Sunshine pie songs written by Dany Rosevear

Wild things 1

A good friend of mine

A tiger, a spider and a tiny little mouse

Bip and Bop’s song

Did ever you hear a dragon sing?

Did you ever see a kangaroo?

Last updated: 10/12/2015 1:51 PM

The songs below are part of ‘Sunshine pie’

written and illustrated by Dany Rosevear

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A good friend of mine O

Choose a set of animals e.g. pets, farmyard, zoo creatures but the fiercer the better; if an animal has a name it can’t possibly be scary – can it?!

Try to make the names alliterative ones

Children take turns to choose an animal that might or might not have a name and suggest the noise it might make.

Who comes near?

Do not fear,

Everything’s going to be fine.

Grrrr, grrrr, grrrr!

Grrrr, grrrr, grrrr, grrrr, grrrr!

Tiger Tim, Tiger Tim,

Yes, he’ll be a good friend of mine.

Who comes near?

Do not fear,

Everything’s going to be fine.

Snip, snip, snap!

Snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snap!

Crocodile, crocodile,

Yes, he’ll be a good friend of mine.

Children creep around the room warily.

Find a partner and growl and mime clawing – no touching.

Hold hands and sway from side to side. On the second ‘yes’ ‘Turn the blanket over’ - swing arms up high and pass under.

Continue as before finding a new partner and mime appropriate actions without touching.

A tiger, a spider and a tiny little mouse O

Not an ideal fraternity of three but like pals everywhere they have to learn to moderate their natural urges to accommodate the needs of their friends especially if they like dancing!

This is just a song rather than a singing game but simple hands movements and noises can be made to dramatise the story.

Bip and Bop’s song O

While on holiday in Montreal I bought two puppets, Bip and Bop, and used them, back in England, to introduce a little French into the classroom especially in maths lessons. They were hugely popular with my students over the years and now since my retirement are in need of an outing – hence this song.

With a hee and a hi and a hipperty hop,

Here comes Bip, here comes Bop,

Those two little monsters make mischief a lot,

Hi-di- ho, make mischief a lot.

Now Bop has a long nose and Bip does not,

‘Tissue?’ says Bip; ‘Thanks!’ says Bop.

His nose is bright red and he sneezes nonstop,

‘Atchoo! Atchoo!’ he sneezes nonstop.

Bip can speak French but Bop cannot,

‘Bonjour!’ says Bip, ‘What?’ says Bop,

‘Un, deux, trois et quatre, cinq, six,

Avec moi – quatre, cinq, six.’

Up in the night sky stars twinkled and shot.

‘Wow!’ says Bip, ‘Whoah!’ says Bop,

‘We’ll zoom into space on a giant lollipop,

Zoom-kaboom on a giant lollipop!

Zoom-kaboom on a giant lollipop!’

Au revoir mes amis!

Goodbye my friends!

Did ever you hear a dragon sing? O

One verse is probably more than enough for the youngest but older children will enjoy the challenge of learning further verses and might well be able to use this quite complex structure to invent their own verses. You will need to learn this song well before attempting the dance.

Make a circle holding hands standing next to a partner.

Did ever you hear a dragon sing?

Tra la la la, la la la la.

Did ever you hear a dragon sing?

Tra la la la la la.

We never did hear a dragon sing,

Tra la la la, la la la.

But his roars are such a terrible thing,

Billowing smoke and fire.

Stamping, stamping,

Hear how his long clawed feet can stamp!

Flapping, flapping,

We’ll follow him up in the sky.

Did ever you hear a little flea roar?

Tra la la la, la la la la.

Did ever you hear a little flea roar?

Tra la la la la la.

We never did hear a little flea roar,

Tra la la la, la la la.

But he snips and nips with his terrible jaws,

When we’re asleep at night.

Jumping, jumping,

See how those legs bounce up and down.

Thump him, thump him,

Before that little pest bites.

Did ever you see a polar bear skate?

Tra la la la, la la la la.

Did ever you see a polar bear skate?

Tra la la la la la.

We never did see a polar bear skate,

Tra la la la, la la la.

But his snores rumble out at terrible rate,

Snug in his snowy den,

Plodding, plodding,

Over the Pole where the icebergs roll.

Sliding, sliding,

Then he gallops away with the wind.

The circle skips round to the right.

The circle skips to the left.

Stamp on the spot.

Face partner, flap elbows while stamping.

Hold partner’s hands and skip round.

Continue as above.

Jump up and down.

Turn to partner and slap right then left hands. Skip round.

Continue as above.

Walk four steps into the circle and then four steps back.

Hold hands and make seesaw motions.

Skip round.

Did you ever see a kangaroo? O

A question and answer song. Groups can swap roles for each verse. The words could easily be adapted to suit animals from other continents. Children can have great fun making up daft rhymes – the more ridiculous the better!

Did you ever see a kangaroo? Yes sir!

Did you ever see a kangaroo

Playing on a didgeridoo?

Yes sir! Surely not sir? Would I lie?

Did you ever see a platypus? Yes sir!

Did you ever see a platypus

Jumping on a Sydney bus?

Yes sir! Surely not sir? Would I lie?

Did you ever see a bandicoot? Yes sir!

Did you ever see a bandicoot

Bungie jump and loop the loop?

Yes sir! Surely not sir? Would I lie?

...kookaburra... ... Surf boarding at Scarborough....

...great white whale... Swimming in a water pail

...jellyfish... ...Wave a wand to make a wish...

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