Birds, Australia, Singing Claire Ward Birds, Australia, Singing Claire Ward

Magpie

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Lyrics

The magpie has such a melodious voice and
Sings a melodious song
Through summer and autumn, winter and springtime
Morning then all the day long...just
Singing her song

Beetles and earthworms she likes to eat
Spiders and frogs and snails
Pecking the ground and strutting around
With the cheeky little willy wagtails

CHORUS

Her plumage is black with splashes of white
Her eyes are gold and brown
She fluffs up her feathers, carolls aloud
Protecting her piece of ground

CHORUS

September will come and she'll build her nest
High in a tall gum tree
With sticks and with grass and bark and we'll wonder
How many chicks there will be

The magpie has such a melodious voice and
Sings a melodious song
Through summer and autumn, winter and springtime
Morning then all the day long...just
Singing her, singing her, singing her song

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Sing It Sing It

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Lyrics

CHORUS
Sing it, sing it, sing a pretty melody
Play it, play it, together in a symphony
Clap your hands, rhythm and the beat
Everybody swayin' and a dancin' in the street

If you sang with me, just the melody
Maybe we could then, try the harmony
Sing the melody, try the harmony
Sing the melody

CHORUS

If I sang to you, all the lower notes
And if you sang to me, all the higher notes
All the lower notes, all the higher notes
All the lower notes

CHORUS

We now sing this song, every single day
You should sing it too, it's the only way
Every single day, it's the only way
Every single day – SO

CHORUS (repeated)

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Pretty Little Bird

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Pretty pretty little bird
Sweetest thing you ever heard
Sings her song to me each day
Merry month of May

Sitting in the apple tree
Where she always likes to be
In the night she goes away
Then back again next day

CHORUS
Pretty little, pretty little
Pretty little bird won't you
Sing me your song sing the one that I've heard o please
Pretty little, pretty little,
Pretty little little bird won't you
Sing me your song, sing the one that I've heard

Sun arises in the morn
Another day another dawn
Hear the early morning song
Hear it loud and strong

Sighing of a gentle breeze
Leaves that rustle in the trees
The beauty of another day
And all that I can say is

CHORUS (repeated as a round)
Pretty little, pretty little
Pretty little bird won't you
Sing me your song sing the one that I've heard o please

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The Very Last Song

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This is the very last song
So why don’t you all sing along
You have the choice but whatever voice
You sing with you can’t go wrong

Ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha
Doong doong doong, doong doong doong doong
Hoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Ra tut tut, tut tut tut ta
La la la, la la la la

This is our very last song – we’d
Like you to all sing along
We had the choice, this is our voice
Sing with us you can’t go wrong

La la la…

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The La La La Song

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Lyrics

Can you sing, o can you sing
O can you sing the la la la song?
Yes I can sing, yes I can sing
Yes I can sing it loud and strong

CHORUS
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la
Singing the song
La la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la
All day long

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall - then
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again - so they sang

CHORUS

A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
And all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea – he sang

CHORUS

There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat who caught a crooked mouse
They all lived together in a crooked house – and they sang

CHORUS (twice)

Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir yes sir three bags full
One for the master and one for the dame
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane

La la la…

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Chopsticks

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Lyrics

I play the violin every morning
And every evening of every day
Suzuki Bach Vivaldi Schumann
But really all that I want to play is –

(Chopsticks tune)

I play the grand piano practice
My chords and scales and arpeggios
So boring and it drives my family
Up the wall Dad says ‘Why don’t you play’ –

(Chopsticks tune)

I play the flute the silver flute
But it doesn’t sound much like James Galway
I wonder if when he was ten whether
Sometimes he was allowed to play –

(Chopsticks tune)

I’d really love to sing a classical
Song or two at the Opera House
And sound like Pavarotti
La la la la la la la la la la la.

(Chopsticks tune)

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Make Up A Tune

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Lyrics

CHORUS 1
It’s just me here in this room
Trying to make, make up a tune
That I can sing and play
Strum on my guitar
Wherever you are
Maybe you can sing too

VERSE 1
When you make up a song
And people singalong
It makes the song sound a whole lot better
There is nothin’ so good
And everybody should
Sing loud and sing together

CHORUS 1

VERSE 2
I’ve done this so many times
Written clever rhymes
Some are good but some are better
Do the words come first, or maybe just the reverse
Well I don’t really know the answer

CHORUS 2
It’s just him here in this room
Trying to make, make up a tune
That he can sing and play
Strum on his guitar
Wherever you are
Maybe you can sing too

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In The Summertime

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In the summertime I like to go to the beach
Go to the beach, go to the beach
In the summertime I like to go to the beach
And swim in the blue blue sea

In the Autumn time I like to look at the trees
Look at the trees, look at the trees
In the Autumn time I like to look at the trees
And watch as the leaves fall down

In the winter time I like to snuggle up tight
Snuggle up tight, snuggle up tight
In the winter time I like to snuggle up tight
Snuggle up tight in bed

And in the Springtime I like to sit in the sun
Sit in the sun, sit in the sun
And in the Springtime I like to sit in the sun
And get myself nice and warm

All the year round I like to sing a song
Sing a song, sing a song
All the year round I like to sing a song
Sing a nice happy song

Doo doo doo…

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