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PINEAPPLE
02:42
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For my fruit salad I want pineapple
Pretty prickly pineapple
And a banana
Yellow banana too
Please pick me a pineapple
Juicy juicy pineapple
And a feijoa
Fresh off the tree
For me
CHORUS:
Pretty pretty pretty pineapple
Prickly prickly prickly too
Juicy juicy juicy pineapple
One for me
And two for you
For my fruit salad I want strawberries
Sweet delicious strawberries
And a papaya
A ripe papaya too
Please save me some strawberries
Juicy juicy strawberries
And a rock melon
They taste so heavenly
CHORUS:
Pretty pretty pretty strawberries
Red and oh so summery
Juicy juicy juicy strawberries
Three for you
And ten for me
Pineapple, banana and feijoa
Pick me a pineapple
Strawberry, papaya and rockmelon
Pick me a pineapple
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BAMBOO BAMBOO
03:16
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Bam be bam be bam be be bam bam Bamboo
I planted bamboo
And it grew and it grew
In just over a week
It was over the moon
In just over a month
It grew up to the stars
It grew way beyond Mercury, Venus and Mars
Oh yes it’s true
Bamboo Bamboo
Bam be bam be bam be be bam bam Bamboo
I planted bamboo
And it grew and it grew
From New Zealand to Chine
For pandas to chew
The bamboo it grewed
And the pandas they chewed
Til they wore out their teeth
No-one knew what to do
Oh yes it’s true
Bamboo Bamboo
I planted bamboo
And it grew and it grew
Way down under the oceans
That used to be blue
It spread like a wildfire
It grow everywhere
Till the planet was covered
In green bamboo hair
Oh yes it’s true
Bamboo Bamboo
Bam be bam be bam be be bam bam Bamboo
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ARCHEY'S FROG SONG
02:53
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If your great great great great great great great great great great great
Grandfather was a dinosaur
And your great great great great great great great great great great great
Grandmother was too
They were twenty feet high and they swallowed the sky
But look at you now…
You live under a log
And you are the tiniest frog
In the Coromandel
Of New Zealand
CHORUS:
Come on and show us how you dance, Archey
Don’t be shy you’re a groovy little guy
Come on and show us how you dance, Archey
You can dance, you can dance, you can dance
If your great great great great great great great great great great great
Grandfather saw you here today
And your great great great great great great great great great great great
Grandmother did too
From Gondwana Land things didn’t go as they planned
Just look at you now…
You live under a log
And you are the tiniest frog
You’re a living fossil
In New Zealand
CHORUS:
Hit it Archey!!
BRIDGE:
I looked and I looked (so hard to find him)
I walked and I walked (up the tallest mountain)
I huffed and I puffed (glad I brought a water bottle)
Hey Mr Archey I can’t find you
Up in the trees (no sign of Archey)
Down in the lake (never going to find him)
I need a rest (glad I brought a raincoat)
There he is!!!
CHORUS:
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What does music smell like?
Is it like a good perfume or just a stink?
Do you sniff it up your noses like a bunch of big red roses?
Or does it make you feel like being sick?
CHORUS:
Ra da da da da da da
Da da da da …Hey!
What does music feel like?
Is it like a lovely tingle up your spine?
Does it make you jump for joy?
Want to hit things and destroy?
Is it sticky, is it icky, is it slime?
What does music taste like?
Is it chewy, is it gooey, is it great?
Is it caramel-a-licious
Revolting or delicious?
Is it vegetable or mineral or cake?
CHORUS:
What does music look like?
Is it big or small or ugly, is it green?
Is it hairy, is it curly?
Is it boy-ey is girly?
Is it beautiful or like a big machine?
