BABY BUMBLE BEE
Action
Songs
Songs that have movement
that go along with them
ALICE THE CAMEL
Alice the camel had five humps
(hold up five fingers)
Alice the camel had five humps
(hold up five fingers)
Alice the camel had five humps
(hold up five fingers)
So go Alice go
Boom, Boom, Boom
(sway hips)
(keep singing until Alice has no humps)
Tag:
'Cause Alice was a horse
I'm picking up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy
Be so proud of me
I'm picking up my baby bumble bee
(say) Oh, he stung me!
I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee
(say) Oh, what a mess!
I'm licking up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm licking up my baby bumble bee
(say) Oh, I feel sick!
I'm throwing up my baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me
I'm throwing up my baby bumble bee
(say) Oh, Another mess!
I’m mopping up my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me
I’m mopping up my baby bumble bee
(say) Mommy aren’t you proud of me
AN AUSTRIAN WENT YODELING
B-I-N-G-O
An Austrian went yodeling
Upon a mountain high
When along came an (avalanche, etc)
And broke into his cry
Chorus:
Oh - lay - dee
(rumble, rumble, etc)
Yodel - lay - hit - tee
(rumble, rumble, etc.)
Yodel - lay - koo - koo - koo - koo
(rumble, rumble, etc.)
Yodel - lay - hit - tee - a - lo
Actions:
Avalanche - rumble rumble
(hands rotate like wheels turning)
Alpine skier - Whoosh!
(hands like roller coaster)
Grizzly bear - grrr
(bare teeth and make claws)
St. Bernard - arf arf (stick tongue out, hands as paws in
begging position)
Jersey cow - squirt, squirt
(grip with milking motion)
Pretty maid - kiss, kiss
(puckering left then right)
Maid's Papa - bang, bang
(finger points and shoots)
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Sing for Joy!
Don't be shy!
There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o
B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o
And Bingo was his name-o
2. Crocodile:
(make jaws with arms and chomp)
3. Elephant:
(one arm up to face make trunk)
4. Brush your teeth
(one finger used as a toothbrush)
5. Platypus:
(squeeze lips between fingers and make
“raspberry” sounds)
6. Porcupine:
(put hands on head, stiffen fingers up to
make quills)
7. Frying Bacon:
(lay on ground and sizzle like bacon
frying)
8. Orangutan:
(dance around like a monkey)
9. Funky Chicken
(hands under armpits, legs bowed,
do funky chicken dance)
10. Dracula:
(one arm up as a cape, peek out over it,
switch arms)
11. Cleopatra:
(dance Egyptian style)
12. Elvis Presley:
(shake leg and dance like Elvis)
13: John Travolta:
(dance like Saturday Night Fever)
14. Michael Jordan
(jump like dunking a basketball)
15. Dying Bug
(lay on back and kick arms and feet)
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
Actions:
Sing song while clapping hands for
each letter in succession until all the
letters are clapped instead of sung.
BOOGALOO
(to start song gather group in a circle with
elbows locked get rhythm going with feet)
Leader: Let me see you boogaloo
Group: What you say?
(bow head into circle)
Leader: Let me see you boogaloo
Group: What you say?
(bow head into circle)
Leader: Let me see you boogaloo
Group:
(unlock elbows and do a “hokey pokey”
kind of dance while singing:)
Ooo ah ah ah ooo
Ah ah ah ooo, ah ah ooo
One more time now!
Ooo ah ah ah ooo
Ah ah ah ooo, ah ah ooo
Back in line now! 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
(stomp feet eight times, re-lock elbows in
circle)
(there are many great verses to this
song. Some examples are:)
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Gonna lay down my burden (clap, clap)
Down by the riverside (clap, clap)
Down by the riverside (clap, clap)
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my burden (clap, clap)
Down by the riverside
And study war no more
Chorus:
I ain't gonna study war no more
I ain't gonna study war no more
I ain't gonna study war no more, no more
I ain't gonna study war no more
I ain't gonna study war no more
I ain't gonna study war no more
2. Gonna lay down my sword and shield
3. Gonna try on my starry crown
4. Gonna live in peace and harmony
5. Gonna shake hands around the world
(shout Shake! Shake! as you shake a
hand near you.)
