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Silly Songs

 

The Chickens Get Into the Tomatoes ( A round)

Part 1:

The chickens get into the tomatoes,

The chickens get into the tomatoes.

Even the rabbits inhibit their habits when carrots are green.

Even the rabbits inhibit their habits when carrots are green. 

Squash (nine times)

Part 2:

Squash (repeated)  

 

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take me out to the ballgame

Take me out to the crowds

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks

I don’t care if I ever get back

For its root root root for the home team

If they don’t win its a shame

And its 1, 2, 3 strikes your out at the ole ball game.

 

Alice

Alice where are you going?

Upstairs to take a bath

Alice went with legs like toothpicks

And a neck like a giraffe raffe

Raffe raffe raffe raffe raffe raffe

Alice climbed in the bathtub

Pulled out the plug

Oh my goodness, oh my soul

There goes Alice down the hole

GLU B GLUB GLUB

 

Alive, Alert, Awake

I’m alive, alert, awake enthusiastic

I’m alive, alert, awake enthusiastic

I’m alive, alert, awake

I’m awake, alert, alive

The Banana Song

Bananas of the world unite.

Peel down the left,

Peel down the right,

Peel down the rest and take a bite.

 

Go, go bananas.

Go bananas,

Go, go bananas.

I’m alive, alert, awake enthusiastic

 

Little Red Wagon

You can't ride on my red wagon,

Wheels are broke and the axle's saggin'. 

Same song, same verse, a little bit louder and a whole lot worse.   (Repeat)

 

The Buzzard Song

If I had the wings of a buzzard, buzzard

Into the hills I would fly, would fly!

There I would live as a buzzard, buzzard

Until the day that I die, I die!

Ooh la la ooh la la ooh la, repeat

Ooh la la ooh la la ooh la, again

Ooh la la ooh la la ooh la, once more

Ooh la la ooh la la ooh la, the end.

 

Calamine Lotion

Chorus:  Calamine, Calamine, Calamine lotion

                 Calamine, Calamine, Calamine lotion

 

Oh…No no no not the lotion

Oh…No no no not the lotion

Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy get it on my backy backy

Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy get it on my backy backy

 

C-A-M-P-E-R-S

C the first letter is

A the second letter is

M that is the third

P-E that’s the middle of the word

R that’s near the end

S that is the end

C-A-M-P-E-R-S

Campers are the best

na na na na na  (repeat this line)

C-A-M-P-E-R-S campers are the best!

 

C-H-I-C-K-E-N

C that’s the way it begins

H that’s the second letter in

I I am the third letter

C is the fourth letter in that bird

K we’re filling in       

E we’re near the end

Oh C-H-I-C-K-E-N

That’s the way we spell CHICKEN

 

Rufas Rafus Johnson Brown

What ya gonna do when the rent comes round

What ya gonna say, how ya gonna pay?

You ain’t been working since judgment day.

You know that I know rent means dough

Landlord kicks you out in the snow

Rufas Rafas Johnson Brown

What ya gonna do when the rent comes round.

 

Down By the Bay

Chorus:

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow

Back to my home, I dare not go

For if I do my mother will say HEY! (clap)

 

Have you seen a whale with a polka dotted tail?     

Have you ever seen a bear with pink underwear?

Have you ever seen a pig dancing a jig?

Have you ever seen a potato grow from a tomato?

Have you ever seen a cow with a green eyebrow?

Have you ever seen a bee with a sore on his knee?

 

Eaner Meaner

I woke up Sunday morning and looked upon the wall

The skeeters and the bedbugs were playing a game of ball

The score was six to nothing, the skeeters were ahead,

The bedbugs hit a home run and knocked me out of bed.       

 

I'm singing eaner meaner and a miney mo

Catch a whipper whopper by his toes

And if he hollers hollers hollers               

Don’t let him go I'm singing

Eaner meaner and a miney mo.

 

I went down stairs to breakfast

and ordered ham and eggs

I ate so many pickles

the juice ran down my legs. (Chorus)

 

Driving down the highway

Highway 64

__________blow a big one and

Knocked me out the door. (Chorus)

 

Fried Ham

Fried ham, fried ham, cheese and bologna

And after the macaroni

We’ll have onions and pickles

And pretzels and then

We’ll have some more fried ham

Fried ham fried ham

 

Great Green Globs

Great green globs of

Greasy grimy gopher guts

Mutilated monkey’s meat

Tiny little birdies feet

French fried eyeballs

Floating in a bowl of blood

And I forgot my spoon…

But I got my straw!

