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::LITTLE ONES

Around the Bay
Gimmee Gimme
The Muffin Man
Responsibility
Clare Marie
Bumbaleena Butterfly
Sketchy Jerome
The Banana Song
Uncle Wally
Sur le pont d'Avignon
The Greeting Card Song
When You Get to Where You’re Going (The White Balloon Song)
Noel

LYRICS :

Around the Bay (traditional, lyrics adapted by Colleen Power)

Chorus
Around the bay, where the partridgeberries grow
Back to my home, I dare not go
For if I do, my mother will say:

1. Did you ever see a whale do a big exhale around the bay

Chorus

2. Did you ever see a puffin peckin’ at a muffin around the bay

Chorus

3. Did you ever see a loon by the light of the moon around the bay

Chorus

4.Did you ever see a turr cause a big stir around the bay

Chorus

5.Did you ever see a beaver burnin’ with a fever around the bay

Chorus

6. Did you ever see a lynx playin’ tiddlywinks around the bay

Chorus

7.Did you ever see a bear with a snowshoe hare around the bay

Chorus

8. Did you ever see a fox by the old salt box around the bay

Chorus

9.Did you ever see a moose with a lame excuse around the bay


Gimmee Gimme (by Colleen Power and Clare Power-Maunder)

Chorus
Don’t raise your voice, be nice and share
Use you manners they’re always there
Say please and thank you I do declare
That gimmee gimmee gimmee gets you nowhere

You know that Mommy loves you and you are her best friend
She makes sure you are happy on her you can depend
She keeps you safe and cozy so please don’t smarty-pants her
If you yell “Gimmee some cookies!” Mommy will not answer

Chorus

You are daddy’s sweetheart, he loves his little girlie
He kisses your red cheekies and combs out all your curlies
But if you scream for jellybeans he won’t understand it
You’ll have to use your manners or you’ll be empty-handed

Chorus

When you’re playing in the playground with all the girls and boys
Remember to be nice to them and always share your toys
‘Cause if you’re being selfish you’ll be taken home
With nobody to play with in your bedroom all alone

Chorus

Gimmee gimmee gimmee gets you nowhere

Copyright: Colleen Power/SOCAN 2010 Baygirl Music P.O. Box 5332, Station C St. John’s NL A1C 5W2 Canada


The Muffin Man (traditonal. lyrics adapted by Colleen Power)

Oh, do you know the muffin man
The muffin man, the muffin man
Oh, do you know the muffin man
Who lives in Murphy’s lane

Oh yes, we know the muffin man
he muffin man, the muffin man
Oh yes, we know the muffin man
Who lives in Murphy’s lane

Oh, do you know the waffle woman
The waffle woman, the waffle woman
Oh, do you know the waffle woman
Who lives in Willicott Lane

Oh yes, we know the waffle woman
The waffle woman, the waffle woman
Oh yes, we know the waffle woman
Who lives in Willicott Lane

Responsibility (by Ron Hynes)

When I was just a baby there was someone to take care of me
Now that I’m much older I take care of myself
I look both ways when I cross the street
When I drive in a car I buckle my seatbelt
I dress warm when it’s cold outside
I make sure my shoes are tied
And if I have brothers and sisters who aren’t as old as me
I take care of them as well that’s called Responsibility

When I was only two or three someone else looked after me
Now that I am five or six I’ve learned a bunch of brand new tricks
Now that I am seven or eight I know I should not stay out late
Now that I am nine or ten let me sing it once again
If I have brothers and sisters who aren’t as old as me
I take care of them as well that’s called Responsibility

I know what’s cold I know what’s hot
I know what’s safe and I know what’s not
When to run and when to walk
When to listen and when to talk

There are times for having fun
Time to get my schoolwork done
I can learn as quick as a wink
Kids are a whole lot smarter than people think they are

When I was just a babe in arms
Someone kept me safe from harm
Now that I can stand alone
I can do things on my own
Pick my clothes up off the floor
Knock before I open doors
I know what’s right
I know what’s wrong
These are the words to end this song

