"Swimming In Jello" - Lyrics

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KIDPOP!
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

Everywhere you go, everywhere you look
Kids are playing games, kids are reading books,
Kids are boppin’ ‘ round to their own kid beat,
They got their own kid music and it’s really neat,
We call it KidPop!
KidPop!

CHORUS:
All around the world, it’s the sound of boys and girls
And they’re doing things kids love to do and making music, too!
We call it KidPop!
KidPop!

It’s the sound of playing ball and swinging on swings
Sliding on slides and hanging on rings
Running through the sprinkler in the hot summer sun
It’s the sound kids make when they’re having fun
We call it KidPop!
KidPop!

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KidPop! KidPop!

REPEAT FIRST VERSE AND CHORUS

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SWIMMING IN JELLO
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

I had a crazy dream the other night;
I fell asleep as soon as I turned out the light.
I dreamed that I was by the riverside.
And on the other side, my sister stood
With a hot fudge sundae that looked really good;
She said that I could eat it if I made it to the other side.
So I jumped in, and tried to swim

CHORUS:
But I was swimming in Jello,
The Jello was yellow,
Jello ‘tween my toes and in my hair;
I was swimming in Jello,
The Jello was yellow;
Swimming in Jello but I wasn’t getting anywhere.

Oh well, I don’t know what was in my head;
It must have been that pizza that I ate before bed
That made me have that wild and crazy dream.
Because I couldn’t dog paddle and I couldn’t do the crawl;
I tried to eat the Jello but I couldn’t eat it all,
I had to save some room for that ice cream.
So I jumped in, and tried to swim

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BRIDGE:
And then when I looked down below me what a strange sight I did see
There were gummy fish and gummy whales
And gummy mermaids with gummy tails!

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When I woke up the sun was shining.
My Mama came in ‘cause she heard me whining!
She said, “My dear, what gave you such a fright?”
So I told her about my crazy dream
About the yellow Jello and the fudge ice cream,
And she said, “No more pizza late at night!”
‘Cause I jumped in, and tried to swim….”

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TAKE ME TO YOUR READER
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

I was reading by my window late one night
When a bright light lit up the sky.
I heard a crash and a clatter, I said, “What is the matter?
It can’t be Santa Claus ‘cause it’s only July.
And then that same bright light lit up my room
And in walked a strange looking creature.
He held out his hand- at least I THINK it was a hand-
And he said, “Hi there! I’m sure glad to meet ya!”

CHORUS:
And he said, “Take me to your reader, ‘cause I’m in search of a leader,
Somebody’s all that I need, oh who can teach me to read
And I would sure like to meet her, or him.”
Oh he said, “Take me to your reader, it could be Mary or Peter,
And I don’t care how he looks as long as she can read books!”
He said, “Take me to your reader, Oh yeah!”

Then he sat down on my sofa and made himself at home
And proceeded to explain.
He said, “My planet’s no fun; we’ve done it all and we’re done!
We need something new to educate and entertain.
Deep in outer space we’ve got satellite TV,
But we don’t have any books, not a one;
So we’ve been watching Reading Rainbow,
And Sesame Street with Elmo,
We want to learn to read ‘cause it looks like fun!

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BRIDGE:
So I said, “Please Mr. Spaceman, I think I can help;
‘Cause I’ve got lots of books right here on my shelf
And I’ll read them to you all night long
If you’ll leave me here on Earth where I belong!”

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WILD ONE
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

CHORUS:
I’m a wild one, I like to have wild fun!
I like to run around the house in my pajamas,
And do the things I only do at Grandma’s,
‘Til Mama says, “Go to bed! You’re too wild tonight!”

Well I never could have planned it, and I just don’t understand it;
How that crack got in Mom’s new picture frame.
‘Cause you know, I didn’t bump it; well, maybe I DID thump it,
But even if I did you know I’m really not blame, ‘cause…

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No, I didn’t tease my sister, Oh I swear I only kissed her;
And I don’t know why she’s crying so hard.
‘Cause I didn’t take her dolly, not that pretty one named Molly,
And I don’t know how it got into that big hole out the yard, ‘cause…

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JUMP ROPE QUEEN
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

Every day at recess I watch this little girl,
She’s the best jump roper in the whole wide world!
She can Red Hot Pepper, she can Crossies, too!
She can even jump backwards! I wish I could, don’t you?

CHORUS 1:
She’s the jump rope queen; the best jump roper I’ve ever seen
The jump rope queen, she can cause a playground scene;
The jump rope queen, she oughta be on a magazine!
She’s the jump rope queen.