 

I am slowing going CRAZY

I am slowly going crazy

1,2,3,4,5,6 Switch

Crazy going slowly am I

6,5,4,3,2,1 Switch

 

I love a Rabbit

I love a rabbit a crazy crazy rabbit

hop hop bunny bunny hop hop bunny bunny hop hop bunny bunny hop hop

He don't like carrots, I'm crazy about carrots.

Chew chew bunny bunny chew chew bunny bunny chew chew bunny bunny hop hop

I love rabbit a crazy crazy rabbit

hop hop bunny bunny hop hop bunny bunny hop hop bunny bunny hop hop

 

I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy

I’m a Yankee Doodle dandy

I’m a Yankee Doodle boy

A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam

Born on the fourth of July

I’ve a Yankee Doodle sweetheart

She’s my Yankee pride and joy

Oh Yankee Doodle went to town

A riding on a pony

I am that Yankee Doodle boy!

 

5 Little Fishies

5 little fishies swim to the sea,

one said, "I'm not going, not me!"

I'd rather stay in the river instead,

'cause in the sea there are sharks that will bite off your…

blub (34 times)

4 little fishies…

3 little fishies…

2 little fishies…

1 little fishie swims to the sea,

he said, "I'm not going, not me!"

I'd rather stay in the river instead,

'cause in the sea there are sharks that will bite off your … head.

 

I’m a Nut

I’m a little acorn brown

Lying on the cold cold ground

Everybody’s steps on me

That is why I’m cracked you see.

(Chorus):

I’m a nut (snap tongue twice))

I’m a nut (snap tongue twice)

I’m a NUTT nut

 

Called myself on the telephone

Just to see if I was home

Asked myself out for a date

Got me ready by half past 8 (chorus)

 

Took myself to the movie show

Sat me down in the very first row

Put my arm around my waist

Got so fresh I slapped my face (chorus)

 

I’m Being Swallowed by a Boa Constrictor

I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor

Boa constrictor, boa constrictor

I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor

And I don’t like it very much!

 

He swallowed my toe

He swallowed my toe

 

He reached my knee

He reached my knee

 

He’s reached my middle

He’s reached me middle

 

He’s up to my neck

He’s up to my neck

 

He’s swallowed my……..SCHLURP!!

 

Kookaburra

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Merry, merry, king of the bush is he

Laugh Kookaburra laugh, kookaburra

How gay your life must be.

 

Eating all the gumdrops he can see

Stop kookaburra, stop kookaburra

Save some there for me.

 

He fell down and broke his knee

Poor kookaburra, poor kookaburra

Glad it wasn’t me.

 

Wishy Washy Washer Woman

Down by the banks where the old creek flows,

There's a wishy washy washer woman washing her clothes

Saying "Ooh, ah, ooh, ah."

And that's the way the washer woman washes her clothes.

La di daa da,  coochie coochie coochie

La di daa da,  coochie coochie coochie

La di daa da,  coochie coochie coochie

And that's the way the washer woman washes her clothes.

 

Skunk Song

Well, I stuck my head in a little skunk hole

 And the little skunk said, “well bless my soul!

Take it out! take it out! take it out! Remove it!”

Well I didn’t take it out, and the little skunk said,

“If you don’t take it out, you’d wish were dead.

Take it out!  Take it out! Take it out!

PSSSSSSSSSSS..I removed it, too late.

 

Well, I stuck my head in a little lion’s mouth,

And the little lion said, “Take it out, you louse!

Take it out! Take it out!  Take it out!  Remove it!”

Well, I didn’t take it out and the little lion said,

“If you don’t take it out, you’ll soon be dead.

Take it out!  Take it out! Take it out! Remove it!”

Well, I didn’t take it out!  CHOMP!

 

Swimming

Swimming Swimming in my swimming hole

When days are hot and days are cold in my swimming hole.

Brest stroke, sidestroke, fancy diving too

Oh don’t you wish you never had anything else to do.

 

Weinie Man

I know a weenie man

He owns a weenie stand

He sells most everything from hotdogs on down

Someday I’ll share his life

I’ll be his weenie wife

Hotdog I love that weenie man

Weenie weenie weenie weenie

 

Oh I Wanna Be A Dog

Oh, I wanna be a dog (pant, pant, pant, pant)

I wanna big wet nose (pant, pant, pant, pant)

I wanna sniff french poodles and basset hounds

 and pee on telephone poles.

