Littlefolk

Songbook

Table of Contents1 Hey Sun 2 Travelling Band 3 Let's Take a Walk 4 Heart of Mine 5 Sailing Song 6 Skip to My Lou 7 Running & Jumping 8 Shortenin' Bread 9 There's a Little Wheel Turning 10 Cup of Tea 11 Chicken Dinner Song 12 My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 13 Hush Now 14 Lavender's Blue 15 Pretty Little Baby 16 Land of Nod

The sun and the moon and the stars Are all hanging high above

Hanging up there Lighting our way Looking down on us

Hey sun, hey moon, hey stars Hey sun, hey moon, hey stars

The sun and the moon and the stars

Can see wherever you are They spy you in turns

While the other ones rest and time turns into days weeks and months

The sun and the moon and the stars

Like to play games with clouds They like to hide So we cannot see

And it gets pretty dark on the ground

Hey sun, Hey moon, Hey stars Hey sun, Hey moon, Hey stars

I’d catch you if I had really long arms I’d catch you If I had really long arms

Angie Who One day in the lounge room, I said to my 3yr old daughter,

'What shall we write a song about?' and she said 'The sun and the moon and the stars'...and this is what happened next.

Hey Sun

Someday day you’ll be too big to hold Some day my baby I’ll be pretty old

So let’s tarry and treasure these days My sweetie sweetheart oh my travelling band

Some days are hard

But they will get better You are so small and we’re learning together

You in my arms our love tried and true All you need to know is that I sure love you

Ski jumpy nose and sausagey fingers

Crocodile tears and a stare that sure lingers Dinner roll feet and dimply hands

Who knew that such love in my heart would land

Angie Who This song tumbled out on the way home from the park one day.

I had been talking with a friend about motherhood and the juggling and  our creative hungry souls.

Travelling Band

Let’s take a walk Dum da dee dum

Hand in hand Dum da dee dum Let’s take a walk

 Out in the sun

We can go high We can go low

We can go wherever you want to go Valley so deep River so wide

Wherever you go I’ll be there by your side

Angie Who & Mum When I was really little my mum would sing the first part of this

song to me, she made it up and I completed it for this album so she would know it meant a lot to me.

Let's Take a Walk

Heart of Mine

Well the sky is blue Oh the sky it is blue

Then sometimes it is grey And the sun it shines

Oh the sun yes it shines Sometimes it hides away

And I love you dear

When the sun is near And when the sky is grey

Oh love of mine Oh heart of mine

I love you all the time

Where the dirt is red Where the dirt is red

The brightest flowers grow When it’s time for bed

My sleepy head Will rest on my pillow

Angie Who I came up with this song on a cloudy day,

my baby boy was fresh out of the bath looking up at me with his blue eyes and

I was feeling all the feelings.

Sailing sailing into the gleaming sun Sailing sailing in a little boat for one

Sailing sailing wherever the wind may blow Sailing sailing up and down we go

Sailing sailing over the ocean blue

Sailing sailing in a little boat for two Sailing sailing under a starry sky

Sailing sailing into the darkest night

Sailing sailing enjoying the ocean breeze Sailing sailing in a little boat for three

Sailing sailing over a bumpy sea Sailing sailing I love your company

Angie Who A song born at the dinner table trying to get a baby to eat her dinner.

Sailing Song

Skip to My LouLou lou skip to my Lou,  Lou lou skip to my Lou, Lou lou skip to my Lou,

Skip to my Lou my darlin'

Fly's in the buttermilk Shoo fly shoo Fly's in the buttermilk Shoo fly shoo Fly's in the buttermilk Shoo fly shoo

Skip to my Lou my darlin'

Cows in the cornfield What'll I do? Cows in the cornfield What'll I do? Cows in the cornfield What'll I do?

Skip to my Lou my darlin'

Monday Tuesday Skip to my lou Wednesday Thursday Skip to my lou

Friday Saturday Sunday too Skip to my lou my darling

Traditional

Running and jumping Running and jumping

Through the fields Here we go

And where we’ll stop Well we don’t know

Grass, rivers, open spaces Mud, dancing, wind, faces

Freckles, hats, picnic places Bush, rocks, birds, races

Blanket, basket, puffing chest

Sandwich, lemonade, apple, rest Ants, sticks, cockatoo

Magpie, magpie, kangaroo

Cows, horses, puddles, fences Sky, clouds, shoes and laces

Farm, trees, flowers, bugs Home, mumma, dinner, hugs

Angie Who & Mum I remember trying to play the ukulele while my Mum and I sang the

words 'Running and Jumping' as loud as we could in the kitchen. I was probably 3 or 4. Another song i completed

as a tribute to my Mum & childhood.

