THE PESCADERO VALLEY OUTDOOR SCHOOL SONGBOOK

A Collection of Music for All Ages

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THE PESCADERO VALLEY OUTDOOR SCHOOL SONGBOOK

A Collection of Music for All Ages

Compiled and Edited by Joshua “Bobcat” Stacy

Previous edition compiled by Megan “Canyon” PhillipsWith help from a lot of other people

Thanks to everyone who contributed one way or another to this amazing collection of music. Special thanks to Paul “Palm” Mazzei for his compositions, help with this songbook and setting a rockin’ tone at campfires here at San Joaquin Outdoor School, thanks to Gregory “Grey Wolf” Bahr for his encouragement during this project, and finally thanks to all of the musicians of the valley for making magic every week and creating an environment where music is an integral part of life. Music is one of the most powerful tools we have as naturalists. It lifts spirits and engages minds in a way that is uniquely captivating.

Preface and Acknowledgements from the previous edition:

Here’s a collection that will never be finished, for use with your voice, guitar, shaker, tambourine, drum, flute, and laughter. Remember that kids never love you more than when you get up and make a fool of yourself, on key or not.

Thanks to Evergreen Eric for the original songbook (1995) which this is based upon, to Solar Steve for unending musical and creative inspiration, and to all the rock stars in the Pescadero Valley and beyond. We may not see each other as often as we’d like but we’re all singin’ the same songs.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Teaching/Folk Songs

A Place in the Choir…………………………………………………….1Air Cycle Swing…………………………………………………………..2Algae………………………………………………………………………….3The Ancient Egyptians………………………………………………….4Anemone…………………………………………………………………….5Banana Slug Song…………………………………………………………6Bats Eat Bugs……………………………………………………………….7Beatles' Earth Songs………………………………………………………8Big Red Rap………………………………………………………………….9Bizz Buzz…………………………………………………………………….10The Boats They Come……………………………………………………11Branching Out……………………………………………………………..12Chigga CheerThe Circle GameCome as a SlugCompost CakeCountry RoadsDecompostionThe Decomposer SongDead SkunkDirtDirt made My LunchDon’t Touch It, Don’t Eat It, Don’t Lick ItThe Dodo SongEndless ConcertEvil WasteExpanding UniverseThe FBIFood ChainFunky FungusGive Plants A ChanceThe Garden SongGo Into the NightGusanoHabitatHarriet TubmanI Am a RedwoodI Am an AnimalI Am ConnectedI Believe In YouI Can't Help But WonderIf You Want to Sing Out, Sing OutI'll Rot Away

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I Wanna Be A DogLichenThe LimboLive Oak, Live OakLiving In the RedwoodsThe Living SeaLizardsLikin' the LichenMoonshadowMisquito FiestaOde de la MarshOutdoor School I (First Day)Outdoor School II (Last Day)Pattycake PolkaPhotosynthesisPiece of ScatPlanet that is GreenPlankton SoupRainbow ConnectionRecyclingRocks in My SocksRippleRiver SongRock & TreesRoots, Stems, LeavesRooty Toot Toot For the MoonSafe At HomeSalamanderSay Goodbye with Some HelloScat Makes the World Go RoundSea StarSemi-Aquatic LifeShooting StarSinging To the MoonSlug Named FredSilent SpringSilly SalamanderThe Snake SongSo Why Aren't You?Solar Energy ShoutSpawnin' BluesSplendor of the WorldTidepool BoogieThe Tidepool ShuffleTube FeetWater Cycle BoogieWaves Come From WindWeb of LifeWe’re In This TogetherWhere Do the Children Play?

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Wild ThingYour Own Worst Enemy

Short Closing/Dismissal Songs

FriendsGoodnight and Sleep WellHappiness RunsHumbleIf I Had WingsTurn the World AroundVoices of One PeopleWith People I Like

Chants

Air I AmConnectedDeep PeaceDown Down DownFogI Circle AroundMammalMy Roots Go DownRiver is FlowingRiver of BirdsStanding Like A TreeSun, Soil, Water, and AirTwo Hands Hold The EarthWaterfallWho Were the Witches?

Campfire Stories/Skits

Falling RockThe LoraxThe Other Way to ListenRindecellaSunny SideWhatif?

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TEACHING/FOLK SONGS

A PLACE IN THE CHOIR (adapted from “All God’s Crittters” by Bill Staines)

GChorus: All Earth’s critters got a place in the choir

D G G7Some sing low and some sing higher

C GSome sing out loud on the telephone wire

D GSome just clap their hands, or paws, or fins, or claws, or anything they got now

Listen to the bass it’s the one on the bottomWhere the bullfrog croaks and the hippopotamus Moans and groans with a big to do,The old cow just goes MOOOOO…

Chorus

The dogs and the cats they take up the middleThe hummingbird hums and the cricket fiddlesThe donkey brays and the pony neighsThe old coyote HOWLS…

Chorus

Listen to the top where the little birdies singWith the melodies and the high notes ringingAnd the Screech Owl hollers over everythingAnd the Stellar’s Jay disagrees…

Chorus

Singing in the night time singing in the dayThe skunk just grunts and he’s on his wayThe possum ain’t got much to sayAnd the porcupine talks to himself…

Chorus

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AIR CYCLE SWING (Doug Greenfield)

C Am D7 GChorus: The air cycle, it takes you and me;

C Am D7 GThe air cycle, we're breathing with the trees. C E F F#What we breathe out, those plants breathe in;

G G7We trade CO2 for oxygen.

The trees got a kitchen up in their leaves;Cooking up a recipe that we all need.Sun, soil, water, and CO2,Produces oxygen for me and you.

Chorus

Now every living thing everywhereHas got to have a breath of that sweet fresh air.By paving the land and cutting all of the trees,We're endangering our planets livability.

Chorus

Have you been to a salt marsh?Many plants growing in a land that's harsh.In a sandy, sunny, windy, salty habitat,Making oxygen is where it's at.

Chorus

Now listen folks, we've got to care,Cause there's only so much sweet fresh air.Clean up smoke stacks, tailpipes too,To keep clean air for me and you.

Chorus

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ALGAE (Shagbark and Tortuga)

Chorus(4 beats on each G chord and 2 beats for C and D, reggae beat)

G C DAlgae, Algae, that's Mr. Algae to youG C DAlgae, Algae, that's Mr. Algae to you

VersesGI come in red brown and green, but that's not itC DI'm blue green diatom and dinoflagellateGIf you go to the tidepools look underneath your shoeC DChances are that I’m there too

Take your ice cream carton see if you can seeA crazy word that came from meIt’s called carageenan and did you know It makes ice cream creamy, hey yo

So if you’re not thinking about me baby you got some nerveGive me the respect that I deserveR-E-S-P-E-C-T to the A-L-G-A-E

Before you go dissing me for making you slipLet me tell you something that will make you tripI’m in ice cream and chocolate milkAnd I make your hair feel just like silk

Let me tell you something you’re not realizing While you go about your life I’m busy photosynthsizingSo you think that trees are important to youI produce 80% of the earth’s O2

Hey little homies give me mad props“Cause I’m just as important as your farmer’s cropsI’m the biggest crop in the sea “Cause I’m doing some primary productivity

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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS (Poi Dogs Pondering)

G C DChorus: Well the ancient Egyptians and the other Africans,

G C DThe Mayans, the Incas, and all the Polynesians,G C DAll around the world a long long time ago,G C D GPeople would walk wherever they had to go.

Well, they didn't have car keys and they didn't have roads.They didn't have ugly convenience stores, or Texaco's.All around the world, a long long time ago,People would walk wherever they had to go.

Chorus

Now it's the nineteen nineties and the gasoline does flow,But I still try to walk to most of the places I have to go.But sometimes my friends say, "Hey, ____, wait a minute,There's a bus or a cab over there, why don't we go ahead and get in it?"But I say, "No, no, no! And didn't you know,You get to know things better when they go by slow.

Chorus

ANEMONE (Palm)

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Chorus E F# E F#Anemone, Anemone, ain't got no hands, ain't got no feet E F# E F#Anemone, Anemone, stinging cells that protect meAnemone, Anemone, zooxanthellae in my bellyEverybody say, Anemone

Verses B F# E F# You know I've been waitin' all day long for the tide to get high B F# E F#I'm hating life when I'm livin' high and dry B F# E F#I'm just a little brown blob when I pull my green tentacles insideB F# E F#Spending my days just waiting for the next high tide

Chorus

I am a Cnidarian, that means jellyfish is my cousinThat's why I kind of look like an upside down version of himWe both have nematocysts, that is cells that stingWhile his hurt real bad mine just feel kinda sticky

Chorus

When a fish swims by I close my tentacles down real tightYou know that's how I feed every day and every nightI also have a symbiosis where algae lives in my belly But I prefer the term zooxanthellae

Chorus

BANANA SLUG SONG (Kevin Beals; additional lyrics from various sources)

G C DYou know I love my baby (love my baby)

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C G C DI love the way that she hugs (way that she hugs)

C G C DSome people don’t understand it (don’t understand it) C G C DShe’s a banana slug (banana slug)D BA-NA-NA SLUG!

He’s got just one foot On the side of her headHe ain’t got no toes She’s got an all purpose holeHe hangs out in the forest She’s got just one footAnd helps it decompose. But plenty of soul.

Well some folks say that she’s grossBut I won’t hear that jiveCause if it weren’t for my babyThe forest might not survive.

The way you wiggle your antennaeYou know you give me such blissCome on come on come on banana slugWon’t you blow me a kiss.

The way you slide through the forestYou know you look so fineCome on come on come on banana slugWon’t you show me your slime.

You know I love my babyBut he don’t need meThat’s because he’s hermaphroditicThat means he’s also a she!

Sticky as peanut butterShade of yellowLook like bananaBut oh so mellow!

Shake it up babyTwist and slimeCome on come on come on banana slugOh you slime so fine.

BATS EAT BUGS (Steve Van Zandt)

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Bats eat bugs they don’t eat people.G D7Bats eat bugs they don’t fly in your hair.G CBats eat bugs they eat insects for dinner.G D7 GThat’s why they’re flying up there.

Coyotes eat rabbits they don’t eat people.Coyotes eat rabbits cause you’re too big to bite.Coyotes eat rabbits they eat rabbits for dinner.That’s why they’re out at night.

Snakes eat mice they don’t eat people.Snakes eat mice that’s why they’re on the ground.Snakes eat mice cause we’re too big to swallow.So they don’t want you hanging around.

Bears eat berries they don’t eat people.Bears eat berries they don’t eat you or me.Bears eat berries and they’ll steal your dinner.So you better hang it high in a tree.

Nothing out there wants to eat you.Nothing out there wants to make you its meal.Nothing out there eats people for dinner.Cause you know how sick they would feel.

BEATLES' EARTH SONGS(adapted by Dan "Dirty D" Pascucci)

YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY

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G D F C F CHere I stand with trash in hand, hanging at the ma-all G D F C F C D7If it were gone, I could move on, it’s really , really sma-a-allEverywhere people stare, as I prepare to wa-asteI can see them point at me, and I hear them sa-a-ay

ChorusG C D7Hey, you’ve got to throw your trash awayHey, you’ve got to throw your trash away

LET IT BE

G D Em CWhen I find the earth in times of trouble, Mother Nature comes to meG D C G-Am7-GSpeaking words of wisdom, plant a tree

And when there’s carbon dioxide, she is standing right in front of meSpeaking words of wisdom, plant a tree

ChorusG Em D C GPlant a tree, plant a tree, plant a tree, plant a treeG D C G-Am7-GWater it tomorrow, plant a tree

HEY JUDE

D AHey Dude, don’t waste that stuff A7 Dyou could reuse it, and make it betterG Dremember to cut down on all your trash A Dand in a flash, you’ll make earth better

Hey dude, don’t be afraidit will not hurt you, to conserve waterThe minutes, you cut down when you bathemaybe will save, a little otter

hey dude, turn off the lightsit could save you, a lot of moneythe power you save when you turn them offcan be a lot, I’m not being funny

BIG RED RAP (SMOE adaptation of Banana Slug String Band version)

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Gonna tell you a story that you should know‘Bout the tallest tree that ever did grow.It’s a redwood tree and it stands so highThat its tallest branches nearly reach the sky.

BBBBBBB-Big RRRRRRR-Red

Well, this tree is nearly 2000 years oldKnows many stories that never been told.Knew the Indians and the Spaniards tooAnd he’s still around to get to know you.

BBBBBBB-Big RRRRRRR-Red

Well, his age and his height are his claim to fameBy now you’ve probably guessed his nameYou come to see him at Outdoor Ed.That’s right, his name is Big Red.

BBBBBBB-Big RRRRRRR-Red

Well, Red’s got a friend who stands close byHis name is Dead Fred and I’ll tell you why.He’s all black and hollowed out insideCause years ago in a fire Fred died.

BBBBBBB-Big RRRRRRR-Red

Well, you’re probably wondering how Big RedSurvived the fire that did in Fred.The fire swept by without leaving a markCause Red was protected by his thick strong bark.

BBBBBBB-Big RRRRRRR-Red

People will come and people will goBut Red will remain and continue to grow.But he needs your help to protect his homeAnd tell people with chainsaws to just go home.

BBBBBBB-Big RRRRRRR-Red

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BIZZ BUZZ (Tad Drake)

B EA bunch of busy bugs buzzin’ by my melon B EAssaulting my skin like a cop on a felon B EYet I possess the power to kill or to not B (pause)To brush ‘em in the air or to squash ‘em with a swat.

B ENow I do my part I recycle and don’t litter

B EBut here’s a simple fact we need to consider B EOf all the fellow forms given life at birthB (pause)Who was that that crowned us the kings of the earth?

B EChorus: I see them fly, I brush ‘em on by

B EAnd don’t assume that I am almighty most high B EFive finger fling, a busy buzzing. B (pause)In my ear I hear their buzz song sing.B EBizz buzzB EThat’s their bizz-i-nussB EA bizz buzz bizzB (pause)That’s what it is

Oh those pests let’s give them a rest, cause someWhere down the road our lives will be blessedThough they wrap our skulls bean cere-burritoWe must have mercy on the mosquitos

Chorus

So don’t cry or whine make peace and be kindAnd give your blood like a grape gives wine -- Ding they swarm, they mean ho harmIf you let them live you receive good kharma!

Chorus *can substiute chords G,C for B,ETHE BOATS THEY COME (Bill Staines)

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G C GChorus: The boats they come and the boats they go

Am GWhite sails a–flashin’ from MexicoG C GWonder if some day they’ll ever knowAm D GAs they sail on the deep blue sea

He used to sit on the cliffs as the sun went downWaving his arms like some colorful clownTalking to the sea birds flying downOver the deep blue sea

Chorus

Some thought he was crazy cause he thought he could flySome thought he was crazy from the look in his eyeAt most he’s just a character constantly highSinging by the deep blue sea

DBridge: Now he’s gone

DHis house torn downCHis white beard’s never been seen aroundD C DChildren still recall the sound of music by the sea

They sing…

Chorus

Some thought he was crazy cause he said he could flyHe just leaned into life as it went on byLike a sail on a wind, oh it carried him highAs he sailed on the deep blue sea

Chorus

BRANCHING OUT (John Gorka; adaptation)

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E A D AChorus: I’m gonna reach, I’m gonna reach, I’m gonna reach

EReach for the sky.