Whenever there are children who aren’t as old as me
I take care of them as well
I look out for them as well
I watch out for them as well
That’s called responsibility


Clare Marie (by Colleen Power)

Qui fait le bruit
C'est Clare
Ma Clare Marie

Qui réarrange mes fleurs
Qui a peur de l'aspirateur
Qui est ma petite amie

C'est Clare
Ce'st Clare
Ma Clare Marie

Qui danse dans le sable
Qui est assis sur le table
Qui aime des kiwis

C'est Clare
Ce'st Clare
C'est Clare Marie

Clare Marie
Lumière qui brille dans ma vie
Chaque matin, nous nous reveillons
Tu as un beau sourire

Qui détruit le salon
Qui est la fille de maman

C'est Clare (C’est Clare)
C'est Clare
Ma Clare Marie

Qui est assis sur ma tete
Qui mache ma casquette
Qui est ma nouvel raison d'etre

C'est Clare (C’est Clare)
C'est Clare
Ma Clare Marie

Clare Marie
Lumière qui brille dans ma vie
Tu as cette immense monde à traverser
Je suis ici avec toi

C'est Clare (C’est Clare)
C'est Clare (C’est Clare)
Ma Clare Marie

Copyright: Colleen Power/SOCAN 2008 Baygirl Music P.O. Box 5332, Station C St. John’s NL A1C 5W2 Canada


Bumbaleena Butterfly (by Colleen Power)

Hey Bumbaleena
Maybe someday
You will promise to love me
And never fly away
You will be by my side
Morning ‘till night
Together in darkness
Forever in the light
We’ll be birds of a feather
Bumblaeena Butterfly

Hey Bumbaleena
I see ya flutter by
I’m down on the ground
and you’re up in the sky
Will you promise to love me
I hope so I
Do love you Bumbaleena
Bumbaleena Butterfly

But I can’t get my feet up off the ground
I run and jump and try to fly
But I trip up and fall down
Oh say do you love me
Bumbaleena Butterfly
We’ll be birds of a feather
Bumbaleena Butterfly

My Bumbaleena she don’t make a sound
On velvet wings she flies away and I go round and round
Do you love me Bumbaleena
I hope so I
Do love you Bumbaleena
Bumbaleena Butterfly

Hey Bumbaleena
Maybe someday
You will promise to love me
And never fly away
You will be by my side
Morning ‘till night
Together in darkness
Forever in the light
We’ll be birds of a feather
Bumbaleena Butterfly
Oh say do you love me
Bumbaleena Butterfly

Copyright: Colleen Power/SOCAN 2005 Baygirl Music P.O. Box 5332, Station C St. John’s NL A1C 5W2 Canada


The Banana Song (by Tommy Sands)

Ma, ma, would you buy me a
Would you buy me a
Would you buy me a
Ma ma would you buy me a
would you buy me a banana

Ma, ma, do you want a bite
Do you want a bite
Do you want a bite
Ma ma do you want a bite
A bite of my banana

Ma, ma, don’t take too much
Don’t take too much
Don’t take too much
Ma, ma don’t take too much
Too much of my banana

Ma, ma, you ate it all
You ate it all
You ate it all
Ma ma you ate it all
All of my banana

Ma, ma, would you buy me a
Would you buy me a
Would you buy me a
Ma ma would you buy me a
Would you buy me a banana

You didn’t eat the other one
The other one
The other one
You didn’t eat the other one
So you’ll get no more banana

Ma, ma, you’re a greedy gut
You’re a greedy gut
You’re a greedy gut
Ma, ma, you’re a greedy gut
For you ate all my banana

Ma ma would you buy me a
Would you buy me a
Would you buy me a
Ma ma would you buy me a
Would you buy me a banana


Uncle Wally (by Colleen Power)

We have a friend and his name is Uncle Wally
Uncle Wally is a funny little man
He wears a funny hat and he has a funny Dolly
Uncle Wally is a funny little man

Uncle Wally never yells but he has a funny smell
And he says “Catch me if you can!”
He runs around in circles and he walks his little turtle
Uncle Wally is a funny little man

Uncle Wally, Uncle Wally
Mommy took your Dolly and she threw her in the garbage can
Uncle Wally, Uncle Wally, what will happen to your Dolly?
What will happen to our funny little man?

