The Hello Song (with easy guitar chords)
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
[G] Hello, how are you doin’?
[G] Welcome to this place!
[G] Hello how are you doin’?
[G] So nice to see your [D7] face.
[C] Before our time with you is through
we’ll [G] dance and sing and [E] cheer.
[A] Just to prove – to you and you,
we’re [D] happy that you’re [D] here.
[G] Hello….My name is————— and ——————-.
[G] Hello…..My name is _________and ________[D]
[G] Hello…..My name is ————— and ——————-.
[C] Welcome, welcome, [G] welcome! We’re so [D] happy that you’re [G] here.
[C] Welcome, welcome, [G] welcome! We’re so [D] happy that you’re [G] here
[C] Patience is a virtue they [G] say –
[C] So, let’s learn a few more [G] names to [E] day.
[G] Hello….My name is————— and ——————-.
[G] Hello…..My name is _________and _____________[D]
[G] Hello…..My name is ————— and ——————-.
[C] Welcome, welcome, [G] welcome! We’re so [D] happy that you’re [G] here
[C] Welcome, welcome, [G] welcome! Let’s give [D] a great big [G] cheer.
Shapoopy.
Happy as Clams
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
PRELUDE
Clam 1: Some want to be a whale in the sea…but not me.
Clam 2: Or perhaps a shark…but not me. I think he’s a meanie.
Both: And before, we’re on linguine.
We’d like to clamor for your attention.
There’s something we’d like to mention.
Clam 1: I’m happy as a clam.
Clam 2: Ahem, I’m happy as a clam!
Clam 1: Some say I look like a stone, sitting in my home alone.
But my shell, is AOK …Keeps my troubles at bay.
What do I say? Poor me! No way! I’m happy as a clam!
Clam 2: No, I’M happy as a clam!
Clam 1: Wait, why are you singing?
Clam 2: Is my happiness folklore? Most have two feet …even four.
I limp across the sand with one…and it looks like a tongue.
But I’ll get there, I swear, by gum! I’m Happy as a Clam.
Clam 1: Excuse me! “Happy as a Clam” is supposed to be a solo.
Clam 2: You don’t sound like a clam, more like a CRAB!
Clam 1: Oh! Take that back, take that! And that! Where are you? I can’t see you.
Clams don’t have eyes.
Clam 2: What? I can’t hear you. Clams don’t have ears.
Clam 1: I said clams don’t have eyes….you don’t have ears?
Clam 2: You don’t have eyes?
Clam 1: Well, that’s kind of sad.
Clam 2: I don’t have ears.
Clam 1: I don’t have eyes.
Both: But the darkness can’t disguise, beauty rising like a tide, soft and squishy right inside.
Clam 1: Of me!
Clam 2: AND ME!
Both: Tee-hee!
Clam 1: I’m Happy as a clam!
Clam 2: I’m Happy as a clam!
Clam 2: Let’s sing till dusk for this mollusk!
Clam 1: (Awww, thank you!) I’m Happy as a Clam.
A little louder, before she’s chowder.
Clam 2: I’m Happy as a clam. What doth thou say?
She’ll BE BROTH ONE DAY! (That’s terrible.)
Clam 1: I’m Happy as a Clam!
She’d be boss …in cocktail sauce
Both: For now, we’re happy as a clam!!!
I Love “U”
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
I like all the vowels so.
A and E. I and O.
But what can I do?
They’re just not U.
I love U.
VERSE 1
If I wanted to argue with an aardvark.
Spoken: I’d say: “AAAAAAAAA!”
But A is just not U.
If I were to eat earthworms in the evening.
Spoken: I’d say, “Eeeeeeee.”
But A is still “Aaaaa,” and E is just “Eeeee.”
They’re just not U.
CHORUS
Whether I feel up or under
I never really have to wonder.
I love U and U loves me too!
I love U!
VERSE 2
If I insisted on ice cream in an igloo.
Spoken: I’d say “IIIIIIIIII.”
But I is just not U.
If I were to spot octopi in the ocean.
Spoken: I’d say “Ohhhhhh!” Oh, oh. Oh.
But A is just AAAAAAA, and E is still EEEEEEEEE.
I is just IIIIIIIIIII, And O is still Ohhhh. Oh, oh. Oh.
They’re just not U, They’re just not U.
CHORUS
Whether I feel up or under
I never really have to wonder.
I love U. And U loves me too!
I love U!
I like all the vowels so.
A and E. I and O.
But what can I do?
They’re just not U. (U, U, U, U)
I love U.
I really love you
I need you, I really want you
I love you.
(Spoken: U, u,u, u, u…I also love Y…sometimes)
Hugh Stinkfoot
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
VERSE 1
Row, row, row, row the oars,
when you’re on board our pirate ship.
Row, row, row, row the oars,
when you’re on board our pirate sh—-
Captain
Sheesh! What is that stank?
Whoever it is will walk the plank! It’s not me!
First mate
It’s Hugh!
Captain
It’s not me!