A D AI’m gonna reach, I’m gonna reach, I’m gonna reach

ETill I know why.

AWhen I grow up I wanna be a tree DGonna make my home with the birds and the bees

AAnd the squirrels, they can count on me EWhen I grow up I’m gonna be a tree.

I’ll let my joints get stiff, put my feet on the groundTake the winters off, settle downKeep my clothes till they turn brownWhen I grow up I’m gonna settle down.

Chorus

When the spring comes by I’m gonna get real greenIf a dog comes by I’m gonna get real meanOn windy days I’ll bend and leanWhen I grow up I’m gonna get real green.

Chorus

DBridge: If I should fall in storm or slumber

E APlease don’t turn me into lumberDI’d rather be a hollow nestEWhere creatures take their rest.

ChorusRepeat first verse

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CHIGGA CHEER (music by Mark Nolan)Underlined word is replaced each time with a new one; e.g. the names of cabins)

A C G A C GHey there all you kids, you’re real cool cats A C G A C GYou’ve got a whole lot of this and a whole lot of that A C G A C GSo stand right here and shake your rearA C G A C GShow us how you do the chigga cheer!

C A G A G AHands up! Chigga chigga, chigga chiggaHands down! Chigga chigga, chigga chiggaTo the left! Chigga chigga, chigga chiggaTo the right! Chigga chigga, chigga chigga

Owwwwwww! (everybody screams)

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THE CIRCLE GAME (Joni Mitchell)

G C GChorus: And the seasons, they go round and round C G

And the painted ponies go up and down C GWe’re captive on a carousel of time C Bm CWe can’t return we can only look behind from where we came Bm C GAnd go round and round and round in a circle game

G C GYesterday a child went out to wander C DCaught a dragonfly inside a jarG C BmFearful when the sky was full of thunder C G D GAnd tearful at the falling of a star

Then the child moved then times round the seasonsSkated over ten clear frozen streamsWords like “when you’re older” must appease himAnd promises of someday make up his dreams

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone nowCartwheels turn to car wheels through the townAnd they tell him ‘take your time, it won’t be long nowTill you drag your feet to slow the circles down’

So the years spin by and now the boy is twentyThough his dreams have lost some grandeur coming trueThere’ll be new dreams, maybe even better dreams and plentyBefore the last revolving year is through

Tuning: D G D G B D

COME AS A SLUG (words by Tad Drake; to music of Nirvana’s “Come As You Are”)

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F#m E F#mCome as a slug, eat some duff E F#mDecompose and make it dirt E F#mFind a log, you gastropod E F#m The forest floor is where we work

EChorus: We slide along

F#mWe sing our song EWe’re spineless souls F#m A F#m AInvertebrates, invertebrates, invertebrates

Our yellow coats, with banana boatShine on slime, we like it wetDark and damp is where we campWith one foot out we slowly step

Chorus

Light your yellow lamps, we’re supertrampsWe love our lives we hermaphroditesAs sing and sang our lives beganSo sultans of soil slide and unite

Chorus

F#m A F#m ABridge: Get your hand out of my pneumostome

F#m AI said that’s my pneumostome F#m AYeah that’s my pneumostome

COMPOST CAKE (Steve Van Zandt)

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G C GChorus: In the compost pile, it’s a party for new soil

G A DIn the compost pile, new dirt is what we make G C GIn the compost pile, come and join our celebration G D GIn the compost pile, making compost cakeD GCookin’ up a batch of that compost cake

G C G C G Group 1: layer it & layer it, layer it & layer it, layer it & layer it, compost cake!

G C G C G Group 2: turn it & turn it, let the air flow through it now, compost cake!

G C G C G Group 3: pile it high, pile it high, pile it high, compost cake!

C GLayer it and layer it with straw or leaves C GAnd that leftover salad that we didn’t eatC GMicroscopic life turns on the heat to bake it A DIt’s a compost cake, that’s what it takes to make it

Chorus

Turn it and turn it, let the air flow through itThe beetles, bugs, and worms will chew to renew itWhatever is here will never ever stay the sameBecause decomposition is the name of the game

Chorus

Pile it and pile it with more and moreTo heat it up for sure we add some manureThis luscious steaming stack of organic decayWhatever you’ve got we’ll watch it rot away

Chorus

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COUNTRY ROADS (John Denver)

G EmAlmost heaven, West Virginia,D CBlue Ridge Mountains, Shanandoah River.G EmLife is old there, older than the trees,D CYounger than the mountains, blowin' like a breeze.

G DChorus: Country roads, take me home

Em CTo the place, I belong, G DWest Virginia, mountain mama,

C GTake me home, country roads.

All my memories, gather 'round her,Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eyes.

Chorus

Em D GI hear her voice in the morning as she calls me, C G DThe radio reminds me of my home far away.Em D C GDriving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been homeD D7Yesterday, yesterday.

Chorus

DEAD SKUNK (Loudon Wainwright III)

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D ACrossing the highway late last night, G DHe should’ve looked left and he should’ve looked right. AHe didn’t see the station wagon car, G DThe skunk got squashed and there you are.

Chorus: D AYou got a dead skunk in the middle of the road, G DDead skunk in the middle of the road,

ADead skunk in the middle of the road,

G DAnd it’s stinkin’ to high heaven.

Take a whiff on me, that ain’t no rose.Roll up your windows and hold your nose.You don’t have to hear and you don’t have to see,Cause you can feel it in your olfactory!

Chorus

Well you got your dead cat and you got your dead dog,And on a moonlight night you’ve got your dead toad frog.Got you rabbit and your dead raccoon.The blood and guts, they’re going to make you swoon!

Chorus

DECOMPOSITION (Steve Van Zandt)

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E A7Is there waste? Well I don't knowE A7One thing dies to let another growE A7This circle we see almost every dayE D EThe name we call it is... decay.

G DChorus: Well come on all you people, gather 'round

G DBreakdown and listen...

E A7 E A7...To decomposition:

Group 1: Muncha, muncha, muncha...Group 2: Decomposition, decomposition...Group 3: I get down, I break down, I get down...

There are many kinds of bugsWorms and snails and banana slugsThey are useful for me and youThey help to make the soil... renew.

Chorus

Decomposition is a useful gameA tree drops its leaves, but they don't stay the sameA bug chews them up and spits them back outMaking the soil for a new tree to... sprout.

Chorus

THE DECOMPOSER SONG (sung to the tune of Cecilia by Paul Simon)Lyrics by Jacob Sackin

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G C D G C G DChorus: Decomposers turn rocks into dirt, turn logs and dead deer into soil. C G C G C G D Decomposers are maggots and flies, bacteria, worms and mushrooms, and

mushrooms. GCDG X2 G C D G G C D G Ants and flies in the afternoon are eating the flesh of a dead raccoon. G C D G G C D In an Oak tree, in the park there are termites in tunnels beneath theG G C D Gbark, there are termites in tunnels beneath the bark.

GCDG X2

Chorus

C G C D G C G DDecomposition recycles dead things, clears the forest floor of dead branches. C G C G C G DDecomposition recycles dead things, clears the forest floor of dead branches.

G C D GThe Decomposer sooooooooooooong. GCDG X2 Chorus

DIRT (adapted from Phish, additional lyrics by Jacob Sackin)

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D Am C GI like to live beneath the dirtD Am C GA tiny space to move and breathe is all that I will ever needD Am C GI like to live beneath the dirt D Am C GWhere I am free from push and shove like all those swarming up aboveE C DBeneath your heels I spend my time Am

C G Eating dead things with my friendsI’ll wiggle in the earth and dew

C C Beneath the roots of trucks and stemsTurn dead plants into something new D Am

With millipedes and snakes and ants C G D AmAnd if you ever think of me kneel down and kiss the earth C GAnd show me what my life is worthE C DUpon the worms our life depends

Am C G D Am C G

DIRT MADE MY LUNCH (Steve Van Zandt)

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C F CChorus: Dirt made my lunch, dirt made my lunch,

F CThank you dirt, thanks a bunch,

F CFor my salad, my sandwich, my milk, and my munchG CDirt made my lunch.

Am CDirt is a word we often use Am CWhen we’re talkin’ about the earth beneath our shoes. Am CIt is a place where plants can sink their toes, F G And in a little while a garden grows.

Chorus

A farmer’s plow will tickle the groundYou know the earth has laughed when wheat is found.The grain is taken and the flour is ground,For making a sandwich to munch on down.

Chorus

A stubby green beard grows upon the landOut of the soil grass will stand.But under hoof it must bow,For making milk by way of a cow.

Chorus

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DON’T TOUCH IT, DON’T EAT IT, DON’T LICK IT (Stu Branoff)

D C GWalking through the forest, what did I seeD C G It was a slimy banana slug looking right up at meD C GI wanted to pick it up and show it how much I really loved itD C GBut my naturalist told me something better to do with it

GChorus: S/he said

D CYou don’t touch it, you don’t eat it

G C DCGCYou don’t lick it, just leave it alone (2X)

Walking through the forest, what did I seeIt was a shiny plant with leaves of threeI wanted to pick some and take it home to my folksBut my naturalist said don’t touch that man, that’s poison oak

Walking through the desert, what did I seeIt was a plant that was definitely spikyI told my friend here’s something for yaBut my naturalist said don’t touch that, it’s a piece of cholla

Walking through Natural Bridges, what did I seeIt was something green hanging near the milkweedI wanted to grab it and say what is thisBut my naturalist said don’t touch that, it’s a monarch chrysalis

Walking through the redwoods, what did I seeIt was a fuzzy plant lying at my feetIt looked like a nice place for my butt to settleBut my naturalist said don’t touch that, it’s stinging nettle

Walking through the forest, what did I seeIt was a brown lump that was a little bit smellyI asked if I could take a taste of some of thatBut my naturalist said no way, that’s a piece of scat

THE DODO SONG (Lyrics and Music by Burl)

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Chorus: D C G DThis is the story of the lives that have past, the creatures and the green things who were not allowed to last,It’s a story of broken cycles and connections long ago, like a wild free river whose not allowed to flow.

Relationships aren’t forever and at times hard to see,Our dabbling with nature has disturbed things to be,The Song of The Dodo is a song of the past,Like other creatures and the green things who were not allowed to last.

Chorus

It’s the same story for the redwoods as well,A history of people too difficult to tell,Their voices have been lost to greed and false needs,Perharps you will listen and help them succeed.

Chorus

Change is as old as the sun, stars and moon,It creeps upon us slowly and some times too soon,One thing I know is that change is to beAnd there’s no other place than here, you and me.

Chorus

ENDLESS CONCERT (Steve Van Zandt)

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G DRaccoon on the washboard, buzzards on the bonesC D GGoose and gander on their saxophones

Little birds in bushes, play their piccolosWhile the bullfrog takes the bass down low

Spider plays her violin as she does the swingTo the rhythm of the snake shake rattling

C7Chorus: Buzzin’ hummin’ drummin’

GJoint is jumpin’ when they playANature’s endless concertD Db D D Db DNight and day, hear them play

Moo cow she likes country, jay birds rock and rollWhile the dogs and cats they groove to blues and soul

Great Horned Owl likes opera, she’s the tenor in the treesWhile crickets play in three part harmony

Humpback whale is singing an ancient gospel tuneWhile coyote howls a ballad at the moon

Chorus

From atop the highest mountain, to the bottom of the seaMusic is the thread of unity

So step outside and hear it, you can play alongLet your heart and soul fill right up with song

It’s an endless concert every night and day These wild rhythms we can learn to play

Chorus

EVIL WASTE (adapted from Carlos Santana by Jonathan Ferris, last verse by Maggie Wolfe)

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Am D Am D Am DYou've got to change your evil waste, baby,Am D Am DBefore the landfills are full and closed.

Am D Am DYou've got to change, baby,Am D Am DYour wasting ways are growing old.

Am D Am DChorus: You must reduce it, re-use it, recycle today;

Am D Am DGo tell your neighbors, your parents, do it today!

E Am D Am DThis can't go on, you know you've got to change.

When you're asleep, baby,Your faucets drip and your lights are on.Water is life, baby,And you know you're wasting energy.

Chorus

When you’re at meals, baby,Food you don’t eat just goes to waste.Bread crusts and milk, baby,I’ve seen them sitting there on your plate.

Chorus

You've got to change your evil waste, babyThe air is brown and it's not too coolTry takin' a walk, babyInstead of driving and wasting fuel

Chorus

EXPANDING UNIVERSE (Monty Python; adaptation)

D A G D

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Remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s revolving A

Revolving at 900 miles an hour

It’s orbiting at 19 miles per second, so it’s reckonedD

The sun is the source of all our power A G D

The sun and you and me and all the stars that you can see G

Are moving at a million miles a day D

In an outer spiral orbit, 40 thousand miles an hourA G D

In a galaxy we call the Milky Way.

Our galaxy contains 100 billion starsAnd it’s 100 thousand light years side to side.It bulges in the middle 16 thousand light years thickBut out by us it’s just 3 thousand light years wide.We’re 30 thousand light years from galactic central pointWe go round every 200 million years.And our galaxy is only one of billions and billionsIn this amazing expanding universe.

Our universe itself keeps on expanding and expandingIn all of the directions it can win.As fast as it can go at the speed of light you know12 million miles a minute that’s the fastest speed there is.So remember when you’re feeling very small and insecureHow amazingly unlikely is your birth.Sink your roots deep into the galaxyDance of life on Planet Earth.Sink your roots deep into realityDance for life on Planet Earth.

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THE FBI (Steve Van Zandt)

Dm F GChorus: The FBI, whenever something dies,

Dm F GThe FBI, is there on the scene Dm F GThe FBI, is working overtime Dm F G DmThe FBI, to pick those bones clean F G Fungus!. (fungus), bacteria!. (bacteria),

Dm F Am DmInvertebrates!. (invertebrates), the FBI (2x)

DmThere’s fungus all among us and it’s breaking things down

F G DmReturning nutrients into the fertile ground

Millions of mycelium underground that’s why F G Dm

When you hold a handful of the earth you hold the FBI

Chorus

There are billions of bacteria in that soil over thereMicroscopic life is in all the water, land and airYou should know that they are there though they are too small for your eyeThese are secret agents of the FBI

Chorus

Insects, bugs, slugs, and worms are working night and dayThe invertebrate crew are special agents of decayTo remove whatever’s rotten they will hop, crawl, hide or flyEnforcing nature’s laws they are the FBI

Chorus

Lay down very still in the duff and learn their waysLift up a rotten log and you will surely be amazedGo creeping through the forest learn to see and be a spyIn search of evidence of the FBI

Chorus

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FOOD CHAIN (Steve Van Zandt)

E D E G EPlants are producers, they’re sun users in the food chain; chain, chain

E D E G EThey make food from the sun and the food chain has begun, food chain; chain, chain

GChorus: Predator and prey,

DProducers and decay

E G EAre in a food chain; chain chain (2x)

Rabbit comes along and eats the plants down in the food chain; chain chainBut the plants they have more to feed that herbivore in the food chain; chain chain

Chorus

Coyote likes to eat a little rabbit meat in the food chain; chain chainAnd it really makes his day to eat that rabbit prey in the food chain; chain chain

Chorus

Coyote lifts his tail and scats on the trail in the food chain; chain chainFor the bugs that’s a deal, scat’s a gourmet meal in the food chain; chain chain

Chorus

The scat will decompose and a new plant grows in the food chain; chain chainSo the food chain never ends, it just begins again in the food chain; chain chain

Chorus

You can see from this song how energy moves along in the food chain; chain chainSo eat your food my friend but think of where it’s been in the food chain; chain chain

Chorus

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FUNKY FUNGUS (Tad Drake)

F#Chorus: I’m a funky fungus and I break out of the ground

C# And if you’re among us, you best be breakin’ down F#

I’m a funky fungus and I eat and rip and rot C# Organic material decomposing on the spot B C# F F#

Cause if you’re a fungus, and you’re among us, you’re breakin’ down

Many a fungi come in freaking funky shapesWe’re like superheroes wearin’ caps instead of capesOur fruiting bodies elevated by a stalkRooted by a mycelium reaching everywhere you walkCause if you’re a fungus, and you’re among us, you’re breakin’ down.

