Whoa Mule!!!

A fun and easy traditional call and response song..... done by Lomax the Hound of Music



Lyrics to Lomax's version of 
Whoa Mule! (Can’t Get the Saddle On!)


Whoa mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Whoa mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Catch that mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Catch that mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Ride that mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Ride that mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Run mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Run mule!

KIDS: Can’t get the saddle on!

Here We Go "Round the Mulberry Bush ( a going to school book) ...... Tuesday Book Look

Today's Book Look is Will Hillabrand's Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.

Yesterday's Musical Monday featured the Mulberry Bush song. Today's book takes that same song and expands it into a fun, musically book about a pig's first day in school.


This rhyming story is set to the tune of "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush". It's the first day of school and little pig is scared. He can't quite get the hang of things at school and ends up making messes. When the other pigs go outside to play, he hides inside a mulberry bush. There he finds another little pig hiding also. Read the book to find out what happens next! (Hint - the two become friends)

 This is a great first day or week of school book to read to kids. After reading the book and learning the tune, the children can have fun playing the game (check the Musical Monday blog).

Other book related activities:

Nature: What is a Mulberry?

Art - I love this Mulberry Bush Rebus. Have your kids can make/draw their own rebus for the song.

Art -  Mulberry Bush Coloring Page

Creative Writing - The author of this book took a simple song and made it into a story while staying true to the song, more or less. Have your kids pick their favorite song or nursery rhyme and either add new lyrics or make up a story around the rhyme.

Humphrey the Blue-nosed Pumpkin....a very strange Halloween song

HUMPHREY THE BLUE-NOSED PUMPKIN
(to the tune of Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer)


Humphrey the blue-nosed pumpkin had a very obvious nose.
And if you ever saw it, you would surely say it shows.

All of the other pumpkins, used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Humphrey play in any pumpkin games.

Then one foggy Halloween Eve, the Great Pumpkin did say,
"Humphrey, with your nose so blue, you'll make all the ghosts say BOO!"

Then all the pumpkins loved him, and they shouted out with glee,
Humphrey, the blue-nosed pumpkin, You'll go down in history!

Did You Feed My Cow???

This is a traditional call and response song that is most often associated with singer Ella Jenkins.
It's one of her signature songs.
The song is actually more of a rhythmic chanting than singing.
I've given you two versions.
The first is a more contempary version and the second I found in Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise written by Thomas Washington Talley published in 1922

Leader: Did you feed my cow?
Group: Yes ma'am! (nod head)

Leader: Will you tell me how?
Group: Yes ma'am!

Leader: What did you give her?
Group: Corn and hay.

Leader: What did you give her?
Group: Corn and hay.

Leader: Did you milk her good?
Group: Yes ma'am!

Leader: Did you do like you should?
Group: Yes ma'am!

Leader: How did you milk her?
Group: Swish, swish swish! (pretend you are milking a cow)

Leader: How did you milk her?
Group: Swish, swish swish!

Leader: Did that cow die?
Group: Yes ma'am!

Leader: With a pain in her eye?
Group: Yes ma'am!

Leader: How did she die?
Group: Uh, uh, uh! (shake head 3 times)

Leader: How did she die?
Group: Uh, uh, uh!

Leader: Did the buzzards come?
Group: Yes ma'am.

Leader: Did the buzzards come?
Group: Yes m'am.

Leader: How did they come?
Group: Flap, flap, flap! (Flap arms like wings)

Leader: How did they come?
Group: Flap, flap, flap!



DID YOU FEED MY COW?

Did you feed my cow? Yes, Mam!
Will you tell me how? Yes, Mam!

Oh, w'at did you give her? Cawn and hay.
Oh, w'at did you give her? Cawn and hay.

Did you milk her good? Yes, Mam!
Did you do like you should? Yes, Mam!

Oh, how did you milk her? Swish! Swish! Swish!
Oh, how did you milk her? Swish! Swish! Swish!

Did dat cow get sick? Yes, Mam!
Wuz she kivered with tick? Yes, Mam!

Oh, how was she sick? All bloated up!
Oh, how was she sick? All bloated up!

Did dat cow die? Yes, Mam!
Wid a pain in her eye? Yes, Mam!

Oh, how did she die? Uh-! Uh-! Uh-!
Oh, how did she die? Uh-! Uh-! Uh-!

Did de buzzards come? Yes, Mam!
Fer to pick her bone? Yes, Mam!

Oh, how did they come? Flop! Flop! Flop!
Oh, how did they come? Flop! Flop! Flop!

Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise written by Thomas Washington Talley published in 1922

Fun Pumpkin Songs and Poems for the Little Ones

Five little pumpkins
Sitting on a gate.

The first one said,
"Oh, my it's getting late!"

The second one said,
"There are witches in the air!"

The third one said,
"Well, I don't care!"

The fourth one said,
"Let's run and run and run!"

The fifth one said,
"I'm ready for some fun!"

Ooooo went the wind
And out went the lights
And the five little pumpkins
Rolled out of sight.

How Pumpkins Grow
(sung to the tune of The Muffin Man)

Do you know how pumpkins grow,
Pumpkins grow, pumpkins grow,
Do you know how pumpkins grow?
In my garden?

First I plant some pumpkin seeds,
some pumpkin seeds, some pumpkins seeds,
First I plant some pumpkin seeds
In my garden.

Then the vines and leaves will grow,
leaves will grow, leaves will grow,
Then the vines and leaves will grow,
In my garden.

Then the buds will turn to blossoms,
turn to blossoms, turn to blossoms,
Then the buds will turn to blossoms,
In my garden.

Then green pumpkins will grow,
will grow, will grow,
Then green pumpkins will grow,
In my garden.

At last the pumpkins turn to orange,
turn to orange, turn to orange,
At last the pumpkins turn to orange,
In my garden.

Now I'll have some jack-o-lanterns,
jack-o-lanterns, jack-o-lanterns,
Now I'll have some jack-o-lanterns,
In my garden.

What a funny seed I found,
I wondered what would grow?
So I planted it in the ground,
And now I know!

Little leaves were first to sprout,
Growing in a line,
Then golden blossoms opened out
Along the vine.

And then something grew-and grew and grew!
The biggest ever seen!
And now I have a pumpkin-
Just in time for HALLOWEEN!

The Moose: a Songtale

A Storytelling song or a Songtale

I learned this song at Camp Togowoods in Wasilla, Alaska which is not very far from Anchorage.
This is an echo song. First you, the leader sings, then the children repeat, echo, your words and movements.
Hmm... I will have to add the movements later**smile**.









The Moose

There was a great big moose. (echo)
He liked to drink a lot of juice. (echo)
There was a great big moose. (echo)
He liked to drink a lot of juice. (echo)

Chorus (each line is also echoed):
Say waaaaay-Oh
Way-oh, way-oh, way-oh, way-oh
Way-oh, way-oh
Way-oh, way-oh, way-oh, way-oh

The moose's name was Fred. (echo)
He liked to drink his juice in bed. (echo)
The moose's name was Fred. (echo)
He liked to drink his juice in bed. (echo)

Chorus

He drank his juice with care. (echo)
But he spilled some on his hair. (echo)
He drank his juice with care. (echo)
But he spilled some on his hair. (echo)

Chorus

Now he’s a sticky moose (echo)
Full of juice (echo)
On the looooooooooooooose (echo)

Chorus


This song can be found with different verses all over the net.