First mate
It’s Hugh.
Captain
It’s not me.
First mate
No, not YOU, Hugh!
CHORUS
Hugh Stinkfoot, you stinky pirate!
Hugh Stinkfoot, there’s no way to deny it!
Hugh Stinkfoot, how can this be?
Oh, Hugh Stinkfoot, you’re so stinky!
Captain
Back to work, you scallywags! (Pirates grumble.)
VERSE 2
Scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub the floors,
when we’re on board our pirate ship!
Scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub the floors,
when we’re on board our pirate ———
Captain
Ugh. (Sniffs around.) What scent is it?
Like wet dog and me arm pit.
First mate
It’s Hugh!
Captain
It’s not me!
First mate
It’s Hugh!
Captain
It’s not me!
First mate
No, not YOU, HUGH!
CHORUS
Hugh Stinkfoot, you stinky pirate!
Hugh Stinkfoot, there’s no way to deny it!
Hugh Stinkfoot, how can this be?
Oh, Hugh Stinkfoot, you’re so stinky!
Pirate 1
Hugh Stinkfoot is so stinky…
when he takes off his tights, (FART sound) he blows out the lights
(Crew laughs.)
Pirate 2
Hugh Stinkfoot is so stinky …
when he takes off his socks, we swim for the docks!
(Raucous laughter from the crew)
Captain
Back to work, ye barnacled bums!
(Mumbles from the crew)
VERSE 3
Slap, Slap, slap goes the swords, when you’re on board our pirate ship.
Slap, Slap, Slap goes the swords, when you’re on board our pirate…
Captain
Oh that stank! What can it be?
Like curdled milk and broccoli.
Pirate 1
Ewwww, that’s the least delicious of all the vegetables.
Pirate 2
I don’t like broccoli, there is something unnatural about it.
Hugh
That’s me!
Captain
You!
Hugh
ME!
Captain
But, I’m me.
Hugh
And I’m Hugh…Hugh Stinkfoot!
Captain
I’m confused.
CHORUS
Hugh Stinkfoot, you stinky pirate!
Hugh Stinkfoot, there’s no way to deny it!
Hugh Stinkfoot, how can this be?
Oh, Hugh Stinkfoot, you’re so stinky!
Hugh
Sacre bleu! Has anyone seen my sock?
First Mate
Oh, I’m wearing it!
When I’m In My Slippers
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
When I’m in my slippers
I can scare the pants right off my mom.
I tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe. (Sh, sh, sh)
I tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe. (Sh, sh, sh)
I tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe. (Spoken: one, two, three! Boo!)
( Mom: “Ahhh. Don’t do that!”)
And I giggle, giggle,giggle right into my room.
When I’m in my slippers
I can shock the socks right off my dad
I Shuffle, Shuffle, shuffle. (Sh, sh, sh)
Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. (Sh, sh, sh)
Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. (Spoken: one, two, three! Boo!)
(Dad: Gadzooks!)
And I giggle, giggle, giggle right into my room.
When I’m in my slippers,
I can walk my way into a dream world.
I tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe (Sh, sh, sh)
Shuffle, Shuffle, Shuffle (Sh, sh, sh)
Wander, wander, wander (Yawn) right into a dream.
And I hear my mom scream! (Mom: Aaaah! Don’t do that)
And I see my dad leap! (Dad: Gadzooks!)
And I giggle, giggle, giggle
Giggle, giggle, giggle
Giggle, giggle, giggle ….myself right to sleep. (Snores)
Cup of Jo-Jo
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
VERSE 1
Mama going slow-slow, she wants her Jo-Jo.
Mama going slow-slow, she wants her Jo-Jo.
Mama got no go-go, Mama feelin’ so- so,
Mama wants her Jo-Jo.
VERSE 2
Mama feelin’ up up; She got a cup.
Mama feelin’ up up; she got a cup.
Mama, she can take the heat.
Mama takes it light and sweet.
Mama got her cup … and drank it down.
BRIDGE
She runs around, round, round the town
She runs around, round, round the town
She runs around, round, round the town
She can do what she please. She picked up the groceries
Mama run around the town!!!!
Then she sat….down.
VERSE 1 repeats.
Mama wants her Jo-Jo (repeated over and over.)
Fireflies
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
Fireflies in the night,
Fireflies shine your light.
Flashing floating on a hill,
I think I’ll catch one…yes, I will!
Gonna, gonna, gonna get a firefly!
Gonna, gonna, gonna get a firefly!
Gonna, gonna, gonna get a firefly!
Look, I got a fire fly!
I can’t keep you this I know.
So, I’ll have to let you go.
FIRST VERSE repeated.
TAG: Fire fly…. good bye!
Welcome to This World
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
INTRO:
I didn’t see the crash; I never heard the boom.
But here you are this morning, crying in my room.
A Martian in the family could be pretty neat.
Except for all the drool and sucking on your feet. (Sucking on your feet, yeah.)
CHORUS:
Welcome to this world, little alien.
