The one that started it all...
1.
Chorus:
2.
3.
from Carolyn Otto:
This optional ending comes from Todd E. Scott, who remembers the song from youth camp back in the early 80's in Ohio:
Additional verse sent from Dale Thistle of Woolwich, Maine:
Dale Thistle, Woolwich Central School
Webmaster's Notes...
According to Wyn Craig Wade in his book The Titanic: End of a Dream, the above song was one of a number of songs composed shortly after the 1912 disaster as a rememberance to the great ship and its victims. It eventually became a popular camp song.
Wikipedia has an entry for the Titanic Song at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Titanic_(song)
submitted by Dan Crouser
Adalena Madalena Whoopa Steina Whoppa Lina
She had two eyes in her head
She had two teeth in her mouth
She had two ears on her head
She had two nostrils in her nose
She had ten fingers on her hands
The Titanic
(Bracket parts sung in echo or harmony by half the bus)
Oh, they built the ship Titanic, to sail the ocean blue,
And they thought they had a ship that the water couldn't go through
But the good Lord raised his hand,
Said this ship would never land.
It was sad when the great ship went down. (To chorus)
Oh, it was sad__ (oh, it was sad),
Oh, it was sad__ (oh, it was sad),
It was sad when the great ship went down to the bottom of the sea__
(Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives)
It was sad when the great ship went down.
They were sailing far from England
And many miles from shore,
When the rich refused to associate with the poor.
So they sent them down below,
Where they'd be the first to go.
It was sad when the great ship went down. (To chorus)
Oh, the moral of the story, as you can plainly see
Is to wear a life preserver when you sail the ocean sea.
Oh, the great Titanic was, and never more shall be.
It was sad when the great ship went down. (To chorus)
On some choruses, instead of "husbands and wives...." we sang, "uncles and aunts, little children lost their pants..."
It sank
Kerplunk
Bubble, Bubble
Fizz, Fizz
Oh, what a relief it is
Fast, fast, fast.
(The last two lines were sung as the Alka Seltzer television commercial jingle.)
Oh, they threw out all the lifeboats
In the dark and stormy sea
And the band played on
Nearer My God to Thee
And the children wept and cried
As the waves swept o'er the side
It was sad when the great ship went down. (To chorus)
Woolwich, Maine -- 1959-66 with Stanley, the Bus Driver
Thanks to Michael Raber, Carolyn Otto, Daphne Fix, Todd E. Scott, and Dale Thistle for help with lyrics.
Other versions of this song can be found at:
http://www.ssymca.org/camps/CampSongs.htm#TITANIC
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET/1997/02/0760.html
http://www.macscouter.com/Songs/GrossSongs1.html#The Titanic
Adalena Madalena
Hokum Pokem Stokem was her name.
One was green and the other red... Chorus
One pointed north and the other pointed south... Chorus
One was tin and the other was lead... Chorus
One was clogged and the other was froze... Chorus
And they all stretched like rubber bands... Chorus
The Ants Go Marching
submitted by Anna M. Miller
Central States Bus Sales
The ants go marching one by one. Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one. Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one,
the little one stopped to suck his thumb,
and they all go marching down,
[Where?] To the ground!
[Why?] To get out of the rain, bum bum bum...
The ants go marching two by two. Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching two by two. Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching two by two,
the little one stopped to tie his shoe,
and they all go marching down,
[Where?] To the ground!
[Why?] To get out of the rain, bum bum bum...
(then it repeats, counting up, usually making up what the little one does)
one = suck his thumb
two = tie his shoe
three = bump his knee
four = shut the door
five = do a jive or steal a hive
six = pick up sticks
seven = look up to heaven
eight = shut the gate
nine = climb a pine
The other day (the other day)
I met a bear (I met a bear),
Out in the woods (repeat)
O way out there. (repeat)
He said to me
Why don't you run?
'Cause I can see
you got no gun.
And so I ran
Away from there,
but right behind
me was that bear.
Ahead of me
There was a tree,
A great big tree
Oh glory be!
The lowest branch
Was 10 feet up.
I'd have to jump
and trust my luck.
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,
Cause I caught that branch
On my way back down.
Now that's the end
there ain't no more,
unless I meet
that bear once more.
And so I met
that bear once more.
Now he's a rug
On my living room floor.
The end, the end,
The end, the end,
The end, the end,
The end, the end.
As I was walking down the street one bright and sunny day,
I came upon a billboard that stood along the way.
The sign was torn and tattered from the storm the night before,
The wind and rain had done its work and this is what I saw.