Chorus

We’ve got our own kingdom, our own radical raceSpreadin’ our spores a hundred miles out into spaceReleased from our gills future families we do flingReproducing with wonder and in funky fairy ringsCause if you’re a fungus, and you’re among us, you’re breakin’ down.

Chorus

Oyster mushrooms, candy caps, and chantrellesYou may eat us but you better know us well!Cause if you’re mistaken, you’ll be sick or even deadSo get to know us or we’re decomposing you insteadCause if you’re a fungus, and you’re among us, you’re breakin’ down.

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THE GARDEN SONG (unknown)

Chorus

G C GInch by inch, row by rowC D GGonna make this garden growC D G EmAll it takes is a rake and a hoe A7 DAnd a piece of fertile groundG C GInch by inch, row by rowC D GSomeone bless these seeds I sowC D G EmSomeone warm them from below A7 DUntil the rain comes tumbling down

Verses

G C GPulling weeds and picking stonesC D GMan is made of dreams and bonesC D G EmFeel the need to grow my own A7 DBecause the time is close at hand

Grain for grain, sun and rainFind my way in nature's chainTune my body and my brainTo the music from the land

GIVE PLANTS A CHANCE (Steve Van Zandt)

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E A B EChorus: Plants (plants) Plants (plants) Give plants a chance

Plants (plants) Plants (plants) Give plants a chance

E AI like plants you could too E AThere’s so many things that plants can do E AFeed them water watch them grow

E AThere’s a lot of plants above but there’s even more below E ARich soil (rich soil) Fresh air (fresh air) E ASun and rain give them care

E A B Plants are the reason this world’s so fineB When was the last time you thanked a vine?

Chorus

Believe me when I say that plants they can thrill usSome can save us and some can kill usThe grow everywhere from the tundra to your roomThey’re breaking through cement and they make the desert bloomThey creep and climb (creep and climb) grow upside down (upside down)Grow real low or high above the groundPlants are the reason this world’s so greatWhen was the last time you had plants on your plate?

Chorus

Plants are here so let’s celebrate themWith every breath we take, well, we can thank themPlants hold the earth against the skyAnd leaves are the reason this world’s aliveBrown and green (brown and green) Red and blue (red and blue)Yellow orange, old and newPlants are beauty growing freeWhen was the last time you hugged a tree?

GO INTO THE NIGHT (Steve Van Zandt)

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G AmIf you go into the night there’s music in the night, C GCalling out a song that’s clear. G AmA night time pal is the great horned owl, C G C GWith a song that you can hear, and the owl you can hear.

If you go into the night there’s music in the night,Calling out a song that’s clear.Down in the bog there’s a million frogs,With a song that you can hear, and the frogs you can hear,And the owl you can hear.

If you go into the night there’s music in the night,Calling out a song that’s clear.Down in the thickets there are some crickets,With a song that you can hear, and the crickets you can hear,And the frogs you can hear,And the owl you can hear.

If you go into the night there’s music in the night,Calling out a song that’s clear.The musical note of a lone coyote,Is a song that you can hear, and the coyote you can hear,And the crickets you can hear,And the frogs you can hear,And the owl you can hear.

If you go into the night there’s music in the night,Calling out a song that’s clear.The silent wonder of people’s hearts,Is a song that you can hear, and the silence you can hear,And the coyote you can hear,And the crickets you can hear,And the frogs you can hear,And the owl you can hear.

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GUSANO (I AM A WORM) (Mel McMurrin & Kevin Beals)

I am a worm Am

The wondrous worm E

It’s down under E

That I love to squirm Am

To eat the dead Am

As a living’s my toil E

Am E Am Am And what comes out makes magnificent soil

C G F EChorus: Gusano-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-SI!

C G F EGusano-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-SI! F G C DI aerate the earth as I tunnel and squirm F G Am AmI am proud to be called a worm!

Our tunnels floodIt rains all nightCome up for airBe killed by lightWhen people dieWorms attend though it’s dullBut no one comes to a worm’s funeral

Chorus

A robin’s cuteBut have you heardOf the massacreOf the early birdWe do such goodFrom us you could learnBut you make us fishbait in return

Chorus

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HABITAT (Bill Oliver)

C Am F GChorus: Habitat, habitat, have to have a habitat (X3) G C

You have to have a habitat to carry on

C Am F GThe ocean is a habitat a very special habitatIt’s where the deepest water’s atIt’s where the biggest mammal’s atIt’s where our future food is atIt keeps the atmosphere intact

G CThe ocean is a habitat that we depend on

The forest is a habitat a very special habitatIt’s where the tallest trees are atIt’s where a bear can scratch its backIt keeps the ground from falling backRenews the oxygen in factThe forest is a habitat that we depend on

The river is a habitat a very special habitatIt’s where the freshest water’s atFor people fish and dusky woodratsBut when the people dump their trash The river takes the biggest rapThe river is a habitat that we depend on

The marsh is a habitat a very special habitatIt’s where the waterfowl are atIt’s where a turtle takes a bathIt’s where the algae do their math Multiplying very fastThe marsh is a habitat that we depend on

People are different than foxes and rabbitsAffect the whole world with their bad habitsBetter to love it while we still have itOr rat-a-tat-tat our habitat’s gone

HARRIET TUBMAN (John McCutcheon)

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Am One night I dreamed I was in slaveryC G Am‘Bout 1850 was the timeC E7 Am Em AmSorrow was the only sign, nothing about to ease my mindAm Out of the night appeared a ladyC G AmLeading a distant pilgrim band.C E7“First mate!” she cried, pointing her handAm Em Am “Make room aboard for this young woman,” singing:

AmChorus: Come on up, I’ve got a life line

C G AmCome on up to this train of mine. (repeat)G AmShe said her name was Harriet Tubman C G Em AmAnd she drove for the underground railroad.

Hundreds of miles we traveled onwardGathering slaves from town to town.Seeking every lost and found,Setting those free that once were bound.Somehow my heart was growing weaker,I fell by the wayside sinking sand.Firmly did this lady stand,Lifted me up and took my hand, singing:

Chorus

AmWho are these children dressed in red?G E7 AmMust be the ones that Sister Moses led.AmWho are these children dressed in red?G E7 AmMust be the ones that Sister Moses led.

ChorusShe said her name was Harriet Tubman, and she drove for the underground railroad… come on up!!!

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I AM A REDWOOD (words by Tad Drake; to music of Counting Crows’ “Rain King”)

G C9 D9 C9 G C9When I think of heaven, deliver me in a ring of redwood trees D9 C9 G C9 D9I think of climbin, in this fog we’ll grow and gather C9 G C9 Render up our spirit to the burning soul…the sun

D C9In the beauty of a bright blue skyAm C Am C So sisters join me, let’s sprout our limbs and soarD C9 And we will live forever more

G C9 D9 C9 GChorus: I belong along the California coast

C9 D9 C9 GStanding strong in the valleys where it’s moist C9 D9 GThe kings of tallness, I’m growin’ always

C9 G C9 D9 C9 G ‘Cause I am a redwood.

I say old growth brothers why are we so aloneWe cannot live in fear that they may take us from our homeBut we’re alive, we’re alive! Our roots are sinkin’ inIf there’s justice here on this earth we ask you people to save our kinDon’t try to chop me ‘cause it’s been done beforeAnd we choose to stand forever more.

Chorus Am C Am C

Bridge: I only want the same as anyone, to hold the earth and wave at the sun D C9 G Each day freely, and then the animals will call me home.

When I think of heaven, deliver me in a forest free of swordsI think of smilin’, side by side we’ll sing togetherRender up our voices to the breathing of the earthThe winds will ring our freedom loud.So take a stand now, cause you possess the powerTo help us live forever more!Chorus

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I AM AN ANIMAL (Dana Lyons; adaptation)

A G A G AChorus: I am an animal, you are an animal

D C D A G A We both are animals, we eat like animals

E D E D C DWe dance like animals, we play like animalsA G A G A We all are animals, we all are animals.

The reptiles have some class. They slither about in the grass.They like it when the weather's damp. They party deep in the swamp.They got smooth and shiny skins. Long tongues and longer tails.

Chorus

The birds do it all with their beaks. They eat and they clean and they speak.Their wings take them high in the air. And who knows what they do up there.They've got dances that can't be beat . With their feathers and rubber feet.

Chorus

The insects have some pride. They wear their skeletons outside.They can live anywhere. Hot or cold they do not care.With antennas and many eyes, they eat, reproduce and they die.

Chorus

The mammals are a wild bunch. They eat each other for lunch.They've got fur as soft as silk. They feed their babies milk.They sing all the latest tunes. At night they howl at the moon.

Chorus

The fish dig a whole other scene. Their whole world is aquamarine.Some are thin and some are fat. Some of their faces are flat,They take transatlantic trips. They do strange things with their lips.

Chorus

But let’s not forget the plants. The plants have so much fun.They don’t eat anyone. They just soak up the sun.They rub their branches in the breeze. Dandelions tickle the trees.Chorus

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I AM CONNECTED (Aaron Drake)

Chorus: I am connected to the b-slug, and the b-slug's connected to the redwood, and the redwood's connected to the ocean and the ocean is connected to me.

This week I got connected to my counselor, and my counselor is connected to my naturalist, and my naturalist is connected to the night time, and the night time is connected to me.

Then I got connected to Bancroft and Bancrofts connected to Valle Verde and Valle Verde's connected to my cabin and the cabin is connected to me.

Chorus

In the forest got connected to the insects and the insect are connected to Big Red, and Big Red's connected to Dead Fred, and Dead Fred's connected to me.

Also got connected to the bird nerd, and the bird nerd's connected to the marsh, and the marsh is connected to the creek and the creek is connected to me.

Chorus

We are connected to the garden, and the garden is connected to compost and compost is connected to organic and organic is connected to me

Full moon's connected to the tide pool and the tide pool's connected to anemone and anemone's connected to hermit crabs and hermit crabs are connected to me.

Chorus

Peace is connected to a "Good Act" and a "Good Act's" connected to good fun and good fun's connected to a Good Earth and Good Earth is connected to me.

You must always stay connected and I must always stay connected, and I must always stay connected and we must always stay connected 'cuz you are connected to me.

Chorus

I BELIEVE IN YOU (Susan Grace)

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G D C The river’s rough, and I know you’re scaredG D C Reach inside, the strength is thereG D C AmYou can do it if you dareG D C C (mute)Trust yourself and go on with the flow... because

G D C Chorus: I believe in you

G D CJust like the river, there’s rocks in viewG D C AmI know what you can doG D CMy friend, I believe...(mute) G D CI believe in you (2x, last time 3x)

Sometimes this world seems so lonelyWe’re all struggling throughSometimes it seems like no one caresBut my friend I’m always here for you

Chorus

Just trust yourself to be who you areSing your song strong and trueKnow that you are not aloneCause we’re all traveling down that same road too

Chorus

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I CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER (Tom Paxton)

C F Am DmIt’s a long and dusty road, and it’s a hot and a heavy loadG CAnd the folks I meet ain’t always kindC F Am DmSome are bad and some are good, some have done the best they couldG CSome have tried to ease my troublin’ mind

Dm C G C Em Am Chorus: And I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound, where I’m bound

Dm C G CAnd I can’t help but wonder where I’m bound

I have been around this land just a-doin’ the best I canTryin’ to find what I was meant to doAnd the faces that I see are as worried as can beAnd it looks like they are wonderin’ too

Chorus

I had a little gal one time, she had lips like sherry wineAnd she loved me til my head went plumb insaneBut I was too blind to see, she was driftin’ away from meAnd one day she left on the morning train

Chorus

I’ve got a buddy from home but he started out to roamAnd I hear he’s out by Frisco BayAnd sometimes when I’ve had a few, his voice comes singin’ thruAnd I’m goin’ out to see him some old day

Chorus

If you see me passing by and you sit and wonder whyAnd you wish that you were a rambler, tooNail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace ‘em up and bar the doorThank your stars for the roof that’s over you

Chorus

IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT, SING OUT (Cat Stevens)

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C G F GIf you want to sing out, sing out

C G AmAnd if you want to be free, be free

F C GThere’s a million ways to be C G (GC)You know that there are

And if you want to sing high, sing highAnd if you want to sing low, sing lowThere’s a million ways to go,You know that there are

C F G CYou can do what you want, the opportunity’s on

C F G CAnd if you find a new way, you can do it today

C F G CYou can make it all true, and you can make it undo,

Am Em Am Em AmYou see, ah ah ah, it’s easy, ah ah ah, Em G (GC)You only need to know

If you want to say yes, say yesAnd if you want to say no, say noThere’s a million ways to goYou know that there are

If you want to be me, be meAnd if you want to be you, be youThere’s a million things to doYou know that there are

I’ll ROT AWAY (adaptation of Albert Brumley’s “I’ll Fly Away”)

G

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In the ground where all the plants are foundC GI’ll rot awayGFor a while I’ll rot in your compost pileD GI’ll rot away

C G*Chorus: I’ll rot away (like compost)

C GI’ll rot away (in the garden)GBack to the ground where the plants are foundC GI’ll rot away

G+Chorus: I’ll rot away (like compost)

C GI’ll rot away (in the garden)G Em/GBack to the ground where the plants are foundD GI’ll rot away

My nose and toes they both will decomposeI’ll rot awayMy ears and knees will become food for the treesI’ll rot away

Chorus

My eyes and thighs will be food for the fliesI’ll rot awayWhen I dies I guess I will fertilizeI’ll rot away

Chorus

Feed your garden with my head I won’t need it I’ll be deadI’ll rot awayWhen you eat a pea you’ll be eating part of meI’ll rot away

Chorus

* Original Chords+ Chords Rewritten by Bobcat

I WANNA BE A DOG (Barry Louis Polisar)

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G C GOh I wanna be a dog.

CI wanna wag my tail,

DChase cars knock over garbage cans,

GAnd bite the lady who brings the mail.

G CChorus: Oh I wanna have dog breath, (audience pants)

GI wanna learn to growl. (audience growls)

A7Scratch fleas and ticks, and run after sticks,

D D7I want the moon to make me hooowwl! (audience howls)

Oh I wanna be a dog.I wanna drool on the floor,Chase cats get fed, get pats on the head,Chew your shoes and bark at the door.

