Baby
bumblebee
Baby
ducks
Bananas,
bananas
Bend
your body
Birthday
months
Blow
a kiss
Bobbing
up and down
Bobbing
up and down like this
Bouncing
baby bears
Bow
to your partner
Buddies
and pals
Build
it up
Last updated: 7/3/2023
11:10 AM
The songs below are part of ‘Away we
go’ Round and about
compiled,
adapted and illustrated by Dany Rosevear
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Baby bumble bee 🔊
A campfire version of the song more suited to the younger ones. 1. Cross forefingers, thumb
up, as before, wiggle on cheek. 2. Wiggle arm, clasp arms and shake, wiggle
arm, peck arm. 3. One hand over the other, clap hands, as before, peck
chin. 4. Make hands claw like, fall forward, as before, cover head with arms. |
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Oh, I'm bringing home a baby
bumble bee, Won't my mummy be so proud of
me, 'Cause I'm bringing home a
baby bumble bee, Buzzy, buzzy, buzzy, Spoken: OOOOH, it bit me! Oh, I'm bringing home a baby
rattlesnake, Won't my mummy shiver and
shake, 'Cause I'm bringing home a
baby rattlesnake, Rattle, rattle, rattle, Spoken: OOOOH, it bit me! Oh, I'm bringing home a baby
turtle, Won't my mummy really pop her
girdle, 'Cause I'm bringing home a
baby turtle, Snappy, snappy, snappy, Spoken: OOOOH, it bit me! Oh, I'm bringing home a baby
dinosaur, Won't my mummy fall right
through the floor, 'Cause I'm bringing home a
baby dinosaur, Gobble, gobble, gobble, Spoken: OH NO, it ate me! |
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Baby ducks 🔊
A popular song in scouting and also as an action song for
pre-schoolers. Play as below or just the first verse a little bit faster each
time it is sung. It is also a great song for making up your own rhyming
verses – I made up the third one. Mime moving like each
creature, travelling around the room while giving each other plenty of space
but also showing others how well you are doing. |
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Ohhhh! Isn't it a bit of luck
That I was born a baby duck?!
With yellow socks and yellow
shoes; So I may go whereever I
choose! Quack, quack, quack, quack, Quack quack, quack! GOOOOD
ducks!!! Ohhhh! I don’t think it’s
very funny That I was born a baby bunny! With floppy ears and twitchy
nose I bounce around upon my toes. Bounce, bounce, bounce,
bounce, Bounce, bounce, bounce, GOOOOD
bunnies!!! Now I am happy, you can see, For I was born a busy bee. I fly around when days are
sunny, Visit flowers and make good
honey. Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! GOOOOD
bees!!! I’m a little smelly skunk, Hiding under someone’s bunk. No-one wants to play with me, ‘Cause I’m as smelly as can
be. I’m a skunk, I’m a skunk, I’m a skunk, skunk, skunk,
skunk, skunk. BAAAAD skunks!!! |
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Bananas, bananas 🔊
Feel the pulse This song is normally chanted as ‘Bananas, bananas’ all
the way through; here children are introduced to more exotic fruit than in
their normal daily diet. As a scouting chant two groups do it through
together then one group does it straight and the other does 'clap, clap,
clap, bananas, bananas etc. Move to the beat. |
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Bananas, bananas, clap, clap,
clap, Bananas, bananas, flap, flap,
flap, Pineapple, pineapple, click,
click, click, Pineapple, pineapple, flick,
flick, flick, Watermelon, watermelon, bump,
bump, bump, Watermelon, watermelon, jump,
jump, jump. |
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Bend your body 🔊
A simple lively action song to a familiar tune. Move vigourously. |
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Bend your body, touch your
toes, touch your toes, Straighten up and touch your
nose, touch your nose. And wave your arms and touch
your knees, Stamp your feet and count to
three: One! Two! Three! |
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Birthday months 🔊
Chant the months of the year to ensure familiarity and help each child
to identify the month they were born. Stand in a circle and each
child moves as directed when their birthday month is sung. |
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If your birthday is in
January, turn around. If your birthday is in
February, touch the ground. If your birthday is in March,
march along. If your birthday is in April,
sing a song. If your birthday is in May,
wiggle your nose. If your birthday is in June,
shake your toes. If your birthday is in July,
jump up high. If your birthday is in
August, reach the sky. If your birthday is in
September, tap your shoe. If your birthday is in
October, call out “Boo!” If your birthday is in
November, tickle your ears. If your birthday is in
December, give three cheers! |
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Blow a kiss 🔊
A
contactless partner greeting game. Needs a big space preferably out of doors. Words
and music by Dany Rosevear, Children stand a sensible way away facing a
partner in a space. Make the actions suggested by the words as they sing.