Smoke coca-coal cigarettes, chew Wrigley's spearmint beer,
Kennel-ration dogfood makes your complection clear.
Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar,
Texaco's the beauty cream that's used by all the stars.
(Last verse from M. Gavin:
So, take your next vacation in a brand new Fridgidaire,
Learn to play piano in your winter underwear,
Doctors way that babies should smoke until they're 3
and people over 65 should bathe in Lipton Tea.
Here is another version of the Billboard Song, submitted by Bethany Powell who also sang the song when she was younger:
As I was walking down the street a billboard caught my eye.
The advertisements on that sign would make one laugh or cry.
The rain and hail that came that night washed it half away.
The other half remaining there just made the billboard say:
Smoke a Coca Cola, drink ketchup cigarettes.
See Lillian Russell wrestle with a box of oysterettes.
Pork and beans will meet tonight, in a finish fight.
Professor Jones will lecture on an Oreo tonight.
Bay rum is good for horses, it is the best in town.
Castor oil cures the measles, just pay five dollars down.
Teeth extracted without pain cost just half a dime.
BVDs are selling now a carload at a time.
Shave and a haircut, two bits!
Dog on a radiator, hot dog!
There goes (fill in a name), whoo, whoo!
Any another version of the Billboard Song from Carolyn Shackelford:
As I was walkin' down the street a billboard caught my eye
The advertisements listed there would make you laugh and cry.
The signs were torn and tattered from a storm the night before,
And as I read the things it said, why this is what I saw:
Smoke Coca-cola cigarettes, Drink Wrigley's spearmint beer
Ken-L-Ration dog food keeps your wife's complexion clear
Chew chocolate covered moth balls, they always satisfy
Brush your teeth with Lifebuoy soap and watch the suds go by!
Well, I recovered from the shock, I went upon my way,
I'd gone no further than a block when what to my dismay
Another billboard caught my eye and like the one before
the wind and rain had done it's work, 'cause this is what I saw:
Take your next vacation in a brand-new Frigidaire,
Learn to play piano in your winter underwear
Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar,
See the difference that Drano makes in all the movie stars!
O doctor's prove that baby's shouldn't smoke 'till they are 3
People over 35 take baths in Lipton's tea
You can make this country a better place today
Just buy and copy of this song and throw it far away!
There was a farmer had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
and Bingo was his name-o.
I say a boom a chicka boom (I say a boom a chicka boom)
I say a boom a chicka boom (I say a boom a chicka boom)
I say a boom a chicka, rock a chicka, rock a chicka boom (repeat)
Uh, hu (Uh, hu)
Oh ya (Oh ya)
One more time (One more time)
(Underwater!)
(add different ways/accents to say the verse. Underwater is done by wiggling finger between lips while talking.)
Three cheers for the bus driver, the bus driver, the bus driver
Three cheers for the bus driver who drove us today
God bless him (he needs it!)*
God bless him (he needs it!)
Three cheers for the bus driver who drove us today
*We also substituted "(who needs him!)" when we had a particularly fun driver.
The cannibal king with the big nose ring
Fell in love with the dusting maid.
And every night in the pail moon light
Across the lake he came.
He hugged and he kissed this pretty little miss
Under the bamboo tree.
And every night in the pail moon light
It sounded like this to me.
Boom Boom “X” “X”...Boom Boom “X” “X”
Under the bamboo tree.
Boom Boom “X” “X”...Boom Boom “X” “X” ...
Under the bamboo tree.
We’ll build a bungalo big enough for two,
Big enough for two my darling, big enough for two.
And when we’re married happy we’ll be,
Under the bamboo, under the bamboo tree.
If you’ll be m-i-n-e, mine...I’ll be t-h-i-n-e, thine...
And I’ll l-o-v-e, love you...all the t-i-m-e, time.
You are the b-e-s-t, best of all...the r-e-s-t, rest...
And I’ll l-o-v-e, love you...all the t-i-m-e, time, time, any ol’ time.
Version below submitted by Tom Digby
who learned a slightly different version of the Cannibal King song, in Florida in the 1950's
A cannibal king with a big nose ring
Fell in love with a dusky maid
And every night in the pale moonlight
Across the lake he'd wade.
He'd hug and kiss his pretty little miss
In the shade of the bamboo tree
And every night in the pale moon light
It'd sound like this to me:
A-rump, A-rump,
A-rump tiddley eye-dee-a-a-a
A-rump, A-rump,
A-rump tiddley eye-dee-a.
We'll build a bungalow,
Big enough for two.
