Children's Songs CD5 -Let's Go! Travel, Camp and Car Songs

Let’s Go! takes you and your children on an adventure through music: you’ll explore the woods, star gaze on a cowboy’s range, dig for clams in San Francisco Bay, yodel with an ostrich on a mountain and visit 22 other traditional-now-hip places. Let’s Go! compiles 26 travel, camp & car songs, providing more than an hour of entertainment (perfect for road trips.) As with all Rock Me Baby Records CDs, this CD offers fresh, upbeat styles, real instruments, lots of voices, and interesting takes on the old favorites - adding cool rhythms and contemporary arrangements.

Let’s Go! is Susie Tallman and Rock Me Baby Records’ sixth album in a collection of award-winning music, popular with both children and parents. Let’s Go! was recorded in Sydney & Melbourne Australia with producers Mark O’Connor and Peter Farnan. The guest artists include Peter Maslen on drums, Greg O’Connor on ukelele and vocals, Michael Reily Burke, Maude Farnan, Stella Farnan and Roberta O’Connor on vocals.

“Road trips and campfires make up strong childhood memories and they were always accompanied by song. Between my parents, brother and grandparents, we sung all the time.  My grandfather was a park ranger-naturalist at Yosemite and Lassen National Parks in the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Not only did my grandfather take campers on nature hikes, he led campfires and taught songs, played the banjo and violin, so he passed down many of his camp favorites, including “Ain’t Gonna Rain No More, 1000 Legged Worm, You Are My Sunshine, Oh Susanna, The Old Family Toothbrush. I decided to make this record to encourage the family to get together and sing in the car and hopefully create a soundtrack for vacations.”

Rock Me Baby Records has won the Parents’ Choice Gold Award for Lullaby Themes for Sleepy Dreams, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum & Gold Awards and the Parents’ Choice recommended for Classic Nursery Rhymes, the iParenting & Oppenheim Gold Award for Children’s Songs, A Collection of Childhood Favorites and the iParenting Award for Classical Baby. Tallman’s CDs have also been recommended in Parenting, Baby Talk, Fit Pregnancy, Child and other National Publications.

Singer Susie Tallman graduated UCLA with a BA in voice performance. She further evolved her voice traveling and singing all around the world, nicely preparing her to present these travel, camp and car songs. Susie currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her husband and daughter, baby Tessa.

"Susie records music of quality for young children. It is her mission to provide music that is an alternative to the plethora of that genre offered commercially that is childish instead of child-like, sarcastic instead of sincere, a kind of music that fails to honor children and childhood. She is dedicated to excellence as she chooses materials that reflect traditional, heritage, and Classical forms, all performed artistically and in a beautifully natural style. In today's society, parents have often forgotten or lost the ability to share songs with their children. Here, they have a wonderful model and a way to give their children a repertoire and vocabulary to accompany their journey through their very important formative years."

—Louise Loomis (Director New Mexico Symphony Children’s Chorus)

Song List

	1. Let’s Go			14. Swiiming Hole
	2. Polly Wolly Doodle			15. The Ostrich Song
	3. Madalina Catalina			16. Blowin’ in the Wind
	4. Throw it out the Window			17. Boom Chicka Boom
	5. Going on a Bear Hunt			18. Yankee Doodle
	6. On Top of Spaghetti			19. Mary Ann McCarty
	7. A Sailor Went to Sea			20. Clementine
	8. Oh! Susanna			21. Aint’ Gonna Rain No More
	9. You are My Sunshine			22. There’s A Hole in the Bucket
	10. The Old Family Toothbrush			23. 1000 Legged Worm
	11. Sippin’ Cider through a Straw			24. Home on the Range
	12. Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?			25. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
	13. I Love the Mountains			26. To Morrow

Lyrics

1. Let’s Go! By Susie Tallman, Greg O’Connor and Peter Farnan

Let’s go, let’s go, come on let’s go, oh oh
Grab your friends and go
Let’s go, go let’s go
Let’s go, hideee, hideee ho

Let’s go, we’re on our way
Start movin’ its a beautiful day
Get together and here we go
We’re on an adventure it’s hideee, hideee ho

Take the car, bus or plane
Ride a bike, or even take the train
See the sights and have some fun
Start movin’ we can catch some sun…

Right turn, left turn, motor bike
Back up, go straight, now turn right
Right turn, left turn, motor bike
Back up, go straight, now turn right

