Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther K-I-N-G, Martin Luther King. (2x)

   Justice. Equal rights. Liberty and freedom. He had a dream that "We Shall Overcome!" (2x)

(first line: 33335 33335 33335555 33335)
(second line:  share out, different people speaking each statement.)

In the glowing embers

In the glowing embers, by the fireside.
  I can see the fairies in their spritely ride.
In the glowing embers, mingling with the flames,
  I can see the fairies in their spritely games.

Louise Robyn

Little Cabin in the Woods

Little cabin in the woods
A little man by the window stood,
Saw a rabbit hopping by
Frightened as could be.

“Help me! Help me! Sir!” he said
“Or the hunter will shoot me dead!”
“Come little rabbit, come with me,
Happy we will be.”

Here We Go Looby Loo

Here we go looby loo. 
Here we go looby light.
Here we go looby loo.
All on a Saturday night.

I put my right hand in.
I take my right hand out.
I give my hand a shake, shake, shake
and I turn myself about.

(Hold hands, walk around a circle, then stop and do motions.)

America the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies, 
For amber waves of grain, 
For purple mountain majesties 
Above the fruited plain! 
America! America! 
God shed his grace on thee 

And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Words by Katharine Lee Bates,
Melody by Samuel Ward

Oh, McTavish is dead and his brother don't know it.
   His brother is dead and McTavish don't know it.
They're both of them dead and they're in the same bed.
   And neither one knows that the other is dead.

(Tune: Irish Washerwoman)  Start slowly, repeat faster until silly.

November

"November comes
And November goes,
With the last red berries
And the first white snows.

With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.

The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring."
-  Elizabeth Coatsworth

(I would get a quiet beat going with fingers on knees, and then read this, call and response style.)

The Addams Family

Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump,  da da da dump,  da da da dump  (snap) (snap).

They're creepy and they're kooky.
Mysterious and spooky.
They're all together ooky.
The Addams Family.

Their house is a museum
Where people come to see 'em
They really are a scream
The Addams Family.

(Neat) (Sweet) (Petite)
So get a witches shawl on
A broomstick you can crawl on
We're going to pay a call on
The Addams Family.


Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump,  da da da dump,  da da da dump  (snap) (snap).

Queen Queen Caroline

Hands on your lap, lap, lap, clap! Lap, lap, lap, clap! (continue)

Queen Queen Caroline
  Washed her hair in turpentine.
Turpentine made it shine.
  Queen Queen Caroline.

(change clapping pattern and start again.)

Who Has Seen the Wind?

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling,

The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I:

But when the trees bow down their heads,

The wind is passing by.

BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

A ram-sam-sam

A ram-sam-sam, A ram-sam-sam,                                  5  1  1  1    5  1  1  1
    gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli ram-sam-sam. (2x)         11 22 22 22 12 3 1 1

A rah-fi, a rah-fi,                                                            5 5- 3  5 5- 3
        gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli ram-sam-sam. (2x)     33 44 44 44 34 5  3  3

Boom chicka-boom!

I say a boom chicka-boom (I say a boom chicka-boom).
   I say a boom chicka-boom (I say a boom chicka-boom).
I say a boom chicka-rocka, chicka-rocka chicka-boom. (I say a boom chicka-rocka, chicka-rocka chicka-boom. )
All right. (All right.) O-kay. (O-kay) One more time, _______ style.
(British style)
(cowboy style)
(cheerleader style)
(underwater style)

more:
http://boyscouttrail.com/content/song/boom_chicka_boom-27.asp
http://www.makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music_library_songbook/boom_chicka_boom_lyrics.htm
http://bussongs.com/songs/boomachicka.php

Happiness

Happiness runs in a circular motion.
   Love is like a little ship upon the sea.
Everybody is a part of everything, anyway.
   You can be happy if you let yourself be.

--Donovan

I Know an Old Lady

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.

     I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

(Don’t go any further.  Save the rest for tomorrow. One day at a time. Wait for it...)

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

  that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a bird. 

   Oh, how absurd to swallow a bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.

   Imagine that!  She swallowed a cat!

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.

   What a hog!   She swallowed a dog!

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.

   I don’t know how she swallowed the cow!

She swallowed the cow to catch the dog.

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.....

She’s dead, of course.

Zing, zing, zing, Jacqueline! (rhythmic circle game)

Players form a circle.  #1 is leader.
All shout "Zing, zing, zing, Jacqueline!"    On the word "Jacq," jump up and clap hands above heads, which starts a rhythm of touch (hands outstretched on the side of you, fingers up, palms outward), then clap, touch, clap..., continue throughout round.  'Touch' is the beat.
Starting with leader, count off.  Remember your number.
"One!" (clap) "Two!" (clap)...
All: "Who stole the cookies from the (touch) cookie jar?"
All: "Number One stole the cookies from the (touch) cookie jar!"
#1: "Who me?"
All: "Yes, you!"
#1: "Couldn't be."
All: "Well then, who?"
#1 chooses a number.  "Number five stole the cookies from the (touch) cookie jar."
#5: "Who me?"
All: "Yes, you!..."
Continue.   When anyone makes a mistake, stumbles, breaks rhythm, calls a number that's already been called, whatever (according to the skill level of the group), the game stops.  The person who stumbled goes to the end of the line and it all starts over.

(this one came from Richard Spalding in Orff class)

I know an old lady

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

  that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

(Don’t go any further.  Save the rest for tomorrow.)

Halloween is coming. Guess what you will spy?

   Jack-o-lanterns dancing, witches in the sky.  

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It seems early to me, but Natalie requested it.   I don't know many Halloween songs.  Maybe a couple more.

Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret, set, set. 
  Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret, set, set. 
Ah doh ray oh.  Ah doh ray boomday oh.   
  Ah doh ray boom day ret set set, ah say pah say oh! 
(Boomda, boomda...)

My country, tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. 
 Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride,  from every mountainside let freedom ring!