The Emperor's New Clothes
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CHORUS
Every day the people would stop, to look at the Emperor's new clothes
Sunshine or rain they'd all stop, to look at the Emperor's new clothes
To look at the Emperor's new clothes
He wore something different every day
All of his subjects would look at him and say
'You look so fine your majesty you do'
In your yellow and your red and your green and blue
CHORUS
Two sneaky swindlers arrived one day
Went to the Emperor and they did say
We'll make you the finest clothes in the land
Which a fool can't see but wise men can
They asked for some silk and golden thread
They put up two looms and then they said
We'll spin all the day and all through the night
From dusk until dawn and the morning light
CHORUS
The Emperor sent his servants to see
If the clothes were as fine as he thought that they would be
They looked at the loom there was nothing there
'We'll have to pretend, we do not dare'
To say that we see two empty looms
And no fine clothes anywhere in the room'
But the Emperor himself was curious to see
If the clothes were as lovely as he'd been promised they would be
And when there was nothing he was aghast and amazed
But decided that the swindlers should still be praised
He pretended to be pleased and just stood there spellbound - and said
'I will wear these fine clothes when I march through the town' - well
LAST CHORUS
The people next day all stopped, to look at the Emperor's new clothes
He marched down the street, they all stopped, to look at the Emperor's - new clothes
To look at the Emperor's new clothes'
Pinocchio's Nose
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I would like to make something clear
Before I sing you this song
Pinocchio's nose was always
Just a teensy bit too long
CHORUS
Everybody knows when Pinocchio's nose
Grows and grows everybody knows
When Pinocchio's nose grows and grows
He's telling a lie and everybody knows
About Pinocchio's nose
He lied to his father
He broke the golden rule
Pretended that he, all of the day
Had been working hard at school (it was a lie)
CHORUS
Pinocchio was late for lessons one day
And so the teacher asked him why
He said 'There was a bird on the side of the road
And I stopped because it could not fly' (it was a lie)
CHORUS
Gepetto bought a book for his son
But he sold it for a puppet show
Pinocchio said 'I know that it's wrong
But Gepetto will never know' (another lie)
CHORUS (instrumental)
You'll be pleased to know that Pinocchio
Decided that he would be good
His nose is now just like yours and mine
In fact it's perfectly fine
Now everybody knows that Pinocchio's nose
No longer grows and everybody knows that
Pinocchio's nose no longer grows
And if you look him in the eye, he won't tell a lie,
He's happy as can be, so can we all agree
There's nothing more to say about...Pinnochio's nose
The Song About Captain Cook
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In Marton town not far from the sea
There was a young boy who grew up to be
A Yorkshire man in every way
From Whitby town to Robin Hood's Bay
At the age of 18, a labourer's son
Fit and strong and six foot one
He dreamed of a life on the wide open sea
And knew that soon that's where he would be
CHORUS
He sailed from Plymouth away from England
Cape Horn, Tahiti then Botany Bay
On the good ship Endeavour and onto where ever
The coast of Australia showed him the way
From master to captain he was just 41
Saw planet Venus transit the sun
He sailed to New Zealand as Tasman had done
Then Terra Australis the land of the sun
CHORUS
In 1770 the 11th of June
On the Great Barrier Reef by the light of the moon
The Endeavour she crashed on the rocks on the sand
The captain said we must put her to land
When the ship was repaired they set off again
Along the coast of Cape York no one knew when
How long it would be, how much further to roam
They longed for the sight of their far distant home
CHORUS (repeat)
They'd sailed from Plymouth away from England
Cape Horn, Tahiti then Botany Bay
On the good ship Endeavour and onto where ever
The coast of Australia showed them the way
The Enormous Turnip
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A turnip did grow and grow and grow
Until it was enormous
An old man tried to pull it up
He pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled
But couldn’t pull up the turnip
INSTRUMENTAL
The old man asked his wife to help
To help pull up the turnip
The wife pulled the man
The old man tried to pull it up
They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled
But couldn’t pull up the turnip
INSTRUMENTAL
The old man’s wife then asked a boy
To help pull up the turnip
The boy pulled the wife
The wife pulled the man
The old man tried to pull it up
They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled
But couldn’t pull up the turnip
INSTRUMENTAL
The boy then asked a girl to help
To help pull up the turnip
The girl pulled the boy
The boy pulled the wife
The wife pulled the man
The old man tried to pull it up
They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled
But couldn’t pull up the turnip
The girl then called out to a dog
The dog called a cat
The cat called a mouse
To help pull up the turnip
The mouse pulled the cat
The cat pulled the dog
The dog pulled the girl
The girl pulled the boy
The boy pulled the wife
The wife pulled the man
The old man tried to pull it up
They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled
And pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled
And pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled…
SPOKEN
And finally after one last HUGE pull….