Let’s go…
Let’s go travel, we’ll meet new friends
Let’s go where the fun never ends
We can hike, smell the flowers
Hey look it’s the Eiffel Tower

2. Polly Wolly Doodle Traditional

Oh, I went down south for to see my Sal
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day
My Sal she is a spunky gal
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day

Chorus:
Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well my fairy fay
For I’m going to Louisiana, for to see my Susyanna
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day

Oh, my Sal, she is a maiden fair
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day
With curly eyes and laughing hair
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day

I came to the river and couldn’t get across
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day
So I jumped on a donkey and thought he was a hoss
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day

A grasshopper sitting on a railroad track
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day
A picking his teeth with a carpet tack
Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day

3. Madalina Catalina Camp Song

Madalina Catalina Whoopastina Wilamina
Oopsy Doopsy Woopsy was her name
Madalina Catalina Whoopastina Wilamina
Oopsy Doopsy Woopsy was her name

She had two eyes that were in her head,
One was yellow and the other was red
Madalina Catalina Whoopastina Wilamina
Oopsy Doopsy Woopsy was her name

She had two teeth in her mouth
One pointed east and the other pointed south
Madalina Catalina Whoopastina Wilamina
Oopsy Doopsy Woopsy was her name

She had two birds on her shoe
One named Sam and the other named Sue
She had two parrots that could dance
One from England and the other from France

Featuring Maz
Additional lyrics Susie

4. Throw it Out the Window Camp Song

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey
Then along came a spider and sat down beside her
And she threw it out the window
The window, the second story window
Then along came a spider and sat down beside her
And she threw it 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
But when she got there the cupboard was bare
So she threw it out the window

A tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket
I took a basket to my love
And he threw it out the window
The window, the second story window
I took a basket to my love
And he threw it out the window

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them
But leave them alone and when they come home
She’ll throw them out the window
The window, the second story window
But leave them alone and when they come home
She’ll throw them out the window

All around the cobblers bench the monkey chased the weasel
The monkey thought it was all in fun
Till they threw him out the window
The window, the second story window
The monkey thought it was all in fun
Till they threw him out the window

Yankle Doodle went to town riding on a pony
He stuck a feather in his cap
And he threw it out the window
The window, the second story window
He stuck a feather in his cap
And he threw it out the window

The window, the window, the second story window
He stuck a feather in his cap
And he threw it out the window
The window

5. Going On A Bear Hunt Camp Song

The other day, I saw a bear
A great big bear, a way up there

He looked at me, I looked at him
He sized up me, I sized up him

He said to me, why don’t you run
It’s clear to me, you have no gun

And so I ran, away from there
And right behind me was that bear

In front of me, there was a tree
A great big tree, in front of me

The lowest branch, was ten feet up
I’d have to jump and trust my luck

And so I jumped into the air
But I missed that branch away up there

Now don’t you fret and don’t you frown
Cuz I caught that branch on my way down

Featuring Maz

6. On Top of Spaghetti Traditional

On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor
And then my poor meatball, rolled out of the door

It rolled in the garden, and under a bush
And then my poor meatball, was nothing but mush
The mush was as tasty, as tasty could be
And then the next summer, it grew into a tree

The tree was all covered, with beautiful moss
It grew lovely meatballs, and tomato sauce
So, if you eat spaghetti, all covered with cheese
Hold onto your meatballs, and don’t ever sneeze

7. A Sailor Went to Sea Camp Song

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea
To see what he could see, see, see
And all that he could see, see, see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea

Progressively faster

8. Oh! Susanna Traditional

I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
And I’m goin’ to Louisiana, my true love for to see
It rained all night before I left, the weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna don’t you cry

Chorus:
Oh! Susanna Oh don’t you cry for me
For I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee

I had a dream the other night, when everything was still
I thought I saw Susanna a coming down the hill
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
A tear was in her eye
Says I, I’m coming from the South, Susanna don’t you cry

I soon will be in New Orleans, and then I’ll look around
And when I find Susanna, I’ll fall upon the ground
But if I do not find her, then I will surely die
And when I’m dead and buried, Susanna don’t you cry

9. You Are My Sunshine Traditional

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

The other night dear when I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head down and cried

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

10. The Old Family Toothbrush Camp Song

The old family toothbrush, the old family toothbrush
The old family toothbrush, that hung on the wall