Big enough for two, my darling,
Big enough for two.
And we'll be married,
Happy we'll be,
Under the shade of
The big banana tree.
If you'll be M-I-N-E mine
I'll be T-H-I-N-E thine
And I'll L-O-V-E love you
All the T-I-M-E time.
You are the B-E-S-T best
Of all the R-E-S-T rest
And I'll L-O-V-E love you
All the T--I--M-E time.
Rack 'em up, sack 'em up,
Kiss 'em all the time:
Match in the gas tank,
BOOM BOOM!
Here are addition verses from David Lynch
who remembers the songs from the early sixties in Atlanta, and who has traced the lyrics' origins. According to David, 'dusky' was changed to 'very young' after society became more sensitive to people's feelings in the mid 60's. Most likely 'dusky' was sometimes confused with 'dusting.'
The years went by like one, two, three,
And now there is a fam-i-ly
And every night
By the pale moon light
It sounds like this to me-e-e:
Arrumph Ma ma
Arumph Pa Pa
Arrumph diddley eye-dee-a-a-a
Arrumph Ma ma
Arumph Pa Pa
Arrumph diddley eye-dee-a-a-a
The years went by like one, two, three,
And now their kids have fam-i-ly
And every night
By the pale moon light
It sounds like this to me-e-e:
Arrumph gran ma
Arumph gran pa
Arrumph diddley eye-dee-a-a-a
Arrumph gran ma
Arumph gran pa
Arrumph diddley eye-dee-a-a-a
The years went by like one, two, three,
And now there is no fam-i-ly
And every night
By the pale moon light
It sounds like this to me-e-e:
Arrumph (here is silence or sound like wind in trees)
Arumph
Arrumph diddley eye-dee-a-a-a
Arrumph
Arumph
Arrumph diddley eye-dee-a-a-a
Comet, will make your mouth so clean.
Comet, it tastes like Listerine.
Comet, will make you vomit
So get some Comet and vomit today.
An additional verse from Lara Friedman-Shedlov:
Comet, it makes your face turn green
Comet, it tastes like gasoline
Comet will make you vomit
So get some comet and vomit today
Lara also remembers they used to also sang the following ditty:
Brush your teeth with Sani-Flush
You don't even need a brush!
All you do is pour it on
and suddenly your teeth are gone!
submitted by Lara Friedman-Shedlov
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
Down by the bay,
(Add various things after 'My mother will say')
Everywhere we go-o (everwhere we go-o)
NA, na-NA-na-NA, na-NA-na-NA, na-na-NA, na-na-Na. na-Na-na-Na!
Father Abraham
Right Arm! (Right arm swings)
Father Abraham
Right Arm! - Left Arm!Ê(Left arm alsoÊswings)
((up to)) Right-arm! - Left Arm! - Right foot! - Left Foot!- Head Back! - Turn around!- Sit Down!
Fee (Fee)
An additional partial verse from Brad Kliewer is below. Brad would like help in completing this version, so if you know the missing lyrics, please send them!
Three
I didn't hear this latter version as many times as the nonsense version. The final verses were always so fast that it was hard to pick out every word. (-Brad)
Flea (flea)
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
submitted by Karyn Brellochs, Tom Gillette and Cindy Shirk
My eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school
Glory, glory, halleluia!
Other versions of the chorus:
Hit her in the seater with a 50 millimeter...
(I can't believe we actually sang this song. Sorry teachers, forgive our lame attempts at humor.)
The Harlem Goat...The Harlem Goat
The whistle blew...The whistle blew.
But a button got stuck...But a button got stuck
I was sittin' on a fencepost, chewin' my bubble-gum
"I ate my brother."
I was sittin' on a fencepost, chewin' my bubble-gum
"I ate my sister."
I was sittin' on a fencepost, chewin' my bubble-gum
"I ate my momma."
I was sittin' on a fencepost, chewin' my bubble-gum
"I ate my daddy."
I was sittin' on a fencepost, chewin' my bubble-gum
"I burped."
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea...
There's a tail on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea...
There's a wart on the tail on the frog on the bump...
There's a hair on the wart on the tail on the frog...
There's a flea on the hair on the wart on the tail...
There's a germ on the flea on the hair on the wart...
Additional verse sent from Eric Robson:
As I was walking down the street one dark and dreary day,
Smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes, drink Wrigley's spearmint beer.
So take your next vacation in your brand new Frigidaire.
Oh, I'd rather suck on a lemon drop
I've tried, and tried, but nowhere can I find
So I'd rather suck on a lemon drop
(In 7th grade or so we started dropping the word "suck" and just leaving
it blank with a naughty look in our eyes!)