Chorus

Oh I wanna be a dog.I wanna dig big holes.I wanna sniff French poodles, and basset hounds,And pee on telephone poles.

Chorus

Oh I wanna be a dog.I wanna big wet nose.I wanna run in the street, get mud on my feet,And jump up onto your clothes.

Chorus

Oh I wanna be a dog.I wanna sleep on the ground.Being human these days is getting too crazy,I just wanna be a hound

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THE LAYER SONG (To the Tune of "This Land is Your Land" adapted by Dan "Dirty D" Pascucci)

FYou layer your clothes CI’ll layer my clothes Gwe’ll keep Jack Frost from Cnipping at our nose FWe’ll do what Dan says C-G-Cbecause he knowsG G7 Clayers are good for you and me

when it is freezingyou might start sneezingor maybe frostbiteI am not teasingyou’ll find that layersare much more pleasinglayers are good for you and me

as I was workingdown by the riverI got so cold I started to shiverso hear this messagethat I deliverLayers are good for you and me

you could get real sick or hypothermicif you don’t layer‘cause that’s the real trickand don’t wear cottonbecause it won’t wicklayers are good for you and me

watch for convectionand radiationvasoconstrictionvasodilationconduction can cooland evaporationthat’s how your body looses heat

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cover your head andyour feet and your handsuse wool and fleece causethey both are real grandmake sure your outfitsare all good and plannedLayers are good for you and me

We are sixth graderswe wear our layersand layer our clothescause nothings greaterthan staying warm whilecollecting daterLayers are good for you and me

LICHEN (adapted from LaBamba, lyrics by Jacob Sackin)

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Chorus: G C D CLa La Lichen (3X)

G C D C G La la la la la la lichen (2X)C D C G C DIs a fungus that grows in the tree bark C G C D C G C DYes it grows on the tree bark and the boulders turning them into soil C G C DIt turns them into soil so new plants can grow C G C DNew plants can grow, new plants can grow

Chorus

But it is also an algaeYes it is also algae, a sun eater turning light into sugarIt turns light into sugar so it can eatSo it can eat, so it can eat

Chorus

It’s 2 things working togetherIt’s 2 things working together, it’s symbiotic, it’s a symbiotic relationshipThe fungus and algae turn light into sugar and rocks to dirtSo it can eat and new plants can grow

Chorus

LIKIN’ THE LICHEN (Bug Johnson)

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Chorus: C G C GWell the algae likes the fungus and the fungus likes the algae C G C GNow we’re all likin the lichen

C G C G C GAnd it’s plain to see in the big city or in the mountains when you’reC G7hikin

C G C G C G C GNow sit right back and I’ll tell you a tale about something you might not have noticed C G C G C G CIt’s about two life forms getting together in a thing called symbiosisDeep in the forest or a high rocky bluff and going on under your feetA pretty green algae and a beautiful fungus decided they should meet F C G CIt was a chance encounter that really makes you wonder ‘bout the beauty that occurs G7And if you get real quiet and you get real close you see a friendship that endures

Chorus C G C G C G Well you might not think that these species are important but here you would be C GmistikenFor if you like clean air and you like healthy soil you should be lovin’ the lichen F C G CThe dissolve down rocks as easy as you please providing food for the forest GI can’t think of any more words to rhyme so lets just sing the chorus

Chorus

THE LIMBO (unknown origin)

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AEvery boy and every girl E AAll around the limbo worldADo the limbo rock E AAll around the limbo clock.

D Chorus: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

A EJack go under the limbo stick E Around the limbo clock A E A They do the limbo rock.

First you spread your limbo feetThen you move to limbo beatLimbo ankle limbo kneeBend back like a limbo tree.

Chorus

Now you find a limbo girlGive that limbo girl a whirlThere’s a limbo moon tonightWe can limbo all night

Chorus

LIVE OAK, LIVE OAK (adapted from Chuck Berry’s “Louie, Louie”)

A D

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Chorus: Live Oak, Live Oak, (ch ch)E D A D Ooh baby, let your xylem flow (uh!)E DYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,A DLive Oak, Live Oak, (ch ch) E D A D E DOoh baby, let your xylem flow. (uh!)

Grey squirrel told me just the other day,Found an acorn and he ran away,Dug a hole and he stuck it in the sand,New tall trees grow across the land.

Chorus

A Live Oak's roots grow way down low,Where water and nutrients begin to flow,They raise their branches up to the sun,Now photosynthesis has begun.

Chorus

Live oak leaves will prick your skinTouch them once, won’t touch them againOak woodland is their favorite homeSo pay them a visit in their own life zone.

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LIVING IN THE REDWOODS (Mark Nolan)

Chorus:D GI like singing in the RedwoodsD AI like hiking through the tall treesD GI like living in the RedwoodsEm A DSo let the Redwoods live

Verse:D EmIn every coastal valley in Northern CaliforniaG A DThere grows the tallest trees on EarthD EmEarly in the morning you hear the thrushes songG A DHiking through the Redwoods singing along

Chorus

D EmA hundred years ago loggers came and cut them downG A DNothing left but barren groundD EmBut out of those tree stumps new trees grewG A DRedwood forests are able to renew

Chorus

D EmGo hiking through a Redwood forest give a tree a hugG AFind a magic spot kiss a Banana SlugD EmIt a special place still hear because people show they careG AKeep the forests green and growing everywhere

Chorus

So let the Redwoods live (3x)

THE LIVING SEA (Steve Van Zandt)

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G A DChorus: Ooh, ooh, ooh, with the living sea

G A DOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh CelebrationG A DOoh, ooh, ooh, with the living seaG A DOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Celebrate

D G A DThe ocean is the mother of every land

G D AFrom the Himalayan snow to the Arabian sand

D G A DAnd the ocean gives the living what the living need Bm G AWe are breathing with the ocean with the living sea

Chorus

Everything is touched by the ocean’s reachFrom the high mountain tops to the wind blown beachWe are all island people surrounded by one seaAs the ocean give the living what the living need

Chorus

To the moon and the stars our rockets can soarBut the depths of the ocean have not yet been exploredThere is wisdom, there is beauty, there is mysteryIn the pulsing, rocking, rhythm of the living sea

Chorus

The ancient salty sea flows within us allThe largest life is in the ocean down to the very smallKeep it vital, treat is kind, give it sanctityAll life is intertwined with the living sea

Chorus

LIZARDS (Steve Van Zandt)

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D Bb AChorus: Lizards, turtles and snakes

D Bb ASo lizards, here’s what it takes to be aD Bb CLizard! To be reptilian...

D Bb DIt takes cold blood and scaly skin (4X)

C DLots of lazy lizards laying on the stone C DI said I must be in a lizard zoneC DLots of lazy lizards soaking up the sunBb ASometimes I wish that I was one…

Chorus

Lots of lazy lizards, they were there by the dozensI started thinking ‘bout their ancient cousinsWho roamed this earth a million years or moreThey were giant lizards called dinosaurs…

Chorus

If I could I would surely bePart of this great familyOf lizards, snakes, and crocodilesYou can just call me reptile…

Chorus

MOONSHADOW (Cat Stevens)

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Chorus: I’m being followed by a moonshadowG A7 DMoonshadow, moonshadow.D A7 DLeaping and hopping on a moonshadowG A7 DMoonshadow, moonshadow.

G D G DAnd if I ever lose my handsG D Em A7Lose my plow, lose my land G D G DYes, if I ever lose my handsEm A7 D BmAway – ay ay ay ay, ay ay ay ay Em A7 DI won’t have to work no more.

Chorus

And if I ever lose my eyesIf my colors all run dryYes if I ever lose my eyesAway – ay ay ay ay, ay ay ay ayI won’t have to cry no more.

Chorus

And if I ever lose my legs,I won’t moan and I won’t begOh, if I ever lose my legsAway – ay ay ay ay, ay ay ay ayI won’t have to walk no more. Bridge:

Chorus E7 ADid it take long to find me?

And if I ever lose my mouth, E7 AAll my teeth, north and south I asked the faithful lightYes, if I ever lose my mouth E7 AAway – ay ay ay ay, ay ay ay ay Yes, did it take long to find meI won’t have to talk (pause) E7 A A7

And are you gonna stay the night?Chorus

MOSQUITO FIESTA (Daryll Cherney; additional lyrics by David Bruns)

G

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Chorus: We’re getting eaten by mosquitos C

We are like mosquito fritos G

They like to nibble on our noses C

They do not care about our clothes F

Because their mouths can go right through them C

Sometimes they even stop to chew themG

We’re getting eaten by mosquitos C

Mosquito fiesta…Ole!

And when they nibble on your knucklesit will not make you want to chuckleAnd when they bite upon your ankleyou will not be very thankfulAnd when they feast upon your forearmsyou’re going to end up with some sore armsYou’ll wish you had two more armsMosquito fiesta…ole!

And when they bite you on your fingersYou will really feel their stingersAnd when they bite you on your elbowsyou’ll wish it was another fellowAnd if they bite you on your tummyThey’re going to think that you are yummyYou will not think that it is funnyMosquito fiesta…ole!

And when you go out forest hikingit will be much to their likingAnd when you go down to the beach nowYou will be within their reach nowIf you’re a loser or a winnerTo a mosquito you’re just dinnerAnd they’re not getting any thinnerMosquito fiesta…ole!

ODE A LA MARSH (Palm)

ChorusG C

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Whether cormorant or eagle, mallard duck or egretEm D

Don't take away the marsh, 'cause the birds really need itG C

A wader (WADER!) A diver (DIVER!)Em D

A swimmer (SWIMMER!) A flyer (FLYER!)

VersesEm D

The egret was making his way on the Pacific FlywayC D

When he got hungry and he needed a breakEm D

He needed a hotel motel, holiday innC D

There was so much food that he could bring his friendsChorus

They found steelhead trout when they were feeling down and outAnd it finally gave them a reason to shoutSo at the bird blind you should sit real still And know that tired hungry birds are getting their fillChorus

When you go to the marsh you never know what your findingIt's more precious than the finest diamondLizard's tail, Coyote brush and caifornia BuckwheatI've never seen so much biodiversityChorus

The marsh can filter out all the sediment and muck And the stuff in your water that makes you go yuckBut more than that the marsh is so beautifulIt makes me wanna say I love outdoor schoolChorus

OUTDOOR SCHOOL I (adapted from Farmhouse by Phish, Lyrics by Jacob Sackin)

C GChorus: I never ever saw the stars so bright

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Am FOur counselors (cabin leaders) are hecka tightC GThe redwood trees reach amazing heightsAm FA week outside will make me feel allright (2X)* C G Am F*allright, allright, allright, allright, allright, allright

C G Am F

C G AmWelcome this is outdoor school F C We have trees, rocks and birds G C GA creek and a lot of dirtC G Am The forest floor is your classroom F C G C GAnd there’s no chairs walls or desks, or carpet

Am GYou’ll go on hikes both far and nearC FIf you’re quiet you might see some deer.

Am GIf you get dirty we won’t get mad.C G CYou miss your parents but don’t feel sad…

Chorus

Am GGo on a hike and explore the darkC FCoyotes howl and foxes barkAm GCareful not to squash the banana slugsC GFind out what a decomposer does OUTDOOR SCHOOL II (adapted from Farmhouse by Phish, lyrics by Jacob

Sackin)

C GChorus: I never ever saw the stars so bright

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Am FOur counselors (cabin leaders) are hecka tightC GThe redwood trees reach amazing heightsAm FA week outside will make me feel allright (2X)* C G Am F*allright, allright, allright, allright, allright, allright

C G Am F

C G AmIt’s the last day of Outdoor School F CWe hope you had a lot of fun G C GAnd come back as a counselor (cabin leader)C G AmGo home to your friends and family F C G C GTell them all that you have learned about nature

Am GYou’ve gone on hikes both far and nearC FIf you were quiet you might have seen some deerAm GWhen you go home you might feel sadC G CBut you can’t wait to see your mom and dad…

Chorus

When you get home you’ll watch TVTake a bath and eat candyBut don’t forget what you now knowThe Planet Earth is your home

Chorus

PATTYCAKE POLKA (unknown)

CHeel and a toe, heel and a toe, and slide, slide slide

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GHeel and a toe, heel and a toe, and slide, slide slideCClap right, clap left, clap both, clap kneesG CRight elbow swing and move to the left right now.

Each time, as you speed up, move up a key; the progression goes:

C / G

D / A

E / B7

G / D

PHOTOSYNTHESIS (Steve Van Zandt)

F Bb CChorus: It’s a miracle up in those trees (A miracle, a miracle)

F Bb C

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It’s a miracle in each green leaf (A miracle, a miracle) F Bb CAll of life depends on this (A miracle, a miracle)F Bb CMiracle, photosynthesis (A miracle, a miracle)

FGroup 1: ...sunlight coming down...

Bb CGroup 2: ...a miracle, a miracle

FGroup 3: …photosynthesis!!!

FScientists don’t even know how it’s done

Bb CHow plants make sugar out of the sun FWater, air combined with skill

Bb CBy the magical green stuff chlorophyll

Chorus

Now you can’t go out and take a biteOf the water, air, or the sunlightWe depend on the plants to surviveMaking food to keep us alive

Chorus

*can also be played: G (F),C (Bb),D (C)

PIECE OF SCAT (SMOE adaptation of Neil Young’s “Piece of Crap”)

Em G Em GChorus: It starts with an “S” and it ends with a “T”

Em G Em GIt comes out of you and it comes out of me

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Em G Em GNow I know what you’re thinking, but don’t call it thatEm G Em GLet’s be scientific and call it scat!

Em G EmIt was a piece of scat! (audience responds: PIECE OF SCAT!!!)

Em GYou can find it on the ground Em GIt’s usually colored brown Em GIt is shaped in a mound Em G Em It is a piece of scat (PIECE OF SCAT!)

You can smell it with your noseIt’s gonna decomposeIt’s where the fungus growsIt is a piece of scat!

I was tired of TVI was checking out the trees I could smell it in the breezeIt was a piece of scat!

A squirrel ate a nutDigested in his gutIt came out his buttIt was a piece of scat!

They look like raisinettesBut please don’t eat them yetThey’re from a deer I betIt is a piece of scat!

I know it’s kind of goryBut it’s a true storyIt marks territoryIt is a piece of scat!

Bird flying through the airLook out! Beware!It landed in my hair

It was a piece of scat!

It’s full of FBIYou can’t see them with your eyeBut without them we would dieIt is a piece of scat!

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PLANET THAT IS GREEN (sung to the tune of yellow submarine by The Beatles)By Jacob Sackin

G D C G Em Am C DOn the street where I was born, lived a girl in Apartment EG D C G Em Am C DAnd she told me of her life, looking under rocks and climbing trees.

So one day I followed her, till we left behind the city streets

And we played deep in the woods, on our planet that is green. G D G

Chorus: We all live on a planet that is green, a planet that is green, a planet that is green. X 2

As we hiked between the trees, crawling through the mud on our kneesWe watched the birds, we swam in streams, on our planet that is green.