First it was father’s, then it was mother’s
Then it was brother’s, and now it is mine
Father first used it, mother refused it
Brother abused it, and now it is mine

The old family toothbrush, the old family toothbrush
The old family toothbrush, that hung on the wall

11. Sippin’ Cider Through A Straw Traditional

The cutest guy, I ever saw
Was sippin’ ci-der through a straw
I told that guy, I didn’t see how
He sipped that ci-der through a straw

Then cheek to cheek, and jaw to jaw
We sipped that ci-der through a straw
And now and then, that straw would slip
And he’d sip some ci-der from my lip

And now I’ve got a mother-in-law
From sippin’ ci-der through a straw
The moral of this little tale
Is to sip your ci-der through a pale

12. Where Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone? Traditional

Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long
Oh where, oh where can he be?

My little dog always wags his tail
Whenever he wants his grog
And if the tail were more strong than he
The tail would waggle the dog

Featuring ‘Scruffy’ the dog

13. I Love the Mountains Traditional Round

I Love the mountains, I love the rolling hills
I love the flowers, I love the daffodils
I love the fireside when all the lights are low
Boom dee-ah-da, Boom dee ah-da
Boom dee ah-da, Boom dee ah-da

14. Swimming Hole Camp Song

Swimming, swimming, in the swimming hole,
When days are hot and days are cold, in the swimming hole
Side stroke, breast stroke, fancy diving too
Wouldn’t be nice if there was nothing else to do

But…

Swimming, swimming, in the swimming hole
When days are hot and days are cold, in the swimming hole
Side stroke, breast stroke, fancy diving too
Wouldn’t be nice if there was nothing else to do

15. The Ostrich Song Camp Song

Oh, an ostrich went yodeling on a mountain so high,
When along came a cuckoo bird interrupting his cry
Yodee-oh, yodel-ee-ah-cuckee, yodel-ee-ah-cuckee-cuckoo,
yodel-ee-ahh-cuckee-cuckoo.

…mountaineer, mountain goat, skier

16. Blowin’ in the Wind Bob Dylan

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ‘n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

(Copyright 1962; renewed 1990 Special Rider Music)

17. Boom Chicka Boom Camp Song

Leader: I said a Boom Chicka Boom
All: Repeat
Leader: I said a Boom Chicka Boom
All: Repeat
Leader: I said a Boom Chicka Racka
Chicka Racka Chicka Boom
All: Repeat Leader: Uh huh
All: Repeat Leader: Oh Yeah
All: Repeat Leader: One more time
Like a…cowboy; jazz singer; opera singer
Elvis; old lady; quiet mouse
Featuring Burkie, Spock and Stella

18. Yankee Doodle Traditional

Yankee Doodle went to town
A-riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni

Chorus:
Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the music and the step
And with the girls be handy

Father and I went down to camp
Along with Captain Gooding
And there we saw the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding

And there was Captain Washington
Upon a slapping stallion
A-giving orders to his men
I guess there was a million

Uncle Sam came there to change
Some pancakes and some onions
For lasses cake to carry home
To give his wife and young ones

19. Mary Ann McCarty Traditional

Mary Ann McCarty, she went out to dig some clams
Mary Ann McCarty, she went out to dig some clams
Mary Ann McCarty, she went out to dig some clams
But she didn’t get a single solitary clam

All that Mary got was oysters
All that Mary got was oysters
All that Mary got was oysters
But she didn’t get a single solitary clam

20. Clementine Traditional

In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Clementine

Chorus:
Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine

Light she was, and like a fairy, and her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine
Drove she ducklings to the water every morning just at nine
Hit her foot against a splinter, fell into the foaming brine

Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft and fine
Alas for me! I was no swimmer, so I lost my Clementine
Now ye Boy Scouts, heed the warning to this tragic tale of mine
Artificial respiration would have saved my Clementine

21. It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More Camp Song

Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It ain’t gonna rain no more
How do you suppose the old folks know
It ain’t gonna rain no more?

Oh, I went to see Miss Susie
She was standing at the door
Shoes and stockings in her hand
And her feet all over the floor

Chorus:
Oh, it ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It ain’t gonna rain no more
How do you suppose the old folks know
It ain’t gonna rain no more?