Uncle Wally got upset, he got as mad as he could get
And he rescued little Dolly from the trash
He was allergic to banana peels left over from the turtle’s meals
He broke out in an itchy lumpy rash

Uncle Wally met a lady and her name was Laxie Daisy
She liked flowers and warm sunny days
She didn’t like the smell of Wally but she liked his little Dolly
So she told Uncle Wally he could stay

Uncle Wally, Uncle Wally
We will be so melancholy if you and little Dolly go away
Uncle Wally, Uncle Wally
Maybe we can take the trolley and come to visit you someday

We have a friend and his name is Uncle Wally
Uncle Wally is a funny little man
He wears a funny hat and he has a funny Dolly
but his mommy doesn’t understand
No his mommy doesn’t understand
Uncle Wally is a funny little man

Copyright: Colleen Power/SOCAN 1996 Baygirl Music P.O. Box 5332, Station C St. John’s NL A1C 5W2 Canada


Sur le pont d'Avignon (traditional, lyrics adapted by Colleen Power)

Chorus
Sur le pont d'Avignon l'on y danse, l'on y danse
Sur le pont d'Avignon l'on y danse tous en rond

Le banjo fait comme çà
Et puis encore comme çà

Chorus

la guitar fait comme çà
Et puis encore comme çà

Chorus

Le violin fait comme çà
Et puis encore comme çà

Chorus

La basse fait comme çà
Et puis encore comme çà

Chorus

La mandoline fait comme çà
Et puis encore comme ça

Chorus

Les musiciens font comme çà
Et puis encore comme çà

Chorus


The Greeting Card Song

I don’t like to hear that you’re feeling sad and blue
I want you to know my dear
How much I love you
I don’t know what to say when times are hard
So I go out and buy you a nice card

There are rhymes for every moment
Every feeling and regret
There’s even rhymes for things that we have not come up with yet
Inside a yellow envelope, right next to the red
I found the perfect greeting card and this is what it read

Chorus
Oh, when I want to smile I think of you
I hope that all your days are warm and sunny
When I want to smile I think of you
In a field of bright yellow flowers under a cloudless sky of blue
On the inside you make me happy
I love you honey

I don’t like to ever hear that you’re feeling ill
I just want you to know my dear
How much I love you still
I don’t know what else to say in that regard
So I go out and buy you a nice card

Chorus

I don’t like to see you when you’re having a bad day
There’s absolutely nothing that I wouldn’t rather say
The words danced around in my head
I found the perfect greeting card and this is what it read

Chorus

Copyright: Colleen Power/SOCAN 2006 Baygirl Music P.O. Box 5332, Station C St. John’s NL A1C 5W2 Canada


When You Get to Where You’re Going (The White Balloon Song)

When you get to where you’re going I’ll be by your side

When you get to where you’re going if you’re going for a ride

If it’s raining if it’s snowing if a crazy wind is blowing

I’ll be by your side when you get to where you’re going

When you get to where you’re going I’ll be by your side
When you get to where you’re going if you travel far and wide
If a yellow sun is shining if a purple moon is glowing
I’ll be by your side when you get to where you’re going

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

When you get to where you’re going I’ll be by your side
When you get to where you’re going wherever you decide
If the greenest grass is growing or the ocean blue is rolling
I’ll be by your side when you get to where you’re going

Copyright: Colleen Power/SOCAN 2005 Baygirl Music P.O. Box 5332, Station C St. John’s NL A1C 5W2 Canada


Noel by Aneirin Thomas

Noel Noel 

Oh qu'on est content
La neige la neige
Give le beau temps<

On glisse sur la glace
La neige dans la face
Le froid nous mord le nez
N'attrapez pas froid au pieds

Chorus

Assis sur son siege
Un bonhomme de neige
Nous l'avons construit
Moi et mes amis

Chorus

Quand le ciel est noir
Et il commence a être tard
On attend nos jouets
Pres de la cheminée