Welcome to this world.
Welcome to this world, little alien.
Wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, welcome to this world.
You don’t have a phaser, but I’m feelin’ pretty stunned.
You look just like a person- well, a little one.
It’s not that I am mad—perhaps a tad annoyed.
I thought you’d look a little less humanoid.
(Except your head is kinda weird.)
CHORUS:
Welcome to this world, little alien.
Welcome to this world.
Welcome to this world, little alien.
Wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, welcome to this world.
BRIDGE:
Above us glow Jupiter and Mars.
But here, your eyes shine like the stars.
They say that those who seek, those truly wise,
will see peace for all Earthlings, there in your eyes.
[Spoken: You know, when Mommy said the baby was out of this world, I didn’t mean the baby was an alien.]
CHORUS:
Welcome to this world, little alien.
Welcome to the Earth on this day of your birth.
Waaa, waaaa, waaaa, waaa, waaaa.
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
Lady bug, Lady bug, goin’ so slow.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
fly away, fly
up, up, up to the sky!
Lady bug, Lady bug, itty-bitty walk,
over a leaf; onto a stalk.
Lady Bug, Lady Bug,
fly away, fly!
up, up, up to the sky!
Lady bug, Lady bug, crawlin’, I see
on my thumb, ticklin’ me!
Lady Bug, Lady Bug,
fly away, fly
up, up, up to the sky!
Stacking Blocks
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
Stacking blocks is so much fun.
Careful, careful one by one.
Block by Block,
we stack them tall.
Wobble, wobble,
watch them fall.
Grabby the Crabby
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
VERSE 1
Grabby the Crabby’s a southern crab they say.
Cause Grabby the Crabby hails from the Great South Bay.
He didn’t play a fiddle cause his fiddle was a claw,
but he square danced with my toes, the best you ever saw.
CHORUS
AND…He wouldn’t let go.
He wouldn’t let go.
He wouldn’t let go. Ohhhhh!
Until, I shook my toe!
VERSE 2
Grabby the Crabby didn’t own a cowboy hat.
Grabby the Crabby had no boots or things like that,
but if you ask him to dance, he’s a tea cup of polite.
He’ll grab you with his pinchers and hold you oh, so tight!
(Uh, that’s too tight, Grabby! Ohhhh!)
CHORUS
AND…He wouldn’t let go.
He wouldn’t let go.
He wouldn’t let go. Ohhhhh!
Until, I shook my hands!
VERSE 3
Grabby the Crabby’s a hungry crab, they say.
He scavenges for food at night and even day.
He grabs it with his pinchers, he won’t let it slip.
Unfortunate for me, he grabbed onto my …lip!
CHORUS
AND… (Singer mumbles chorus but no one can understand her because there is a crab attached to her mouth. Popping noise.)
I said he grabbed onto my lips! Come on everybody, shake your lips!
VERSE 4
Grabby the Crabby is one of a whole gang.
They scamper here and there; they bite and bump and bang.
Prankin’ on their friends, they line up in a line.
They played a trick on me and latched on my – oh no –behind!
CHORUS
AND…He wouldn’t let go.
He wouldn’t let go. He wouldn’t let go. Come on, let go!
Until, I shook my …let’s shake everything!
Shake your toes! Shake your hands!
Shake your lips!
And what should we shake?
There’s a crab on my what?
MY BUTT!!!!!
(Grabby!)
Lullabye-bye
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
CHORUS
Lullabye-bye your tears,
Lullabye-bye your fears.
Say goodbye to your sighs,
lullabye-bye your cries.
Say “hi there” to your blankie.
to your pillow – “Hello!”
Lullabye-bye, away
to dream land you go.
You go…to fly …Take a trip to the tallest tree.
Then buzz to a tulip like a good little bee.
Asleep you have fallen, amidst the pollen.
And in the pedals … you sleep ………bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
CHORUS
Lullabye-bye your tears,
Lullabye-bye your fears.
Say goodbye to your sighs,
lullabye-bye your cries.
Say “hi there” to your blankie.
to your pillow – “Hello!”
Lullabye-bye, away
to dream land you go.
You go…To swim the blue ocean; you jump right in.
Then splash with fishy friends with fins.
There are no troubles while you’re in the bubbles.
And in the waves ….you sleep,
Shhhhh, Shh, Shhh, Shhh.
CHORUS
Lullabye-bye your tears,
Lullabye-bye your fears.
Say goodbye to your sighs,
lullabye-bye your cries.
Say “hi there” to your blankie.
to your pillow – “Hello!”
Lullabye-bye, away
to dream land you go.
It’s not Goodbye
music and lyrics by Lena Pennino-Smith
Verse 1
Like the setting sun, our time here is done.
As I wave to you.
It’s not goodbye,
It’s … thank you, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you;
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Verse 2
Like a fading rainbow, where you go, I want to go.
As I wave to you,
it’s not good bye,
It’s … thank you, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you;
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
TAG
For all that we’ve been through
I will be thanking you…always