Oh, a raccoon’s tail is very long
A possum’s tail is fair
But a rabbit has no tail at all
Just a little bunch of hair

A peanut sat on the railroad track
It’s heart was all a flutter
The five fifteen came roaring by
Toot toot peanut butter

Mary had a little watch
She swallowed it one day
She took a dose of castor oil
To pass the time away

Oh the butterfly has wings of gold
The firefly wings of flame
The bedbug has no wings at all
But he gets there just the same

22. There’s a Hole in The Bucket Traditional

There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza, there’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole
Then mend it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, then mend it dear Henry, dear Henry, mend it
With what shall I mend it dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I mend it dear Liza, with what?
With straw dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw
The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza, the straw is too long dear Liza, too long
Then cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, then cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it

With what shall I cut it dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I cut it dear Liza, with what?
With a knife dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a knife dear Henry, dear Henry a knife
The knife is too blunt, dear Liza, dear Liza, the knife is too blunt dear Liza, too blunt
Then sharpen it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, then sharpen it dear Henry, dear Henry sharpen it
With what shall I sharpen it dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I sharpen it dear Liza, with what?
With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a stone dear Henry, dear Henry a stone

The stone is too dry dear Liza, dear Liza, the stone is too dry dear, Liza too dry
Then wet it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, then wet it dear Henry, dear Henry wet it
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I wet it dear Liza, with what?
With water dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, with water dear Henry, dear Henry water
With what shall I get it dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I get it, dear Liza with what?
With a bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, a bucket dear Henry, dear Henry bucket
There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza, there’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole

23. IOOO Legged Worm Camp Song

Said the thousand legged worm
As he gave a little squirm
Has anybody seen a leg of mine?
If it can’t be found, I’ll have to hop around
On the other nine hundred ninety-nine

Hop around, hop around
On the other nine hundred ninety-nine
If it can’t be found I’ll have to hop around
On the other nine hundred ninety-nine

24. Home on the Range Traditional

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

Chorus:
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free
The breezes are balmy and lite
That I would not exchange my home on the range
For all of the cities so bright

How often at night when the heavens are bright
With the light from the glittering stars
Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of ours

25. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Traditional

My Bonnie lies over the ocean, my Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies over the ocean, oh, bring back my Bonnie to me
Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my Bonnie to me

Oh blow ye winds over the ocean, oh blow ye winds over the sea
Oh blow ye winds over the ocean, and bring back my Bonnie to me

The winds have blown over the ocean, the winds have blown over the sea
The winds have blown over the ocean and brought back my Bonnie to me

My Bonnie’s complexion is lovely, her face it was beauteous to see
One day she got caught in a rainstorm, oh bring back my Bonnie to me

26. to Morrow Yosemite Camp Song

I started on a journey about a year ago
To the little town of Morrow in the state of Ohio
Now I wasn’t much on travelling and I really didn’t know
That Morrow had been ridiculed a century ago

I went down to the station for my ticket and applied
For tips regarding Morrow not expecting to be guide
Said I young man I’d like to go to Morrow and return,
not later than tomorrow cuz I haven’t time to burn

Said he to me now let me see if I have heard you right
You’d like to go to Morrow and return tomorrow night
You should have gone to Morrow yesterday and back today
Cuz the train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon its way

If you had started yesterday to Morrow don’t you see
You could have gone to Morrow and returned today at 3:00
But the train today to Morrow if the schedule is alright
today it gets to Morrow and comes back tomorrow night

Said I my boy it seems to me you’re talking through your hat
Is there a town named Morrow on your line now tell me that?
There is said he but take from me quite a little tip
To go from here to Morrow is a fourteen hour trip

The train today to Morrow leaves today 8:35
Half after ten tomorrow is the time it should arrive
And if from here to Morrow is a fourteen hour jump
Can you go today to Morrow and come back today my boy?

Said I, I want to go to Morrow, can I go today?
And get to Morrow by tonight if there is no delay?
Well, well said he explained to me and I’ve no more to say
Can you go anywhere tomorrow and come back again today?

Said I, I guess you know it all, but kindly let me say
How can I go to Morrow if I leave the town today?
Said he you cannot go to Morrow anymore today
Cuz the train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon its way

I was so disappointed I was mad enough to swear
The train had gone to Morrow and had left me standing there
The man was right in telling me I was a howling jay
And I didn’t go to Morrow so I guess I’ll go today