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"Life is a song.
SING IT!"
Sathya Sai Baba
DUM DUM DA DA
Dum-dum-da-da
Dum-dum-da-da
Da-dum-dum-da-da
Da-dum-dum-dum-de-dum-da
Da-dum-dum-dum
Dum-dum-da-da
Da-dum-dum-da-da
Da-dum-dum-dum-de-dum-dum
Woah woah woah
Actions:
1st time through: drum hands on thighs
2nd time: two slaps on your thighs, two
slaps on your right-hand neighbor's
thighs, two slaps on your own thighs, two
slaps on your left-hand neighbor's
thighs, repeat
3rd time: two slaps on your thighs, cross
your arms to do two slaps on each of
your neighbors' closest thighs, uncross to
do two slaps on your thighs, spread
your arms to do two slaps on each of
your neighbors' closest thighs, repeat
FATHER ABRAHAM
Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them
And so are you
So let's just praise the Lord
with the left
(swing left arm)
with the left, and the right
(swing left and right arm)
with the left and the right and the left
(swing left and right arm and
stomp left foot)
with the left and the right and the left
and the right
(swing arms and stomp both feet)
with the left and the right and the left
and the right and the head
(swing arms, stomp feet, nod
head)
With the left and the right and the left
and the right and the head
and the hips
(swing arms, stomp feet, nod
head and shake your hips.)
Father Abraham had many sons ...
All they did was act like this
(do everything at once)
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When in doubt...
SING!
HEAD AND SHOULDERS
KNEES AND TOES
HERE WE GO ‘ROUND
THE MULBERRY BUSH
(tune: London Bridge is Falling Down)
Here we go ‘round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go ‘round, the mulberry bush
So early in the morning
Head and shoulders knees and toes
Knees and toes, knees and toes
Head and shoulders knees and toes
Eyes ears mouth and nose
Actions:
Touch body part as it is mentioned
Repeat, each time increase speed.
This is the way we___________
So early ____________ morning
Variation:
While one half of group sings as above,
have other half of group sing it
backwards.
2. Wash our clothes - Monday
3. Mend our clothes - Tuesday
4. Iron our clothes - Wednesday
5. Scrub the floor -Thursday
6. Sweep the house - Friday
7. Bake the bread - Saturday
8. Go to church - Sunday
Toes and knees and shoulders head
Shoulders head, shoulders head
Toes and knees and shoulders head
Nose mouth ears and eyes
Here we go ‘round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go ‘round, the mulberry bush
So early in the morning
HEAD, EARS, NOSE AND CHIN
HOW D’YA DO
(tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry
Bush)
(tune: Row Row Row Your Boat)
My head, my ears, my nose, my chin
My head, my ears, my nose, my chin
My head, my ears, my nose, my chin
We all clap hands together
Repeat this several times -- each time
increasing the speed. Then sing the first
three lines backwards. My chin, my
nose, my ears, my head.
Variation:
Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes
Actions:
With the hands point to the head, ears,
etc. as you sing and clap hands with the
rhythm of the song on the last line.
HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD
IN HIS HANDS
He's got the whole world in His hands
(make a huge globe with hands, end with
hands palm up)
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands
2. Wind and the rain
(hands flutter across and then down)
3. Tiny little baby (rock the baby)
4.You and Me brother (point finger)
5. You and Me sister (point finger)
6. Rich and the poor (hand in pocket)
7. Everybody here
(with hand make a circle over your head)
2
How, How How D'ya do
(wave with right hand)
How my friend are you
(wave with left hand)
I am feeling very fine
(shake right hand)
And hope that you are too
(shake left hand)
HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE
IN THE WINDOW
Chorus:
How much is that doggie
In the window (arf! arf!)
