I've been trying to figure that out for months
    and months!
    
    But that last line is really weird!  No wonder we couldn't get it!
    				
    						cj *->
    
    p.s.
    Then you all know what my P_N is all about!  I get a LOT of questions
    on that one!

    Geez..now that I see the line it makes sense but they really swallow
    the words when they sing it.  How did you ever figure it out!  Thanks
    a lot.
    
    Kathy

The emphasis is on "catch".
How did I figure it out?  I speak the lingo (and I have the words :^} )

Have the books made it over there yet?  They're VERY nice.  Easy to read to 
small people over and over as there are wonderful illustrations with lots of 
"stuff" to talk about.

\C

    RE: .167,.170
    
    Thank-you so much.  I should have asked in here sooner.  I haven't seen
    any books here, but I haven't been looking either.  It really is a
    pretty cute show that my 2 yr old and 8 1/2 yr old both enjoy.  I'll
    keep an eye out for the books though.  Thanks again.
    
    Sharon

    The toys are at Toys R Us, I know that.
    
    I have to laugh at just how "dumb" the characters are, and how
    low the budget to produce this show.  But my daughter has been
    transfixed by them for the longest time!  It's the teddies, really.
    She just loves them.
    
    							cj

    	
    	I've never heard of Bananas in Pajamas.  Where can this
    	show be found ?
    

    The show is on at 6:30 am on ch. 56 (or ch9 worc. cable)..
    I think I enjoy it more then my child....hee hee
    
    renee

    
    We have a Bananas video. The very down side of the video is there are
    about 10 minutes of advertisements for other videos. These
    advertisements really bother me and out of principle I won't buy
    another.  The setting of the show and the situations are kind of lame
    but really cute and have nice little messages.  My son and I repeat
    some of their routines like saying "are you thinking what I'm thinking
    B1...I think I am B2", etc.  It's particularly fun now that he's 3 and
    can play with me more.
    
    Kathy

I'm glad the lyrics were useful.
"Bananas in Pajamas" originated as a segment of Australian Play School, in 
turn became a separate though very brief TV show then to video etc.  The 
target audience seems to be around 3+.  It's been around for over 5 years that 
I can recall.  The "live" appearances of the Bananas at various venues are 
*always* packed.

Some additional characters in the books are the Zucchinis in Bikinis.  There 
are others I can't remember offhand, there are beetroots which are dressed as 
cowboys, carrots, you name it.

\C

    OK< here's another song we used to sing:
    
    	The ants go marching one by one
    	hoorah, hooray
    	The ants go marching one by one
    	hoorah, hooray
    	The ants go marching one by one,
    	The last one that stops 
    	[can't remember this line!]
    	The ants go marching 
    	round and round
    	and up and down
    	and out in the rain.
    
    	The ants go marching two by two,
    	etc.
    	
    	Can anyone help? I remember my sister Elizabeth singing it when
    we were kids...is it a Scout song?

    The way I learned was
    
    	The ants go marching one by one
    	hoorah, hoorah
    	The ants go marching one by one
    	hoorah, horrah
    	The ants go marching one by one
    	the little one stops to play the drum
    	And they all go marching
    	down to the ground
    	to get out of the rain
    	bum, bum bum
    
    	The ants go marching two by two
    	...
    	the little one stops to tie his shoe
    	...
    
    	... three by three ... stops to climb a tree
    	... four by four ....  stops to shut the door
    	... five by five ...   stops to see a hive (I think)
    	... six by six   ...   stops to pick up sticks
    	... seven by seven ... stops to ???
    	... eight by eight ... stops to shut the gate
    	... nine by nine ...   stops to read a sign
    	... ten by ten   ...   stops to say the end!
    
    Irene
    

    I think the seven verse has something to do with heaven -- maybe pray
    to heaven?  It's hard to remember...
    
    Regards,
    Lisa

    
       I think your right. I recall singing it and saying something like 
    praying in heaven.
    
       Rosie
    
       hu rah!

    
    
    I know that this request may not exactly fit here, but it is a request
    for the words to a song.  However, it is not for a child's song that
    you would sing and play.
    
    Since day one when Kathleen was born, I would rock her and hum the
    words to Amazing Grace.  Well, I only know two versus and I'm not even
    sure those versus are 100%.  Now that she is a year old, as soon as I
    sit in the rocking chair with her (I like to have a moment or two of
    cuddle/quiet time with her before bed, even if she doesn't fall asleep)
    she starts to hum until I join in.  If I stop, she'll start humming
    again until I start up again.  I would at least like to be able to hum
    the correct words.
    
