Animals, Nonsense, Australia Claire Ward Animals, Nonsense, Australia Claire Ward

Made Ya Look Ya Dirty Chook

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Lyrics

Ping pong ball in the vegemite
Take a look and see, see if I’m right

Chorus
Made ya look ya dirty chook
Made ya look ya dirty chook

Big fat frog under the bed
One little hop he’s sitting on your head.

Chorus

Red back spider combing his hair
Watching playschool, sitting on a chair

Chorus

Pink kangaroo in the apricot tree
You can’t really miss him he’s easy to see.

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Animals, Nature Claire Ward Animals, Nature Claire Ward

Fishy O Fishy

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Lyrics

Fishy O fishy you swim in the sea
Fishermen would catch you and eat you for supper
Fishy O fishy go swim far away
To the bottom of the ocean.

Little birdie little birdie you sing your sweet song
In my garden every day merrily chirping
Birdie little birdie how sweetly you sing
Pretty songs in the morning.

Every creature on the earth has a reason to be
Whether great or small they are part of the kingdom
Birds in the air and the fish in the sea
Great or small now they are part of the kingdom.

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Party, Summer, Echo, Family Claire Ward Party, Summer, Echo, Family Claire Ward

Saturday Night

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Lyrics

It’s Saturday night ( Saturday night)
Ain’t gonna bed (ain’t gonna bed)
Gonna stay up late (stay up late)
Have a party instead (have a party instead)

So come on round for a swim in the pool
Mum says “Fine!” Dad says “Cool!”
We might go down and get a video
And watch a really spooky show.

It’s Saturday night (Saturday night)
And I’m glad you’ve come (glad you’ve come)
There’s cool lemonade (cool lemonade)
We’re gonna have fun (gonna have fun).

So don’t worry be happy tonight
Relax swim it’ll be all right
Throw your cares to the summer breeze
You can do exactly as you please.

It’s Saturday night (Saturday night)
And it’s eleven o’clock (eleven o’clock)
The grownups say (grownups say)
It’s time to stop (time to stop)

Mum says “You’re gonna have to sleep on the floor”
We talk a bit until my dad he says “No more!”
I love to have my friends around to sleep the night
And wake up in the morning light

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9999

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Lyrics

9999 – 54321
9999 – jelly in my tum
Arms up high, arms down low
Clap your hands, scratch your toe
9999 – 54321
9999 – jelly in my tum.

Chorus
Galloping galloping galloping galloping
Galloping round the room
Jumping jumping jumping jumping
Jumping up to the moon
Shake and shake and shake and shake
Shaking yourself about
Wiggelly wogelly wiggelly wogelly
Everybody shout – Stop!

9999 – 65432
9999 – sausage in my shoe
Arms up high, arms down low
Clap your hands, scratch your toe
9999 – 65432
9999 – sausage in my shoe

Chorus

9999 – 76543
9999 – bubblegum on my knee
Arms up high, arms down low
Clap your hands, scratch your toe
9999 – 76543

Chorus

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Wriggle and Roll

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Lyrics

CHORUS
You can go wriggle and roll
Wriggle and Roll, wriggle and roll
You can go wriggle and roll
Wriggle and roll, just like me.

Look to the left and look to the right then
Run down the road or ride on your bike and
Jump in the swimming pool and swim that race then
Shake off the water with a shiketty shiketty shake.

CHORUS

Four steps forward and four steps backward
Kick with the right leg and kick with the left leg
Tap your head as you rub your belly button
Bend right over and kiss your knees.

CHORUS

Pick up a tennis racquet serve an ace and
Jump in that swimming pool and win that race and
Shoot fifty goals in the basketball game and
Swing that cricket bat and crack that ball.

CHORUS

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Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, Animals, Food Claire Ward Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, Animals, Food Claire Ward

This Little Pig

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Lyrics

This little pig went to market
This little pig stayed home
This little pig he had roast beef but
This little pig had none.

First little pig who went off to market
Brought home his friend John Cleese
And soon as were able sat down at table
Ate up the bread and cheese.

Pig number two well he was the shy one
He liked to stay at home.
He did the cleaning, washing and ironing
He gave the dog his bone.

Third little pig now he was a fat pig
Plump as a pudding was he
Roast beef for breakfast, roast beef for lunch
Then roast beef for afternoon tea.

The last little pig well he didn’t really have much
He didn’t really have much at all.
He moped around the house with a sad look on his face
Unlike Cinderella he never went to the ball – and he said

I’ve never been to the market
I’ve only ever stayed at home
I’ve never ever had roast beef
I’ve never had anything at all

This little pig shall go to market
This little pig shall leave home
This little pig shall have roast beef
This little pig shall have it all.