Every day at recess I watch this little boy, too.
I think it’s just amazing, the things that he can do.
He can jump rope so fast, that jump rope disappears!
I bet that he could jump rope for a million years.

CHORUS 2:
He’s the jump rope king; he can jump rope like anything!
The jump rope king, he’s got the rhythm, he’s got the swing,
The jump rope king, he can make that jump rope sing,
He’s the jump rope king.

Cinderella dressed in yella, went upstairs to kiss a fella
Made a mistake and kissed snake! How many doctors did it take?
Fudge, fudge, call the judge, Mama’s having a baby!
Daddy’s going crazy! How many babies will she have?
Now JUMP!

When they get together, the whole playground joins in,
Everybody takes turns, and it’s the best it’s ever been.
We do “Strawberry Shortcake”, and all those jump rope rhymes
And if you’d come and join us, you’d have a real good time…

CHORUS 3:
We’re the jump rope queens and kings
We can jump rope like anything!
The jump rope queens and kings
We’ve got the rhythm, we’ve got the swing
The jump rope queens and kings
We can make that jump rope sing…
We’re the jump rope queens and kings!
Queens and kings, queens and kings!

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BUG HUNTIN’
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

CHORUS:
Going bug huntin’ (going bug huntin’)
Going bug huntin’ (going bug huntin’)
In my backyard (in my backyard)
Got myself a jar (got myself a jar)
Gonna find some things I haven’t seen yet,
Gonna take them home and make ‘em my pets.
Going bug huntin’ (going bug huntin’)
Going bug huntin’ (going bug huntin’)

Underneath my back porch stairs,
There’s some creepy creatures there.
They don’t like to see the light
So I’ll put one in my brother’s bed tonight!

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In my garden there’s a rock.
Turn it over, get a shock!
Great big, shiny beetle bugs
And if you’re lucky you might find a slug!

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BRIDGE:
Come over here, there’s giant spider web (SCREAM!)

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THE WONDERFUL APPLE TREE
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

I used to have an apple tree in my back yard;
It had a million branches, and climbing it wasn’t hard.
In fact I climbed it every day in Spring, Summer and Fall;
And came the time to move away I missed it most of all.

CHORUS:
Oh apple tree, oh apple tree;
I’ll never forget what you meant to me;
In every kid’s life there ought to be
A wonderful apple tree.

One day I climbed up to the top of my apple tree
And Mama had to get the man next door to come and rescue me.
I had my favorite branches and games that I would play,
And when I wanted just to be alone I’d climb up there and stay.

REPEAT CHORUS

Alright! Let’s climb that tree…c’mon you can do it!

Someday I’m gonna grow up and buy a house of my own;
I don’t care if it has an oven, or a telephone.
The color might be polka dot, it doesn’t matter much to me;
As long as in the backyard there’s a wonderful apple tree.

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In every kid’s life there ought to be a wonderful apple tree!

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READ A BOOK TO ME
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

CHORUS:
Read a book, read a book to me,
I want to hear a story!
Oh, read a book, read a book to me!
I hear it’s better than TV;
Oh, I want to hear a story!

Read to me from Peter Pan, I want to fly to Neverland,
Maybe we’ll even see Captain Hook
I bet he’s even scarier in the book!

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Read to me from Dr. Seuss, read to me from Mother Goose
Or read about the Babysitter’s Club
Or the Cat in the Hat who eats cake in the tub!
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RAP:
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, The Stupids always make me smile.
Clifford, Arthur, Peter Rabbit…
Reading is my favorite habit!
Frog and Toad, and Corduroy
American Girls and the Hardy Boys,
The Magic School Bus, Pocahontus
Goosebumps never fail to haunt us!
So many stories they have told
I’ll be reading ‘til I’m a hundred years old!

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DR. RIXIE FROM DIXIE
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

I fell off a balance beam into the dirt,
I mashed up my elbow and it really hurt.
Off to the hospital, I was so scared
Until I met a really friendly doctor there.

He said, “Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of you.
I’ll get out my hammer, my nails and my glue.”
He fixed up my elbow, he put in a pin!
And now I’d like to introduce you to him…

CHORUS:
He’s Dr. Rixie from Dixie and he’s really swell
He’s Dr. Rixie from Dixie and he made me well!
He’s Dr. Rixie from Dixie, he is The Man!
Dr. Rixie from Dixie, he’s the best in the land.

Down at the gym I tripped on a mat,
I twisted my ankle, and then I went “splat!”
Back to the hospital lickety-split
To see if Dr. Rixie could repair it.