Running & Jumping

My baby loves shortenin’ shortenin’ My baby loves shortenin’ bread

Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

Mama's little baby loves shortenin’ bread Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin' Mama's little baby loves

shortenin' bread

Put on the skillet put on the lid Mama's gonna make a little shortenin' bread

That ain't all mamma's gonna do Mama's gonna make a little coffee too

Traditional

Shortening Bread

There’s a little wheel turning in my heart There’s a little wheel turning in my heart

In my heart in my heart There’s a little wheel turning in my heart

There’s a little song singing in my heart There's a little song singing in my heart

In my heart in my heart There’s a little song singing in my heart 

There’s a little drum beating in my heart There's a little drum beating in my heart

In my heart in my heart There's a little drum beating in my heart

Oh I feel so very happy in my heart Oh I feel so very happy in my heart

In my heart in my heart Oh I feel so very happy in my heart

Traditional

There's a Little Wheel

Sugar and honey You’re my honey bee

Little Bear Baby You’re my cup of tea

And as you grow

May you know I’ll always love you

Little one And as you grow

May you know I’ll always hold you

So so dear

Honey Bear Baby You’re sugar and spice

My littlest dumpling You’re so very nice

Sugarbird baby

You’re so very sweet My gingerbread pudding

You’re too good to eat

Angie Who Verse 1 came out of my head one day while I was noodling on a piano,

the rest was harder work, but we got there!

My cup of tea

When I get home I’m gonna eat my chicken When I get home I’m gonna eat my chicken When I get home I’m gonna eat my chicken

 Eat my chicken yeah

Oh yeah Chicken chicken chicken Oh yeah Chicken chicken chicken

When I get home I’m gonna eat my chicken Gonna eat my chicken yeah

When I get home I’m gonna eat my tatters...

When I get home I’m gonna eat my carrots...

When I get home I’m gonna eat my peas...

When I get home I’m gonna eat my pudding...

Angie Who Another dinner table song! 

Chicken Dinner Song

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

Traditional This was the song that settled my daughter when

she was a baby, it was like magic.

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Hush little baby now don’t you cry Mammas gonna sing you a lullaby

Hush little baby now don't say a word Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird

And if that mockingbird won't sing

Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring And if that diamond ring turns brass

Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass

Hush now little baby  Hush now little darlin'

Hush little baby now don’t you cry Hush little baby say goodnight

Angie Who  Adapted from 'Hush Little Baby' (Traditional).

I didn't think it needed improving, it just happened when I was walking in the city one night.

Hush Now

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Lavender's blue dilly dilly Lavender's green You shall be king dilly dilly I shall be queen Who told you so dilly dilly Who told you so?

Was my own heart dilly dilly  That told me so

Call up your friends dilly dilly Send them to work

Some to the plough dilly dilly Some to the fork Some to the Field dilly dilly Some to the corn

While you and I dilly dilly Keep ourselves warm

Lavender's blue dilly dilly Lavender's green

When you are King dilly dilly I shall be Queen Who told you so dilly dilly Who told you so?

Was my own heart dilly dilly That told me so

Traditional This was the song that settled baby boy in the car, every time.

Lavender's Blue

Pretty Little Baby

Pretty little baby I love you Pretty little baby yes I do

Pretty little baby I love you I love you that I do

Funny little bunny I love you Funny little bunny yes I do

Funny little bunny I love you I love you that I do

I love you I love you

Boogie woogie baby I love you Diddle, diddle doobear yes I do Sugar sugar honey I love you

I love you that I do

I love you I love you

Angie Who Another 'love you baby' song.

Land of Nod

Off we go to the land of nod The land of nod we know

And on our way we will hush the day And off to sleep we’ll go

Everyday there are things to do

And new things to explore Close your eyes now and go to sleep

Tomorrow we can do some more You are my special little mite

And I love you so Close your eyes now and go to sleep

Off to nod we go

Written by my friend Maggie MacKenzie, for her own little one. Thank you for trusting me with your lullaby Maggie x.

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