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Rhymes and Songs

The Rooster Went Round The Barn (Tune of "Looby Lou")
Chorus
The rooster went round the barn,
The rooster went round the barn,
The rooster went round the barn,
Trying to wake up the animals.

Verses
He tried to wake up the chicks.
But all they did was sleep.
He tried and tried, but all he could utter,
Was a whispered little peep.

He tried to wake up the pigs,
But all they did was z-z-zoink.
He tried and tried, but all he could utter,
Was a whispered little doink.
He tried to wake up the cows,
But they stayed sleeping too.
He tried and tried, but all he could utter
Was a tired little doo.

He tried to wake up the ducks,
But they slept on, not a quack.
He tried and tried and began to question,
If he'd ever get his voice back.

He tried to wake up the farmer,
To wake up the cat and the dog.
He tried and tried, but began to wonder,
If his voice got lost in the fog.

The rooster asked for help from the cow.
He didn't know what to do.
Now problem was how to stop the cow
From saying cock-a-doodle-moo.

Everyone awoke with a laugh.
Then rooster's voice came back too
Now the pair wakes up the animals,
With a cock-a-doodle and a moo.

The Three Little Pigs and the Wolf (Tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Once there were three little pigs
Whose tiny tails were curled.
It was time for them to say goodbye
And go off into the world.

They each decided to build a house
One of bricks, one of straw, one of twigs.
Happy we'll be in our lovely new homes,
Thought the three little pigs,

Along came a big bad wolf.
Who shouted, "Let me in".
The pigs replied, "No! No! No! By the hairs of our chinny chin chin."

The wolf huffed and puffed, puffed and huffed.
Blew down the homes of twigs and straw.
He puffed and huffed, huffed and puffed,
But the brick house just wouldn't fall.

The wolf was very an-ger-ry.
He couldn't topple the house of bricks.
He tried and tried to fool the pigs,
But they were wise to his tricks.

The wolf tried to get in the house,
By squeezing through a pipe.
The pipe got too hot and the wolf ran away,
Loudly shouting, "yipe!"

The wolf ran so far away,
He couldn't hear the pigs laughter.
He never came back and the three little pigs
Lives happily every after.