Chorus

But back at home I'm always bored, playing with Pokemon cards on the floorI'm so tired oh don't you see laying on the couch, watching TVBut that was then and now I see, everyone of us has all we need Sky of blue and trees of green, on our planet that is Green

Chorus

We all live on a planet that is green, a planet that is green, a planet that is green.

PLANKTON SOUP (Steve Van Zandt)

D G D GIf you live out in the sea then the thing that you should eat

D A DIt’s a mix of plants and meat called Plankton SoupD G D GOut where algae grows in a lovely sea meadow

D A DThat’s where you’ll find a batch of Plankton Soup

DChorus: (2X) Plankton Soup, Plankton Soup

G DAye! You really ought to try some

A DThe ocean is alive with Plankton Soup

Now the diatoms catch some sun then the soup it has begunThat’s how you cook a batch of plankton soupThen the zoo plankton can munch on a phyto plankton lunchThere’s a food chain in each bite of plankton soup

Chorus

The great whale takes its fill of Plankton soup and krillA thousand pounds each meal of plankton soupThe whale sucks soup between its strainers called baleenAnd spits off the briny broth of plankton soup

Chorus

Plankton plants make oxygen which we must all breathe inAll of life depends on plankton soupIt’s such a little thing but life is what it bringsSo let us all now sing to plankton soup

Chorus

If you sail out in the sea and you meet a salt like meI’ll show you where to find some plankton soupIt’s the staff of life out here there’s a new batch every yearThe ocean is alive with plankton soup

Chorus

RAINBOW CONNECTION (Kermit the Frog)

C Am F GWhy are there so many songs about rainbows

C Am F GAnd what’s on the other side?C Am F GRainbows are visions, but only illusions

C Am F GAnd rainbows have nothing to hideDm F Dm FSo we’ve been told and some choose to believe itG G7I know they’re wrong, wait and see

Dm G Em Am7Chorus: Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection

F G C F C FThe lovers, the dreamers, and me

Who said that every wish would be heard and answeredWhen wished on the morning star?Somebody thought of that, and someone believed itAnd look what it’s done so farWhat’s so amazing that keeps us stargazingAnd what do we think we might see?

Chorus

F C Em F Em G G7All of us under its spell, we know that it’s probably magic

Have you been half asleep, and have you heard voicesI’ve heard them calling my nameAre these the sweet songs that called the young sailors?The voice may be one and the sameI’ve heard it too many times to ignore itIt’s something that I’m supposed to be

Chorus

F C Em F Em C…La de da da dee da dum, la da dee da la dee da doooo

RECYCLINGBy Jacob Sackin (sung to the tune of Free Fallin' by Tom Petty)

She's a good girl, separates her garbage, takes out tin cans and aluminum too.Cleans a soup can out with cold water. Takes the caps off plastic bottles and jars.

Takes her cardboard to the recycling center, cans of soda, newspaper and glass. Stomps on milk jugs along with her brother, so they can be made into coats.

And I'm Re……. Recycling X 2

She does her homework on once used paper. Drinks her juice from an old spaghetti jar. Sews a patch on a hole in a green sock, instead of buying a new pair at the store.

And I'm Re….. Reusing X 2

Reusing now I'm reusing. Recycling now I'm recycling.

In the kitchen her father sets the table. He uses paper napkins and plates. She comes downstairs and tells him it's wasting. Gets out clay plates and napkins made of cloth. And I'm Re… Reducing X 2

And all the trash that sits in the landfills, in the oceans, rivers and parks, can be reduced, reused and recycled by parents and children like you. And I'mRe…… Recycling. And I'm Re……. Reusing. And I'm Re….. Reducing.

RIPPLE (Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter)

G C G CIf my words did glow with the gold of sunshine

GAnd my tunes were played on the harp unstrung.

C G CWould you hear my voice come through the music?

G D C GWould you hold it near as it were your own?

It’s a hand me down, the thoughts are brokenPerhaps they’re better left unsaidAnd I don’t know, don’t really careLet there be songs to fill the air

Am DChorus: Ripple in still water

G CWhere there is no pebble tossed A7 DNor wind to blow

Reach out your hand if your cup be emptyIf your cup be full let it be againLet it be known there is a fountainThat was not made by the hands of men

There is a road, no simple highwayBetween the dawn and the dark of nightAnd if you go no one may followThat path is for your steps alone

Chorus

You who choose to lead must followBut if you fall you fall aloneIf you should stand, then who’s to guide you?If I knew the way, I would take you home

Chorus

RIVER SONG (Steve Van Zandt)

D G D A7It happened one day on a mountain so high,

D G D A7 DA river was born from out of the sky.D G D A7The rain and the snow came falling down,D G D A7 DAnd they started to run as they hit the ground.

D G D A7Chorus: Blurp-ah-pa-shosh rum-bl-ly pound

D G D A7 D A white rapid river makes a wonderful sound.D G D A7Blurp-ah-pa-shosh rum-bl-ly pound D G D A7 DA white rapid river makes a wonderful sound.

Over beds made of granite it swept and it rolled,It was narrow and steep and so icy cold.It carved out a valley and gouged out the land,It carried small rocks and ground them to sand.

Chorus

It filled up a lake and was still for a day,But soon the wide river went along on its way.It rolled past rocks and banks lined with trees,It carried small boats of fall colored leaves.

Chorus

It wound and it wound till it wound past me,And I knew it was happy, it was wild and free.I knew it was happy, it was wild and free,But I waved it goodbye as it entered the sea.

Chorus

The water in the sea soon rose to the skyAnd the wind blew a cloud to the mountain so high.The rain and the snow came falling downAnd flowed to the river as they hit the ground.

ChorusROCKS & TREES (unknown)

Rocks and trees are all of me (2X)Grass and dew are all of you (2X)

This is the middle of the songIt helps the rest to get alongJust like the stem between the flowers and the rootsThis is the middle of the song

Come and get you up and take a walk out in the sunCome and get you up you will be there and so will I

ROCKS IN MY SOCKS (Bug Johnson and Aloe Brand)

E DChorus: I’ve got rocks in my socks and pebbles in my pockets A

Boulders on my shoulders and stones in my bones E D

I’ve got sand in my hand and dirt in my shirt, A

Quartz in my shorts and mud in my blood

B D(2x): I’ve got a one track mind for the science of geology A

Everybody knows that I know my stones

B D(2x): So when I say geology you say “ROCKS!”

Geology (Rocks!)Geology (Rocks!)

(Repeat the last part of what I say here)E DBring it down to the ground (down to the ground)ABring it down into the dirt (down into the dirt)Bring it down to the bedrock (down to the bedrock)Bring it down to the mantle (down to the mantle)Bring it down to the core (down to the core)I said it’s getting kind of hot (getting kind of hot)Got to go back to the mantle (back to the mantle)Bust up through the bedrock (bust up through the bedrock)Gotta get back to the surface (back to the surface)Out through the volcano (out through the volcano)Hold A: now we’re turning back to dirt so SCREAM!!! (repeat chorus)

ROOTS, STEMS, LEAVES (Steve Van Zandt)

CChorus: Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds.

C G Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. CThat’s six parts, six parts, C G CSix plant parts that plants and people need.

CThe roots hold the plant in the ground,C GThey gather up the water that falls around.CAnd there’s a root inside of me C G CBecause a carrot is a root that I eat. Chorus

A stem is an elevator growing up from the groundThe water goes up and the sugar back downAnd there’s a stem inside of meBecause celery is a stem that I eat. Chorus

The leaves are the kitchens where the food is doneThey breathe the air and catch rays from the sun.And there’s a leaf inside of meBecause lettuce is a leaf that I eat. Chorus

The flowers are dressed so colorfullyThey hold the pollen and attract the beesAnd there’s a flower inside of meBecause cauliflower is a flower that I eat. Chorus

The fruit gets ripe, then it falls on downIt holds the seeds and feeds the groundAnd there’s a fruit inside of meBecause an apple is a fruit that I eat. Chorus

The seeds get buried in the earthAnd the cycle starts again with a new plant’s birthAnd there are seeds inside of meBecause sunflower is a seed that I eat. Chorus

Now you all know what this whole world needs,It’s roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds.There’s six plant parts inside of meBecause a garden salad is what I eat. ChorusROOTY TOOT TOOT FOR THE MOON (Greg Brown; adaptation)

GThe whole kit & caboodle is in disrepairCThere’s no place to go if not hereD D7Little captains and cuckoos from here to Timbuctoo

G C DThey’re all counting their dough in the mirror

GChorus: Singing rooty toot toot for the moon

CIt’s the biggest star I’ve ever seen D D7It’s a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese

G C D D G

And’s it burning just like kerosene, it’s burning just like kerosene

Some of us are classmates, some of us are friendsSome of us were together in the fallThere are periods of blindness and periods of kindnessAnd some times that never come at all

Chorus

So God bless motorcycles and far out triflesYou know I can’t memorize ZenHang your hat on your nose, don’t hide in your clothesKiss a moose and begin to begin

Chorus

SAFE AT HOME (Steve Van Zandt)

GOne baby otter in the cradle of the seaC GTwo baby owls in the hollow of a treeC GThree baby fawn in the forest where they’ve grown

D GAnd all the baby animals safe at home

Four baby bears coming home to restFive baby mice are sleeping in their nestSix baby chicks to the coup they have goneAnd all the baby animals safe at home

Seven baby pigs all snuggled in their penEight baby fox are lying in their denNine baby geese back to the weeds have flownAnd all the baby animals safe at homeAnd all the baby animals safe at home

One cradle rocking by the warm fire lightOne child sleeping peaceful in the nightLove is the reason you’ll never feel aloneLike all the baby animals safe at home

One baby otter in the cradle of the seaTwo baby owls in the hollow of a treeThree baby fawn in the forest where they’ve grownAnd all the baby animals safe at homeAnd all the baby animals safe at homeAnd all the baby animals safe at home.

SALAMANDER (adapted from LaBamba, lyrics by Mike Westphal and Rich Seymour)

C F G FChorus: Sal – A – Mander (3X) C F G

And I’m a Newt!

(G) C F G1. I am a salamander

C F GI am a salamander and I’ve got rough skin

C F GAnd that makes me a newt now C F GAnd that makes me a newt which means I am cute

C F GAnd I wander I wander C F GOh I wander I wander when it rains

C F GOh when it rains oh when it rains (chorus)

2. Oh my rough skin is poisonousOh my rough skin is poisonous so you don’t want to kiss me No, you don’t want to kiss meBut don’t you worry ‘cause I find my matesIn ponds and lakes in ponds and lakes (chorus)

3. Oh I can live to be thirtyOh I can live to be thirty even if you cut off my toes and my fingersYou can take your dirty scalpel and hack and hackBut they’ll grow back, but they’ll grow back (chorus)

SAY GOODBYE WITH SOME HELLO (Steve Van Zandt)

G C GOur time has come to end, it’s time to say goodbye. CWe’ve learned to care and make new friends,

GWe’ve shared the earth and sky.

C GIt’s time for new beginnings, but don’t let that spirit die

CLike a golden bird, the tallest tree, the waves at sea

GJust let your spirit fly.

Am C GChorus: Say goodbye with some hello in your goodbye. (4X)

We will plant a tree, as a symbol of our youth.A tree will set our hearts free,The wind will blow the truth.We have come together, like a wide and rolling sea.Now we must part, but we still won’t part,Without fond memories.

Chorus

Let the tree within you grow, let your shade spread across the land.Knowing that your destinyIs at your own command.And as you go remember, back to the place where you now stand.A family, a newborn tree,A circle holding hands.

Chorus

SCAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND (unknown origin)

C GChorus: Scat makes the world go round C

The forest can't survive if it's not on the groundF G

So when I step in a lump of scat C

I jump for joy and tell myself that's where it's at

A cowpie does a wonderful deedCause nutrients are what the soil needsA cowpie rots and goes back to the earthTo make good soil for a new plant's birth

Chorus

Coyote scat comes in a neat gray stickAnd if you look inside you might get a kickYou'll find fur and bones and teeth and clawsFrom the little critter it had in its jaws

Chorus

Raccoon scat is red and rather neatCause manzanita berries are its favorite treatIt's dry and it easily crumbles awayYou'll see decomposition start and then you'll say

Chorus

Bear scat will make you blink your eyesIt's big and there's almost anything insideBuckeyes, insects, plastic bagsTrash in scat will really make you gag

Chorus

So next time you walk in a forest greenRemember all the different kinds of scat you've seenDon't scream but please get it off your shoeCause scat has some very special work to do

Chorus

SEA STAR (adapted from “All Star” by Smashmouth, lyrics by Glacier Dan)

Intro: G D Am C (x2)

Verse 1G D Am C Somebody once told me, the tide’s gonna roll meI’m not the sharpest echin – o – derm An urchin’s much harder, pincushion in the waterBut I’m about as soft as an earthworm

G D Am CWell the waves start comin’ and they don’t stop comin’, fed to a gull if I’m not stuck to somethin’G D Am CI can’t put seafood in my mouth so I have to stick my stomach outG D Am CSo much to do, so much to eat, so much power under my tube feetG D Am CYou’ll never eat if you don’t pull, you’ll never live if you don’t flow

Chorus:G C C# CHey now, you’re a sea star you can grow from one rayG C C# CHey now, you’re a bat star, stick your stomach out, heyG D Am -All that glitters is kelp

G F Am CThe tidepool web of life needs your help

It’s a cool place, and they say it gets hotterWhen the sun shines on the tidepool waterIf you come on one of the lucky daysYou can see a sunflower with 24 raysThe ones with six are tiny and slimThe water’s gettin’ high so I might as well swimMy world is rocky, how ‘bout yours?That’s the way I like it and I never get bored

Chorus

Somebody once showed me two bat stars in a fightIt was a battle royale in the oceanThey were pushin’ for position, a struggle for good fishin’ But the whole thing took place in slow motion

Well the waves start comin’ and they don’t stop comin’, fed to a gull if I’m not stuck to somethin’I can’t put seafood in my mouth so I have to stick my stomach outSo much to do, so much to eat, so much power under my tube feetYou’ll never eat if you don’t pull, you’ll never live if you don’t flow

Chorus

SEMI-AQUATIC LIFE (adapted from “Semi-Charmed Life” by 3rd Eye Blind, lyrics by Jeremy Leonard and Jonas Ehudin)

Chorus:G D CI want something else G D CTo get me through this semi-aquatic life, baby, babyG D CI want something else G DI’m not listening when you say CThey’ll dry… G D C1. It’s wet and I’m walking, She’s swimming, She’s living, She’s golden-brown for

me G D CShe says she swims for ovulation, She’s got motivation, She swims down

Gand she swims under me D C And I make her dive, It’s like a dance for you, Do whatever you wanna do Gswimming under you D C Keep on diving, What we go through, One drop to the bottom that’ll find youG D C GAnd I speak like a tree frog chorus in the firs, Croak another line like a Yoda with a curse D CCome in like a creek toad takes the stage, Protect the eggs we laid (chorus)

2. The sky was gray, It was wet I was taking every chance I could getAnd I wish I could get back thereSwimming in the pond where I was born Down in the crystal springs I’m gonna swim until I’m wornAnd I won’t stop, won’t slow downWith the tick-tock rhythm and the bump on my chinAnd I jumped up, took the hop that I was given And I jumped again, and I jumped again (chorus)

Bridge:D C How do I get back there to D CThe place where I was a legless tadpoleD C DHow do I get myself back to the place where she said… (chorus)

3. I believe in the mud beneath my toes The pond gives a feeling, a vernal feeling I believe that our eggs will grow

Though an early spring could make them dry When I’m with you I feel like they won’t dry And that would be alright, alright (chorus)

SHOOTING STAR (Anon.)