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Musical Instruments, Singing Claire Ward Musical Instruments, Singing Claire Ward

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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Fairy Tales, Narrative, England Claire Ward Fairy Tales, Narrative, England Claire Ward

Robin Hood’s Dream

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Lyrics

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)

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Snow White and The Prince

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Lyrics

Snow White lay so still on a lonely lonely hill
Seven dwarfs kept their watch around the coffin they sat
The wind blew the wind blew the night was eeirie and black
Snow White they loved her still but she’s never coming back

The day dawned morning broke no strangers passed that way
O wicked Queen wicked Queen see what you have done
She was the fairest the fairest of them all
The seven dwarfs bowed their heads until the day was done

The next day there came a prince mounted on his steed
He saw Snow White and fell down on bended knee
He lifted and held her, then kissed her rosy red lips
A piece of apple fell to the ground and Snow White opened her eyes

The Prince gazed in wonder at this girl who he thought was dead
He asked her to be his bride and this is what she said
‘I love you I love you, forever we shall live’
Happy together still that’s how the story ends

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Food, Summer, BBQ Claire Ward Food, Summer, BBQ Claire Ward

Chops and Sausages

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Lyrics

The days are long, the weather’s fine
We eat outside, it’s summertime
Friends come round, have some tea
Lots to eat, for you and me – there’s

CHORUS
Chops and sausages sizzling on the barbecue
Popping and a crackling and a sizzling on the barbecue
There’s chops and sausages sizzling on the barbecue

Not a single cloud, passes by
The sun is hot, the earth is dry
Some lemonade, goes down a treat
And then it’s time, for more to eat –there’s

CHORUS

No more work, no more school
Lazy days, by the pool
Half past five, a little sniff
And there it is, that familiar whiff - of

CHORUS
Chops and sausages sizzling on the barbecue
Popping and a crackling and a sizzling on the barbecue
There’s chops and sausages sizzling on the barbecue
Popping and a crackling and a sizzling on the barbecue
There’s chops and sausages sizzling on the barbecue

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Reading, Nonsense Claire Ward Reading, Nonsense Claire Ward

First Reader

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Lyrics

Shane likes Rita, Rita likes Shane
Rita and Shane like the dog
The dog likes the cat, the cat likes the dog
Rita and Shane like toys
Rita can run, Shane can run
The dog and the cat can run as well

The dog likes the ball, the cat likes the mat
Rita and Shane like the horse
The horse likes tea, milk with no sugar
Served on a silver tray – he’s fussy
It can’t be too hot, it can’t be too cold
Quite frankly he’s a pain in the neck – and a twit

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Time, Educational, Rock Claire Ward Time, Educational, Rock Claire Ward

Tell Me the Ti-i-ime Please

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Lyrics

Now the big hand’s on the 12
The little hand’s on the 3
The big hand’s on the 12
The little hand’s on the 3
So tell me the time, tell me the time
Tell me the ti-i-ime please

CHORUS
It must be 3 o’clock, 3 o’clock
I tell you it’s 3 o’clock, 3 o’clock

Now the big hand’s on the 12
The little hand’s on the 4
The big hand’s on the 12
The little hand’s on the 4
So tell me the time, tell me the time
I’ve asked you this question before

CHORUS (4 o’clock)

And it’s 1 2 3 o’clock then it’s 4 5 6 o’clock
And it’s 7 8 9 o’clock then it’s 10, 11, 12 o’clock
Rock round the clock, rock round the clock
Rock round the clock at midnight

Now the big hand’s on the 12
The little hand’s on the 10
The big hand’s on the 12
The little hand’s on the 10
So tell me the time, tell me the time
Tell me the ti-ime again

CHORUS (10 o’clock)

And it’s 1 2 3 o’clock
And it’s shoo be doo woo, shoo be doo wup
Then it’s 4 5 6 o’clock…
7 8 9…10 11 12…

Repeat

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Friends, Waltz Claire Ward Friends, Waltz Claire Ward

Spangle Road

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Lyrics

CHORUS
What could be better than you and me together and
Walking down Spangle Road
Where the blue skies are bluer and the green grass is greener and
Walking down Spangle Road
As a friend you’re a little crazy but kind
But again well I don’t really mind - oh
What could be better than you and me together and
Walking down Spangle Road

We’ve been like brothers for all of these years
Walking and talking as friends
But we can recall all the good times and bad
But bad times have come to an end – oh

CHORUS

We’ve stuck together through thick and through thin
And wondered just where it would end
But the hills and the dales and the highways and trails
Are leading us back home again – oh

CHORUS
Walking down Spangle Road,
Walking down Spangle Road

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Walking Encyclopaedia

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Lyrics

CHORUS
She is a walking encyclopaedia o yes
She is a walking encyclopaedia no less

This girl has a brain, this girl has a brain
And as well she seems to use it
Sale of the Century
That’s the show that she should be
On TV on TV
Sale of the Century, Sale of the Century
Sale of the Century

CHORUS

This girl is not a twit, this girl is not a twit
Nor can it be said that she’s a nitwit
Go to university
That’s the place where she should be
Teaching you and teaching me
At the university, at the university
At the university