The one with the waggley tail
How much is that doggie
In the window (arf! arf!)
I do hope that doggie's for sale
I don't want a bunny or kitty
I don't want a parrot that talks
I don't want a bowl of little fishies
You can't take a fish for a walk
Chorus
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MUSIC LESSON:
Sometimes B Sharp
Never B Flat
Always B Natural
THE COLOR SONG
(tune:If You're Happy and You Know It)
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing red
Then please shake your head
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue,
Then please touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing green
Bow to the queen
If you are wearing green
Bow to the queen
If you are wearing green
Then please bow to the queen
If you are wearing green
Bow to the queen
middle. When song starts he circles the
group and picks a "wife". The two go
hand in hand around circle and wife
picks a "child" and so on
The happier we'll be
‘Cause your songs are my songs
And my songs are your songs
The more we sing together
The happier we'll be
THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK
Actions:
Lock elbows and sway.
At “Your friends…” shake hands to the
right and left.
At “The more we…” lock elbows and
sway again.
Variation:
On word”together” stand up, on next
“together” sit down.
The Grand Old Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up the hill
(Everyone stand up)
And marched them down again
(Everyone sit down)
And when you're up, you're up
(Everyone up)
And when you're down, you're down
(Everyone down)
And when you're only halfway up
(Everyone halfway up)
You're neither up nor down
(All up)
(All down)
THE HOKEY POKEY
If you are wearing yellow shake like Jello
If you are wearing yellow shake like Jello
If you are wearing yellow
Then please shake like Jello
If you are wearing yellow shake like Jello
If you are wearing black, pat your back
If you are wearing black, pat your back
If you are wearing black,
Then please pat your back
If you are wearing black, pat your back
If you are wearing brown, turn around
If you are wearing brown, turn around
If you are wearing brown,
Then please turn around
If you are wearing brown, turn around
You put your right foot in
You put your right foot out
You put your right foot in
And you shake it all about
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about
2. Left foot
3. Right hand
4. Left hand
5. Right shoulder
6. Left shoulder
7. Right hip
8. Left hip
9. Head
10. Whole self
Actions:
Do the moves along with the song
THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER
THE FARMER IN THE DELL
The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Hi ho the dairy-o
The farmer in the dell
The farmer takes a wife
The farmer takes a wife
Hi ho the dairy-o
The farmer takes a wife
The more we get together
Together, together
The more we get together
The happier we'll be
‘Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we get together
The happier we'll be
2. The wife takes a child
3. The child takes a friend
4. The friend takes a dog
5. The dog takes a cat
6. The cat takes a rat
The more we work together
Together, together
The more we work together
The more we can do
For your club and my club
And my club and your club
The more we work together
The more we can do
Actions:
Entire group stands in a circle
The farmer is selected to stand in the
The more we sing together
Together, together
The more we sing together
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THE WISE AND FOOLISH MAN
The wise man built his house upon a rock
(make roof over head – pound fist)
The wise man built his house upon a rock
The wise man built his house upon a rock
And the rains came tumbling down
(ripple fingers down)
The rains came down
(ripple fingers down)
And the floods came up
(hands raise from waist)
The rains came down
And the floods came up
The rains came down
And the floods came up
And the house on the rock stood firm
(pound fist into hand)
The foolish man built his house
Upon the sand
