Dinobone, Dinobone (Ham-Bone, Ham-Bone)
Afro-American folk song, words adapted by Kim Milai

Dinobone, Dinobone, where you been?
'Round the world and I'm goin' again.

Dinobone, Dinobone, have you heard?
I found you with a juggler.

Dino-bone, Dinobone, have you heard?
I found you with a lobster!

Dinobone, Dinobone, have you heard?
I found you with a frankfurter.

Dinobone walk and Dinobone talk,
Dinobone eat with a shovel and fork. Hey!

middle
I left my Dinobone by the fence,
I haven't seen my Dinobone since.

So Dinobone, Dinobone, where you been?
'Round the world and I'm goin' again. Let's go!
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Shimmy, Shimmy Cocoa-Pop
Afro-American clapping chant

Down, down baby, down by the roller coaster,
Sweet, sweet baby, I'll never let you go.

(spoken)
Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop, shimmy shimmy pow!
Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop, shimmy shimmy pow!

Gramma, Gram-mama sick in bed,
Call the doctor and the doctor said,

(spoken)
Let's get the motion of the head, ding-dong.
Let's get the motion of the hands, clap, clap.
Let's get the motion of the feet, stomp, stomp.
Put it all together and what do you get?
Ding-dong, clap, clap, stomp, stomp.
Say it all backwards and what do you get?
Stomp, stomp, clap, clap….. ding-dong!
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Mi Chacra (My Farm) tango/polka
Argentinean folk song

Vengan a ver mi chacra que es hermosa,
Vengan a ver mi chacra que es hermosa,
El pollito hace a si': ki-ki-ri, La vaquita hace a si': mu-mu,

chorus (Oh come, my friend)
O pas camarade, O pas camarade, O pas, O pas, O pas,
O pas camarade, O pas camarade, O pas, O pas, O pas.

Addtional verses-
El perrito hace a si': guau-guau
El gatito hace a si': miau, miau
El burrito hace a si': ija
El patito hace a si': cua-cua
El chanchito hace a si': oinc- oinc
El gallito have a si': ki ki ri- ki

Translation:
Come and see my farm for it's so lovely,
Come and see my farm for it's so lovely,
The chick goes like this, peep, peep,
The cow goes like this: moo, moo.

The dog goes like this: bow wow.
The cat goes like this: meow, meow.
The donkey goes like this: hee haw.
The duck goes like this: quack, quack.
The pig goes like this: oink, oink.
The rooster goes like this: cock-a-doodle-do!
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Feng Yang Flower Drum Song
Chinese folk song

Left hand a drum, Right hand a gong
Holding a drum and gong, come let's sing a song.
No other song do I know how to sing,
This one and only song, "Feng Yang" is it's name.
Come sing "Feng Yang" yi hu ya hu hey!

(imitating instrument sounds)
Der long dang piau yi piau!
Der long dang piau yi piau!
Der piau! Der piau!
Der piau der piau piau yi der piau piau piau yi piau!
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Loop De Loo
Game song

Here we go loop de loo, Here we go loop de light,
Here we go loop de loo, All on a Saturday night.
I put my left hand in, I put my left hand out,
I give my hand a shake, shake, shake and turn myself about.

Additional verses: right hand, left leg, right leg, whole self.
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All Around the Kitchen
Traditional, adapted by Kim Milai

(chorus)
All around the kitchen,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.
All around the kitchen,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.

Now you stop right still,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.
Put your right hand up,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.
Raise your left hand high,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.

chorus

Now you stop right still,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.
Put your hand on your hip,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.
And the other on your toe,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.

chorus

Now you stop right still,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.
Now you close both eyes,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.
And you turn all around,
Hop a doodle doodle doo.

chorus
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She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
Traditional, rap by Kim Milai

She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes,
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes,
She'll be coming 'round the mountain, she'll be comin'
'round the mountain ,
She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes.

She'll be drivin' six white horses when she comes, etc.
Oh we'll all come out to meet her when she comes, etc.
We'll be havin' chicken and dumplings when she comes, etc.

Rap middle:
Well around the mountain she goes again,
Travelin' around and back again
Been here and there but now she's back,
Coming along the same old track
With a click and a clack she gets to town.
The food is ready so we'll all sit down
Hey diddle diddle the cat with a bone,
Goodness gracious glad to be home!
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Acorn Song
Native American, Huchnom tribe

Ya-ah hay-lay ya-no heelo, ya-ah hay-lay ya-no heelo,
Ya-ah hay-lay ya-no heelo, lee-mo hay-lay ya-lo heelo.
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Softly Falling Snow, © 1997
words by K.Milai, music and title by A.S. Milai Jr.

Quiet is the snow, quiet is the snow
I don't hear a thing, its softly falling from the sky.

Quiet is the snow, quiet is the snow
Maybe the sound's so clear I cannot hear it,
So light, like feathers floating-
So light, like feathers floating 'round.

middle:
White flakes drifting to the ground.

Quiet is the snow, quiet is the snow
I don't hear a thing, its softly falling from the sky.
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Leather-Winged Bat (Bird Courting Song)
Appalachian folk song

"Hi," said the little brown leather winged bat,
"I'll tell you the reason that,
the reason that I fly in the night's
because I lost my heart's delight."

chorus
How-dee dow-dee diddle o day,
How-dee dow-dee diddle o day,
How-dee dow-dee diddle o day,
How-dow dee-di die do-do.

"Hi," said the woodpecker, sittin' on a fence,
"Once I courted a handsome finch.
She got sulky and from me fled,
ever since then my head's been red."

"Hi," said the little white morning dove,
"I'll tell you how to regain your love.
Court her by night and court her by day,
never give her time to say, 'Oh, Nay!'"
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Hush Little Baby
Traditional

Hush little baby don't say a word,
Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird,
If that mockingbird don't sing,
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring,
If that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass,
If that looking glass gets broke,
Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat,
If that billy goat don't pull,
Mama's gonna buy you a cart and mule,
If that cart and mule goes over,
Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover,
If that dog named Rover don't bark,
Mama's gonna buy you a pony and cart,
If that pony and cart fall down,
you'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.
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Night-Herding Song
by Harry Stephens
Collected, adapted and arranged by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax
TRO - © Copyright 1938 (Renewed) Ludlow Music, Inc., New York, NY
Used by Permission

(dogies are baby calves)

Oh slow up dogies, quit your roving around.
You have wandered and tramped all over the ground.
Oh, graze along dogies, and feed kind slow,
And don't forever be on the go.
Oh, move slow, dogies move slow.
Hi yoo, hi yoo.
Woo-oo-oo-oo.

I've circled-herded, trail-herded, cross-herded, too,
But to keep you together, that's what I can't do.
My horse is leg-weary and I'm awful tired;
But if I let you get away I'm sure to get fired-
Bunch up, little dogies, bunch up.

Oh, say, little dogies, when you goin' to lay down,
And quit this forever siftin' around?
My limbs are weary, my seat is sore;
Oh, lay down, dogies, like you've laid before.
Lay down, little dogies, lay down.

Oh, lay still dogies, since you have laid down.
Stretch away out on the big open ground.
Snore loud, little dogies, and drown the wild sound-
They will all go away when the day rolls round.
Lay still, little dogies, lay still.
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Lovely, Lovely Moon
Folk song from India

Lovely, lovely moon I see, come down and live with me,
Slide the mountains to the seas, bring me jasmine flowers please,
I will keep them all nearby, as I give my thanks on high.

Nela, nela odiva, nila mal odiva,
Ma lai male ariva, maligai poo korduva,
Nadu veetil vai, nalla thudi chai.
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Traditional

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
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