NANCY CASSIDY'S
Kid's Music

Lyrics, Chords & Soundclips

Lyrics, Chords & Soundclips

Lyrics, Chords & Soundclips

Lyrics, Chords & Soundclips

Lyrics, Chords & Soundclips

Not Currently for Sale

NANCY CASSIDY'S
Jubilee

Available as Cassette or CD.
Ordering Information.

Lyrics, Chords & Soundclips

Jubilee
Frere Jacques | Soundclip
Knees Up Mother Brown
Do Your Ears Hang Low? | Soundclip
The Sun Is Shining | Soundclip
Wild Mountain Thyme
Chicken
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
The MTA Song
Riddle Song
Everybody Knows I Love My Toes
This Land Is Your Land
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Soundclip
Jambataya
Squirming Worms
I Know Where l'm Going
I Wanna Be a Dog
Going to the Zoo
I'm Lucky There's a Sun | Soundclip
Peace Like a River | Soundclip
Rubber Ducky
When the Saints Go Marching In

JUBILEE

We were dancing by the river,
     dancing by the sea
Bouncing all the babies,
     up and down upon our knees
Laughing out happy, crying out free
Jubilee, wasn't it a Jubilee!

(CHORUS)

We were banging on the banjos,
     picking on guitars
Blowing out the bass notes,
     on the crockery jars
Sliding on the washboards,
banging spoons upon our knees
Jubilee, wasn't it a Jubilee!

(CHORUS)

We came from the valleys,
     we came from the towns
We came to see the paddlewheel
     and the show boat clowns
We came from the farmlands,
     we came from the sea
Jubilee, wasn't it a Jubilee!

(CHORUS)

Jubilee, wasn't it a Jubilee!

---BILL STAINES

FRERE JACQUES

Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques
Dormez vous? Dormez vous?
Sonnez le matin, Sonnez le matiri
Din Din Don, Din Din Don

Martinelo, Martinelo
Duermes tü? Duermes tü?
Tocan las campanas, Tocan las campanas
Din Don Din, Din Don Din

Minna de minna de, ohayo ohayo
Tanoshiku kyo mo, Tanoshiku kyo mo
La La La, La La La.

---TRADITIONAL

KNEES UP MOTHER BROWN

CHORUS:
Oh, knees up Mother Brown
Knees up Mother Brown
Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up,
Knees up Mother Brown.

Oh, hopping on one foot
Hopping on one foot
Hopping, Hopping, never stopping
Hopping on one foot.

(CHORUS)

Oh, prancing up and down
Prancing up and down
Prancing, prancing, never dancing,
Prancing up and down.

And whirling round and round
Whirling round and round
Whirling, whirling, never twirling,
Whirling round and round.

(Repeat CHORUS)~

---TRADITIONAL
Additional Lyrics: NANCY CASSIDY

DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW?

Does your tongue hang down?
Does it flop all around?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
     like a Continental Soldier?
Does your tongue hang down?

Does your nose hang low?
Does it wiggle to and fro?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
     like a Continental Soldier?
Does your nose hang low?

Do your eyes pop out?
Do they bounce all about?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
     like a Continental Soldier?
Do your eyes pop out?

THE SUN IS SHINING

The sun is shining,
Shining for a bright clear morning
Shining for the glowing children,
Shining, shining, shining, Shining for us all.

The rain is falling
Falling for the grass and flowers
Falling for the streams and rivers
Falling, falling, falling,
Falling for us all.

The world is turning,
Turning toward the singing daylight
Turning toward the gentleness of night
Turning, turning, turning,
Turning for us all,
Turning for us all.

WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

O, the summertime is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
blooms around the purple heather.
Will you go, laddie, go

CHORUS

And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go, laddie, go.

If my good friend will not go
I will surely find another
To pull wild mountain thyme
All around the purple heather
Will you go, laddie, go.

(CHORUS)

I will build my friend a bower
By yon clear and crystal fountain
And in it I will pile
All the flowers from the mountain
Will you go, laddie, go.

Repeat CHORUS

--TRADITIONAL 

CHICKEN

"C" is for the little chick "H" is for the momma hen "I"' cause I love that bird "C" for the cluck, cluck, cluck "K" for Kackle, Kackle, Kackle "E" and the little "N."

C-H-I-C-K-E-N that's the way to spell chicken

C-H-I-C-K-E-N that's my friend the chicken.

--TRADITIONAL Additional lyrics: NANCY CASSIDY

TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT

Watch me wallaby's feed, mate,
Watch me wallaby's feed,
They're a dangerous breed, mate,
So watch me wallaby's feed.

CHORUS:
Altogether now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.

Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl,
Keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
Just keep me cockatoo cool.

(CHORUS)

Take me koala back, Jack,
Take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac,
So take me Koala back.