(Chorus)

Oh, I wanna have dog breath

I wanna learn to growl (grrrr!)

Scratch fleas and ticks and chase after sticks,

I want the moon to make me howl (owoooo!)

 

Oh I wanna be a dog (pant, pant, pant, pant)

I wanna drool on the floor (pant, pant, pant, pant)

I wanns run in the stree, get mud on my feet

and jump all over your clothes.

(Chorus)

Oh I wanna be a dog (pant, pant, pant, pant)

I wanna wag my trail (pant, pant, pant, pant)

‘Cause bein human these days in getting too crazy, I just wanna be a dog

(Slower) ‘Cause bein human these days in getting too crazy, I just wanna be a dog! (Owooo)

 

Little Green Frog

(tongue out, draw it in)

MMM-Ah went the little green frog one day

MMM-Ah went the little green frog

MMM-Ah went the littler green frog one day

And his legs went kick, kick, kick.

But we all know frogs go La-Di-Da-Di Da

But we all know frogs go La-Di-Da-Di Da

Yes we all know frogs go La-Di-Da-Di Da

They don’t go MMM-Ah

 

One bottle of POP

One bottle of pop. Two bottle of pop, three bottle of pop, four bottle of pop, five bottle of pop, six bottle of pop, seven, seven bottle of pop.

 

Don't throw your trash

Don’t throw your trash in my backyard, my backyard, my backyard,

Don’t throw your trash in my backyard, my backyard’s FULL!

 

Fish and chips and vinegar

Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar

Fish and chips and vinegar

Pepper Pepper  Pepper Salt

 

We’re Glad we are Your Day camp Counselor

(Chorus) (Also see skits for more ideas...)

We’re glad we are your day camp counselor, there’s nothing we’d rather be

But if we weren’t your counselors, a__________ I would be

 

Undertaker-6 by 4, nail em to the floor (repeat)

Mess Hall cook-sore feet, back pain, listening to GI’s complain (repeat)

Bird watcher-hark a lark, flying in the park splat (repeat)

Pizza Maker-I make you a pizza;, I make you a pie, I use no onions, they make you cry

Airline stewardess-heres your coffee, here’s your tea, here’s your barf bag, BLAH!

(Perform actions to fit descriptions)

 

Six Little Ducks

Six little ducks that I once knew.

Fat ones, skinny ones, short ones too.

But the one little duck with a feather on his tail,

He went the others with a

quack quack quack switch ( switch arms for quacking.)  

Quack quack quack.

 Down to the river they must go

A widdle waddle widdle waddle to and fro.  But the one little duck with a feather on his back

He went the others with a

Quack Quack Quack switch( switch arms for quacking.)    

Quack Quack Quack.

Action Songs

Bumble Bee

I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee (Cupping your hands)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?

I’m’ bringing home a baby bumble bee

Ouch it stung me..

 I’m grinding up a baby bumble bee (grinding hand together)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?

I’m grinding up a baby bumble bee

Yuck, it’s stuck on me

 I’m scraping off a baby bumble bee (wiping hands  together)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?

I’m scraping off a baby bumble bee

Gross, it’s all over me

 I’m wiping off a baby bumble bee (Wiping hands on pants)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?

I’m wiping off a baby bumble bee

Oh, why’d you wipe it on me?

 

Father Abraham

Father Abraham had 7 sons (7 sons)

7 sons had Father Abrham

And they never laughed (tee hee)

And they never cried (boo hoo)

All they did was go like this

With your___________

Left arm, right arm, left foot, right foot, etc….

 

Grand Old Duke of York

The grand old duke of York (marching feet)

He had ten thousand men

He marched them up the hil l(March up tall)

And then he marched them down again. (march bent over)

And when you're up you're up(Up Tall)

And when you're down you're down (Bend over)

And when you're only half way up (Slightly crouching)

You're neither up nor down.(Up them down

(Repeat several times, each time faster)

 

Down by the Banks

(sit in a circle right hands on top of the next person’s left hand)

Down by the banks of the hanky panky

Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky

With an eips ipes opps oupps

Off of the lily pad with a Kerplop

 

Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, (hands like on a steering wheel, driving)

A Ford Escort,

Mini, mini, mini, mini, (hands still driving, but smaller) Ford Escort

A Ford Escort,

A Ford Escort,

Mini, mini, mini, mini, Ford Escort

 

Ferrari, Ferrari, (hands over your head like wind through your hair)

Mini, mini, mini, mini, Ford Escort

Ferrari, Ferrari,

Mini, mini, mini, mini, Ford Escort

 

 

My Hat

My hat (point to head) it has three(3 fingers up) corners (point to elbow)

Three corners has my hat

And it had it not three corners

It would not be my hat

 

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 

(on every B either stand or sit)

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

So bring back my Bonnie to me

Bring back

Bring back

Oh, Bring back my Bonnie to me

To me

Bring back

Bring back

Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.

