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Fun Favorite Songs

Alice the Camel

Alice the camel has 10 humps, Alice the camel has 10 humps
   (hold hands up and fling up all 10 fingers with the count)
Alice the camel has 10 humps, so go, Alice, GO!! Boom Boom Boom... 
   (hands on hips, swing hips back and forth with each "boom")

[Continue with 9, 8, 7 . . . humps, until . . . ]

Alice the camel has no humps, Alice the camel has no humps
Alice the camel has no humps, 'cause Alice is a HORSE!!

Do Your Ears Hang Low?
[Tune: Turkey in the Straw, refrain]

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them over your shoulder
Like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low.

Do your ears stand high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they droop when they are wet?
Do they stiffen when they dry?
Can you semaphore your neighbor.
With a minimum of labor?
Do your ears hang high?

Do your ears hang wide?
Do they flap from side to side?
Do they wave in the breeze,
From the slightest little sneeze?
Can you soar above the nation
with a feeling of elevation?
Do your ears hang wide?

Do your ears fall off,
When you give a great big cough?
Do they lie there on the ground,
Or bounce up at every sound?
Can you stick them in your pocket,
Just like Davy Crocket?
Do your ears fall off?

Going on a Lion Hunt
(Audience echos each line and sets up clap/lap-slapping rhythm)

Going on a lion hunt.
Going to catch a big one.
I'm not afraid.
Look, what's up ahead?
Mud!
Can't go over it.
Can't go under it.
Can't go around it.
Gotta go through it. (make sloshing sounds and move hands as if slogging)

Sticks. (snap fingers)
Tree. (make gestures climbing up and down)
Gate. (make gate-opening gestures)
River. (make swimming gestures)
Cave. (Go in it and find lion. Reverse all motions quickly to get home)

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
Knee and toes, knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose.

(Using both hands - touch the body part as it is sung.
   Repeat faster and faster)

Hole in my Bucket

There's a hole in my bucket,
dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in my bucket,
dear Liza, a hole.

Well fix it, dear Henry,
dear Henry, dear Henry,
Well fix it, dear Henry, well fix it.

With what shall fix it, . . .
With straw, . . .
The straw is too long, . . .
Well cut it, . . .
With what shall I cut it, . . .
With an axe, . . .
The axe is too dull, . . .
Then sharpen it, . . .
With what shall I sharpen it, . . .
With a stone, . . . .
The stone is too dry, . . .
Then wet it, . . .
With what shall I wet it, . . .
With water, . . . .
In what shall I fetch it, . . .
With a bucket, . . .
There's a hole in my bucket, . . .

If You're Happy

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.
   (clap twice)
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.
   (clap twice)
If you’re happy and you know it your face will surely show it,
   (point to your smile)
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.
   (clap twice)

2. Stomp your feet (stomp each foot once)
3. Nod your head (nod head twice)
4. Yell "hurray!" (yell)
5. Do all four (all four actions quickly one after the other)

alternately....

If you want to be a (Daisy/Brownie/Girl Scout) and you know it...

It's a Small World

Its a small world after all, [x 3]
Its a small, small world.

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears,
It's a world of hopes and a world of fears.
There's so much that we share, it's time we're aware
It's a small, small world.

There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship for everyone,
Though the oceans are wide, and the mountains divide
It's a small, small world.

Kookaburra

Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree,
Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra,
Merry merry gay your life must be.
Ha, ha, ha!

Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree,
Eating all the gum drops he can see.
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra,
Save some there for me.
Yum, yum, yum!

Little Bunny Fu-Fu

Little bunny Fu-Fu, hoppin' though the forest,
Scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.
Along came the good fairy, and she said:
"Little bunny Fu-Fu, I don't want to see you
Scoopin' up the field mice and boppin' them on the head.
I'll give you three chances to change your ways, and if you
don't obey, I'll turn you into a goon."

So the next day . . . [Repeat-two more chances . . . ]

So the next day . . . [Repeat-one more chance . . . ]

So the next day . . . [Repeat]
"I gave you three chances to change your ways and you didn't
obey, so now I'm turning you into goon. Pooff! You're a goon.

And the moral of this story is . . . 'Hare today and goon
tomorrow.'