Up came a gigantic, an absolutely enormous turnip!!!
The Hare And Tortoise
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I can run, look at me
I can jump, can you see?
I can hop, look at me
No one else is faster than me
No, no one else is faster than he
Well even though I may be slow
I always get where I need to go
Curl up tight inside my shell
Happy and warm, in the place I dwell
But I can run, look at me
I can jump, can you see?
I can hop, look at me
No one else is faster than me
No, no one else is faster than he
Well let me ask you, face to face
How would you like to have a race?
If I came first and you came last
Even though you’re very fast
But he can run, look at me
He can jump, can you see?
He can hop, look at me
No one else is faster than me
He can run, look at him
He can jump, he will win
He can hop, look at him
He’s fit and strong, and healthy and trim
And no one else is faster than him
Well you’ve heard the story
There was no glory
Hare ran the first mile then
He rested a while but
Too long did he take
It was a very big mistake because
Although he was fast
He finished last
Said Tortoise ‘It’s me, who’s usually behind
More often than not, at the end of the line
But sometimes it’s true, sometime’s the case
That slow and steady wins the race’
Cinderella
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Once two step sisters went to a ball
Each thought that she was the fairest of all
The third sister stayed home weeping and dressed only in rags
Poor sweet Cinderella she was so kind but she was so sad.
Her fairy godmother moved by her tears
Said “You shall go too, so please do not fear”
Her fairy godmother took her wand and her rags she changed into gold
The Prince he was enchanted by her and so the story is told
They danced and they danced around the room
The Prince he fell in love but soon
The clock in the ballroom did chime
She hastened away just in time.
The next night there once again was a ball
And Cinderella was the fairest of all
The Prince smiled as he danced and held this young girl close in his arms
Ne’er before had he met someone with such grace, beauty and charm.
And they danced, and they danced so perfectly
In a world of their own, then suddenly
Once again she slipped away
The Prince watched her go with dismay.
But she left her glass slipper on the palace steps outside – the prince said
“The girl who can wear this surely will be my bride”
And you know of course that’s just how this fairy tale story it did unfold
Sweet sweet Cinderella married her Prince so handsome and bold. La la la
La la la ………………………..
They danced and they danced into the night
The moo was full and the stars were bright.
La la la…………
Goldilocks Goldilocks
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There once was a young lady who lived near the trees
Of a forest dark and shady that made her ill at ease
One day she wandered far from home,
Down the path, along the street,
She sang to herself as she walked,
Still no-one she chanced to meet.
Deep in the forest she looked all around
She listened for the calling of the birds’ sweet sounds
Suddenly far away she spied a little home
Standing proudly by itself
Standing all alone.
Goldilocks Goldilocks long golden hair,
Daddy Bear and Mummy Bear and little Baby Bear
Will soon be coming home so you’d better beware
Will they find you asleep when they creep up the stairs?
Will they find you asleep when they creep up the stairs?
She tasted their porridge, each bowl in its turn
The smallest was the tastiest she soon was to learn
She tried each chair one by one,
She tried the beds and lay her head down
Before too long she was sound asleep,
So weary was she, she heard no sound.
The Billy Goat's Gruff
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A little billy goat stepped on to a bridge
Only to be met by a hungry Troll
“I’ve seen some greener grass so please let me pass”
“But I want to eat you up” said the Troll.
Don’t eat me up, don’t eat me up
There’s a bigger billy goat coming soon.
Don’t eat me up, don’t eat me up,
Please Mr Troll, let me go.
A bigger billy goat stepped on to the bridge
Only to be met by a hungry Troll.
“I’ve seen some greener grass so please let me pass”
“But I want to eat you up” said the Troll.
Don’t eat me up, don’t eat me up
There’s a bigger billy goat coming soon.
Don’t eat me up, don’t eat me up,
Please Mr Troll, let me go.
The biggest billy goat stepped on to the bridge
Only to be met by a hungry Troll.
“I’ve seen some greener grass so please let me pass”
“But I want to eat you up” said the Troll.
“Is that so?” said the goat to the Troll
“I’m feeling kinda peckish myself you know.
I think I’ll start with you Mr Juicy Troll,
You look a tasty bite – yes I think I’ll eat you!”
Oh don’t eat me up, don’t eat me up
Find another Troll and let me go
Don’t eat me up, don’t eat me up,
Find another Troll and let me go.
Goldilocks and the Porridge
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I wonder who lives inside
It is a strange looking house
The owners must be very near
I’ll be as quiet as a mouse
I’ll be as quiet as a mouse.
As I look all around this room
Some things seem to be very tall
Some things seem to be very short
Some things aren’t large or small
Some things aren’t large or small.
Lovely smells coming from the kitchen
Hot steaming porridge all in a cup
Boy am I feeling very hungry –
Oh dear – I have drunk it all up.
