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Kids Songs from Around the World

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Kidsongs". Aired: April 1986 – September 18, 1998.*
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Home video series was launched with four Kidsongs "Music Video Stories" being announced at New York's Toy Fair in February 1986. "A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm" was one of those first four and has sold over 4 million copies and won the Vira Award.

Kids Songs from Around the World

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we want our kids

songs we want our kids

songs we want our kids

take it we want them

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so we made videos with songs from around

the world well that's just great because

we were thinking we'd like your children

to explore different cultures and the

way of life in different parts of the

world like different costumes and

languages exactly and music is an

excellent way to do this so shall we

take a look at today's videos sure did

you ever see

a go

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we all eat so

easy launch

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and cut them good morning and welcome to

the Kids Songs TV show the one and only

show made by kids for kids and starring

kids hi I'm Christian Wooda and I'm

Alexander Palm and where is he where's

who billy Pickle he usually talks about

Sorry I'm late i couldn't find my Tamo

Shanter what's a Tamos shanter this

since it's International Day the show I

thought it would be fun to wear hats

from all the different countries we're

going to be talking and singing about

what a great idea this hat is worn by

Scottish folks whenever they get dressed

up now in the outback of Australia they

wearing a cobra which is like a cowboy

hat keeps the sun out of their eyes and

keeps their heads cool in the hot sun

gosh she know a lot about this to find

out more about Australia let's watch

Walting Matilda

swagman sat beside the b*mb under the

shade of the cool tree and he sang as he

sat and waited by the b*mb you'll come

sing Matilda with me sing Matilda we'll

sing Matilda you'll come along sing

Matilda with me and he sang as he sat

and waited by the pill you'll come sing

Matilda with

me down came a jumb beside the billong

up

jumped him with sang as he tucked that

jumb in his sucker bag come al sing

Matilda with me wall sing

Matilda sing Matilda you'll come sing

Matilda with me and he sang as he sat

and waited by the pill you'll come along

sing love with me

once a jolly traveler sat beside the

clear blue lake under the shade of the

tall tall tree and he sang as he sat and

waited by the clear blue lake you'll

come sing Matilda with me w

Matilda sing Matilda you'll come sing

Matilda with me and he sang as he sat

and waited by the

pillow with me

if we're going to add more information

to the script about all these countries

we're going to have to hurry let's

divide them up i'll take Italy Japan and

the Ivory Coast yeah and I'll take

Mexico Scotland America and Katie we

need costumes and props for the host and

the style of all the countries in

today's songs i can do that i saved all

the stuff from when we did the videos

great we'll need something Japanese

first okay sakura Sakura is cute and

ready the kimonas in the video are so

pretty they remind me of my grandmother

she has the most beautiful kimono

collection have you ever worn one once

it took ages to put on and they are hard

to walk in but I loved it anyway janessa

cue the host and now the Kids Songs

World Tour is headed off to Japan a land

with so many beautiful things the home

of bonsai trees origami and chopsticks

this miniature tree is 35 years old mr

yamaguchi has been trimming it for all

these years to get it to look like this

i think it's going to take another 35

years for me to learn how to use these

chopsticks why don't you keep practicing

with the chopsticks and Billy can show

us where in the world Japan is great

let's join Billy Biggle in the Kids

Songs Map Center japan is a group of

islands in the Sea of Japan in Asia

let's go there now and join some very

disciplined young women performing the

traditional Nihon Buyo dance

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so

we ei

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We

all

e me you

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We're coming to you in five four three

two now we're off to Italy that's why

we're wearing these hats they're called

Capellos and they've been around for

hundreds of years this is a gondelier's

hat and this is the hat that policemen

still wear italy has a very long history

of being a loving home for art yes some

of the world's most famous art and

artists were Italian my grandfather and

all my ancestors on that side of the

family were Italian is it true that

Italians make some of the best spaghetti

yes let's join the Kids Songs kids in

Italy for spaghetti cooking adventure

billy show us where we're going okay

here's Italy over here in the south part

of Europe a lot of people think it looks

like a boot and I guess it does see your

foot would go here and here's the heel

and the leg neat huh it's a peninsula

which means that it's surrounded by

water on three sides now let's find

those kids songs kids and peas up which

is right here

something the world is made for fun and

frolic and so do I and so do

I

something it will to be a

melancholic to

find to

find but I love to spend my time in

singing some joyous song some joyous

song to set the air with music bravely

ringing is far from wrong is far from

wrong listen listen music sounds of fun

listen listen music sounds fun tra

la music

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la but I love to spend my time in