(CHORUS)

Mind me platypus duck, Bill,
Mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amuck, Bill,
Just mind me platypus duck.

NANCY CASSIDY'S
Jubilee

Song Lyrics

Jubilee
Frere Jacques | Soundclip
Knees Up Mother Brown
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
| Soundclip
The Sun Is Shining
| Soundclip
Wild Mountain Thyme
Chicken
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
The MTA Song
Riddle Song
Everybody Knows I Love My Toes
This Land Is Your Land
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Soundclip
Jambataya
Squirming Worms
I Know Where l'm Going
I Wanna Be a Dog
Going to the Zoo
I'm Lucky There's a Sun | Soundclip
Peace Like a River
| Soundclip
Rubber Ducky
When the Saints Go Marching In

THE MTA SONG

CHORUS:
But did he ever return? No, he never returned
And his fate is still unlearned. Poor old Charlie
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man who never returned.

Charlie handed in his dime
at the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there the conductor told him
"One more nickel"
Charlie couldn't get off of that train.

(CHORUS)

Now all night long
     Charlie rides through the tunnel
Saying "What will become of me?"
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?

(CHORUS)

Charlie's wife goes down
to the Scolley Square Station
Every day at quarter past two
And through the open window
she hands Charlie a sandwich
As the train comes rumbling through.

(CHORUS)

---JACQUELINE STEINER & BESS HAWKES

RIDDLE SONG

I gave my love a cherry that had no stone:
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone.
I told my love a story that had no end:
I gave my love a baby with no crying.

How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
How can there be a story that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no crying?

A cherry when it's blooming, it has no stone;
A chicken when it's piping, it has no bone;
The story that I love you, it has no end;
A baby when it's sleeping, it's no crying.
 
--TRADITIONAL

EVERYBODY KNOWS I LOVE MY TOES

Everybody knows I love my eyes
Everybody knows I love my thighs.
I love my legs, my lips,
My neck and my nose.
But everybody knows I love my toes!

Everybody knows I love my feet.
Everybody knows I love my seat.
I love my skin, my chin,
My knees and my nose.
But everybody knows I love my toes!

(CHORUS)

---BARBARA ALLYN
Additional Iyrics: NANCY & JOHN CASSIDY

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

CHORUS:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the redwood forest
     to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.

(CHORUS)

I've roamed and rambled
     and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me.

(CHORUS)

When the sun came shining and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving
     and the dust clouds rolling
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting
This land was made for you and me.

(CHORUS)

---WOODY GUTHRIE

SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT

CHORUS:
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan and what did I see,
Coming for to carry me home,
A band of angels coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.

(CHORUS)

If you get there before I do
Coming for to carry me home
Tell all my friends I'm coming too
Coming for to carry me home

(CHORUS)

Sometimes I'm up and sometimes I'm down
Coming for to carry me home
But still my soul feels heavenly bound
Coming for to carry me home.

Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home.

--TRADITIONAL

JAMBALAYA

Good-bye, Joe, we gotta go, me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

CHORUS:
Jambalaya, crawfish pie, fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher a-mi-o
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

Thi-bo-do, Fon-tain-o, the place is buzzing
Kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
Dress in style, go hog wild, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou

(CHORUS)

Settle down, far from town, me oh my oh
And I'll catch all the big fish in the bayou
Swap my mon' to buy Yvonne what she need-o
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

(CHORUS)

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou. . .
 
HANK WILLIAMS
Words and Music ©1952 Acuff Opryland Music, Inc.

SQUIRMING WORMS

CHORUS:
There are lots of worms under the ground
Lots of worms wiggling around
I know they're way down there digging around
Way under, way under the ground

If you hear a sound from under a mound
A funny sound way down in the ground
You know it's squirmy worms
     just squirming around
Way under, way under the ground

So dig a hole into the ground
Reach down there and feel around
You'll find great big worms, by the pound
Way under, way under the ground

Then pull them up and show them around
Go get Dad from way downtown
You know he hates those worms
     from under the ground
Way under, way under the ground

I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING

CHORUS:
I know where I'm going
I know who's going with me
I know who I love
And my dear knows who I'll marry

(CHORUS)

I have stockings of silk
And shoes of bright green leather
Combs to buckle my hair
And a ring for every finger

(CHORUS)

Feather beds are soft
And painted rooms are bonnie
But I would give them all
For my handsome winsome Johnny

(CHORUS)

Some say he is poor
But I say he's bonnie
Fairest of them all
Is my handsome winsome Johnny

I know where I'm going
I know who's going with me
I know who I love
And my dear knows who I'll marry

