Feb 2022 lyrics-only collab songskirmish skirmish atrainstation s021022
Skirmish #021022
Theme: A train station
Amanda lyrics: Broke my record for this one at 9 minutes lol
OK some of the line lengths need twiddling...
Music and vocals by @metalfoot aka the wonderful Alex. The full song recording is posted here: https://fawm.org/songs/132219/
Toot toot toot sang the little blue engine
As he swooped down through the valley
Peep peep peep sang his friend the monkey
Sitting on the coal car right behind
Toot toot toot as he passed by the farmer
Taking his cows in to milk them
Moo moo moo said the small black and white one
Waddling along full of milk for us
Toot toot toot as he passed a shepherd
Tending his sheep all fluffy
Baa baa baa said Fiona the furry one
Munching on clover as he flew right by
Toot toot toot sang the little blue engine
To his friends the ducks on the pond
Quack quack quack said Esmerelda
The one with the feathers tipped in green
Toot toot toot as he slowed for the station
Passengers keen to get home for tea
Beep beep beep went the mobile phones
Endlessly prodded oh boy whoopee
@petemurphy Feb 2022
I love well written children's songs (my favourite is "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"), and this has the potential to be a great one.
And 9 minutes!??! Bloody hell! That's what they call skill skill skill!
Toot toot!
@berni1954 Feb 2022
This could be a delightful children's song.
@mikeskliar Feb 2022
ha, fun how the beep beep of the mobile phones becomes another 'natural sound'!
@misterdemp Feb 2022
Fun and silly write up for the kids!
@jwhanberry Feb 2022
This makes me think of records I had as a child like "The Little Engine That Could" and a couple more. Very cute.
@cindyrella Feb 2022
This is delightful! Such a sweet children's song!
@jtsteam Feb 2022
Lovely lyrics! It made me think of the Thomas the Tank Engine books I used to read as a child although there were never any mobile phones in those...
@spazsquatch Feb 2022
This is pretty adorable. Certainly made me smile.
@porrectus Feb 2022
I would sing this song with my students. Nice work!
@roddy Feb 2022
Very nice writing. A kind of children's storybook but with adults in mind.
@clioem Feb 2022
Incredibly cute! I see a sharon, lois and brahm kind of vibe to this. Seventies small instruments and shakers, perhaps?
@keithcuts Feb 2022
cute
I particularly like the last verse with the mobile phones ref
so current so chic!
@musicsongwriter Feb 2022
Lovely cute lyrics. Fun to read.
@devslev Feb 2022
I have the rhymes and words in my head, but not sure if they match the intent. Fun to read as well and reminds me of all of the kids songs I played for my two young ones.
@nancycunning Feb 2022
Awww. It takes me back to singing Down By The Station over and over again when my kids were small.
Quack Quack Quack said Esmeralda - a magical world where even the ducks have names.....
@metalfoot Feb 2022
Very cute!