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Another version of the song comes from Tracy Behnke
Nobody likes me
Now the long slim slimy ones slip down easily
Every line is repeated...
Old Hyram's goat,
Now, Mrs. Murphy the cook,
The goat coughed and coughed
Now, the engineer,
And, so, the train went on,
Late one night, when we were all in bed,
Well, old Sam Johnson was a machiney man,
The next verses described Sam making some invention that blows up in his face. As he's falling from the explosion, he prays to God:
Todd Scott of Minneapolis remembers this song as one that his dad's parents knew growing up in East Texas and Tennesee. If anyone has the missing lyrics for this song, please send 'em our way!
On top of spagetti, all covered with cheese,
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
It rolled into the garden, and under a bush,
The mush was so tasty, as tasty can be.
The tree was all covered with old Spanish moss.
So if you eat spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
Additional ending below by Ben Purser (father of three, with great experience singing in the car...)
And fifty years later, There grew a big tree,
Thanks to Kirstin Cruikshank, Joan Carlson & Ben Purser for help with lyrics.
100 bottles of beer on the wall,
99 bottles of beer on the wall...(etc.)
Another version goes like this...
100 bottles of beer on the wall,
Oooie Gooie was a worm.
Three
Brad remembers that he didn't hear this latter version as many times as the nonsense version. The final verses were always so fast that it was hard to pick out every word. If anyone knows the missing words, send them our way!
Eat a lotta - eat a lotta pizza
I'm Popeye, the sailer man!
Another verse recalled by the webmaster:
I'm Popeye, the sailer man!
There were ten in the bed, and the little one said,
My mommy told me
My auntie told her
Ohhhhh...3..6..9..
She sat on a fencepost and strummed HER guitar,
(Chorus)
He sat down beside her and smoked HIS cigar,
He told her he loved her but oh HOW he lied
They were to get married but someHOW she died
She went up to Heaven and flittER'D and flied
He went to her funeral just FOR the ride
He sat on her tombstone and laughed TILL he cried
The tombstone fell over and split-SPLAT he died
He went down below her and sizzLED and fried
The moral of story is nevER to lie
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(This was part of the theme to Lambchop's Play Along)
This is the song that never ends!
This is the song that never ends!
(Repeats Variably)
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves...
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves...
(Repeat infinitately)
Every line is repeated...
TAR-ZAN!
JA-ANE!
SHA-AMU!
CHEE-EE-TAH!
BA-ATMAN!
Well, my friends, that is the end. (end)
There goes Teacher
Six months later got
Teacher has a tugboat
There's a hole in the bucket,
Then fix it, dear Henry,
With what shall I fix it,
With a straw, dear Henry,
But the straw is too long,
Then cut it, dear Henry,
With what shall I cut it,
With an axe, dear Henry,
The axe is too dull,
Then sharpen it, dear Henry,
With what shall I sharpen it,
With a stone, dear Henry,
The stone is too dry,
Then wet it, dear Henry,
With what shall I wet it,
With water, dear Henry,
How shall I get it,
In the bucket, dear Henry,
There's a hole in the bucket,
This old man,
This old man,
three - on his knee
Tra la la boom di-ay
Each verse line is repeated, then chorus done together...
There was a hole,
Now in that hole,
Now on that tree,
(Follow pattern from branch to twig, nest, egg, bird, wing, feather)
Now on that feather,
Now on that flea,
Michael Thomas, who contributed Hyram's Goat, The Tarzan Song and The Tree Song, was a camp counselor for many years.
Waaaaay up in the sky
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
The doors on the bus go op'n-an-close,
The babies on the bus go "wenh, wenh, wenh,"
The mommas on the bus go "Shut yo' mouth!"
The driver of the bus goes "Sit back down!"
etc.
I know someone you don't know
Yogi, Yogi Bear
Yogi has a little friend
Boo Boo, Boo Boo Bear
Yogi has a girlfriend too
Cindy...
They all have an enemy
Ranger, Ranger Smith....
They all live in Jellystone
Jelly...
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor
on the bedpost overnight?
Does your mother say don't swallow it
but you swallot it in spite?
Does it stick on to your tonsils
'til you're heaving left and right?
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
on the bedpost overnight?Down By the Bay
submitted by Chris Shelley
where the watermelons grow,
I dare not go.
For if I did,
My mother will say, "Did you ever see a whale with a polka-dotted tail?"
--down by the bay!
