Litter
The blue wastebin was feeling sad.
The blue wastebin was feeling sad.
“Oh, dear!”
it said to the chair.
The blue wastebin was feeling sad.
“Oh, dear!”
it said to the chair.
There is no rubbish in me,
The blue wastebin was feeling sad.
“Oh, dear!”
it said to the chair.
There is no rubbish in me,
I do not think it is fair.”
The armchair said to the wastebin,
The armchair said to the wastebin,
“I hate rubbish, there’s too much of it down me.
The armchair said to the wastebin,
“I hate rubbish, there’s too much of it down me.
Old crayons, plastic bricks and paper,
The armchair said to the wastebin,
“I hate rubbish, there’s too much of it down me.
Old crayons, plastic bricks and paper,
Look! There it is. You see?”
The rubbish shouted to the bin,
The rubbish shouted to the bin,
From the back of the armchair,
The rubbish shouted to the bin,
From the back of the armchair,
“We’re not coming to you.
The rubbish shouted to the bin,
From the back of the armchair,
“We’re not coming to you.
We’re staying here with the fluff and dogs’ hair.”
“But if you come to me,”
said the bin.
“But if you come to me,”
“You will have a lovely trip.
said the bin.
“But if you come to me,”
said the bin.
“You will have a lovely trip.
You will go into the dustbin, and then the dustcart
“But if you come to me,”
said the bin.
“You will have a lovely trip.
You will go into the dustbin, and then the dustcart
Will take you to the rubbish tip.”
The rubbish shouted,
“That sounds great!
The rubbish shouted,
“That sounds great!
We’ll have a race, who will win?”
The rubbish shouted,
“That sounds great!
We’ll have a race, who will win?”
And so they raced along the arm of the chair,
The rubbish shouted,
“That sounds great!
We’ll have a race, who will win?”
And so they raced along the arm of the chair,
And jumped into the bin.
The wastebin was emptied
The wastebin was emptied
Into the dustbin outside.
The wastebin was emptied
Into the dustbin outside.
And then that was emptied into a dustcart,
The wastebin was emptied
Into the dustbin outside.
And then that was emptied into a dustcart,
With a mouth both big and wide.
The rubbish ended up at a landfill site.
The rubbish ended up at a landfill site.
Where it was glad to be.
The rubbish ended up at a landfill site.
Where it was glad to be.
There was rubbish, rubbish everywhere,
The rubbish ended up at a landfill site.
Where it was glad to be.
There was rubbish, rubbish everywhere,
As far as you could see.
Litter and rubbish on the street
Litter and rubbish on the street
Is not a nice sight to see.
Litter and rubbish on the street
Is not a nice sight to see.
So make sure your rubbish is put
Litter and rubbish on the street
Is not a nice sight to see.
So make sure your rubbish is put
Where all rubbish likes to be.
THE BIN!