CHORUS

She’s so smart it frightens me
How she does enlighten me
There is nothing she don’t know
Genius this girl must be, genius this girl must be
Genius this girl must be

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Food, Jazz Claire Ward Food, Jazz Claire Ward

Chish and Fips

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Lyrics

CHORUS
Chish and Fips and Riko Cholls
Somato Tauce and Rausage Solls
Chish and Fips and Riko Cholls
Somato Tauce and Rausage Solls

Five boys tall and lean
You could say string beans
They all lived in Baker Street
And every Sunday they would meet
Their names were

CHORUS

Fips said to Rausage Solls
I’d like to sing rock and roll
If we had a little band
We could play all over the land
Their names were

CHORUS

Before long the little band
Had lots and lots of fans (Hooray!)
They played soul and disco too
And also rhythm and blues

And when the time had come to dine
Chish would say, ‘Wouldn’t it be fine to have some

Fish and chips and chiko rolls
Tomato sauce and sausage rolls? - so

Chish and Fips and Riko Cholls
Somato Tauce and Rausage Solls had

Fish and chips and chiko rolls
Tomato sauce and sausage rolls yes…

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Banana, Fruit, Colours Claire Ward Banana, Fruit, Colours Claire Ward

Yellow Banana

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Lyrics

Yellow banana squash on the ground
Yellow banana, yellow banana
Man in pyjama slip and fall down
Man in pyjama, man in pyjama

Man gets banana spread over pyjama
And all through his clean hair he washed only
Yesterday with shampoo with with shampoo

Yellow banana squash on the ground
Yellow banana, yellow banana
Man in pyjama slip and fall down
Man in pyjama, man in pyjama

Hey kid there’s bubblegum stuck on your head
Hey kid there’s bubblegum, hey kid there’s bubblegum
Stuck on your shoe and stuck on your bed
Hey kid there’s bubblegum, hey kid there’s bubblegum

Stick a stuck a it’s a real yuck a
The worst stuff a and so tough a
It grips a tight a on kid’s a ears a
And stays stuck a on
Don’t come off, don’t come off
No don’t come off

Hey kid there’s bubblegum stuck on your head
Hey kid there’s bubblegum, hey kid there’s bubblegum
Stuck on your shoe and stuck on your bed
Hey kid there’s bubblegum, hey kid there’s bubblegum

Yellow banana yellow banana
Hey kid there’s bubblegum, hey kid there’s bubblegum…

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Australia, Summer, Seasons, Family, Christmas Claire Ward Australia, Summer, Seasons, Family, Christmas Claire Ward

Australia Hooray

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Lyrics

39 in the shade
Take a glass lemonade
Fill it up icy cold
Thirsty weather so down she goes

Down the beach after school
Cross the road swimming pool
41 in the sun
Christmas holidays just begun

CHORUS
Australia in the summertime
Australia where the weather’s fine
Australia of the yellow fields and
Bluest of skies

Christmas Day on the beach
Lots of noise lots to eat
Happy cries all around
Red bikinis and golden sands

CHORUS

From the north to the south
From the east to the west
From Bunbury to Bundaberg
From Botany Bay to the Coral Sea
From the Southern Ocean
You can hear them sing

La la la la la…

CHORUS – Hooray!

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Actions, Building Claire Ward Actions, Building Claire Ward

Hammer in the Nails

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Lyrics

Mrs Gigglepot is building a house
Made from timber a very fine house
Mrs Gigglepot is building a house
And I am her very special helper

CHORUS
We hammer in the nails
Hammer in the nails – x x x x
Hammer in the nails
We hammer in the nails
Hammer in the nails – x x x x
Hammer in the nails

Mrs Busybee is building a fence
Made from timber a very fine fence
Mrs Busybee is building a fence
And I am her very special helper

CHORUS

Mrs Chatterbox is building a shed
Made from iron and steel instead
Mrs Chatterbox is building a shed
And I am her very special helper

CHORUS

Old Mother Hubbard building a cupboard
Cupboard fall down - very big sound
Old Mother Hubbard fix up the cupboard
And I am her very special helper

CHORUS

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The Front of Me

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Lyrics

The front of me is what you can see
The back of me is where my front used to be
The side of me is here and here
That’s not including of course my rear
The top of me is a head with hair
The bottom of me is way way down there
But inside my head there sits a brain
Which works I’m afraid only now and again – pity!

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Australia, Nature, Lullaby Claire Ward Australia, Nature, Lullaby Claire Ward

All Good Things

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Lyrics

And when the moon glows on clear summer evenings
Stars shine far away
And Mother Earth is still and sleeping
Rest now until the day
All the birds in slumber
No magpie sings her song
And all the children sleep and dream
Peace be still peace be still

And when the sun rises over the mountains
And dances on the ocean waves
And kookaburras laugh in the gum trees
There’s hope again with every new day
All the birds are singing
Eternal harmonies
And all across this ancient land
We give our thanks for all good things
For all good things

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