CHORUS:
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CRY TO THE MOON
03:23
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Cry to the moon
Sing to the stars
Full of sadness am I
Howl to the clouds
Rain falling down
You went, and left me behind
You make me happy
You’re my best friend
But every time you close the door
My happiness comes to an end
Cry to the moon
Sing to the stars
Full of sadness am I
Howl to the clouds
Rain falling down
You went, and left me behind
You went, and left me behind
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CHIHUAHUA
02:34
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I had a dog
His name was Jim
He liked to play
At badminton
He hit trick shots
He played to win
But he was small
And he was thin
CHORUS:
CHIHUA-HUA-HUA x5
I had a fish
Called Panky Crumb
She liked to play
A water drum
It made her laugh
It made her scream
She turned into
A drum machine
CHORUS:
I had a cat
Called Josephine
She liked to play
The tamborine
All through the night
She shook that thing
Boy she was loud
And she was mean
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
Jim, Panky and Josephine
They played in a band
CHORUS:
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ONE POT POSSUM
03:18
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One pot possum
You get a little possum
And you put it in a pot
One pot possum
Two rat rissoles
You catch them and you mince them
And you fry them up with parsley
Two rat rissoles
Three stoat toasties
You slap them in a sandwich
And you make a toastie pie
Three stoat toasties
CHORUS:
You call them pests
We call them breakfast
You call them vermin
We call them lunch
We must defend our flora and fauna
So cook up those bad guys and let’s have a munch
Four mouse mousses
You whip them up with chocolate
And you stick them in the fridge
Four mouse mousses
Five fried ferrets
You chop them up real finely
And you fry them up with onion
Five fried ferrets
Six wasp weetbix
You dry them and you grind them
And you sprinkle them on top
Six wasp weetbix
CHORUS:
Seven cat custard (Feral cat custard)
You stir it till it thickens
And you pour it in a jug
Seven cat custard
Eight deer doughnuts
You knead them and you roll them
With a hole in the middle
Eight deer doughnuts
Nine whizzed weasels
You chuck them in the blender
And you make a weasel smoothie
Nine whizzed weasels
CHORUS:
Ten roast rabbits
You trap the little bunnies
Then you roast them till they’re done
Well Done!!!
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THE CALL OF THE WILD
02:57
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I have a little story ‘bout a boy called Andrew
He had a little hunger and the hunger it grew
It grew into a lion with teeth and with claws
A wild and hungry lion with gigantic paws
(Wild and hungry)
His mother was busy, his father wasn’t there
The hunger grew ferocious but the cupboard was bare
“Hurry and feed me!” his fangs glistened white
The window was open, he jumped
Out into the night
His youngest three sisters they knew what to do
They quickly grew feathers and after him they flew
‘Come here our brother,” they called on the wing
“Hear our sweet voices, join us as we sing…”
CHORUS:
The call of the wild runs deep in us all
We’re nice and polite on the outside
But inside, inside we …
His oldest three sisters they quickly grew tails
And dived in the water to swim with the whales
They looked for the lion by the rivers and sea
But nowhere could find him
Oh where could he be?
(Where could he be?)
When the lion grew tired of hunting alone
He started to miss the sweet comforts of home
He drank up the milk that they left by the door
And hugged his six sisters
A lion no more
CHORUS:
The call of the wild runs deep in us all
We’re nice and polite on the outside
But inside….
Inside we ROAR!!!
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SAUSAGE IN THE SPA POOL
04:14
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CHORUS:
Sausage in the spa pool
There’s a sausage in the spa pool
I put the sauce on the sausage
With the bread on top
Then my little sister poked me with a sparkly magic wand
She got from K Mart
CHORUS:
I took a bite of the sausage
With the bread on top
Then I tripped up on the skateboard that my little brother Joseph
Got for Xmas
BRIDGE:
Sausage went a-flying
Way up in the air
Someone started crying
I tried to catch it
But it landed somewhere
I jumped in after the sausage
With the bread on top
Then my brother and my sister laughed
And joined me in the spa pool
We were all wet
CHORUS:
Now there’s a party in the spa pool
A party in the spa pool
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10. |
IN THE ORCHESTRA
02:49
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Little Sandra plays the big bass drum
In the orchestra, in the orchestra
But each time she booms
She whacks her thumb
In the Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
It sounds like Boom OW Boom OW Boom OW Boom OW
Boom Boom Boom
Gene and Poppy play the piccolo
In the orchestra, in the orchestra
Gene plays super fast
Poppy goes real slow
In the Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
Bridge:
Ranjeet bangs the cymbals hard
We think he’s going deaf
Susan toots the tuba uber well
Janet’s on the slide trombone
She never likes to slide alone
Benny’s on the bagpipes and the bells
Both the Thompson twins play Violins
In the orchestra, in the orchestra
They use their long hair
For violin strings
In the Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
4. Hear the bass drum boom
There’s the piccolo
In the orchestra, in the orchestra
Violins and bells and slide trombones
In the Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
We are the Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
The Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
The Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
The Northern Port of Auckland Orchestra
Boom OW Boom OW Boom
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