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Selections from Big Circle and Other NC Favorites

Bananas, Coconuts and Grapes

I like bananas, coconuts and grapes.

That's why they call me Tarzan of the Apes. Ugh! (repeats softer)

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The Blue Bird Song

Way down yonder and not far away.

A blue jay died of a whopping cough.

Well, he whooped and he whooped and he whooped all day.

He whooped his head and he scared right off.

Second verse, same as the first.

A whole lot louder and a whole lot worse....

Third verse, same as the first. A whole lot louder and a whole lot worse....

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Camel Song

Alice the camel has five humps.

So, die die dieò boom boom boom

Alice the camel has four humps

Alice the camel has three humps

Alice the camel has two humps

Alice the camel has one hump

Alice the camel has no humps

No, the camel is a horse

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I had a Rooster

I had a chicken

No eggs it laid. (Repeat)

Until that rooster

Came in my yard

And caught that chicken

Completely off guard.

We're having eggs now

We never used to

Until that rooster came in my yard.

Bac, bac, bac, bac (repeats)

I had a toaster

No toast it gave (repeat)

Until that rooster

Came in my kitchen

And caught that toaster

Completely off guard.

We're having eggs yolks

We never used to

Until that rooster came in my yard.

Bac, bac, bac, bac (repeats)

I had a gum ball machine

No gum it gave (repeat)

Until that rooster

Came in my yard

And caught that bubble gum ball machine

Completely off guard

We're having chicklets We never used to

Until that rooster

Came in my yard

Bac, bac, bac, bac (repeats)

I had a shotgun

No shells it had (repeat)

Until that rooster

Came in my yard

And caught that shotgun and me

Completely off guard

We're having rooster

We never used to

Until that rooster

Came in my yard.

Bac, bac, bac, bac

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Father Abraham

Father Abraham had seven sons,

Seven sons had Father Abraham.

And they never laughed,

and they never cried,

All they did was go like this.

With their left,

and their right,

All they did was go like this. (Repeats)

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Flea Fly Flow

Flea

Fly

Flow

Vista

Cumalta, Cumalta, Cumalta Vista

Oh, no, no, no not the vista

Eeney, meanie, desameanie ooh wah DA wah DA meanie

Desameanie, salameanie, ooh wah DA wah

Beep bittily open dopen, bop bop, in chow (repeats)

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The Littlest Worm

The littlest worm

I ever saw

Got stuck inside

My soda straw.

The littlest worm I ever saw

Got stuck inside my soda straw.

He said to me

Come take a sip

For if you do I'll surely slip

He said to me come take a sip

For if you do I'll surely slip.

I took a sip

And he went down

All thorough my pipes

He must have drowned.

I took a sip and he went down

Up thorough my pipe

He must have drowned.

He was my pal

He was my friend

But now he's gone

And that's the end.

He was my pal

He way my friend

But now he's gone

And that's the end.

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The Moose Song

He was great big moose

He liked to drink a lot of juice (twice)

Singing way-o

Singing way-o, way-o, way-o, way-o

His name was Fred

He liked to drink his juice in bed (twice)

Singing way-o, way-o, way-o, way-o

He drank his juice in bed

But, he spilled some on his head (twice)

Singing way-o, way-o, way-o, way-o

He drinks his juice

But, he's a moose

On the loose

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Nature Camp is the Best

From east to west

Nature Camp is the best (twice)

Chorus: (lines repeat)

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah

From tree to tree Nature Camp is for me (twice)

Chorus:

From stream to stream

We really know how to scream (twice)

Chorus:

When you see it rain

We're out playing games (twice)

Chorus:

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Nature Camp

Everywhere we go

People want to know

Who we are

Where we come from

So we tell them

We're from Nature Camp

Mighty mighty

Nature Camp Jolly, jolly Nature Camp

If you can't hear us Sing a little louder

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The Princess Pet

The Princess Pet

Lived in a tree

She sailed across

The seven seas

She sailed across

The channel too (also)