G DChorus: And I was thinking maybe somewhere down the road

G DAfter all our stories have been told D A Bm GI’ll sit and think of you, a dear friend I once knewD A DShot through my life like a shooting star

D A Bm GPlease, won’t you catch a shooting star for meD A DAnd take it with you on your way

D A Bm GThough it seems that we’ve just met, you’re the one I won’t forgetD A D D7Hope some kind wind blows you back my way

You are so dear, you’re my bright and shining starYou brighten each and every dayYour are so near, but soon you’ll be so farSo why not hold my hand today

Sometimes I know that a part of you will showDeep in my heart and in my smileThere will always be a part of you deep in side my heartAnd I’ll know just when to let it go

SILENT SPRING (sung to the tune of I Will Survive)Lyrics by Jacob Sackin

Am D G CCalifornia Condors use to fill the sky, but 15 years ago there were only 9 alive.

F B EAnd so we caught them 1 by 1, bred them in captivity, and set them free, now

E Am D Gthere’s 150. But we have lost, the Grizzly Bear. They use to live in California

C F Bbut because we didn’t care, there’s no grizzlies in the hills, not one in

EYosemite and the state of California has less biodiversity.

Am D G Chorus: So stop and think, look out your door. There aren’t as many wolves

C For seals as there were before. Cause when we cut down all the trees, building B Eroads and factories and homes like mine, the animals must find new homes

Am D G Cor they will die, and we will be, living all alone on concrete below silent

F Bempty trees. They’ll be no birds in the sky, all the fish and frogs will die and

Ewe will cry, and we will cry, hey hey. Am D G C F B E

Am D G West of California lies the deep blue sea, where the sea lions and whales live C F B so peacefully. But when we throw away our waste near creeks and rivers

E Amevery day, its washed away, and ends up lying on some beach in Monterey.

D G CAnd that's not good, our waste is toxic, made of plastic so it won't biodegrade.

F B EAnd the gray whales eat the fish that drink the oil in the sea and pretty soon

they’ll be no water spouts or tails for us to see. Chorus

Am D GThe sea otters in the ocean that sleep on beds of kelp, were almost hunted to

C F Bextinction for their furry pelts. If just one oil tanker spilled the last sea otters

Ewould be killed. A smart mammal using tools, one more species we could

Am D Glose and they'd be gone, forever more. Think of the elephant seals doing C F B

battle on the shore. One hundred thousand live today because of laws that we E

have made. Migrating giants swim and dive under the sea. They will

survive! Chorus

SILLY SALAMANDER (Palm)

Chorus:C F

Silly Salamander with your smooth, smooth skinG F

That's how some of you do your breathingSilly salamander only four front toesIf you cut one off it just grows and grows

Am CCalifornia slender, great pretender

G FLooks like a snake but that's a mistakePlease I beg look at the four tiny legsAs it forages at night for worms to bite

Chorus

Pacific Giant salamander, take a ganderBecause there's not one that is granderThis amphibian is almost 1 foot longAnd can eat banana slugs all day long

Chorus

California newt has skin that's roughAnd seeing them is not too tough Because they move real slow and strike a warning poseAnd if you ate just one you'd start to decompose

Chorus

Ensatina salamandra la mas finaSi tiene miedo va debajo de una piedra A ti te gustan bosques mojadosY pueden vivir por quince anos

Chorus

SINGING TO THE MOON (Steve Van Zandt)

CDown in the mud I wiggle my toes

In every flower I sink my nose

Round and round this world goes G CI’m singing to the moon

I hop the creek from rock to rockI hug a tree and hear it talkI take a bug out for a walkI’m singing to the moon

F C G CChorus: Go out in the rain and listen to the thunder

F C G AmLie down in the grass and watch the clouds roll byF C G CReach up to the stars and set your mind to wonder F C G Am FOf all there is to do in life and all there is to try and soon

CYou’ll be singing to the moon

I crawl along the forest floorI take a peek in mole’s front doorI eat from a snail’s grocery storeI’m singing to the moon

I take a swim with my froggy palsI hoot a song with an old barn owlCoyote and I you can hear us howlWe’re singing to the moon

Down where the ocean touches landI like to roll in the warm white sand

Hey! Mister crab let me shake your handI’m singing to the moon

Come explore this world with meThere’s so much to do so much to seeJump right in and soon you’ll beSinging to the moon

SLUG NAMED FRED (mid 80’s SMOE creation)

D AGonna tell you a story about a slug named Fred

DPoor little critter barely kept his family fed

GThen, one day someone stepped on his headD A DSad, but true, Fred was dead

Squished, that is... yellow goo.

And then the decomposer became the decomposedAnd up from the critter soil aroseAnd on to the ground fell a tiny seedAnd up from the tree grew a redwood tree.Tall, that is... majestic.

And then one day the forest burned downBut that old tree held his groundAround these parts he’s called Dead FredAnd now there’s little critters with black stuff on their heads.Charred, that is... and funny looking.

So the next time you see a banana slugBend right down and give him a hugYou never know who he might bePart of Dead Fred’s family tree.Related, that is... co-o-onnected.

And that’s the end of our little songWe got to be moseying alongWe’d like to tell you more about Dead FredBut you little critters gotta get along to bed.Soon, that is... and quiet like.

THE SNAKE SONG Lyrics by Jacob Sackin Chords: F Bb C(Sung to the tune of “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” by P. Simon)

People say I'm scary I've got no arms, a long tongue and no feet.They run away when they see me slither down the streetcause I've got no arms, a long tongue and no feet.I was slitherin' through the forest looking for a mouse or mole cause I was hungry. Saw 2 boys swinging in a tree like they were monkeys,in the branches with their hands and their feet.

CHORUS: And I cried Oooooooooooooooooo. It seems like every boy and girl is afraid of me. I mean that every single human being is afraid of mecause I've got no arms, a long tongue and no feet.

The boys climbed down from the tree, the tall one started to walk my wayhe saw me and in terror he exclaimed:"There's a king snake in the grass by my feet!" And he yelled: "Danny step on its head!" and they threw rocks as I tried toslip away. Through the tall green grass I barely made my escape under some cool dark rocks where no one could see.

CHORUS

People say I'm scary I've got no arms, a long tongue and no feet. In a way it makes me happy my life's carefree, cause most people they just let me be.And in face I'm pretty scared when I see a person coming with their big feet.I get afraid they might be mean and try to step on me. Because of my no arms, a long tongue and no feet.

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SO WHY AREN’T YOU? (Steve Van Zandt)

D G DThe fawn in the meadow like to play all day

G DBut when the sun goes down they hear their mother sayBm G DGo and get your rest until the day breaks new

G D A DNow the fawn are fast asleep so why aren’t you?

Into the night little rabbits stay awakeBut even they go to sleep when the hour is lateThey cuddle all together until the day breaks newNow the rabbits in the grassAnd the fawn are fast asleep, so why aren’t you?

The squirrels jump and play in the old oak treeBut when the sun goes down they curl up in the leavesAll is still until the day breaks newNow the squirrels are in the branchesAnd the rabbits in the grassAnd the fawn are fast asleep, so why aren’t you?

The crow above my garden teases me all daySwoops down on my corn and I shoo him awayBut when the sun goes down until the day breaks newThe crow rests in his nestAnd the squirrels are in the branchesAnd the rabbits in the grassAnd the fawn are fast asleep, so why aren’t you?

You’ve had warm milk and I’m singing you this songBut I’ll be asleep before very longClose your eyes and dream your dreams until the day breaks newNow I’m sleeping by your sideAs crow rests in his nestAnd the squirrels are in their branchesAnd the rabbits in the grassAnd the fawn are fast asleep, so why aren’t you?

SOLAR ENERGY SHOUT (Steve Van Zandt)

G Chorus: Everybody’s doing the solar energy shout... solar energy!!!

C G Everybody’s doing the solar energy shout... solar energy!!! D7 C G We can do it all day cause we never never will run out.. solar energy!!!

GOil is scarce and coal dirties the air... solar energy!!!C GNuclear waste is a chance we’d rather not dare... solar energy!!! D7 C GSo, now is the hour solar power is everywhere... solar energy!!!

Chorus

The plants use the sun just ask the birds in the trees... solar energy!!!The sun moves the seas just by movin’ the breeze... solar energy!!!If it wasn’t for the sun we’d all be in a deep freeze... solar energy!!!

Chorus

If it wasn’t for the sun, fire would never have been found... solar energy!!!There would be no oil pumped from out of the ground... solar energy!!!The sky would be lonely without any clouds around... solar energy!!!

Chorus

The sun is the reason that this whole world can live... solar energy!!!The sun never takes it’s always willing to give... solar energy!!!Let’s meet the sun, learn to live and to give... solar energy!!!

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SPAWNIN’ BLUES (Dan “Dirty D” Pascucci)

I am a salmon

just look and seeif you live in Alaskayou’ve seen a lot like me

I’m born in a rivercause I like the water’s motionand when I get olderI go live in the ocean

when it comes time for spawningyou know I go back toback to the river I was born inand this is what I do

I see a pretty femalemakin’ a redd, her nestand I go fertilize her eggscause she likes me the best

then you know what childrenthat is when I diebut don’t you worry noneand baby don’t you cry

cause when the eggs hatch out nowmy body has made the stream healthythe nutrients are richand my offspring, they are wealthy

but listen to me peopleas I tell you this and thatplease be kind to the riverdon’t mess my habitat

I need the vegetationthat hides me and gives me shadeso when you’re out there fishingdon’t trample the bank, please wade

now you people need clean airand water’s what I’ve gotso please do not pollute itor the water will be too hot

so when you’re out there fishingwishing I was on your platelisten to what I ask youand everything will be great

be kind to the salmonand treat em like old friendsyou can eat ‘em or feed ‘emCause if they come back all depends

well thanks for listeningand for hearing me outremember to love your salmonand the dollys and the trout

SPLENDOR OF THE WORLD (Steve Van Zandt)

Chorus (2xs): Am GThe light the word F E

The life giving SplendorAm

Of the world

F GShowers overflowingAmMercy rain FAt the door we bow G AmOh heal us now again

What path do we followWhat mountain do we climbTo the well of understandingThe sublime Chorus (2xs)

We savor the goodnessOf this placeOur truth isWhat we can embrace

This is howThe spirit spinsBlow through usNow oh sacred wind Chorus (2xs)

F E Tag: The life giving ________________________ (splendor, spirit, hope, joy,

passion, truth, light, vision, Am beauty, tears, laughter, peace)Of the world

TIDEPOOL BOOGIE (Steve Van Zandt)

CChorus: If you go down to the ocean,

F CDown by some rocky shore

F CWhen the tide goes out you’ll be dancing,

D G CLike you never never danced before.

F G CCrabs, they pinch out the rhythm F G CSea stars walk on hollow feet F C Sea anemones are waving their tentacles D GSculpins are looking for something to eat

F C F CBridge: Do the tidepool boogie, boogie woogie woogie; listen to that ocean beat

F C D G Do the tidepool boogie, boogie woogie woogie; it’s amazing who you’ll

meet! F C F D

Do the tidepool boogie, boogie woogie woogie; as the wind and water play F C D G C

Do the tidepool boogie, boogie woogie woogie; you can do it now twice a day!

Mussels are holding on tightlyLimpets do the one-foot slideHermit Crabs are looking for new homesWhile Sea Palms sway with the tide.

Chorus & Bridge

Echinoderms have skin that is spinyCephalopods, a head with arm-feetGastropods, the foot’s near the stomachTidepool critters are the strangest you’ll meet!Chorus & Bridge

THE TIDEPOOL SHUFFLE (to the tune of the Crawdad Song, blue grass strum)-lyrics by Shagbark, Cicada, and Palm (Spring 2005)

Chorus

G GWhat you gonna do when the tide goes out, honeyG DWhat you gonna do when the tide goes out babeG GWhat gonna do when the tide goes outC C (hard down strokes on the C chord)FIND SOME WATER SO I DON'T DRY OUT!G D GHoney, sugar, baby mine

Verses (same chord progression as the chorus)Heard the hermit crab say to the snail, honeyHeard the hermit crab say to the snail, babeHeard the hermit crab say to the snail"Hey buddy can I have your shell,I need a home of my own"

Hey sea star did you lose an arm, honeyHey sea star did you lose an arm, babeHey sea star did you lose an arm"Don't worry it won't do me no harmI can regenerate"

Anemone with a crab in its belly, honeyAnemone with a crab in its belly, babeAnemone with a crab in its belly"But I get more food from my zooxanthellae,an algae that lives inside of me"

Nudibranchs chill at the low tide line, honeyNudibranchs chill at the low tide line, babeNudibranchs chill at the low tide line"So colorful, but so hard to find,banana slugs are cousins of mine"

Purple shore crab crawlin' all around, honeyPurple shore crab crawlin' all around, babePurple shore crab crawlin' all around"Eating anything that comes around,all crabs are scavengers"

Burrowed in the rock is a sea urchin, honeyBurrowed in the rock is a sea urchin, babeBurrowed in the rock is a sea urchin"Don't poke too hard cause I could prick your skinSea stars are my kin"

What you gonna do when tide comes in, honeyWhat you gonna do when tide comes in, babeWhat you gonna do when tide comes inStep out of my shell and go for a swimHoney, sugar baby mine

TUBE FEET by Jacob Sackin (sung to the tune of Heavy Things by Phish)

C G C G C G C G

Chorus: Waves are crashing down on me. They pull me towards the open C G C G C G C G C G C Gsea. I hold on tight to rock and stone, protect my space in the tide zone. F G C G C GI just try to stay alive......and hope the seagulls don't eat me.

F C F C FThe sea stars stick out their tube feet, trying to catch something to eat. An

C G Farm breaks off but that's okay, it will grow back in a few weeks. It turns its

C F C Fstomach inside out, sticks it in clam and mussel shells. Gets cracked open and C Geaten by the otters resting on the kelp.

Chorus

F C F C F Anenomes have tentacles. They stick to you and start to pull. Tiny harpoons

C G Fthat paralyze, pull their prey toward their mouth hole. The tide is high the C F C F tide is low. The hermit crabs crawl to and fro. An empty turban snail shellC Gmakes a perfect place for a new home___

Chorus

F C F C FThe limpets eat algae at night, get shriveled up by the sunlight. They store

C G Fwater around their skin, make sure their shells are airtight. Sea urchins

C F C Fhave long pointy spines, upon the algae they will dine. An herbivore

C Gbeneath the sea, cleaning the rocks below the tide.

Chorus

WATER CYCLE BOOGIE (Doug Greenfield)

A D BChorus: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation,

B EThe water cycle boogie goes round and round. B EThe water cycle boogie goes up and down.

AThe sun gives the water cycle power to spin DThe water goes up and down again BThe surface of the water heats up with the sun

EThe water rises up and then the boogie's begunB EWhat's that called? What's that called? (EVAPORATION!!)