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea,
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.
Oh bring back, bring back,
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me; [x2]

Action: As you sing each word beginning with the letter B, change from a standing to a sitting position and vice versa. All should be standing at the end of the song. When you have mastered these movements, sing it again, faster.

On Top of Spaghetti

[Tune: On Top of Old Smokey]

On top of Spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door.

It rolled down the garden, and under a bush,
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush!

The mush was as tasty, as tasty could be,
And then the next summer it grew into a tree.

The tree was all covered, all covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs, all covered with sauce.

So if you have spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
Hold onto your meatball, 'cause someone might sneeze.

PINEWOOD DERBY SONG
(Tune: My Bonnie)
 

My car is hung up on the race track.
The darn thing won't move up or down.
If only I'd followed instructions.
I'd have the best race car in town

Bring back, Bring back
Oh, Bring back my race car to me
Bring back, Bring back
The race, cause next time I'll win.

Quartermaster's Store

There are rats, rats, as big as alley cats,
At the store, at the store.
There are rats, rats, as big as alley cats,
At the Quartermaster's store.

CHORUS
My eyes are dim, I can not see.
I have not brought my specks with me. [Repeat.]

Mice . . . running through the rice.
Beans . . . as big as submarines.
Gravy . . . enough to float the navy.
Cakes . . . that give us tummy aches.
Butter . . . running in the gutter.
Bread . . . with great big lumps like lead.
Cheese . . . that makes you want to sneeze.
Goats . . . eating all the oats
Bees . . . with little knobby knees.
Owls . . . shredding paper towels.
Apes . . . eating all the grapes.
Foxes . . . stuffed in little boxes.
Coke . . . enough to make you choke.
Pepsi . . . that gives you apoplexy.
Flies . . . swarming 'round the pies.
Fishes . . . washing all the dishes.
Moths . . . eating through the cloths
Scouts . . . eating brussel sprouts.

She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain
(Audience adds part in brackets)

She'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes. (Whoo, whoo!)
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes. (Whoo, whoo!)
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain, blowing steam off like a fountain,
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes.

She'll be driving six white horses, when she comes, (Whoa, there!) ...

Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes. (Hi babe!) ...

She'll be wearing silk pajamas when she comes, [Wolf whistle] ...

And, we'll wear our bright red woolies when she comes, (Scratch, scratch!) ...

Oh, we'll kill the old red rooster, (Hack, hack!) ...
... cause he don't crow like he use ter.

Oh, we'll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes, (Yum, yum! / Yuck, yuck!) ...


Oh, we'll all have indigestion when she comes, (Burp, burp!) ...

Singing in the Rain

We're singing in the rain, just singing in the rain.
   (rock side to side)
What a glorious feeling, we're happy again.
   (rock side to side)
Thumbs up!
   (group echoes and sticks thumbs in air)
Toot-ta-ta-da, toot-ta-ta-da, toot-DA-DA.
   (group echoes)

We're singing in the rain, just singing in the rain.
   (rock side to side with thumbs raised)
What a glorious feeling, we're happy again.
   (rock side to side with thumbs raised)
Thumbs up!  Elbows in!
   (group echoes with thumbs raised and elbows tucked to sides)
Toot-ta-ta-da, toot-ta-ta-da, toot-DA-DA.
   (group echoes)

Continue and add each of the following in turn, while keep all previous actions:
Knees bent, Toes together, Buns back, Chest out, Chin down, Tongue out

She Sat on a Hillside

She sat on a hillside and strummed her guitar,
strummed her guitar, strummed her guitar.
She sat on a hillside and strummed her guitar,
strummed her gui-ta-a-a-ar.

He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar...
He said that he loved her but, oh! How he lied...
They were to be married but somehow she died...
He went to her funeral but just for the ride...
He went to her grave site and laughed 'til he cried...
The grave stone fell over and squish-squash he died...
She went up to heaven and flittered and flied...
He went down below and sizzled and fried...
The moral of this song is: don't tell a lie...

There was an Old Lady

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
I guess she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled insider her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
I guess she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.
How absurd! To swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled insider her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
I guess she'll die.

[Continue verses.]
Cat . . . Imagine that! She swallowed a cat.
Dog . . . What a hog! She swallowed a dog.
Goat . . . She opened her throat and in walked a goat.
Cow . . . I don't know how she swallowed that cow.

There was an old lady, she swallowed a horse.
She DIED of course!