Feb 2022 children counting silly
A counting children’s song with a little simple silly nonsense
I love Berni’s simple straightforward acapella version here. Lovely melody and I always enjoy his vocals. I am grateful for his rendition and the very different and wonderful renditions by two fellow Wisconsin FAWMers!!
Very rarely have I had more than one FAWM friend want to do the same lyric and I didn’t not expect that anyone would pick this lyric up. But I am grateful and awed by the talent and generosity of FAWMers!
[@darcistrutt] brought the same lyric to life with a delightful classic children’s version:
https://fawm.org/songs/127334/
[@dasbinky] shredded it with a punk pop beat and rocking guitar solos:
https://fawm.org/songs/126871/
What? No!!!
V1
there’s one goose in the grass
two ducks on the deck
three rabbits in the roses
four fish sitting on the fence
what?
no!
that doesn’t make sense
there’s no fish there
no fish on the fence
V2
there are five bees in the bush
six toads in the trees
seven raccoons in the rubbish
eight bears flying in the breeze
what?
no!
I have never seen these
there’s no bears there
no bears in the breeze
V3
there are nine dogs in the dirt
ten snails in the sand
eleven horses in the hay
twelve pigs wearing purple pants
what?
no!
nobody has seen that
there’s no pigs there
no pigs in purple pants
@bithprod Mar 2022
This took me back to when my grandmother used to sing me children's songs, which I suppose sparked my interest in music. Not calling you old. ;) Really good performance of what reads like a classic rhyme, so well done, both of you.
@nancycunning Mar 2022
Oh, this is fun. Reminds me of making goofy little songs and stories with my kids when they were littler. Great collaboration. (I found I wanted the last time through to have something goofy and unexpected happen, like maybe the disagreement is just to say, can't you see, can't you count, there aren't 12 pigs in purple pants, there are 13.....)
@dragondreams Mar 2022
Superb! A fantastic rendition of a lovely children's song. :-)
@bethdesombre Mar 2022
How could I pass up on something with that title?! This is completely adorable. I love counting songs, and I like the "What No?!" section; how each of them picks up on the improbable one to challenge. Melody chosen (and its a capella simplicity) is perfect for the song.
@audrey Mar 2022
What a perfect children's song. This should be on a toddler's morning TV show for sure. Wonderful lyrics that exploit how much kids love finding things out of place and telling everybody about it. Ha ha. And Bernie, you came up with such a lively and catchy little ditty for this lovely lyric that would surely have kids laughing and singing along. Love this!
@feb21sundari Feb 2022
Awesome write. I like the dialog in between makes it usable for kindergarden... the kids will love that especially the" Pigs in purple pants"
@darcistrutt Feb 2022
@berni1954 did come up with a similar feeling to mine. Obviously the lyric had a strong rhythm! Fun to listen to.
@janeg Feb 2022
Kids are going to love this! And the kid’s concert I went to last week online was about 80% people who would legally be adults but chose not to be for a while. Or ever again.
@skibum1066 Feb 2022
If it's OK with you, I will try to put this crazy kid's song to music. Let me know.
@estebanlartigue Feb 2022
Fun!!!
@downburst Feb 2022
Haha, perfect. What a fun song this would be to play for kids.
@bethkille Feb 2022
Hahaha! Yes!! Super.
@colgoo Feb 2022
Cute and very fun…
@williamhaight Feb 2022
really great! You always come up with great lyric.
@zeekle1998 Feb 2022
Love this. The pigs in pants especially. In the UK pants are your underwear not your trousers.
@beat Feb 2022
As for the Bears, I would have to go with @dzdandcunfsd .
Very nice lyrics.
@sheilerk Feb 2022
Oh, by the way, snails in the sand?!! I thought sand in my bathing suit was bad, but I can only imagine those poor snails. ;)
@sheilerk Feb 2022
This will be so much fun! I’ll come back and give it a listen after Darci does her thing with it :D
@dzdandcunfsd Feb 2022
Bears don't fly in the breeze? I might need to cut back on my intake :)
This is really cute, and would be a great singalong for the little ones, or anyone but its nice to use the kids as an excuse to sing silly songs.
@timfatchen Feb 2022
This is a cutie, it'd fit infant/early primary so well!
[@darcistrutt got in first. I need to sharpen my reflexes. ]
@taracraig Feb 2022
So fun!
@darcistrutt Feb 2022
Cute lyric! I’d like to give a go at adding music if you’re okay with that.
@johnstaples Feb 2022
Hey Liz! This is delightful!!! Such a clever technique to do several correct statements followed by a silly one. Kids will LOVE this! I could see getting a chorus of kids to yell "NO" at the right moment each time through. Really lovely little set of lyrics!
@rwhosings Feb 2022
I love this! I want to sing it with my kindies!
Can't wait to hear what gets done with it!
@valeriecox Feb 2022
Cute! Kinda like the 12 days of Christmas only way more zany. But you saw my 12 purple pant wearing pigs, did you? They like compliments. I hope you told them how stylish they look.
@cindyrella Feb 2022
Liz! This is fab and will make such a good kids song! Let me know when it has music.