(make roof over heard –
slide hand over hand)
The foolish man built his house
Upon the sand
The foolish man built his house
Upon the sand
And the rains came tumbling down
The rains came down
And the floods came up
The rains came down
And the floods came up
The rains came down
And the floods came up
And the house on the sand
Went splat
(Clap hands together loudly)
-----------------------"To do is to be"
Decartes
"To be is to do"
Voltaire
"Do be do be do"
Sinatra
THIS OLD MAN
This old man he played one
(hold up one finger)
He played knick-knack
On my thumb
With a knick-knack paddy-wack
(pat hands on lap)
Give your dog a bone
(throw a bone)
This old man came rolling home
(hand over hand in rolling motion)
2. On my shoe
3. On my knee
4. On my door
5. On my hive
6. On my sticks
7. Up to heaven
8. On my gate
9. On my spine
10. Over again
THREE PURPLE PEACOCKS
Three purple peacocks
Three purple peacocks
Three purple peacocks
Sitting on a fence (clap) post
And one flew a-way
What a-shame
(continue with two, one, no purple
peacocks)
Look one has re-turned
Let us re-joice
One purple peacock
One purple peacock
One purple peacock
Sitting on a fence post
(continue with two, three purple
peacocks)
WADDLE EE AH CHA
Waddle ee ah cha, waddle ee ah cha
(slap hands on thighs four times)
Doodle ee doo, doodle ee do
(clap hands four times - keep rhythm)
Waddle ee ah cha, waddle ee ah cha
(do hand jive twice)
Doodle ee doo, doodle ee do
(First hold nose with left hand and left ear
with right hand switch to hole nose with
right hand and right ear with left hand)
(repeat same actions for second verse)
It’s the simplest song,
There isn’t much to it
All you’ve got to do is
Doodle ee doo it
I like the rest, but the part I like best is
Doodle ee doodle ee doo
Uh Huh! Oh yeah!
One more time
Chants
Selections that are spoken
as a group
Race car style:
I said a vroom
I said a vroom chicka vroom
I said a vroom shifta grinda shifta
Grinda shifta vroom
Uh Huh! Oh yeah!
One more time
BANANAS
Bananas, bananas we're going bananas
Bananas, bananas we're going bananas
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas
Astronaut style:
I said a moon
I said a shoot me to the moon
I said a shoot me, blast me, shoot me
Blast me, Shoot me to the moon
Uh Huh! Oh yeah!
Now we're done
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas
ENTHUSIASTIC
Go Bananas, go go Bananas
Go Bananas, go go Bananas
Boy are we enthusiastic!
H–A–P–P–Y!
Bananas, bananas we're going bananas
Bananas, bananas we're going bananas
FEE FI
BOOM CHICKA BOOM
(leader chants group repeats)
I said a boom! …
I said a boom chicka boom! ….
I said a booma chicka rocka chicka
Rocka chicka boom …
Uh huh! …
Oh yeah! ...
One more time ...
2. Underwater (fingers against lips)
3. Loud! (as loud as you can)
4. Slowly (slow and drawn out)
5. Opera (sing in opera voice)
6. Tongue in cheek (tongue in cheek)
Valley girl style:
I said, like, boom!
I said, like, boom chicka boom
I said, like, booma chicka rocka chicka
Gag me with a spoon
Like, uh huh!
Like fer sure!
Like same thing
Fee …
Fee Fi …
Fee Fi Fo …
Coom ala coom ala coom ala vista …
Oh no no no no not the vista …
Any mini east mini
Ooh nah nah wanna mini …
Any mini, esta mini ool la la wanda …
East dot diddley dot
Bo bo dah beatin bottin …
FLEA FLY
(leader chants group repeats)
Flea …
Flea, fly …
Flea, fly, mosquito …
No no no no no more mosquitoes ….
Itchy Itchy scratchy scratchy
Ooh I got one down my backy...
Get that big bad bug
With the bug spray ….
Shhhhhhh ……
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Janitor style:
I said a broom
I said a broom pusha broom
I said a broom pusha mopa pusha mopa
Pusha broom
Uh Huh! Oh yeah!
One more time
Flower style:
I said a bloom
I said a bloom chicka bloom
I said a bloom chicka blossom chicka
Blossom chicka bloom
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You don't have to
KNOW HOW
to sing.
It's the feeling
as though you
WANT TO
that makes the day
successful!
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