Chorus

Water holds together chemically,Hydrogen bonding is what you see.All those airborne vapors they squeeze together,To form a cloud that could change the weather.What's that called? What's that called? (CONDENSATION!!)

Chorus (beginning with condensation)

All those dark clouds can't hold together,The water boogies down bringing stormy weather.Fog, rain, hail, flurries, ice and sleet,Splish, splash, and crunch beneath your feet.What's that called? What's that called? (PRECIPITATION!!)

Chorus (beginning with precipitation)

Two thirds of the earth is water, it's true,It gives life to every plant and animal too.Respect water's power, only use your share,Don't waste a drop, there's none to spare.Let's do the water cycle boogie again! Let's go for another spin!

Chorus

WAVES COME FROM WIND (Palm)

ChorusG Em Think of where a wave beginsC FA thousand miles away in the deepest oceanG Em CWaves come from wind, now say it again!F GWaves come from wind

G FPart 1:Building, Building Building, Building, Building BREAK!Part 2: Chop…..Chop, Chop……..ChopPart 3: SWELLLLLLLLLLLLLL(get louder and then softer)VersesC GThe wind blows on the water and causes a little rippleC GBut this energy's alive long after the storm fizzlesC GWhite caps come together forming lines of swell so cleanD DThen the ocean looks like corduroy moving through the sea(the rest of the verses follow the same pattern as shown above)

During spring fall and winter, Alaskan storms just stayThen they start to blow their mighty winds our wayAnd from this wind a wave begins to formAnd pretty soon it's gonna break on the California shore

When a wave hits the beach and crashes head onThe water is forces down and creates a current so strongAnd then from the surface, the water's forced belowCareful not to get pulled out by the undertow

En las olas siento libre Pero ten cuidado porque el mar es muy fuerteMuestra respeto al océanoEntonces las focas dicen gracias a todos

With the waves crashing down, think of the harbor sealOut looking for fish, just think how they must feelThey'll swim a little deeper to avoid getting pounded by the wavesThen climb up on the rock and hope for a sunny day

WEB OF LIFE (words by Jacob Sackin, Rebecca Silver and Allison Young;to the music of “Cup of Life” by Ricky Martin)

Am E AmGo Go Go! (Go go go!) Ale Ale Ale! (Ale Ale Ale!)AmGo! (Go!) Go (Go!) Go Go Go Go Here We Go!

Am - Dm AmAm - E Am x2

Am Dm E AmThe web of life starts with the sunAm Dm E AmAll the food chains, bottom to top

The eagle’s song, gotta be strongSharks swim along, don’t ever stop

E AmRaccoons creep through the night, moths fly around the lightsDm AmRain falls from the sky into the ocean.

E AmAnts on an apple core, termites inside the doorDm EStrands in the web of life, you’re a part of it (yeah!) x4

Chorus:Am Dm AmOak trees grow -- Ale ale ale! Am E AmGrow grow grow! -- (Ale ale ale!)

Tonight’s the night -- We’re gonna celebrateThe web of life – Ale ale ale!

La vida es competicion. Hay que comer, ser campeon.Trebajadores de decomposition. Banana slugs y gusanos.The sun turns up the heat, plants make some food to eatDeer browse on the leaves deep in the forest.To make the web complete, hawks like the taste of meatFlies eat carnivores, Turn them to soil (x4)

WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER (Steve Van Zandt)

CChorus: There’s a hole in the ceiling and the rain is coming through

FBut I’ll be there to get wet with you C FBecause we’re in this together, we’re in this together C FWe’re in this together, we’re in this together

Ageless river has a song we hearIt cuts through the time that brought us all hereOh we’re in this together…

Sometimes a sadness creeps into meYou hold my hand silently Because we’re in this together…

The gators were nippin’, I was up a treeYou came and took my place for meBecause we’re in this together…

Big rock moved our path aroundWith each hand that passes we wear it downBecause we’re in this together…

WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY? (Cat Stevens)

D G D GWell I think it’s fine, building jumbo planes. D G D GOr taking a ride on a cosmic train. D G D GSwitch on summer, from a slot machine. D GYou get what you want to if you want D GCause you can get anything.Em A Em AI know we’ve come a long way, we’re changing day to day.Em A D G D G D G D GBut tell me where do the children play?

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass.For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas.And you make them long, and you make them toughAnd they just go on and on, and it seems that you can’t get off.I know we’ve come a long way, we’re changing day to day,But tell me, where do the children play? G D G G C Em Am

Well you’ve cracked the sky, scrapers fill the airBut will you just keep building higher Till there’s no more room up there.Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry,Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?I know we’ve come a long way, we’re changing day to dayBut tell me where do the children play?

Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo (repeat)

WILD THING (adapted from The Troggs)

A D E Chorus: Wild thing, D A D E

You make the forest sing; D A D E DYou make everything... groovy.

A GAGAMule deer, I think I love you.

GAGABut I want to know for sure.

GAGAEating up all those grasses and leaves,

I guess that makes you an (let the crowd guess) HERBIVORE!!!

Chorus

Bobcat, I think I love you.But I want to know for sure.Hunting all those meaty little animals,I guess that makes you a CARNIVORE!!!

Chorus

Turkey vulture, I think I love you.But I want to know for sure.Eating all those dead animal carcasses off the groundI guess that makes you a SCAVENGER!!!

Chorus

Banana slug, I think I love you.But I want to know for sure.Eating all the dead plant matter and turning it into soil,I guess that makes you a DECOMPOSER!!!

Chorus

YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY (Adapted from “My Own Worst Enemy” by Lit, lyrics by Jonas Ehudin and Jer Leonard)

GChorus: Can’t you see my white stripe?

A DAnd don’t you smell my scent glands? GYou’d better take a step back A D A G DOr I’ll hose you down, hose you down

D A GDon’t you forget about the smell I made I am a skunkD A GToo bad I had to spray like thatD A GIt’s not my fault ‘cause when you came and tried to play with me,DYou scared me, please tell me why

Chorus

D A GIt’s no surprise to me, you are your own worst enemyD A GBathe in tomato juice, it is the only remedyD A GMy handstand isn’t cute, it’s a display, a fighting stanceDI’m aiming, it’s your last chance…

Chorus

CLOSING/DISMISSAL SONGSIn each of these songs underlined words can be

replaced with others for use as a dismissal song.

FRIENDS (unknown origin)

C Am F GFriends are special when they sing together,

F GThey may sing the whole day,

C AmThey may sing the night away,

F GThey may sing together,

CThey may sing.

HAPPINESS RUNS (Donovan Leitch; adaptation)

D A E APart 1: Happiness runs in a circular motion

D A E ALove is like a little boat upon the seaD A E AEverybody is a part of everything anyway D A E AYou can be a part if you set yourself free

Part 2: Happiness runs, happiness runs happiness,Happiness runs, happiness runs runs (repeat)

Part 3: La la la la la la la la…

HUMBLE (Traditional)

Em D EmHumble yourself in the sight of the redwoods

DYou’ve got to ask them what they know, Em D EmAnd humble yourself in the sight of the redwoods,

DYou’ve got to know what they know.

C D EmChorus: And we shall lift each other up,

DHigher and higher, C D Em D EmAnd we shall lift each other up.

IF I HAD WINGS (unknown origin)

D G AIf I had wings, if I had wings,D G AI’d fly away back to my home,D G ANow I have wings, now I have wings,G A DI’ll fly away to my home.

GOODNIGHT AND SLEEP WELL (Bug Johnson)

G C GGoodnight and sleep well my friendsG C DGoodnight and sleep well my friendsEm CWe’ll all be together tomorrow againC D GSo goodnight and sleep well my friends

TURN THE WORLD AROUND (adapted from Harry Belafonte)

D GWe come from the water,A DAll of us the water,D GGo back to the water,A DTurn the world around.

D G A DChorus: We come from the water,

D G A D Go back to the water, turn the world around!

VOICES OF ONE PEOPLE (Steve Van Zandt of the Banana Slug String Band)

CWe are the voices of one people GSpinning around the sun F CDiversity in unityF G CWe are one

CLet _______ fill your spirit

GLet _______ be your guide

FLet _______ be your companion CBy your side

WITH PEOPLE I LIKE (Steve Van Zandt of the Banana Slug String Band)

D Em D GIt’s so nice to be here with people I likeD Em D GIt’s so nice to hear them all sayD Em D G That it’s so nice to be here with people I likeD Em D G D And with them to share a new day.

CHANTS

AIR I AM (unknown origin) Air I amFire I amWater, earth, and spirit I am

CONNECTED (Steve Van Zandt of the Banana Slug String Band)Connected, connected, everything’s connectedConnected, connected, (clap) to everything else

DEEP PEACE (Diane Gibbons)Sing both lines, then repeat. Then replace underlined phrase with lines of your choice. Sounds great with a drum.Deep peace, deep peace to youDeep peace of the running deer to you.

DOWN DOWN DOWN (Walt Sadauskus)Use with a discussion about roots preventing erosion or when exploring the adaptations of dune and beach plants. This chant is a call and response with every line.Down down down Down to the solid groundStopping that sifting sandWe are special (2X)Green plants (2X)

FOG (Walt Sadauskus)Have the group hold their hands out like leaves while you mist their hands with a spray bottle. Everyone chants:Fog, you are so beautiful (2X)Come, come, come feed the forest (2X)Follow up: Choose someone to spray your hair or beard and notice how the water drips to your feet (roots). Now demonstrate the same on an evergreen. Sing chant as you continue walking.

I CIRCLE AROUND (Arapaho Native American)Start the round at the beginning of any line. Nice to end by doing it silently with only the hand motions.Wearing my long tail feathers as I fly (outstretched arms)Wearing my long tail feathers as I fly (outstretched arms)I circle around, I circle around (draw a circle twice with one hand)The boundaries of the Earth (draw a circle from top to bottom w/both hands)The planet of my birth (open hands cupped in front of you)

MAMMAL (David Stokes)

This is a call and response with each line. Replace bat and snake with other examples. Ask your kids to name a mammal and a non-mammal each time.It’s got a hard backboneHair on its skinNurses from its motherAnd is warm withinA bat is a mammal but a snake is notYou can tell a bat’s a mammal by the kind of things it’s got.

MY ROOTS GO DOWN (Sarah Pirtle)Great as a dismissal song or on trail. Have kids make up their own lines.My roots go down, down to the earth (3X)My roots go down.I am a pine tree on a mountainside (3X)My roots go down.I am a willow swaying in a storm (3X)My roots go down.I am a wildflower reaching for the sun (3x)My roots go down.I am a waterfall skipping home (3X)My roots go down.

RIVER IS FLOWING (Traditional)Start the round at the beginning of any line.River she is flowing, flowing and growingRiver she is flowing, down to the sea.Mother carry me, your child I will always beMother carry me down to the sea.

RIVER OF BIRDS (Libana)Sung as a round.A river of birds in migration,A nation of women with wings.

STANDING LIKE A TREE (unknown origin)This chant works best when you act out the tree with hand & body motions. Standing like a treeWith my roots dug downMy branches wide and openDown comes the rainDown comes the fruitTo a heart that is open to be standing like a tree (repeat)SUN, SOIL, WATER, & AIR (Steve Van Zandt of the Banana Slug String Band)

This chant is great as a follow up to a four mysteries activity. It is a call and response with each line. Snap the rhythm.Sun, soil, water, and air (2X)Everything you eatAnd everything you wear Everything comes from (2X)Sun, soil, water, and air

TWO HANDS HOLD THE EARTH (Sarah Pirtle)Works well as a repeat-after-me song.My feet are on the ground, ground, ground.My head is in the sky, sky, sky.And what about my blood?It’s from the trees.And what about my breath?It’s a mountain breeze.And my hands, oh my hands,My two hands hold the earth.

WATERFALL (Walt Sadauskus)Clap and listen silently between all verses.Waterfall you are the joy of the forest (2x)Water and air mixed together ha ha ha (2x)

WHO WERE THE WITCHES? (Bonnie Lockhart)Can change “witches” to names of cabins and “women” to “creatures”; great as a dismissal song.Who were the witches?Where did they come from?Maybe your great, great grandmother was one.Witches were wise, wise women, they say,There’s a little witch in every one of us today.

CAMPFIRE STORIES/SKITSFALLING ROCK (unknown origin)Once (one finger up)long ago (spread hands apart)there was a kingdom whose queen (hands form crown)had died. (universal choking sign and “ugg”)There was great sorrow. (cry and wail)The three (hold up three fingers)wise women (stroke chin and “hmm”)of the kingdom (hold fingers out as if multitude of people)held a great council (bring three fingers together and make whispering sound)and decided there would be a great contest (do rock, paper, scissors)to choose the new queen.Three young women (curve hands)were picked (pick nose)for the contest.They were: Running Water who Dances Heavy Rock (air guitar licks)Ugly Woman Who Hides Her Face (scream and hide face)and Falling Rock. (fall down and “aaah”)The threeyoung womenwere to bring back a fish from the Magic Lake (fish face and “bloop”)a tail feather from an eagle (jump in air and “ding”)and each had to stand in line for showers without her towel. (cover self, turn and “No way!”) One moon passed (arm motion like clock hand and “creak”)and Running Water Who Dances Heavy Rockbrought back to camp a fish from the Magic Lakeand a tail feather from an eaglebut (turn and point to butt)she would not stand in line for showers without her towel. Two moons passedand Ugly Woman Who Hides Her Facebrought back to camp a fish from the Magic Lakeand she stood in line for showers without her towel (hands on hips & “what are you looking at?”)butthe great bird the eagle had failed her. (jump up & then act as if scat drops in eye)Three moons passedand still there was no sign (point up and say “McDonalds”)of falling rock.The three wise womenof the kingdomheld a great counciland they announced (“attention K-mart shoppers”)that “Falling Rockwas dead.”

“Falling Rockwas dead.”“Falling Rockwas dead.” (say “OK, so all three of them said it” or jolt reader as if to stop skipping) Running Water Who Dances Heavy Rockwas picked (pick nose and pretend to fling booger at audience)as the new queen.Ugly Woman Who Hides Her Facegot a face lift (contort face with hands)and became a _______ naturalist. (point surreptitiously at the person reading)Even to this day as we drive the highways (simulated driving)we still see the signsthat say “Watch for falling rock.”THE END (both folks turn away from audience and point at butts)

THE LORAX (Dr. Suess; script adaptation)

NARRATOR:AT THE FAR END OF TOWN WHERE THE GRICKLE-GRASS GROWSAND THE WIND SMELLS SLOW-AND-SOUR WHEN IT BLOWSAND NO BIRDS EVER SING EXCEPTING OLD CROWS…IS THE STREET OF THE LIFTED LORAX.AND DEEP IN THE GRICKLE-GRASS, SOME PEOPLE SAY,IF YOU LOOK DEEP ENOUGH YOU CAN STILL SEE, TODAY.WHERE THE LORAX ONCE STOOD JUST AS LONG AS HE COULDBEFORE SOMEBODY LIFTED THE LORAX AWAY.WHAT WAS THE LORAX? AND WHY WAS IT THERE?AND WHY WAS IT LIFTED AND TAKEN SOMEWHEREFROM THE FAR END OF TOWN WHERE THE GRICKLE-GRASS GROWS?ASK HIM. HE KNOWS.