Rumpelstiltskin
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CHORUS
Hocus pocus dance and sing
First a necklace then a ring
Riddles and magic are my game
Rumpelstiltskin is my name.
Thomas or Kevin or Michael
Percy or Jack or Henry
William or Phillip or Nicholas?
No, no the little man said
You’ll have to do better than that.
And he crept away to his house in the wood
Where he danced around a fire singing -
CHORUS
Bandylegs, Jellybottom, Crookshanks
Ferdinand, Engelbert, Bembo
Knobblyknees, Fly-By-Night, Scragbeard?
No, no the little man said
You’ll have to do better than that.
And he crept away to his house in the wood
Where he danced around a fire singing –
CHORUS
Crankinghorn, Scallywag, Shortstuff
Balthazar, Melchior, Caspar?
Perhaps your name is Rumpelstiltskin!
Who told you that, who told you that?
CHORUS
Little Red Riding Hood
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Take this custard. Take this butter
Take it to your dear grandmother.
Chorus
Little Red Riding Hood went walking in the wood
Little Red Riding Hood went walking in the wood
Take good care now her mother did say-o
And don’t you wander don’t lose your way-o.
Chorus
As she was strolling from tree to tree-o
A big bad wolf she perchance did see-o
Chorus
That wolf he rose up from the place he was hiding
“Now where are you going my Little Red Riding?”
Chorus
She arrived to find Grandma a-lying in her bed s
She came a little closer and this is what she said –o
“Grandma what big eyes you have.”
“All the better to see you with my dear.”
“Grandma what big ears you have.”
“All the better to hear you with my dear.”
“Grandma what big teeth you have.”
“All the better to eat you with my dear!”
That poor little girl was taken, that sweet Red Riding
And inside the wolf’s fat belly she found her grandma crying.
Then a hunter passing by heard an anguished cry
He slew the wolf in his bed then chopped off his wicked head.
And that is the end of our story. ’Twas lucky the hunter was near-o
To the little girl and her grandma he will always be a hero.
Jennifer Wicks
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Jennifer Wicks is lost and alone
So please Mr Policeman take her home.
Where does she live? In a red bricked house so neat.
Where might that be? At Seventy Six Greenhill Street
Mrs Wicks was glad when her little girl came home,
But she said “Jennifer don’t ever wander off alone.
In the middle of July when it’s rainy and cold.
It’s so easy to get lost when you’re only just four years old”.
Jennifer Wicks was lost and alone
But a friendly policeman has taken her home.
Where does she live? In a red bricked house so neat.
Where might that be? At Seventy Six Greenhill Street
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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Now listen I’ll tell you a tale
A story from long time ago
In Hamelin there was a plague
A plague of dirty rats.
They ate all the cheese from the vats
And spoiled the ladies’ chats
By speaking and shrieking and squeaking
In fifty different sharps and flats.
Chorus
Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of rats
Cheeky and sneaky and ravenous rats
Fought with the dogs and they killed the cats
Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of rats.
Then one day a stranger appeared
Dressed in bright yellow and red
Said he “The Pied Piper am I
And I can get rid of those rats”.
Chorus
The piper stepped out in the street
Put his pipe to his lips and he played
He danced all the way across town…..
The people of Hamelin cheered
And rang all the bells in the town
“Go” said the Mayor “and get poles
Poke out the nests and block up the holes”.
So the piper went back to the Mayor
Who’d faithfully promised to pay
One thousand guilders reward
The Mayor said “Fifty is all you will get.”
Chorus
The piper stepped out in the street
And once again started to play
And all over Hamelin town
Came the patter of tiny feet.
They followed the piper up Koppelberg Hill
A door in the mountain swung open until
All of the children were safely inside
Then that door in the mountain swung shut.
And that’s how this sad story ends
Not one of those children returned
The lesson is clear to us all
A promise made is a promise kept.
Chorus
Hey Ho Jerry-O
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Chorus
Hey ho Jerry-o
What’s the matter with your toe?
Hey ho Jerry-o
What’s the matter with your toe?
I was walking down the footpath
When this big boy on his bike
Came along and didn’t notice that
He squashed my toe.
Chorus
I was walking down the footpath
When this big boy on his skateboard
Came along and didn’t notice that
He squashed my toe.
Chorus
I was walking down the footpath
When this big boy on his roller skates
Came along and didn’t notice that
He squashed my toe.
Hey ho Jerry-o
So that’s the matter with your toe!
Hey ho Jerry-o
I’ll just go and get a bandaid.