Everywhere We Go-O
submitted by Chris Shelley
People wanna know-o (people wanna know-o)
Who we ah-are (who we ah-are)
So we tell them (so we tell them)
We are the [insert name of team or something appropriate] !!
The mighty-mighty [insert name of team or something appropriate] !!
(like the tune from the Cool Aide commercials)
Father Abraham
submitted by Chris Shelley
Had many sons
(And many sons had Father Abraham)
I am one of them ... and so are you.
So lets all praise the Lord!
Had many sons
(And many sons had Father Abraham)
I am one of them ... and so are you.
So lets all praise the Lord!
Fee-Fi
submitted by Janine Marshall
Fee-fi (Fee-fi)
Fee-fi-fo (repeat each line)
Coom-a-lada, coom-a-lada, coom-a-lada vista (repeat)
Oh, no, no! Not da vista(repeat)
Esta mahni, sala mahni, ooh-ah la wala mahni!
Esta mahni, sala mahni, ooh-ah la wanda
Bo diddley beat an bot an bo bo beat and bot!
Three flies
Three flies on
Pizza
Eat a lotta, eat a lotta, eat a lotta Pizza
Oh no, no more pizza
[A list of toppings, but I can't remember which, in which order]
[A variation on the toppings (I think)]
[And I don't remember the end -- I don't think I ever quite made it out]
Flea
submitted by Tom Gillette
Flea, fly (flea fly)
Flea fly mos-qui-to (flea-fly-mos-qui-to)
No, no no no more mosquitoes (repeat)
Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy,
ooh I got one down my backy, (repeat)
Beat that big bad bug with the bug spray (repeat)
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Fuzzy Wuzzy
submitted by Anita Louise Davis
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy,
Was he?
Glory, Glory, Halleluia
We have tortured every teacher
We have broken every rule.
We have snuck into the office
And we tickled (or hung) the principal.
Our truth is marching on!
Teacher hit me with a ruler.
I popped her on the bean with a rotten tangerine
and her teeth came marching out!
Hit her in the butt with a rotten coconut...
Hit her in the face with a rock from outer space...
Hit her in the head with the pillow from my bed...
Hit her in the nose with her dirty panty hose...
Hit her in the hand with a giant rubber band... The Harlem Goat (also known as Bill Grogan's Goat)
submitted by Linda Schofer
Was feeling fine...Was feeling fine.
Ate three red shirts...Ate three red shirts
Right off the line...Right off the line.
Oh, Bill got mad...Oh, Bill got mad.
Gave him a whack...Gave him a whack.
And tied him to...And tied him to
The railroad track...The railroad track.
The train drew nigh...The train drew nigh.
The Harlem Goat...The Harlem Goat
Was due to die...Was due to die.
He gave three groans...He gave three groans
Three groans of pain...Three groans of pain.
Coughed up the shirts...Coughed up the shirts
And flagged the train...And flagged the train.
In the middle of his throat...In the middle of his throat.
And that’s the end...And that’s the end
Of..the...Harlem..Goat!......Of...the...Harlem..Goat!
They buried him...They buried him
On the lone prairie...On the lone prairie.
And that’s the end...And that’s the end
Of...my...storyyyy!......Of...my...storyyyy!Herman (I Was Sittin' On a Fencepost)
submitted by Chris Shelley
(sound of smacking bubble-gum x3)
playing with my yo-yo
(do-wop, do-wop, do-wop)
...When along came Herman.
He was THIS BIG! (Optional use of hands to show a short distance)
I said, "Herman, what happened?"
(sound of smacking bubble-gum x3)
playing with my yo-yo
(do-wop, do-wop, do-wop)
...When along came Herman.
He was THIS BIG! (Optional use of hands to show a slightly longer distance)
I said, "Herman, what happened?"
([sound of smacking bubble-gum] x3)
playing with my yo-yo
(do-wop, do-wop, do-wop)
...When along came Herman.
He was THIS BIG! (Optional use of hands to show a slightly longer distance)
I said, "Herman, what happened?"
(sound of smacking bubble-gum x3)
playing with my yo-yo
(do-wop, do-wop, do-wop)
...When along came Herman.
He was THIS BIG! (Optional use of hands to show a slightly longer distance)
I said, "Herman, what happened?"
(sound of smacking bubble-gum x3)
playing with my yo-yo
(do-wop, do-wop, do-wop)
...When along came Herman.
He was THIS BIG! (Optional use of hands to show a teeny, tiny little distance)
I said, "Herman, WHAT HAPPENED!?"