singing some joyou song some joyou song

to set the air with music bravely

ringing is far from wrong is far from

wrong listen listen music sounds so fun

listen listen music sounds fun

la music sounds a fun launch

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katie where is your family from my mom's

relatives are from Eastern Europe my

dad's mom is from Panama and my dad's

dad's family has been here almost as

long as there's been United States wow

that's impressive i think that the most

impressive part is that my grandfather's

grandfather's grandfather was James Knox

Pulk the 11th president of the United

States you're kidding okay Kev I'm

holding a two shot and k*ll with all

this globe trotting let's not forget

about America yes America is one of the

world's newer countries comparatively

speaking but it has a very colorful

history america has always attracted

people with a spirit for adventure and

some of these people became heroes like

General George Washington and Daniel

Boone so now we're going to salute

America's heroes

seasons come and seasons go but

America's heroes will live forever when

times get rough all the memories of

America's heroes will pull us through

together warning that the British were

coming riding through the streets of

town never a thought of turning and

running he wouldn't let his country

down general George Washington had to

win if the country was to

grow he made it through and he won the

day our first president we all

know seasons come and seasons go but

Americ's getting rough all the memories

of America's heroes will pull us through

together daily crocket on the wild

frontier pushing America

west making it safer to work and play he

was one of the nation's best w*r and 7

years ago our fathers brought forth on

this continent a new nation conceived in

liberty and dedicated to the proposition

that all men are created equal

and all the memories of America's heroes

will pull us through

together pull us through

together will pull us through to

together and my ancestors came from

Jamaica it's a beautiful country most

black Jamaicans are descendants of

Africans i want to go to Africa one day

on a safari me too to you the host in 5

4 3

2 these are called wraps and they are

part of the style of dress in many

countries of Africa africa has the most

amazing geography it's got just about

everything deserts snow jungles plains

great beaches mountains big cities and

small villages and it is a home to

gorillas lions baboons elephants and so

many more exotic animals billy show us

where we're off to next this next song

is set in the Ivory Coast of Africa it's

a beautiful traditional folk song called

Kumbaya

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kumbaya Lord K

oh Lord come

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by someone singing

Lord someone singing Lord come

and one singing Lord come

by oh Lord come

by come

by come by

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oh Lord come

by oh Lord come

by oh Lord come out

so Chris how's your top 10 list coming

great i'm almost done i made it about

Scotland since Bruce Ferrar is coming on

the show today what a fascinating place

Scotland is where are your ancestors

from we're all from the Philippines

which is different in just about every

way from Scotland we are in the tropics

so we have beaches and warm temperatures

palm trees and hurricanes wow sounded

great till you got to the hurricanes and

I didn't know until today that I'm

almost half Scottish and Kevin just

found out that he's Irish and German

we're all practically related my family

is Scottish Irish and German on my mom's

side what about your dad he's mostly

blackfoot Indian i'll meet a real Native

American enter Tilasi next in three two

now it's time to go to Scotland that

fascinating little country that's just

north of England four countries:

Scotland England Northern Ireland and

Wales make up the United Kingdom

although each one is quite different

from the other so we're off to Scotland

land of kilts tarkkins and bag pipes for

Did you ever see Alassie did you ever

see Alassie alassie a lassie did you

ever see a lassie go this way and that

go this way and that way go this way and

that way did you ever see a lassie go

this way and that did you ever see a

latt did you ever see a latty go this

way and that go this way and that way go

this way and that way did you ever see a

latte go this way and

back did you ever see a kilt a kilt a

kilt did you ever see a kilt go this way

and that go this way and that way go

this way and that way did you ever see a

kilt go this way and that

did you ever see a bank a bank a bank

did you ever see a bank go this way and

that go this way and that way go this

way and that way did you ever see a

backpack go this way

and now I see a

ly and a kilt now I see a bag go this

way and that go this way and that way go

this way and that way now we see all

these

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things question time graphic is cued

roll it 3 2 1 and take

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it on question time today Janet Fates is

with Bruce Ferrar a real bagpipe playing

Scotsman

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[Applause]