And brought with her Aricka bamboo

Aricka bamboo

Now what is that

It's something made

By the Princess Pet

It's red and gold

And purple too (also)

That's why it's called

Aricka bamboo

Now Captain Jack

Had a mighty fine crew

They sailed across

The channel too

Their ship sank

And yours will too (also)

If you forget Aricka bamboo

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Shark Attack

Baby shark,do, do, do, do (twice)

Child shark, do, do, do do (twice)

Mama Shark do, do, do, do (twice)

Daddy Shark do, do, do, do (twice)

Grandpa Gums, whomp, whomp, whomp, whomp (twice)

Lady Swimming do, do, do, do, do (twice)

Shark Attack ahhhhh

Lady Dead do, do, do, do (twice)

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Washer Woman

Down by the river,

where nobody goes

There's a wishy washy washer woman washing her clothes.

She said, "Ooh, Aah, Ooh, Aah!"

That's how the washer woman washes her clothes.

La de DA DA Ooh chee coo chee coo (x3)

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Wee Wee Tot

When I was a wee wee tot

They took me from my wee wee cot

They put me on my wee wee pot

To see if I would wee or not

Wee wee, wee wee

When they saw that I was not

They took me from my wee wee pot

And put me on my wee wee cot

And then I gave it all I got

Wee wee, wee wee

Now that I am in my prime

I can wee wee anytime

When I get old and gray

I will wee wee once a day

Wee wee, wee wee

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Beaver Time

Beaver one, let’s all have some beaver fun.

(Beaver sounds)

Beaver two, beaver three, let’s all climb a beaver tree.

(Beaver sounds)

Beaver four, beaver five, let’s all do the beaver jibe.

(Beaver sounds)

Beaver six, beaver seven, let’s all go to beaver heaven.

(Beaver sounds)

Beaver eight, beaver nine, STOP! It’s beaver time.

(Beaver sounds)

Bubblegum

(Chorus)

Na, na, na, na, na bubblegum (x3)

I bought some bubblegum.

My mom gave me a nickel,

To buy a pickle.

I didn’t buy a pickle,

I bought some bubblegum.

(Chorus)

My mom gave me a dime,

To buy a lime.

I didn’t buy a lime,

I bought some bubblegum.

(Chorus)

My mom gave me a quarter,

To pay the porter.

I didn’t pay the porter,

I bought some bubblegum.

(Chorus)

My mom gave me a dollar,

To buy a collar.

I didn’t buy a collar,

I bought some bubblegum.

(Chorus)

A boom chick-a-boom

I said a boom-chick-a-boom

I said a boom-a-chickeracka-chickeracka-chick-a-boom

Uh-huh

Oh yeah

One more time

(someone’s) style

The Button Factory

I have a dog and a family

I worked in a button factory

One day my father came up to me and said, "hey Joe are you busy I said no"

Push the button with your left hand

Hi my name is Joe

and I work in a button factory

I have a dog and a family

One day my boss came to me and said, "hey Joe are you busy I said no"

Push the button with your left hand

Hi my name is Joe

I have a dog and family and I work in a button factory.........

Buzzards

Three sharp toothed buzzards (x3)

sitting in a dead tree.

Oh look, one has flown away, what a shame.

Two sharp toothed buzzards (x3)

sitting in a dead tree.

Oh look, one has flown away, what a shame.

One sharp toothed buzzards (x3)

sitting in a dead tree.

Oh look, one has flown away, what a shame.

No sharp toothed buzzards (x3)

sitting in a dead tree.

Oh look one has returned, let us rejoice.......

Lord of the Dance

I danced in the morning when the world was begun,

and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,

and I came down from heaven and danced on the earth,

at Bethlehem I had my birth

Refrain:

Dance, then where ever you may be

I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

I'll lead you all where ever you may be,

I will lead you all in the dance, said he.

I dance for the scribe and the Pharisee,

but they would not dance and they wouldn't follow me,

I danced for the fishermen, for James and for John,k

they came with me and the dance went on.