--TRADITIONAL

NANCY CASSIDY'S
Jubilee

Song Lyrics

Jubilee
Frere Jacques | Soundclip
Knees Up Mother Brown
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
| Soundclip
The Sun Is Shining
| Soundclip
Wild Mountain Thyme
Chicken
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
The MTA Song
Riddle Song
Everybody Knows I Love My Toes
This Land Is Your Land
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
| Soundclip
Jambataya
Squirming Worms
I Know Where l'm Going
I Wanna Be a Dog
Going to the Zoo
I'm Lucky There's a Sun | Soundclip
Peace Like a River
| Soundclip
Rubber Ducky
When the Saints Go Marching In

I WANNA BE A DOG

Oh I wanna be a dog,
I wanna wag my tail
Chase cars, knock over garbage cans
Bite the lady that brings me the mail

Oh I wanna be a dog
I wanna dig big holes
I wanna chase French poodles
     and basset hounds
And look for telephone poles

CHORUS:
Oh I wanna have dog breath
I wanna learn to growl
Scratch fleas and ticks, and run after sticks
The moon's gonna make me howl

Oh l wanna be a dog
I wanna big wet nose
I wanna run on the street, get mud on my feet
And put it all over your clothes

(CHORUS)

Oh I wanna be a dog
I wanna lie around
Being human these days is getting a little crazy
I just want to be a hound.
Being human these days is getting a little crazy
I just want to be a hound.

---BARRY POLISAR

GOING TO THE ZOO

Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
     the zoo tomorrow, the zoo tomorrow,
Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
     and we can stay all day

CHORUS:
We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo
How about you, you, you
You can come too, too, too
We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

See the elephant with the long trunk swinging
Great big ears and the long trunk swinging
Stuffing up the peanuts with a long trunk swinging
And we can stay all day

(CHORUS)

See all the monkeys
     they're a scritch scritch scratchin'
Jumping around and a scritchscritch scratchin'
Hangin' by their long tails scritch scritch scratchin'
And we can stay all day

(CHORUS)

There's a big black bear he's a huff huff huffin'
Coat's too heavy he's a huff huff huffin'
Don't get too near the huff huff huffin'
Or you won't stay all day

(CHORUS)

Well the seals in the pooi all honk honk honkin'
They're catchin' the fish and honk honk honkin
The little tiny seals all honk honk honkin'
And we can stay all day

(CHORUS)

Well we've stayed all day and I'm gettin' sleepy
Sittin' in the car getting sleep, sleep, sleepy
Home already and I'm sleep sleep sleepy
'Cause we have stayed all day

We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo
We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo
So have you, you, you
You came too, too, too

Mamma's taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
     zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow
Mama's taking us to the zoo, tomorrow
     and we can stay all day!

I'M LUCKY THERE'S A SUN

CHORUS:
I'm lucky there's a sun
I'm lucky there're stars
I'm lucky there's a moon and a sky.
Andwhenlgoto bed,
Lay down my sleepy head,
I'm lucky there's you and I.

I'm glad the rains fall,
The winds blow,
The oceans roll and roll.
I'm glad the flowers bloom
The birds sing,
While the earth spins round and round.

(CHORUS)

I'm glad the children play,
The rivers flow,
And people love and grow.
I'm glad the mountains rise
To touch the skies
While the night turns toward the light.

(Repeat CHORUS)

---NANCY & CODY CASSIDY

PEACE LIKE A RIVER

I've got peace like a river,
I've got peace like a river
Peace like a river in my soul
And it flows like a river
And it flows like a river
Flows like a river in my soul.

I've got joy like a fountain
I've got joy like a fountain
Joy like a fountain in my soul
And it flows like a fountain
And it flows like a fountain
Flows like a fountain in my soul.

I've got love like an ocean
I've got love like an ocean
Love like an ocean in my soul
And it flows like an ocean
And it flows like an ocean
Flows like an ocean in my soul.

Repeat first verse.

WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN

When the sun begins to shine
When the sun begins to shine
Oh I want to be in that number
When the sun begins to shine.

(CHORUS)

When the trumpet sounds its call
When the trumpet sounds its call
Oh I want to be in that number
When the trumpet sounds its call.

(CHORUS)

When we raise our voice in song
When we raise our voice in song
Oh, I want to be in that number
When we raise our voice in song.

(CHORUS)

---EMMA COTTON

RUBBER DUCKY

Rubber Ducky you're the one
You make bathtime lots of fun
Rubber Ducky I'm awfully fond of you:
ShooBeDooBeDooBe

Rubber Ducky joy of joys
When I squeeze you, you make noise
Rubber Ducky you're
     my very best friend it's true:
Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Be

Every day when I make my way to the tubby
I find a little fellow who's
     cute and yellow and huggy
Rub a Dub Dubby

Rubber Ducky you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber Ducky I'm awfully fond of you:
ShooBeDooBeDooBe

Rubber Ducky you're so fine
And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber Ducky I'm awfully fond of you:
ShooBeDooBeDooBe
Rubber Ducky I'm awfully fond of you

---JEFFREY MOSS
Words and music © 1970 Festival Music