welcome thank you thank you what a

wonderful instrument well that's quite

an interesting outfit you're wearing can

you tell us what it is all about yes i'm

wearing a traditional Scottish kilt it's

made out of wool there's about eight

yards of material in it and originally

they used to wear the kilts all the way

around the back and up around over the

shoulder so that Scotsmen could keep

themselves warm at night as a blanket

and during the daytime they could wear

it as their normal outfit what about

that well this is called a sporin and

typically we put money in there if we

have any or other gadgets snacks or

things like that and the hat this is a

Scottish balmoral balmoral cap and we

use that to basically keep the rain off

our head and the sun out of our eyes

what is the bag pipe made of ebony or

rosewood and both those woods come

usually from Africa and we have other

things here we have the the leather bag

here this is made out of cowhide some

leather bags are made out of elkhide or

deer hide what kind of sounds do the

pipes make well the bag pipes make lots

of sounds u they make sounds out of

these three drones here uh two of the

drones are the same third one's much

longer than the other two they make the

low humming background noise that you

hear and in here is what we call the

chanter and it has a read in it that

makes the high pitch melodies you might

notice all the different holes on the

chanter and these holes sound much like

a flute when you play a flute how does

it work well what I do is I blow air

through this blowpipe here into the

bag which fills up and allows all the

air to go through the different drones

and through the chanter that's how we

make the noise can you play something

for us sure how about if I play the

unofficial Scottish national anthem

Scotland the Brave

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[Applause]

thank you very much for joining us

thanks for having me here now let's go

to the map center and find out exactly

where Scotland is now here's Scotland up

here above England on the island of

Great Britain wales is on Great Britain

too over here now when you add in

Northern Ireland which is here and a

couple of small islands you have drum

roll

please the United Kingdom sounds

impressive huh i'll bet you didn't know

I knew all that i'm glad you picked

Scotland for your topic today now that I

found out that I'm Scottish I want to

learn more about it are you ready yes

and now Chris Aguular is going to

present 10 fascinating facts about

Scotland take it away

Chris the top 10 most fascinating facts

about Scotland number 10 the national

instrument the bagpipe was actually

invented in Asia number nine hammer

throwing is a Scottish sport

number eight so is tree throwing number

seven haggus the national dish is made

of sheep's lung liver and

heart number six Scottish men wear kilts

which look like skirts for important

occasions number five families have

their own plaid which is named after

them number four golf is the most

popular sport in Scotland there are 400

courses number three there are yaks in

Scotland number two Scottish lakes are

called locks and the number one most

fascinating fact about Scotland is that

the bathroom was invented in Scotland

10,000 years

ago yes I did it i did it oh I did it

and now it's time for our Billy Biggle

to lead us in the singalong billy what

have you picked today i thought it would

be fun to dance to a very American song

Living in the USA so kids at home get

ready to rock out with me and the Kids

Songs Kids Rock and Roll

[Applause]

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Band

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[Applause]

yeah oh well oh well i feel so good

today we just touched ground on an

international

runway took a plane back home from

overseas to the USA

new York Los Angeles oh how I yearn for

you

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detroit Chicago Jack Baton

Rouge you got long just to be at home

back in St louis yeah

did I miss the skyscrapers did I miss

the long

freeways from the coast of California to

the shores of the Delaware Bay

you can bet your life till I got back to

the USA

yeah

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woohoo

yeah

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yeah all

right yippee

oh gosh I'm good

woohoo i'm so glad I'm living in the

USA yes i'm so glad I'm living in the

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USA anything you want got it right here

in the USA

we're so glad we're so glad we're so

glad we're so glad oh we're so glad

we're so glad we're so glad we're so

glad anything you want we got it right

here in the USA

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[Applause]

wow i feel like we've done a world tour

today just about hey Mel where's your

family from just about the four corners

of the earth i have grandparents from

Thailand Russia Czechoslovakia and China

me the host in five four three two and

and now it's time to go south of the

border to Mexico which is right here see

this is the border with America and

south is this way and here it is Mexico

big isn't it this next song is in

Spanish it's called Los Pitos that means

the little chickens

plus

decreo

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tree for

Lina D say cluck cluck

cluck

quo solist

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i say clap clap

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clap round the world in 30 minutes time

to wrap it up kanesa the host in five

four three three two and Well kiddos

that's all we have time for on the Kids

Songs TV show the one and only show made

by kids for kids and starring kids and

me Billy Bigle you

see us when we need it he's got magic

powers his name is Billy Bigle we'll

keep him a secret coming to the rescue

when they're

going we'll call it kids songs tapping

our feet soon everybody's going to move

to the beat give us kids songs we got

the sound we're going to be coming to

your city and town we want our kids

songs we want our kids

songs we want our kids songs

and take it we want them

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