After the last refrain wave and then walk ‘La, la ing’ to the music of the
refrain to find new partner. |
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Blow a kiss, watch it fly; It sends a hug through the sky. Blow one back with all your might, Catch it quick and hold it tight. Chorus: That’s the way our friendship grows, Clap your hands and touch your toes! Bow like this with a smile, I’ll bow back, just a while. Give a wave then smile again Both of us can be good friends! Chorus: That’s the way our friendship grows, Clap your hands and touch your toes! La, la, la, la, La, la la, La, la, la, la, La, la la, la! |
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Bobbing up and down 🔊
Noone wishes to find themselves swimming with rubbish in the sea. An opportunity to discuss how we can help protect marine life by
ensuring that waste is recycled and reused so it doesn’t end up in our
oceans. The words come from B.B.C. Radio Oxford “Sing a song of sixpence”
Summer term 1974. Words and music have been adapted by Dany Rosevear. Verse 1. Bend knees and
straighten to bob up and down. 2. Make sideways movement
with one hand on a hip and the other as the spout. Finish by squatting on the
floor. |
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I saw a bottle in the bright
blue sea, The bottle went a-bobbing up
and down with me. Bobbing up and down, bobbing
up and down, Bobbing, bobbing, bobbing in
the bright blue sea. I saw a kettle in the bright
blue sea, The kettle went a-lolloping
around with me. Lolloping around, lolloping
around, Then down to the bottom of
the bright blue sea. |
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Bobbing up and down
like this 🔊
The words and music were freely adapted from ‘Sons of the seas by Felix
McGlennon for the wonderful collection of action rhymes ‘Okki-tokki-unga’. Bob up and down each time
‘bobbing up and down’ are sung. |
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Sons of the sea, bobbing up
and down like this, Sailing the ocean, bobbing up
and down like this. They may build their ships,
me lads, bobbing up and down like this But they can't beat the boys
of the Old Brigade, Bobbing up and down like
this. Pirates so free, bobbing up
and down like this, Searching the ocean, bobbing
up and down like this. They care naught for wind and
rain, bobbing up and down like this For they rob the gold on the
Spanish Main, Bobbing up and down like
this. |
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Bouncing
baby bears 🔊
A lively action song for children -
and teddy bears All youngster, including bear cubs,
are made for vigorous movement. Get moving it might be jumping,
running, swirling, dancing – you choose! Some of us are owls, some are
larks. which are you? Some are just are born a bundle of energy with ants in
their pants and always on the go. Whichever you are there is a rhythm to the
day and movement needs to be part of that to keep us happy and healthy. Words and music by Dany Rosevear. Line 1.
Stretch up high from sitting and then bounce vigorously. 2. Run on the spot.
3. On their own or with a
partner / small group and skip round holding hands or not. 4. Clean teeth and
wash, place hands over eyes and peep through fingers. Then jump up smartly
and bounce up and down. Stretch arms high, yawn, sink down and finally rest
with hands to cheek! |
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We’re up in the morning early, With the rising of the sun. We’re bouncing, bouncing, bouncing,
bouncing, For the day has just begun. We’re out in the morning running, In the wind and in the rain. We’re running, running, running, running, Through the trees then back again. We’re out in the
forest dancing, In the red and
golden leaves. We’re dancing,
dancing, dancing, dancing, As they swirl
down from the trees. We’re getting ready for bedtime, As the stars begin to peep, Then we’re bouncing, bouncing, bouncing,
bouncing, (and more) Yawn! We really must go to sleep! |
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Bow to your partner 🔊
A
simple partner game from Deanna Hoermann’s wonderful ‘Catch a song’. The
children could play this in a double circle moving on each time to a new
partner. Once
children can play the game with the first verse eaily introduce different
actions; children can suggest other movements to make. Children stand opposite a partner in a space.
Make the actions suggested by the words as they sing. On the last line wave
and turn to find new partner. |
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Bow to your partner! Bow to your partner! Stamp! Stamp! Turn yourself around! Clap with your partner! Clap with your partner! Jump! Jump! Turn yourself around! Shake hands with your partner! Shake hands with your partner! Hop! Hop! Turn yourself around! |
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Buddies and pals 🔊
A
community scouting song. Can be played as a partner song or a circle game. Once
the song is well known, play as below. The
last verse is by Tom Glazer. 1. With a partner as below move on to another
partner. 2. Form a double circle with partners facing: For
‘You and me’ – slap hands with partner and then own chest. For ‘We're gonna
be partners’ choose a movement: hip bump, turn around, or jump up, etc. Shake
hands on the first ‘Buddies and pals!’ then move right to ae new partner on
the second ‘Buddies and pals!’. |
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You
and me, we're gonna be partners, You
and me, we're gonna be pals. You
and me, we're gonna be partners, Buddies
and pals! Buddies and pals! You
and me, we started as strangers, You
and me, we came from afar. You
and me, we started as strangers, Now
we are pals! Now we are pals! From
now on, we're going to be partners, From
now on, we're going to be friends. From
now on, we're going to be partners Amigos
and friends! Amigos and friends! You
and me, we’re born to be friendly, You
and me, we’re born to have fun. You
and me, we’re born to be friendly, Friendly
and fun! Friendly and fun! (Tom Glazer verse) |
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Build it up 🔊
A song from the BBC TV Series ‘Bang on a drum’ songs from Play School and
Play Away published 1973. Words and music by Peter Charlton. Build towers
from building bricks as you sising, cardboard boxes, egg cartons – anything
or the actions below. 1. Put one fist on top of
the other in time to the musi getting higher each time. 2 Repeat with a big
stretch. 3. Hold up fingers one at a time then make a wobbley jelly with
hands. 4. repeat first verse and actions. |
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Build it up, build it up, build it high, Build it up, up, up into the
sky. Build it up, build it up, build it higher, Build it up, up, up, up, up
into the sky. Now if you get that construction feeling, You can build a tower right
up to the ceiling. And if you think that building
is fun, You can try to build a tower
to the sun. Build up one, build up two, three and four, Are you sure you can balance
on some more. Build up five, build up six, seven and eight, Watch it wobble like a jelly on a plate. |
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