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Dingbat Songs

for Kids

Lenny Everson

This is a collection of 20 songs, designed for kids. Only two of the songs, "On Top of Spaghetti" and "The Burning of the School," are not mine.

The other 18 include:

• The T-Rex Song
• Let's Play in the Garbage
• The Carpet
• My Mother Climbs in Maple Trees
• I'd sooner Watch TV
• The Digestion Song
• Grandma's Chicken Soup

The book has guitar chords for each song, and a note about the tune ("to the tune of John Brown's Baby" or "Tune: Down in the Valley.") Tunes are from common folk songs.

Sample

The Carpet

[tune Green Grow the Lilacs]

   G
We once had a carpet it was lovely and white
                                                   C
Dad bought it for mother one cold Christmas night
           G                    G7              C
My mom thought it made the living room bright
D7               G                     D7                G
Now it looks best when we turn out the light

Our dog rolls around when back from some ditch
And drags his bum there when he has an itch
Dad just calls him a son of a… dog, which
They blamed on me so I just had to snitch

The cats track in mud and shed gobs of hair
And when they barf furballs they’re glad the rug’s there
But mom loves her cats (which is rather unfair)
And furballs cover my gum so I don’t care.

Dad’s friends drop pizza when they’re watching football
Most goes on the rug, though some finds the wall
Some spots are large, but most are quite small
Now the rug looks like a scene in the fall

I remember that carpet, so lovely and white
And how dad bought it one cold winter night
We watch TV in there, which I guess is alright
We just make sure we turn out the light.

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