 

Little Piece of Tin

I'm a little piece of tin,

Nobody knows what shape I'm in.

I've got four wheels and a running board,

I'm not Chevy, I'm not Ford.

 

Rattle Rattle Rattle (shake head)

Crash (hit forehead)

Beep Beep (tug ear)

Honk Honk

Rattle Rattle

Crash

Beep Beep

Honk Honk

 Baby Shark

Baby shark, do-do-do-do-do-do

Baby shark, do-do-do-do-do-do

Baby shark, do-do-do-do-do-do

Baby shark!

 

Verses:

I went swimming… Went swimming…Saw a shark…I swam faster…Swam faster…Shark attack…

Lost a leg…Lost an arm…Lost my head…Call 911…CPR…It's too late...Went to heaven...

Came back a baby shark

Baby shark…

 

Three Sharp Toothed Buzzards

3 sharp-tooth buzzards(make fangs with your fingers)

3 sharp-tooth buzzards

Sitting in a (clap) dead tree. (act like a tree)

Oh-no, one has flown a-way (throw up your hands)

What a shame (throw up your hands)

2 sharp-tooth buzzards…

1 sharp-tooth buzzard…

No sharp-tooth buzzards

No sharp-tooth buzzards

Sitting in a (clap) dead tree.(act like a tree)

Oh yes, one has re-turned (throw hands up)

Let us re-joice (Throw hands up)

1 sharp-tooth buzzard…

2 sharp-tooth buzzards…

3 sharp-tooth buzzards…


Peanut Butter

(Chorus)

Pea nut, peanut butter, jelly

Peanut, peanut butter, jelly

 

First you take the peanuts and you pick em (Pick at the ground)

You pick em; you pick em pick em pick em

And you smash em, and you smash um(Smash hands together)

And you smash un, smash um, smash um.

And then you spread it spread it spread it(spread on one hand)

(Chorus)

First you take the berries and you pick em (pick from the ground)

You pick em; you pick em pick em pick em

And you smash em, and you smash um (Smash hands together)

And you smash un, smash um, smash um.

And then you spread it spread it spread it. (Spread on other hand)

(Chorus)

Then you take the sandwich (Make a sandwich)

And you bite it, and you bite it (bite your sandwich)

And you bite it, bite it, bite it

And you chew it and you chew it (exaggerated chewing)

And you chew it, chew it, chew it

(Chorus garbled because of the peanut butter)

PEANUT BUTTER (shouted)

 

Ram Sam Sam

A ram sam sam(circle your hands)

A ram sam sam(circle your hands

Gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli (slide hands together) ram sam sam(circle you hands)

A ram sam sam(circle your hands)

A ram sam sam(circle your hands)

Gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli (slide hands together) ram sam sam (circle your hands)

A raffi a raffi(wave arms in the air)

Gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli (slide hands together) ram sam sam(circle your hands)

A raffi a raffi(wave arms in the air)

Gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli (slide hands together) ram sam sam(circle your hands)

 

Tarzan of the apes

I like bananas (make a banana with hands),

coconuts (make a big circle with hands)

and grapes (make little circles with hands)

I like bananas, coconuts and grapes

I like bananas, coconuts and grapes

That's why they call meTARZAN OF THE APES( Cup hands around mouth)

(start regular volume, then get softer except for end which is yelled)

 

 

Singin' in the Rain (A repeat song with a chorus)

(Chorus)

I'm singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I'm (clap) happy again.

Verses:  Everyone does each motion as they say it, and then they sing and dance for the last two lines, continuing the motion.

Thumbs up.

A tooty-tot, a tooty-tot, a tooty-tot-tot,

A tooty-tot, a tooty-tot, a tooty-tot-tot.

(Chorus)

(Add one at a time) Thumbs up, elbows back, knees together, butt out, head down, tongue out.

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