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MY GET UP AND GO GOT UP AND WENT
From Marie H. Enjoyed your site. I am looking for the lyrics to a song my Dad use to sing called MY GET UP AND GO GOT UP AND WENT
Can you help?

Ed. Note: I think you are looking for a Pete Seeger song. For a wealth of information about this legendary folksinger and his songs go to <http://www.peteseeger.net/>

GET UP AND GO
CHORUS:
How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get up and go has got up and went
But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
And think of the places my get up has been. CHOR.

Old age is golden so I've heard said
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
My eyes on the table until I wake up.
As sleep dims my vision I say to myself:
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
But though nations are warring and business is vexed
I'll stick around to see what happens next. CHOR.

When I was young my slippers were red,
I could kick up my heels right over my head.
When I was older my slippers were blue,
But still I could dance the whole night thru.
Now I am older my slippers are black,
I huff to the store and I puff my way back.
But never you laugh; I don't mind at all,
I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all. CHOR.

I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I'm not there I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed. CHOR.

Words collected, adapted and set to original music by Pete Seeger (1960)
TRO © 1964 (renewed) Melody Trails Inc., New York, NY


MUSICAL CLOCK LULLABYE
From Denelle S. When I was young, I had a wooden clock from Fisher Price that played a lullabye. One is shown on the Language Nursery DVD by Baby Einstein. Does anyone know the words to the music?


MY ROOF'S GOT A HOLE IN IT, or DON'T LET THE RAIN FALL DOWN
We're trying to remember a song that's something about My Roof's got a Hole In It. . .

From: Maureen O'C. "My Roof's Got A Hole In It And I Might Dround" Who did that song in 1964?

A. From Meredith C (aka Miss Merry from Storytime): My Roof's Got a Hole In It is a piece of lyric from a favourite 60's song called (maybe) Don't Let the Rain Fall Down. Here's what I remember of it:

Aha, oh no, don't let the rain fall down, [repeated three times]