The Once-ler:It all started way back…Such a long, long time back…Way back in the days when the grass was still greenAnd the pond was still wet and the clouds were still clean,And the song of the Swamee-Swans rang out in space…One morning, I came to this glorious place.And I first saw the trees! The Truffula Trees!The bright-colored tufts of the Truffula Trees!Mile after mile in the fresh morning breeze.And, under the trees, I saw Brown Bar-ba-lootsFrisking around in their Bar-ba-loot suitsAs they played in the shade and ate Truffula fruits.From the rippulous pond came the comfortable sound of the Humming-Fish humming while splashing around.But those trees! Those trees!All my life I’d been searching for trees such as these.The touch of their Tufts was much softer than silk.And they had the sweet smell of fresh butterfly milk.I felt a great leaping of joy in my heart. I knew what I’d do! I’d unload my cart.In no time at all, I had built a small shopThen I chopped down a Truffula Tree with one chop.And with a great skillful skill and a great speedy speed,I took the soft tuft and I knitted a Thneed!The instant I’d finish I heard a ga-zump!I looked. I saw something pop out of the stumpOf the tree I’d chopped down. It was a sort of a man.Describe him? That’s hard. I don’t know if I can.He was shortish. And oldish. And brownish. And mossy.And he spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy.

The Lorax:Mister! I am the Lorax! I speak for the trees.I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.And I’m asking you sir, at the top of my lungs –What’s that thing you’ve made of my Truffula tuft?

Look Lorax, I said, there’s no cause for alarm.I chopped just one tree, I am doing no harm.I’m being quite useful. This is a Thneed.And a Thneed’s a fine something that everyone needs.It’s a shirt. It’s a sock. It’s a glove. It’s a hat.But it has other uses, yes, far beyond that.You can use it for carpet. For pillows! For sheets!Or curtains! Or covers for bicycle seats!

Sir, you’re crazy with greed.There’s no one on earth who’d buy that fool Thneed.

But at that very minute I proved he was wrong.For, just at that minute a chap came along,And he thought that the Thneed I had knitted was great.He happily bought it for three ninety-eight.I laughed at the Lorax, you poor stupid guy!You never can tell what some people will buy.

I repeat!I speak for the trees!

I’m busy, Hush up if you please.

(Lorax exits)

HE RUSHED ‘CROSS THE ROOM AND IN NO TIME AT ALL,BUILT A RADIO-PHONE. HE PUT IN A QUICK CALL.HE CALLED ALL HIS BROTHERS AND UNCLES AND AUNTSAND HE SAID,

Listen here! Here’s a wonderful chanceFor the whole Once-ler family to get mighty rich!Get over here fast! Take the road to North Nitch.Turn left at Weehawken. Sharp right at South Stich.

AND, IN NO TIME AT ALL, IN THE FACTORY HE BUILT,THE WHOLE ONCE-LER FAMILY WAS WORKING FULL TILT.THEY WERE ALL KNITTING THNEEDS JUST AS BUSY AS BEES,TO THE SOUND OF THE CHOPPING OF TRUFFULA TREES.THEN…

Oh baby oh! How my business did grow!Now chopping one tree at a time was too slow.So I quickly invented my Super-Axe-HackerWhich wacked off four Truffula Trees at one smacker.We were making Thneeds four times as fast as before!And that Lorax?…He didn’t show up anymore.But the next week he knocked At my new office door.

I’m the Lorax who speaks for the trees

Which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please.But I’m also in charge of the Brown Bar-ba-lootsWho played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suitsAnd happily lived, eating Truffula fruit.NOW…thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground,There’s not enough Truffula fruit to go ‘round.And my poor Bar-ba-loots are getting the crummiesBecause they have gas, and no food in their tummies!They loved living here. But I can’t let them stay.They’ll have to find food. And I hope that they may.Good luck boys. I must send them away.(Lorax exits)

I, the Once-ler, felt sad as I watched them all go.BUT… business is business and business must growRegardless of crummies in tummies, you know.I meant no harm. I most truly did not.But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.I biggered my wagons. I biggered my loads of Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forthto the South! To the East! To the West! To the North!I went right on biggering… selling more Thneeds.And I biggered my money, which everyone needs.Then again he came back! I was fixing some pipesWhen that old nuisance Lorax came back with more gripes.

I am the Lorax (cough, wheeze)Once-ler (snuffle, sneeze)Once-ler! Your making such smogulous smoke!My poor Swamee-Swans… why, they can’t sing a note!No one can sing who has smog in his throat.And so, (cough, cough)Please pardon my cough-They cannot live here. I’m sending them off.Where will they go? I don’t hopefully know.They may have to fly for a month..or a year…To escape from the smog you’ve smogged up around here.What’s more…Let me say a few words about Gluppity-Glupp.Your machinery chugs on, day and night without stopMaking Gluppity-Glupp and Schloppity-Schlopp. And what do you do with this leftover goo?…I’ll show you. You dirty old Once-ler man you!You’re glumping the pond where the Humming-Fish hummed!No more can they hum, for their gills are all gummed.So I’m sending them off. Oh, their future is dreary.They’ll walk on their fins and get woefully wearyIn search of some water that isn’t so smeary.I hear that things are just as bad in Lake Erie.

And then I got mad. I got terribly mad.I yelled at the Lorax, Now listen here Dad!

All you do is yap-yap and say bad! bad! bad!Well, I have my rights, sir, I’m telling youI’m intending to go on doing just what I do.And, for your information, you Lorax, I’m figuringOn biggering, AND BIGGERING, AND BIGGERING!Turning more Truffula Trees into ThneedsWhich everyone, EVERYONE, EVERYONE needs!

AND AT THAT VERY MOMENT THEY HEARD A LOUD WHACK!FROM OUTSIDE IN THE FIELDS CAME A SICKENING SMACKOF AN AXE ON A TREE. THEN WE HEARD THE TREE FALL.THE VERY LAST TRUFFULA TREE OF THEM ALL!

No more trees. No more Thneeds. No more work to be done.So, in no time, my uncles and aunts, every one,All waved me good-bye. They jumped into my carsAnd drove away under the smoke-smuggered stars.Now all that was left ‘neath the bed-smelling skyWas my bid empty factory, the Lorax…And I.The Lorax said nothing, just gave me a glance…Just gave me a very sad, sad backward glance…As he lifted himself by the seat of his pants.And I’ll never forget the grim look on his faceWhen he heisted himself and took leave of this place,Through a hole in the smog without leaving a trace.And all that the Lorax left here in this messWas a small pile of rocks, with one word…UNLESS.Whatever that meant, well, I just couldn’t guess.That was long, long ago. But each day since that dayI’ve sat here and worried and worried away.Through the years, while my buildings have fallen apartI’ve worried about it with all of my heart.But now, now that you’re hereThe words of the Lorax seem perfectly clear.UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better.It’s not.So…here…catch.I’ll let something fall. It’s a Truffula seed. It’s the last one of all!You’re in charge of the last of the Truffula seeds.And Truffula seeds are what everyone needs.Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care.Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends May come back.

THE OTHER WAY TO LISTEN (Byrd Baylor)

I used to know an old man who could walk by any cornfield and hear the corn singing. "Teach me," I'd say when we'd passed on by. (I never said a word while he was listening.) "Just tell me how you learned to hear that

corn." And he'd say, "It takes a lot of practice. You can't be in a hurry." And I'd say, "I have the time."

He was so good at listening - once he heard wildflower seeds burst open, beginning to grow under ground. That's hard to do. He said he was just lucky to have been by himself up there in the canyon after a rain. He said it was the quietest place he'd ever been and he stayed there long enough to understand the quiet.

Another time he heard a rock kind of murmur good things to a lizard. I was there. We saw the lizard sunning on a rock. Of course we stopped. The old man said, "I wonder how that lizard feels about the rock it's sitting on and how the rock feels about the lizard?" He always asked himself hard questions that take awhile to answer

We leaned against another rock. Along time passed, and then he said, "Did you hear that? They like each other fine." I said, "I didn't hear a thing." He said, "Sometimes EVERTHING BEING RIGHT makes a kind of sound. Like just now. It wasn't much more than a good feeling that I heard from that old rock." "Were you surprised to hear it?" I always had to ask. He said, "Not a bit. It seemed like the most natural thing in the world." "I said, "I wish I'd heard it too." He said he thought I might some day.

He told me how a friend of his once heard a whole sky full of start when she was seven. And later on when she was eighty three she heard a cactus blooming in the dark. At first she didn't know what she was hearing. She found it by just following the sound. There were twenty flowers on one cactus and they were all white as the moon. The old man said, "Most people never hear those things at all."

I said, "I wonder why." He said, "They just don't take the time you need for something that important." I said, "I'll take the time, but first you have to teach me."

"I'd like to if I could," he said "but the thing is… you have to learn it from the hills and ants and lizards and weeds and things like that. They do the teaching around here." "Just give me a clue on how to start." I said.

And so he said, "Do this: go get to know one thing as well as you can. It should be something small. Don't start with a mountain. Don't start with the whole Pacific Ocean. Start with one seed pod or one dry weed or one horned toad or one handful of dirt or one sandy wash." I said, "I'll take the sandy wash." He said, "I started with one tree."

Every morning of his life when he was young he climbed a cottonwood and sat there listening. He told me it was worth the time. He said trees are very honest and they don't care much for fancy people. And he said he doesn't know of anything he ever did as important as sitting in that tree. "Tell me

everything you can," I said. He said, "Well, you have to respect that tree or hill or whatever it is you're with. Take a horned toad, for example. If you think you're better than a horned toad you'll never hear its voice - even if you sit there in the sun forever." And he said, "Don't be ashamed to learn from bugs or sand or anything." I said, "I won't." He thought of one more thing. "It's good to walk with people but sometimes go alone." "That way," he said, "you can always stop and listen at the right time."

"I'll remember everything." I said. And I did. But nothing worked. I thought there must be something wrong with me because I only heard wind and quails and coyotes and doves - just things that anyone can hear. I almost gave up trying. Of course I still went walking in my hills. In fact, I used to sing to them a lot. I thought that since they wouldn't sing to me, I'd just sing to them instead. The day I'm telling you about now I was singing and the whole song was this: HELLO HILLS HELLO HILLS HELLO HILLS HELLO.

That was after I had been away five days and I had missed those hills - five days. I went out earlier than usual. You know how everything looks new at sunshine. Well, all those hills were looking new. I was just walking where I always walk but that morning I kept thinking HERE I AM! And whatever way I happened to go was always right. I climbed the rocky side, not the path. The rocky side is steeper but I like it best, and anyway that's where I found my three hawk feathers. I stood at the top where I always stand looking down. HELLO HILLS HELLO HILLS HELLO HILLS HELLO.

All I know is suddenly I wasn't the only one singing. The hills were singing too. I stopped. I didn't move for maybe an hour: I never listened so hard in my life.

Of course their kind of singing isn't loud. It isn't any sound you can explain. It isn't made with words. You couldn't write it down. All I can say is it came straight up from those dark shinny lava rocks humming. It moved around like wind. It seemed to be the oldest sound in the world.

All I can say is I was standing in the middle of that sound at seven o'clock in the morning… just thinking HERE I AM! and thinking LISTEN! and not even being surprised. It seemed like the most natural thing in the world.

THE END

RINDECELLA: A Tairy Fale by the Brimm Grothers (as told by Derek Fowles, with some other additions)

Tonce upon a wime, there lived a geautiful birl named Rindecella. Rindecella lived with her muel stepcrother and two sasty stepnisters. They made Rindecella do all the jummy crobs, like cheaning the climney, and dwashing the wishes, and flopping the moor.

One day the prandsome Hince announced that he was hosting a bancy fall in his cagnificent mastle, and everyone was invited. Well, all the kadies in the lingdom crent wazy. The prandsome Hince, you see, had never married, and every woman wanted to be the Brince’s pride. And, he was also a real fart smeller. Rindecella’s sasty stepnisters bought gancy fowns, and got canimures and cedipures, and nainted their pails, and got pavy werms, and they put fakeup on their maces. But Rindecella’s muel stepcrother wouldn’t let poor Rindecella go to the bancy fall. “Don’t forget to flop the moor!” they said as they left.

Poor Rindecella. As she flopped the moor she pretended she was at the bancy fall, and went mancing with her dop across the kitchen, but then she looked at her ress made of drags, and started woftly seeping.

Just then, her gairy fodmother appeared. “Oh gairy fodmother,” said Rindecella. “I want to go to the bancy fall, but my rothes are all in clags!” So her gairy fodmother tapped Rindecella’s claggedy rothes with her wagic mawnd. *FOOP* Suddenly Rindecella was wearing a dragnificent mess, and out in the street was a sparkling corse-drawn harriage. “Just remember,” said her gairy fodmother, “the twell only lasts until spelve.”

Rindecella rode to the cagnificent mastle in her corse-drawn harriage. It was a blendid spall. The prandsome Hince noticed Rindecella as soon as she arrived, and they ended up nancing the dight away. Suddenly, the strock began to clike. Rindecella cried “No oh! It’s nidmight!” and ran for her corse-drawn harriage. In her haste, she slopped her dripper. The prandsome Hince ran after her calling “Bum cack! Bum cack!” but all he found was a single slass glipper.

The next day, the pritten Smince rode all through town, trying to find the enstranting changer who slost her lipper. Word spread like fildwire, and every kady in the lingdom tried it on, but no one could sit the flipper. The prandsome Hince was dearly nespairing when he came to Rindecella’s house. First the muel stepcrother and then the sasty stepnisters slied the tripper, but it find’t dit. The prandsome Hince noticed Rindecella flopping the moor. The muel stepcrother said, “She wever nent to the bancy fall. Here, let my ditty praughters sly that tripper again.” But the prandsome Hince insisted, and the slass glipper slipped perfectly onto Rindecella’s fainty doot! Then the prandsome Hince knew who Rindecella was (because remember, he was a real fart smeller) and he fept her off her sweet and harried her comb to his cagnificent mastle, where they lived happily ever after.

THE END

SUNNY SIDE (adaptation of A.P. Carter & Gary Garett’s “Keep on the Sunny Side”)Teach the chorus to the kids and have them tell jokes in between.

C FStay on the sunny side, always on the sunny side C GStay on the sunny side of life. C FYou’ll feel no pain as we drive you insane C G CJust stay on the sunny side of life.

Joke! Joke! Joke!

WHATIF? (Shel Silverstein)Have one person read while another acts it out.

Last night, while I lay thinking here,Some Whatifs crawled inside my earAnd pranced and partied all night longAnd sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I’m dumb in school?Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool?Whatif I get beat up?Whatif there’s poison in my cup?Whatif I start to cry?Whatif I get sick and die?Whatif I flunk that test?Whatif green hair grows on my chest?Whatif nobody likes me?Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?Whatif I don’t grow taller?Whatif my head starts getting smaller?Whatif the fish won’t bite?Whatif the wind tears up my kite?Whatif they start a war?Whatif my parents get divorced?Whatif the bus is late?Whatif my teeth don’t grow in straight?Whatif I tear my pants?Whatif I never learn to dance?Everything seems swell, and thenThe nighttime Whatifs strike again.