    Can anyone help out?
    
    Thank you,
    
    Serena
    (who wonders if the new baby (due OCt 24th) will also like it)

    Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
    That saved a wretch like me.
    I once was lost, but now am found,
    Was blind, but now I see.
    
    'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
    And grace my fear relieved.
    how precious did that grace appear
    The hour I first believed.
    
    Through many dangers, toils and snares
    I have already come
    'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far
    And grace will lead me home.
    
    When we've been there ten thousand years,
    Bright shining as the sun,
    We've no less days to sing God's praise
    Than when we first begun.  
    
    

    An updated version of the lyrics to "Amazing Grace" changes the words
    "a wretch like me" in the first verse as follows:
    
    	Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
    	That saved and set me free
    
    I sing with a Contemporary Music Ensemle in my church, and that's how
    it's printed in the missalettes.
    
    	- Jan

    Ok, so beat me, but I don't know the words to the Mickey Mouse
    song. (Other than something about the "leader of the band" and
    how to spell Mickey Mouse).
    
    Angeline has this electronic keyboard and she expects me to sing
    every song.   So far all she's learned on this one is la-la-la,
    M-i-c-k...well you know..  :-)
    
    						cj *->

    Try this:
    
    Who's the leader of the club
    That's made for you and me?
    M-I-C-K-E-Y
    M-O-U-S-E.
    
    Mickey Mouse,
    Mickey Mouse,
    Forever let us hold our banner high!
    High!  High!  High!  High!
    
    Come along and sing our song
    and join our jamboree
    M-I-C-K-E-Y
    M-O-U-S-E.
    
    Now does anyone remember the final verse...
    
    Now's the time to say good-bye
    to all our family
    M-I-C
    (See you real soon!)
    K-E-Y
    (Why? Because we like you!)
    M-O-U-S-E.
    
    Hope I got it right...the goop my brain fills up with!!
    
    

    RE: .182 and .183
    
    Thank you very much!  Now I can hum the entire song to her and not make
    up my own ending!  I sound terrible enough as it is!  Thank goodness
    she's not a critic!
    
    Thanks again

    > Now I can hum the entire song to her and not make
    > up my own ending!  
    
    That reminds me of driving by an ice cream place whose name was "Mill
    Stream."  I started singing:
    
    	Down by the old mill stream
    	Where I first met you
    	With your eyes so bluuuuuuuue
    	And-I-don't-remember-any-more.
    
    My kids thought it was a riot and still sing it that way!

  Somewhere in there goes:

    Hey there! Hi there! Ho there!
    You're as welcome as can be!
    M-I-C, K-E-Y,
    M-O-U-S-E!
                                   Atlant

  and then I've heard this variant:

    Who's the leader of the club
    that's made for you and me?
    D-E-C, of Maynard Mass,
    The home of P-D-P!

                                   Atlant

    This is what I remember:
    
    In a cavern, in a canyon 
    excavating for a mine
    Lived a miner, forty niner
    and his daughter Clementine
    
    Oh my darling, oh my darling
    Oh my darling Clementine
    You are lost and gone forever
    Dreadful sorry, Clementine
    
    
    I'm sure there must be many more verses but I can't recall them now!
    Lila
    

    You may not want to let your daughter hear the rest of the song.  I don't 
    remember the exact words, but it talks about the miner's daughter who is 
    killed in the coal mine.
    
    Holly
    

    From Digital (not DEC) Tradition Folk List
    (http://www.deltablues.com/dbsearch2.html)
    they have 6 versions listed(!), several not for children...
    
    
    CLEMENTINE
    
    In a cavern, in a canyon,
    Excavating for a mine,
    Dwelt a miner, forty-niner
    And his daughter Clementine.
    
    Oh my darling, oh my darling
    Oh my darling, Clementine
    Thou art lost and gone forever,
    Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
    
    Light she was and like a fairy,
    And her shoes were number nine,
    Herring boxes without topses
    Sandals were for Clementine
    
    CHORUS
    
    Drove she ducklings to the water
    Every morning just at nine,
    Hit her foot against a splinter
    Fell into the foaming brine.
    
    CHORUS
    
    Ruby lips above the water,
    Blowing bubbles soft and fine,
    But alas, I was no swimmer,
    So I lost my Clementine.