Hole in the Bottom of the Sea
submitted by Janine Marshall
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a hole, there's a hole
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a log, there's a log
There's a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
There's a bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a bump, there's a bump
There's a bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
I came upon a billboard, and much to my dismay,
It was torn and tattered from the rain the night before,
But clearly I could figure out the message that it bore.
Kennel-ration dog food makes your wife's complexion clear.
Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar,
And Texaco's the beauty cream that's used by every star.
Learn to play the piano in your winter underwear.
Doctors say that babies should smoke when they are three,
And people over sixty-five should bathe in Lipton tea.
I'd Rather Suck on a Lemon Drop
submitted by Allison Cobb
Than to try my luck with a lollipop,
'Cause I always drop my lollipop,
And it gets all over icky!
A lollipop that's halfway refined,
Than to try my luck with a lollipop,
'Cause I always drop my lollipop
And it gets all over icky!
I'm Gonna Eat Some Worms
submitted by Bonnie Woolley
I'm gonna eat some worms,
Big fat juicy ones, little teeny tiny ones,
Teeny tiny, squeemy, squimey worms!
Oh how they wiggle and squirm
Big fat juicy ones, little teeny tiny ones,
Teeny tiny, squeemy, squimey worms!
Oh how they wiggle and squirm
Big fat juicy ones, little teeny tiny ones,
Teeny tiny, squeemy, squimey worms!
Everybody hates me
Going to the garden to eat worms
Long slim slimy ones
Short fat fuzzy ones
Ooey, gooey, gooey, gooey Êworms
The short fat fuzzy ones stick
When the short fat fuzzy ones stick to your teeth
Your blood goes ick, ick, ick,
So you cut off their heads and spit out their tails and throw their skins away
Nobody knows how I can survive on a hundred worms a day.
Old Hyram's Goat
submitted by Michael Thomas
He wasn't feelin' fine;
Ate three red shirts,
Right off of the line.
She beat him black!
Then tied him to
The railroad track.
In mortal pain.
Coughed up those shirts,
And flagged the train.
He was a colour-blind.
Thought those red shirts
Were the go-ahead sign.
And SMASHED that goat!
Now Mrs. Murphy the cook
Has a new goat coat!
Old Mrs. Leary
submitted by Susan Koehn
Mrs. O'Leary lit a lantern in the shed.
Her cow kicked it over,
Then winked her eye and said,
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
(One side of the bus chants) "Fire" (while the other side chants) "Water" at the same time
Old Sam Johnson
submitted by Todd E. Scott
With a mind all of his own,
{something, something, something} -- does anyone know the words here?
that stuck out like a big ham bone.
Oh, Judge-y, won't-cha let me down easy.
I won't do this no mo'.
I's a guina' (coloquialism for 'going to') go to church
And a'read the good Book,
Like it's never been read befo'
I'll never make no more of those machiney-things
Til the good Lord gives me a pair of wings
So judgy won't you let me down easy
Ahhhhhh-men."
On Top of Spagetti
I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed.
And then my poor meatball, rolled out of the door.
And then my poor meatball, it turned into mush .
And early next morning, grew into a tree.
It grew lovely meatballs and to-ma-to-sauce.
Hold on to you meatball, when sombody sneeze.
And now we grow meatballs For Chef Boy-ar-dee.
100 Bottles of Beer
submitted by Don Maki
(also a Farmington High School grad!)
100 bottles of beer.
If one of those bottles should happen to fall,
I'll be there to drink it all.
100 bottles of beer.
Take one down, pass it around,
99 bottles
of beer on the wall.
Oooie Gooie
submitted by Elaine Fasoli Bailey
A mighty worm was he.
He sat upon the railroad tracks.
The train he did not see.
Oooie Gooie was a worm.
The Pizza Song
submitted by Brad Kliewer
Three flies
Three flies on
Pizza
Eat a lotta, eat a lotta, eat a lotta Pizza
Oh no, no more pizza
[A list of toppings, but I can't remember which, in which order]
[A variation on the toppings (I think)]
[And I don't remember the end -- I don't think I ever quite made it out]The Pizza Song
submitted by Ashley Sorenson
Oh yeah - Italiana pizza
Pepperoni, anchovies, mushroom, and olive pizza,
Mozzarella cheese and parmesan too!
Popeye, The Sailor Man
submitted by Chris Shelley
I live in a frying pan!
I turn on some switches to burn up my britches,
I'm Popeye, the sailer man!
I live in a garbage can!
I eat all the worms, and spit out the germs
I'm Popeye, the sailer man!
