Song Lyrics from 4.19.19 Assembly
Hello, My Name is Joe
Rhythmic chant (strong beats underlined):
Hello … my name is Joe …
And I work … in … a button factory
I have a house and a dog and a family
One day … the boss came up to me, she said
Hey Joe … are you busy? I said no, she said
Turn the button with your right hand
Repeat for left hand, right foot, left foot, head … then
Hey Joe … are you busy? I said YES!
Out the Window
Use any nursery rhyme — for example, Old King Cole or Old Mother Hubbard:
Old King Cole was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he
He called for his pipe and called for his bowl
And threw them out the window!
The window, the second story window
He called for his pipe and called for his bowl
And threw them out the window!
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
To fetch her poor dog a bone
But when she got there the cupboard was bare
So she threw it out the window!
The window, the second story window
When she got there the cupboard was bare
And threw them out the window!
Augustus Jackson (video)
by Ellis Paul, from the swell kids’ album The Hero in You
Chorus:
Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla ice cream
Old Augustus Jackson’s got an ice cream machine
He puts in some flavor, sugar and ice
Then he mixes it with salt and cream
It taste real nice
Ooo-ooo
Augustus Jackson was a free black man
A chef at the White House for the Madisons
He came to Philadelphia when he got free
Started making ice cream on Goodwater Street
And the people all came
Calling out his flavors by name
Ooo-ooo
Augustus Jackson invented a way
To make ice cream last for days and days
He built his empire up from the ground
By shipping ice cream in tins all over town
No matter what flavor you are
You can fill up a spoon at Jackson’s ice cream bar
Ooo-ooo
Jump in the Valley
With a partner — sing, doing what the lyrics say to do, then find another partner
Jump, jump, jump in the valley
Shake your head and nod your head and tap the ground
Swing, swing, swing in the valley
One is lost and the other is found