He said, “Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of you.
I’ll get out my hammer, my nails and my glue.”
He untwisted my ankle, now I’m in good shape!
He fixed it with a popsicle stick and tape!

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I ran through the living room fast as I could.
The table I hit, it was marble, not wood.
Back to the hospital in the same place,
To see if Dr. Rixie could fix my face.

He said, “Don’t you worry, I’ll take care of you.
I’ll get out my hammer, my nails and my glue.”
He took out a needle and some shiny thread
And then he did embroidery on my head!

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LADYBUG, LADYBUG
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

CHORUS:
Ladybug, ladybug (ladybug, ladybug)
Ladybug, ladybug (ladybug, ladybug)
Ladybug, ladybug (ladybug, ladybug)
La, la, la, la, ladybug

You’re a friend to all the flowers,
Eating flower-eatin’ bugs.
And I could hang around with you for hours.
I wish that I could give you hugs,
Oh, oh, oh

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You like to fly around my garden
Covered in those little spots.
And I was wondering, I beg your pardon,
Do you have the chicken pox?
Oh, oh, oh

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I used to think bugs were disgusting,
Beetle bugs, spiders and slugs!
But you’re so little, and so trusting;
You’re the queen of all the bugs!

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

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TRY, TRY
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

CHORUS:
Try, try, you gotta try!
When something is so hard you just want to cry.
You’ve gotta put your heart and soul into it,
Don’t you know that you can do it!
All you gotta do is try!

Learning to jump rope isn’t easy.
Seems like you’re always tangled up.
But if you keep on trying, soon you’ll be flying!
Don’t you dare give up!
You just gotta

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Learning to skate can make you crazy,
So many bruises and banged up knees.
But one day, I know, you’re gonna get up and go!
Skating will be a breeze!
You just gotta

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Here I am playing the piano
I bet it looks easy to you,
But it took me years to learn and now it’s your turn
Find out what you can do!

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BRIDGE (repeat several times):
I think I can, I think I can

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THE LOST LIBRARY BOOK BLUES
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

I walked into the library, the librarian gave me a look.
I knew that she was thinking about my overdue library book
I took it out over three months ago and I haven’t returned it yet.
Don’t ask me where I put it, ‘cause it seems that I forget!

CHORUS:
It was eaten by an alligator…it disappeared into the fog.
Mama put it in the ‘fridgerator and my brother fed it to the dog.
It was abducted by an alien and taken up to the moon.
I’ll have to pay a big fat fine it I don’t find that book real soon,
Gotta find that book real soon.

Now, I don’t mean to be dishonest, I don’t mean to tell a lie.
And I don’t mean to tell a tall tale, I just need an alibi.
If you’d give me a few more days I’m sure that I’d remember.
On second thought, maybe you’d better give me ‘til December, ‘cause

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BRIDGE:
Has this ever happened to you?
Tell me, tell me, what did you do?
When your book was overdue
Did you sing the lost library book blues?

I finally found that book under my sister’s bed one day;
I took it back, and shoveled snow all winter for the fine I had to pay.
The lesson of this story is RESPONSIBILITY!
‘Cause if you lose a library book you’ll be singing a song like me!

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MEMERE’S HOUSE
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

At Memere’s house we stay up late and night and watch TV,
We watch the Wheel of Fortune and she plays the game with me;
And Memere’s not too busy for a game of cards.
We do jigsaw puzzles – 200 pieces, man, they’re hard!

CHORUS:
At Memere’s house, Memere’s house
That’s the place that I’m thinking of.
Memere’s house, Memere’s house
‘Cause Memere’s says that I’m her special love.

At Memere’s house there’s Pepere, he sings me old French songs;
Though I don’t understand the words I try to sing along;
And Pepere laughs at all my jokes, even when they’re dumb!
And Pepere understands it when I gotta suck my thumb!

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At Memere’s house we always have cookies for our snack;
She takes me to McDonald’s, and then she takes me back!
At night we have hot chocolate and popcorn to munch.
At Memere’s house it’s always time for breakfast, supper or lunch!

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

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CANDY
Words & Music by Judy Pancoast © 1997

There’s one thing that confuses me more than any other thing in the world;
A little thing called candy, it’s the joy of every boy and girl.

CHORUS:
Candy, candy
You know I really think it’s dandy
I always like to keep it handy
Candy, candy

I see candy everywhere I go and you know it always looks so good,
But when I try to eat it, Mom says, “No!”
She really doesn’t think I should.

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BRIDGE:
Well, you can bite it, you can lick it, you can give it a chew;
It’s the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen,
But if it really is so bad for you
How come they give it out on Halloween?

REPEAT CHORUS THREE TIMES