Roll Over
submitted by Patti Mazurkiewicz and Markie Barger
"Roll over. Roll over."
So they all rolled over and one fell off,
there were nine in the bed and the little one said,
"Roll Over. Roll Over"...
(continue count down to...)
There was one in the bed and the little one said,
"I got the whole bed to my self, etc. {the whole world in his hand}
A Rubber Dolly
submitted by Debbie Elliott
If I was goodie
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly.
I kissed a soldier.
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly.
(Now very fast)
The goose drank wine,
The monkey spit tobacco,
On the streetcar line,
Line broke,
The monkey got choked,
And they all went to heaven in a little row boat. CLAP! CLAP!
She Sat On a Fencepost (writer unknown)
submitted by Chris Shelley
strummed HER guitar,
strummed HER guitar,
she sat on a fencepost and strummed HER guitar,
strummed... her... gui... ta-a-a-ar!
Mm plucky-plucky, mm plucky-plucky, mm pluck-pluck-pluck.
Mm plucky-plucky, mm plucky-plucky, mm pluck-pluck-pluck.
smoked HIS cigar,
smoked HIS cigar,
He sat down beside her and smoked HIS cigar,
smoked... his... ci.... ga-a-a-ar!
(Optional, in case of only girls singing): The moral of story is don't TRUST a guy
Sippin' Cider
submitted by Josie Smith
The prettiest girl (the prettiest girl)
I ever did saw (I ever did saw)
Was sippin ci... (was sippen ci)-der through a straw
The prettiest girl (the prettiest girl)
I ever did saw (I ever did saw)
(everyone) Was sippen cider through a straw.
I sez to her (I sez to her)
Whatcha doin' that fer (whatcha doin' that fer)
A sippin' ci- (a sippin ci)der through a straw
I sez to her (I sez to her)
Whatcha doin' that fer (whatcha doin' that fer)
(everyone) A sippin' cider thought a straw.
She sez to me (she sez to me)
Why don't you know? (Why don't you know?)
That sippin' ci- (that sippin' ci)-der's on the go.
(Repeat again as before)
So cheek to cheek (So cheek to cheek)
and jaw to jaw (and jaw to jaw)
We both sipped ci- (we both sipped ci)-der through a straw.
(repeat)
And as we sipped (and as we sipped)
the straw did slipped (the straw did slipped)
and I sipped ci- (and I sipped ci)-der through her lips.
(repeat)
That's how I got (that's how I got)
My mother-in-law (my mother-in-law)
by sippin' ci- (by sippin' ci)-der through a straw.
(repeat)
Now seventeen kids (now seventeen kids)
All call me "Ma" (All call me "Ma"
and sippin' ci- (and sippin'ci)-der through a straw.
(repeat)
The moral of (the moral of)
This little tale (this little tale)
Is sip you ci- (is sip you ci)-der through a pail.
(repeat)
The Song That Never Ends
submitted by Chris Shelley
Yes, it goes on and on my friends!
Some people ... started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they just keep on singing it forever just because
Yes, it goes on and on my friends!
Some people ... started singing it, not knowing what it was,
And they just keep on singing it forever just because
The Song That Gets On Everybody's Nerves
submitted by Chris Shelley
everybody's nerves...
everybody's nerves...
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves...
And this is how it goes:
everybody's nerves...
everybody's nerves...
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves...
And this is how it goes:
The Tarzan Song
submitted by Michael Thomas
Was swingin' on a rubber band
Crashed into a frying pan
Now Tarzan has a TAN!
Was flying in an aero-plane
Crashed into a freeway lane
Now Jane has a pain! ...and now Tarzan has a TAN!
Was swimming in the ocean blue
Crashed into a big canoe
Now Shamu's gonna sue! ...Now Jane has a pain... and now Tarzan has a TAN!
Was dancin' down the street-a
Crashed into a cheese truck
Now Cheetah is Velveeta! ...now Shamu's gonna sue... now Jane has a pain... and now Tarzan has a TAN!
Was eating pasta from a can
Crashed into a moving van
Now Batman needs a catscan! ...now Cheetah is Velveeta... now Shamu's gonna sue... now Jane has a pain... and now Tarzan has a TAN!
There Goes Teacher
submitted by Elaine Fasoli Bailey
floating down the Delaware
Chewing on her underware
Could'nt afford another pair
bitten by a polar bear
Poor Teacher's rear
tugboat has a bell
Tugboat went to heaven
but Teacher went to
Hello operator
calling number nine
If you disconnect me I'll paddle your
Behind the refridgerator
There was a piece of glass
Teacher fell upon it and
broke her little
Ask me no questions
Tell me no lies
This is a story how it
Lives and dies.
