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Yoo Hoo
03:39
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Yoo Hoo
Golden yellow blooms in the wilderness
Skipping over ponds in a game of chess
Hatter as mad as the day is long
Beating out the rhythm of an old folk song
Little brown squirrel in a pink tutu
Just as sane as me and you
Watcha gonna do when we all make sense
Dancing on the rail of a split rail fence
Thrumming overhead in a flying car
Dandelion wine in a mason jar
Down is up just as up is down
You’re as cuddly as a killer clown
Down is up just as up is down
You’re as cuddly as a killer clown
Silver flow over rocky rim, the inner beast smiling down again
Yoo hoo, yoo hoo
Catching light, throw it back again, golden crown blowing in the wind
Yoo hoo, yoo hoo
Swimming on the grave of a rising star
Climbing downhill though we won’t get far
Beaver caught his head in an iron gate
Wally just smiled saying “must be fate”
Peter piper picked a peck of trouble there
As the sabretooth crept from his lair
Peter piper picked a peck of trouble there
As the sabretooth crept from his lair
Silver flow over rocky rim, the inner beast smiling down again
Yoo hoo, yoo hoo
Catching light, throw it back again, golden crown blowing in the wind
Yoo hoo, yoo hoo
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County Fair
05:25
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County Fair
From the depths of the woods where the moss grows lonely
Sun dappled light kiss the fronds of the fern
The rocks in the rill tumble water only
Meant for the pool at the base of the churn
Footsteps fall along the roadside
Heading for the clearing at the edge of town
Lost in the voices all along the roadside
Making for the Fair and the growing sound
The journey was long, about a two night
Forest and fens all along the way
The weather held fair under silver moonlight
Cloudless skies they ruled the day
Footsteps fall along the roadside
Heading for the clearing at the edge of town
Lost in the voices all along the roadside
Making for the Fair and the growing sound
Colors varied bright they strike the senses
Laughter now rolls from among the stalls
Animal sounds from behind the fences
Food smells waft and children call
Lovers stroll by in search of treasure
Friendships form strangers are few
Some they will perform for other’s pleasure
Most they’re just looking for something new
Parsley and sage from a neighbor’s garden
Rosemary and thyme from down the way
Stroll among the wares looking for a bargain
Only once a year it’s like Christmas day
Footsteps fall along the roadside
Heading for the clearing at the edge of town
Lost in the voices all along the roadside
Making for the fair and the growing sound
Colors varied bright they strike the senses
Laughter now rolls from among the stalls
Animal sounds from behind the fences
Food smells waft and children call
Lovers stroll by in search of treasure
Friendships form strangers are few
Some they will perform for other’s pleasure
Most they’re just looking for something new
Festival’s over now we make our way home
Hauling all our finds and our spirits bright
We’ll be back again next year just to get away from
The struggles of the plow and our daily plight
Footsteps will fall along the roadside
Heading for the clearing at the edge of town
Lost in the voices all along the roadside
Making for the fair and the growing sound
Colors varied bright they strike the senses
Laughter now rolls from among the stalls
Animal sounds from behind the fences
Food smells waft and children call
Lovers stroll by in search of treasure
Friendships form strangers are few
Some they will perform for other’s pleasure
Most they’re just looking for something new
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Rumbly in My Tumbly
04:24
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Rumbly in My Tumbly
Hand in hand Pooh and Piglet stroll
Through the hundred acres as does fly the crow
As they make their way to Rabbits home
Through happy times their thoughts do roam
Past the flowers there in the meadow bloom
The sunlight shines birds sing a tune
Pooh pulls up short with a muffled cry
His body wracked with a quaking sigh
He points his nose up to the sky
There’s a rumbly in my tumbly I’m so hungry woe is me
The only thing to do that will do is honey
There’s a rumbly in my tumbly I’m so hungry woe is me
Just a smack just a dab just a taste please help me
Please help me
As the echo dies in a little rain cloud
From down the path there comes a bounce
And around the bend Tigger comes at speed
With a honey pot for his friend in need
Just behind his pal at a shambling gate
Comes Eeyore glum not a moment late
Pooh pulls up short with a muffled cry
His body wracked with a quaking sigh
He points his nose up to the sky
There’s a rumbly in my tumbly I’m so hungry woe is me
The only thing to do that will do is honey
There’s a rumbly in my tumbly I’m so hungry woe is me
Just a smack just a dab just a taste please help me
Please feed me
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Pitter Patter On the Roof
The rain falls down
Pitter patter on the roof
On the sodden ground
Pitter patter on the roof
On the leaves of the trees
Pitter patter on the roof
It’s a calming sound
Pitter patter on the roof
As the day begins
Pitter patter on the roof
And the night does end
Pitter patter on the roof
Up and down wrapping round
Pitter patter on the roof
And the sound soaks in
Pitter patter on the roof
Rain keeps falling down
All around
Takes me home
Wrapped within the sound
Feels like I found
My way home
Down the window pane
Pitter patter on the roof
Like a whispered name
Pitter patter on the roof
Dripping down all around
Pitter patter on the roof
The colors all the same
Pitter patter on the roof
In the hazy light
Pitter patter on the roof
Neither day neither night
Pitter patter on the roof
Makes me smile for a while
Pitter patter on the roof
It’s a beautiful sight
Pitter patter on the roof
Rain keeps falling down
All around
Takes me home
Wrapped within the sound
Feels like I found
My way home
Rain keeps falling down
All around
Takes me home
Wrapped within the sound
Feels like I found
My way home
The rain falls down
Pitter patter on the roof
On the sodden ground
Pitter patter on the roof
On the leaves of the trees
Pitter patter on the roof
It’s a calming sound
Pitter patter on the roof
As the day begins
Pitter patter on the roof
And the night does end
Pitter patter on the roof
Up and down wrapping round
Pitter patter on the roof
And the sound soaks in
Pitter patter on the roof
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Noel and Willie
04:08
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Noel and Willie
Noel and Willie on the side of the road
Noel and Willie, or so I’ve been told
Sold mud
Mud that helped a blind man see
What is mud between you and me
Just mud
Can you see it, do you know it
Can you feel it
Do you live it, do you show it
Mud
Mud is patient, mud is kind
Mud is all that’s on my mind
It’s mud
Noel and Willie down at Cornerstone
Noel and Willie soaked to the bone
In mud
Can you see it, do you know it
Can you feel it
Do you live it, do you show it
Mud
Noel and Willie on the side of the road
Noel and Willie, or so I’ve been told
Sold mud
Noel and Willie down at Cornerstone
Noel and Willie soaked to the bone
In mud
Can you see it, do you know it
Can you feel it
Do you live it, do you show it
Mud
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Jim France South Haven, Michigan
Drawing from a varied pallet of musical influences, Jim attempts to create songs that sound uniquely familiar.
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