Gather Around
and I’ll Tell You
A Story
By Teresa Jennings
© 1996 Plank Road Publishing
Music K-8 Vol. 6 #3
PowerPoint by Ralph Shoemaker III
Once upon a time,
In a land we call
“Make Believe”
Giants and geese with
Golden eggs are
living there
Waiting for their tale to
Be told. And so it goes.
Gather around and I’ll
tell you a story
You can tell to your
children’s children.
Listen well
while I tell.
While I tell.
(Sing-Ooh)
Once upon a time, in
the Land of Make
Believe, the Pied Piper
Was playing his flute
(Sing-Ooh)
When along came the
Ugly Duckling, with
His distant cousins,
The Country Mouse and
the City Mouse.
(Sing-Ooh)
Well! They all climbed
Up a beanstalk together
Where they found a
funny little man
spinning straw into gold.
(Sing-Ooh)
“The sky is falling!”
Yelled Chicken Little.
And Rapunzel let down
her long hair.
Gather around and I’ll
tell you a story
You can tell to your
children’s children.
Listen well
while I tell.
While I tell.
(Sing-Ooh)
Later that day, Hansel
Was taking a walk
When he met three pigs,
Three bears and three
Billy Goats Gruff.
(Sing-Ooh)
As he walked by the sea,
The Little Mermaid
Kissed a frog who
Turned into a prince!
(Sing-Ooh)
Well! Beauty couldn’t
Find The Beast, but she
Did find seven dwarves
And a lady’s
glass slipper.
(Sing-Ooh)
“You can’t catch me!”
Cried the Gingerbread
Man, and he flew away
On a magic carpet!
Gather around and I’ll
tell you a story
You can tell to your
children’s children.
Listen well
while I tell.
While I tell.
(Sing-Ooh)
That night, Sleeping
Beauty was just waking
Up when Cinderella and
Snow White came by
looking for their Princes.
(Sing-Ooh)
Tom Thumb rubbed a
Magic lamp and
Ducky Lucky thought
He was The Steadfast
Tin Solider!
(Sing-Ooh)
Well! The news of the
Troll under the bridge
Scared the Big Bad
Wolf away!
(Sing-Ooh)
So, everyone in the
Land of Make Believe
Chopped down the
Beanstalk and they all
Lived happily ever after.
Gather around and I’ll
tell you a story
You can tell to your
children’s children.
Listen well
while I tell.
While I tell.
While I tell.
Solo: The End!