There's a Hole in the Bucket
submitted by Robert Midyett
Dear Liza, dear Liza
There's a hole in the bucket,
Dear Liza, there's a hole.
Dear Henry, dear Henry
Then fix it, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, fix it.
Dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I fix it,
Dear Liza, with what?
Dear Henry, dear Henry
With a straw, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, with a straw.
Dear Liza, dear Liza
But the straw is too long,
Dear Liza, too long.
Dear Henry, dear Henry
Then cut it, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, cut it.
Dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I cut it,
Dear Liza, with what?
Dear Henry, dear Henry
With an axe, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, an axe.
Dear Liza, dear Liza
The axe is too dull,
Dear Liza, too dull.
Dear Henry, dear Henry
Then sharpen it, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, sharpen it.
Dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I sharpen it,
Dear Liza, with what?
Dear Henry, dear Henry
With a stone, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, a stone.
Dear Liza, dear Liza
The stone is too dry,
Dear Liza, too dry
Dear Henry, dear Henry
Then wet it, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, wet it.
Dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I wet it,
Dear Liza, with what?
Dear Henry, dear Henry
With water, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, with water.
Dear Liza, dear Liza,
How shall I get it,
Dear Liza, how shall I?
Dear Henry, dear Henry
In the bucket, dear Henry,
Dear Henry, in the bucket.
Dear Liza, dear Liza
There's a hole in the bucket,
Dear Liza, there's a hole.
This Old Man
submitted by Chris Shelley
he played one,
he played Nick-Nack on his thumb
with a nick-nack patty-whack give-the-dog-a-bone,
this old man came rolling home.
he played two,
he played Nick-Nack on his shoe,
with a nick-nack patty-whack give-the-dog-a-bone,
this old man came rolling home.
four - on the floor
five - ?
six- with some sticks
seven - up in heaven
eight - on a date
nine - in a line
ten - ONCE AGAIN!
Tra La La Boom Di-ay
submitted by Karyn Brellochs
There was no school today.
Our teacher passed away,
She died of tooth decay!
We threw her in the Bay,
She scared the fish away!
And when we pulled her out,
She smelled like sauerkraut!
The Tree Song
submitted by Michael Thomas
Such a pretty little hole,
THAT YOU EVER DID SEE!!!
And the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around. HEY!
There was a tree,
Such a pretty little tree,
THAT YOU EVER DID SEE!!!
And the tree was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around. HEY!
There was a branch,
Such a pretty little branch,
THAT YOU EVER DID SEE!!!
And the branch was on the tree, and the tree was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around. HEY!
There was a flea (tiny voice),
Such a pretty little flea,
THAT YOU EVER DID SEE!!!
And the flea was on the feather, and the feather was on the wing, and the wing was on the bird, and the bird was in the egg, and the egg was in the nest, and the nest was on the twig, and the twig was on the branch, and the branch was on the tree, and the tree was in the hole, and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around. HEY!
There was an ELEPHANT,
Such a pretty little elephant,
THAT YOU EVER DID SEE!!!
And the TREE FELL DOWN!!!
Way Up In the Sky
submitted by Lara Friedman-Shedlov
The little birds fly
while down in the nest
the little birds rest
Wiiiiiith a wing on the left
and a wing on the right
the little birds sleep
all through the night
(shouted) Shhh you'll wake the DAMN BIRDS!
The---- bright sun comes up
(in a very low voice) the dew falls away
(in a very high voice) good morning good morning
the little birds say
The Wheels On the Bus (Go 'Round and 'Round)
submitted by Chris Shelley
round and round,
round and round,
the wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town.
op'n-an-close,
op'n-an-close,
the doors on the bus go op'n-an-close,
all through the town.
Yogi Bear
submitted by Janine Marshall
Yogi, Yogi
I know someone you don't know
Yogi, Yogi Bear
Yogi, Yogi Bear
I know someone you don't know
Yogi Yogi Bear
Boo Boo, Boo Boo
Yogi has a little friend
Boo Boo, Boo Boo Bear
Boo Boo, Boo Boo Bear
Yogi has a litle friend
Boo Boo, Boo Bo Bear
Cindy, Cindy
Yogi has a girlfriend too
Cindy, Cindy Bear
Ranger, Ranger
They all have an enemy
Ranger, Ranger Smith (pow, pow)
Jelly, Jelly
They all live in Jellystone
Jelly, Jellystone (yum, yum)
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