Up like a rocket,
Down like the rain,
Back & forth like a choo-choo train!
Round and round like a happy sun,
Up on your head...
Pinky and Thumb!

I'm a little monkey,
Climbing up the ladder,
Climbing up the tree to,
Eat a pink banana!
Gabrielle added the following verse:
And a dish of ice cream! (4th finger)

E0 Listen to the bird tweet
A0 Singing with his bird beak
A2 Perched upon his bird feet
A0 He thinks he sings real neat!

A0 Ball O' Fur is my cat;
E0 He's a furry grey cat,
E1 And he is a fat cat,
E0 'cause he eats tomatoes,
A3 pickles and potatoes
A2 cantaloupe and Fritos
A1 each day he gets fatter
A0 but it doesn't matter!

This is my violin,
This is where I put my chin, E A D G are the four strings,
And the "F" holes let it ring.

Here's the front and here's the back,
If I drop it, it might crack!
So I hold it close beside me,
Rest position you now see.

Button here, tailpeice there,
Bridge and fingerboard right here.
Pegs help keep my string in tune [the]
peg box holds the pegs so firm.

Mr. Scroll is dressed his best,
Looking down on all the rest.
Here's the bow and now I'll show [a
play] postion, 1 2 3.

original version copyright 1985, Susan Kempter [with new words by Lisa Miles that fit the rhythm better]

 Twinkle, twinkle little light,
sparkling in the arctic night.
Up above the clouds so high,
Blue-green ribbons in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle Northern Lights,
shimmer in my dreams tonight.

~ Shelley Gill copyright 1987
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Twinkle twinkle little star,
how I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle twinkle little star,
how I wonder what you are!

Go Tell Aunt Rhody,
Go tell Rhody,
Go tell Aunt Rhody,
Old grey goose is dead!

Died in the mill pond
died in the mill pond
died in the mill pond
On her head!

Go tell Aunt Rhody, 
Go tell Aunt Rhody, 
Go tell Aunt Rhody, 
Old grey goose is dead

A time to play Song of the Wind,
swirling through the trees,
swirling through the trees,
leaves are falling,
leaves are falling,
falling tumbling 'round and 'round.
Leaves are falling,
leaves are falling,
falling to the ground.

by Lisa Miles 
The first word "A" is also the first note. The fingers fall in pitch with the words  and the swirls and round and round words are to remind children of how their bow should move.

O come, little children,
O come, one and all.
All join hands together,
Both big ones and small.
For peace in our lifetime,
We offer this plea,
For peoples together,
For you and for me.

~ Sally Wood

Spring is here the cruise ships appear
hear the horns they're blowing.
See the people shop till they drop,
in their buses and helicops.
Spring is here the cruise ships appear
hear the horns they're blowing.

~ Lisa Miles

May Song, for Earth Day: Boise, Idaho

Spring is here the birds are near,
Listen to their singing.
Please don't liter our Mother Earth
Gather children, sing of her worth.
Spring is here the birds are near,
Plant a tree for singing.

~ by Lisa Miles and student Karen Guillory

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear
Long long ago, long long ago;
Sing me the songs I delighted to hear,
Long long ago, long ago.

Now that you're here, I'm not feeling so sad,
Let me forget, that I missed you so bad.
Sing me the songs I delighted to hear,
Long long ago, long ago.

~ original by Bayly; re-written by Lisa Miles

Popcorn popcorn, popping popping popcorn,
Popcorn popcorn, popping popping Pop!

repeat above words for each staccato line