Refrain:

I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame,

the holy people, they said it was a shames,

they whipped and they stripped and they hung me high

and they left me there on a cross to die.

Refrain:

I danced on a Friday when the sun turned black,

it's hard to dance with the devil on your back,

they buried my body and they thought I'd gone,

but I am the dance and I still go on.

Refrain:

They cut me down and I leap up high,

I am the life that'll never die,

I'll live in you if you'll live in me,

I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

Refrain:

Shaker Song, Text Sydney Carter, 1963

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Circles

All my life's a circle, sunrise & sundown

Moon rolls through the nighttime 'til daybreak comes around

All my life's a circle, still I wonder why

Seasons spinning 'round again, years keep rolling by.

Seems life I've been here before, can't remember when

I get this funny feeling, we'll be together again

No straight lines make up my life, all my roads have bends

No clear cut beginnings, so far no dead ends

I've met you a thousand times, I guess you've done the same

Then we lose each, it's lake a children's game

But now I find you here again, the thought comes to my mind

Our love is like a circle, let's go round one more time.

--Harry Chapin

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Circle Games

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

And Tearful at the falling of a star

And the season they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down

We're captive on a carousel of time

We can't return, we can only look

Behind from where we came

And go round and round and round in the circle game.

They the child moved ten times round the seasons

Saccade over ten clear frozen streams

World like 'when you're older' must appease him

And promises of someday make his dreams

16 springs and 16 summers gone now

Cartwheels turn to cartwheels through the town

And they tell him 'Take your time it won't be long now

'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down'

Years spin by and now the child is 20

Tho' his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true

Ethereal be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty

Before the last revolving year is through.

--Joni Mitchell

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The Happy Wanderer

I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track

And as I go I love to sin, my knapsack on my back

Valderi, valdera, valderi, valder-hahaha hahaha

Valderi, valdera, my knapsack on my back

(substitute last phrase of each verse)

I love to wander by the stream that dancers in the sun

So joyously it call to me "come join my happy song"

Valderi...valdera"Come join my happy song"

I wave my hat to all I meet and they wave back to me

And blackbirds call so loud and sweet from every greenwood tree

Valderi...valdera "from every greenwood tree"

High overhead the skylark wing, they never rest at home

But just like me they love to sing as o'er the world we roam

Valderi...valdera "as o'er the world we roam"

O may I go a-wandering until the day I die

and may I always laugh and sing beneath God's clear blue sky

Valderi...valdera beneath God's clear blue sky

--Sam Fox Publishing Co., 1982

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Yellow Submarine

In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed the sea

And he told us of his life in the land of submarines

so we sailed u to the sun 'til we found the sea of green

And we lived beneath the waves in our yellow submarine.

We lived in a yellow submarine yellow submarine, a yellow submarine (repeat)

And our friends are all aboard, many more of then live next door

And the band begins to play: (make band noises together)

As we live the life of ease, everyone one of us has all we need

Sky of blue and sea of green in our yellow submarine.

--John Lennon

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Simple Gifts

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free

'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be

and when we find ourselves in the place right

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight

When true simplicity is gained

To bow and to bend we chant be ashamed

to turn, turn will be our delight

'Til by turning, turning we come 'round right

--Shaker Song

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The Bluebird Song

When I was a young thing on a summer's day

Sitting under my apple tree

A great floc of bluebirds came flying thought the sky

Spied my apple tree as they flew by.

Oh what a wonderful sight it was to see them

Sittin' under my apple tree

"count them," says my mother

"how?" says I

Out of the window came this reply:

Chorus:

One, you'll have sadness

Tow, you'll have joy

Three get a present

four get a toy

Five receive silver

Six receive gold

Seven's a secret, that's never been told

Eight's a love letter

With promises three,

Nine's a true, as true as can be.

So stop all you hurrying

And worrying away

take time to dream on a summer's day

Watch for the bluebirds

And when they come along

Count your blessings with the bluebird song.

(Repeat Chorus Above)