Robin Hood’s Dream
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There once lived a man who stole from the rich and gave to the poor
He gathered round him men like himself score after score
Together they lived in the forest green
And he told them all of his dream
CHORUS
He dreamed of an England safe and free
Where all men lived in harmony
Free from the sheriff’s gallows high
Free from the bailiff’s searching eye
England o England free for you and me
England o England free for you and me
They made their home among the trees and dressed in lincoln green
A finer band of outlawed men had never been seen
Together they feasted on the deer
And as longbow archers had no peer
CHORUS
He had no time for barons and priests who lived by the law
The law which made the rich man rich by taking from the poor
Together they resolved to try
To change this way of life or die
CHORUS (repeated)
Jack and the Beanstalk
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Fe fi fo fum
I smell the blood of an Englishman
Be he alive or be he dead
I’ll grind his bones to make my bed
Jack climbed the beanstalk
He was only ten years old
And watched as the giant
Was counting up his gold
The giant soon got sleepy
He soon began to snore
Jack grabbed a bag of gold and quickly
Scampered out the door
And down the beanstalk Jack scurried
Close to the ground he jumped and hurried
Back to his Mum who was very worried
‘Look Mum we don’t have to be poor any more’
Fe fi fo fum…
Jack climbed the beanstalk
On the very next day again
He found the giant wide awake
And talking to his hen
'Lay me a golden egg’
He heard the giant say
And when the giant fell asleep
Jack stole the hen away
And down the beanstalk Jack scurried
Close to the ground he jumped and hurried
Back to his Mum who was very worried
‘Look Mum we don’t have to be poor any more’
Fe fi fo fum…
Jack’s mother begged him
To never climb up again
But Jack said,
'Just one more time
And that will be the end
He crept up to the giant
Who was playing a magic harp
And quick as a flash and without a sound
He snatched it in the dark
Then down the beanstalk Jack scurried
Close to the ground he jumped and hurried
Back to his Mum who was very worried
One blow with the axe down under
The giant fell with a crash like thunder
Jack said 'Look Mum the giant’s dead -
We don’t have to be poor anymore’
Harry Houdini
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CHORUS
Harry Houdini the escapologist
He could escape from almost anything and
As he escaped, crowds watched and gaped and wondered
How did he do it, nobody knew it
Suspended in a straight jacket above a busy city street
Chains around his ankles hanging upside down
He freed himself in minutes with skeleton keys and lock picks
Crowds below him stood where they could see
People were amazed and shook their heads in wonder
CHORUS
In the year of 1910 at the height of his fame
Houdini came to Melbourne, for the one and only time
And on February 17, as he was locked up in chains
A crowd of 20,000 people watched him
Jump from the Queens Bridge in to the Yarra river
CHORUS
People watched in wonder at all the things they saw
Unlike any magician they’d ever seen before
And whether tied in ropes, straight jacket or chained
Houdini could just never, ever be restrained
CHORUS
Harry Houdini the escapologist
He could escape from almost anything and
As he escaped, crowds watched and gaped and wondered
How did he do it, nobody knew it
Harry Houdini the escapologist
The Three Little Pigs
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The first little pig built his house
He built it out of straw
He started on a Monday, finished on a Wednesday
And then he shut the door
He thought it was strong but before very long
Came a rather peckish wolf
CHORUS 1
Little pig, little pig
Little pig won’t you let me come in?
No no, no no
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin
So he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed
And he blew that pig’s house in
The second little pig built his house
He built it out of sticks
He started on a Tuesday, finished on a Thursday
Around about half past six
He thought it was strong but before very long
Came a rather peckish wolf
CHORUS 1
The third little pig built his house
He built it out of bricks
He started on a Wednesday, finished on a Friday
He’d heard about the old wolf’s tricks
He knew it was strong but before very long
Came the same old peckish wolf
CHORUS 2
Little pig, little pig
Little pig won’t you let me come in?
No no, no no
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin
So he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed
And he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed
And he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed
And he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed
But he couldn’t blow that brick house in
ENDING
But the wolf wasn’t finished yet
He was still determined to get
That last little pig for tea
So he climbed to the top of a tree
Then onto the roof, down the chimney
Right into a pot of boiling hot water
And so the pig – had the wolf for tea instead!
Tom
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My name is Jack and I’ve got a friend
He wears short pants and he’s nearly ten
CHORUS
Tom Tom Tom Tom
Tom Tom Tom Tom
Tom took a peach from the farmer’s tree
The farmer saw him, thought it was me
CHORUS
The farmer came and gave me a whack
I said, ‘It was Tom’ he thought it was Jack
CHORUS
‘He’s the one that you ought to chase
He must be somewhere round this place’
CHORUS
The farmer caught him down in the shed
His face went blue, his face went red
CHORUS
Tom was so sorry, sorry as can be
For taking a peach from the farmer’s tree
He promised to be good, he promised to be nice
But I said to the farmer, take my advice
CHORUS
Would soon be up to his tricks again