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On Top of Spaghetti - The Meatball Song
(to the tune of On Top of Old Smokey)
"On Top of Spaghetti" is a well-known folk song and children's song written and
originally performed by folk singer Tom Glazer in 1963 and is sometimes called The Meatball Song.
 

On top of spaghetti      All covered with cheese,      I lost my poor meatball,      When somebody sneezed.      It rolled off the table      And onto the floor,      And then my poor meatball      Rolled out of the door.      It rolled in the garden      And under a bush,      And then my poor meatball      Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty      As tasty could be,      And then the next summer      It grew into a tree.      The tree was all covered,      All covered with moss,      And on it grew meatballs,      And tomato sauce.      So if you eat spaghetti      All covered with cheese,      Hold onto your meatball      Lest somebody sneeze.

CHORUS
He's got the whole world, in his hands,
He's got the whole wide world, in his hands,
He's got the whole world, in his hands,
He's got the whole world in his hands!

He's got the little bitty baby,
in his hands,    (3 times)

He's got you and me, brother,
in his hands,   (3 times)

He's got you and me, sister,
in his hands,  (3 times)              (Then add some of your own verses!)

If You're Happy And You Know It(author unknown)

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands [clap! clap!]
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands [clap! clap!]
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands [clap clap!]

2. ...stamp your feet [stomp! stomp!]
3. ... shout "Hooray"! [Hooray!]
4. ... do all three! [clap clap! stom stomp! Hooray!]

Head and Shoulders (point to each body part while you sing)

Head and shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes
Head and shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head and shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes!     (repeat faster)

She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes
She'll be coming round the mountain, she'll be coming round the mountain,
She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes

She'll be driving six white horses when she comes
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes
She'll be driving six white horses, she'll be driving six white horses,
She'll be driving six white horses when she comes

Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her, we'll all go out to meet her,
We'll all go out to meet her when she comes

We will all have chicken and dumplings when she comes
We will all have chicken and dumplings when she comes
We will all have chicken and dumplings, We will all have chicken and dumplings
We will all have chicken and dumplings when she comes

I've Been Working On the Railroad (American folk song)

     I've been working on the railroad
     All the livelong day,
     I've been working on the railroad
     Just to pass the time away,
     Can't you hear the whistle blowing
     Rise up so early in the morn,
     Can't you hear the captain shouting
     Dinah, blow your horn!

     Dinah won't you blow,
     Dinah won't you blow,
     Dinah won't you blow your horn!

     Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
     Someone's in the kitchen I know, I know -oh,
     Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
     Strumming on the old banjo,
     They're singing...

     Fe fi fiddley-i-o,
     Fe fi fiddley-i-o-o-o-o,
     Fe fi fiddley-i-OOOOOO!,
     Strummin' on the old banjo!

     In a cavern, in a canyon,
     Excavating for a mine,
     Lived a miner, forty-niner,
     And his daughter Clementine.

     CHORUS
     Oh my darling, oh my darling,
     Oh my darling Clementine
     You are lost and gone forever,
     Oh my darling, Clementine.

     Light she was, and like a fairy,
     And her shoes were number nine,
     Herring boxes without topses,
     Sandals were for Clementine. [Chorus]

     Drove she ducklings to the water
     Every morning just at nine,
     Hit her foot against a splinter,
     Fell into the foaming brine. [Chorus]

     Ruby lips above the water,
     Blowing bubbles soft and fine,
     But alas, I was no swimmer,
     So I lost my Clementine. [Chorus]

     In a churchyard near the canyon,
     Where the myrtle doth entwine,
     There grow roses and other posies,
     Fertilized by Clementine. [Chorus]

     Then, the miner, forty-niner,
     Soon began to peak and pine,
     Though in life I used to hug her,
     Now she's dead I draw the line. [Chorus]

     In my dreams she still doth haunt me,
     Robed in garments soaked with brine,
     Though in life I used to hug her,
     Now she's dead I draw the line. [Chorus]

     Listen fellers, head the warning
     Of this tragic tale of mine,
     Artificial respiration
     Could have saved my Clementine. [Chorus]

     How I missed her, how I missed her,
     How I missed my Clementine,
     Till I kissed her little sister,
     And forgot my Clementine. [Chorus]

You’re a grand old flag.
You’re a high-flying flag.
And forever in peace may you wave.

You’re the emblem of
the land I love,
the home of the free and the brave!

Every heart beats true
for the red, white, and blue.
Where there’s never a boast or brag!
But should old acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on that
Grand Old Flag!

Kum ba yah

     Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah,
     Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah
     Kum ba yah, my Lord, Kum ba yah
     Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

     People singing Lord, Kum ba yah,
     People singing Lord, Kum ba yah
     People singing Lord, Kum ba yah
     Oh Lord, Kum ba yah.

     We are happy Lord, Kum ba yah...

     Children playing Lord, Kum ba yah...

     Nations fighting Lord, Kum ba yah...

     Mothers weeping Lord, Kum ba yah...

     Families mourning Lord, Kum ba yah..
     .
     Why this fighting Lord, Kum ba yah...

     Peace in our time Lord, Kum ba yah...

     So we're praying Lord, Kum ba yah...

If you feel like a little adventure on the high seas, try some pirate song lyrics