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Let's Make Music

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.

Let's Make Music

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we want to get

on we want to get

on we want to

get We

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want it got that alana when are the

percussion instruments being delivered

cameron's unloading them right now i saw

some interesting instruments outside

yeah the famous percussionist Sheila E

is appearing on our show today and

that's her equipment well this is a

performance that I don't want to miss oh

me either then be sure to be here by

2:00

just one more clip over here

and you're done i love it and I love

this outfit a whole new look for me

thanks Troy you're very welcome Tiffany

good morning ladies good morning Sarah

tiffany we're ready for you i'm coming

how are you Megan good thanks for asking

pal

cute Megan very cute as bud let's roll

that opening animation in five four 3

two one and take it

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and Q 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 Tiffany Burton and I'm Sergio

Centenno i'm really happy to be here

today we've got a very exciting guest

for you Sheila E and a lot of really

great music videos too aren't you

forgetting something what about us we're

going to be playing the drums today

billy and Ruby Big are going to surprise

you and amaze you with a knowledge of

percussion instruments our first video

of the day takes us to the Caribbean

where the kids songs kids are doing a

dance called the conga these conga drums

were originally created in Africa they

have a distinct

sound and the conga dance has a very

distinctive beat like this

so come on and conga

night in

Atlanta the man began to play a new

rhythm was

born and people began to

sway move your feet and step in time

jump right in

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for everybody

everybody everybody out your hands on my

hands and follow my

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sing

everybody

everybody shines through the animals a

sweet and blood through the air

i'm feeling the pull of the conga and I

can't let go of my conga swing and sway

to the conga

beat there's no telling who you'll be i

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love

everybody

everybody Everybody put your hands on my

hips and my hands when I

see

everybody everybody come on everybody

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we're off to a great start let's keep

this pace going you're not waiting on me

or me they're ready on set so what are

we waiting for me I guess so let's go in

three two and two our next song is a

traditional Mexican folk song you'll

notice that it has a very different

rhythm than the conga it's like this la

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and it's called the Mexican hat dance

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wow he's playing the violin pretty fast

i

know there is a famous dance from all

Mexico it started in a village so long

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ago and dances

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wow that looks fantastic i love how

their skirts swing when they're dancing

me too

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maria take the stage what beautiful

clothes they wear you punch the guitar

on and show them until the end the

dances pass by all so gracefully they

never miss a step they do it so easily

there is a famous dance from all Mexico

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so this is the bass drum right right see

it has this foot

pedal when you hit it it makes a thuting

noise cool and this is the snare right

again it makes a cracking kind of noise

try it

it sounds so different it has these

tight wires around the bass it gives it

its sound

cool and we're ready

now and two our next song takes us to a

candy factory a wonderful place that I

personally would very much like to go to

then come with me

who can take a sunrise who can take a

sunrise sprinkle it with dew sprinkle it

with cover chocolate and a miracle or

two the candy man the candy man the

candy man can the candy man can the

candy man he mixes it with makes the

world taste

good who can take a rainbow

wrap it in a side wrap it in a soak it

in the sun make it tasty in the pie the

candy man the candy man oh the candy man

the candy

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man can

he makes the world taste

good the candy man makes everything he

makes satisfying and

delicious talk about your childhood

wishes you could even eat the dishes

who can make tomorrow we can take

tomorrow dip it in a dream dip it in a

dream separate the sorrow and collect up

all the cream the candy man the candy

man oh the candy man can the candy man

can The candy man can

he makes the world taste

good the candy man can mix it with makes

the world taste good

the candy

man candy

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this is called the high hat you hit

these with your sticks then use the foot

pedal to stop it let me try that a few

more times okay

I've added Ruby to the next intro and

she knows what to do okay Asa let's use

that new effect you made the one with

all the cowboy hats and boots to get us

into this next video i can do that cue

them now we're headed down to the Lone

Star State where line dancing is key now

to do the line dance you need a steady

rhythm like this

you've got the beat so grab your hat and

boots and let's do the yellow roads of

Texas the yellow rose of Texas is

sweeping across the land you turn on

every bus and play by

every join us is where you want to be

out here on the dance floor with friends

and family let's Romeo

yeeha slide along and turn around can't

you feel the beat the magic's in the

music the rhythms in your feet when we

dance together we're having so much fun

so let's just keep on moving until the

music

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stop the yellow of Texas is sweeping

across the land can turn on every bus

and play by every man so come along and

join us it's where you want to be out

here on the dance floor with friends and

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family it only takes the two of us to

leave the rest along come and join the

party started by design the light goes

on forever don't have to wait your turn

the yellow rose of Texas is the dance

you got to learn this is Texas i hope

they have a big

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barbecue the yellow rose of Texas is

sweeping across the

land and

play so come along and join us it's

where you want to be out here on the

dance floor with friends and family out

here on the dance floor with friends and

family out here on the dance floor with

friends and family

i look good with a cowboy hat you sure

do just a little natural powder so you

won't shine under the lights mhm i

really want to look cool when I

interview Sheila E do you have something

special for me to wear i've got just a

thing tada

great i'm a little nervous you'll be

fabulous darling watching Matilda is

cute and ready to go litter rip is that

something like a Q yep i'm fine today

you guys got to keep up with me oh

brother and action

so far today we've heard rhythms from

North South and Central America so it's

time to head down to another continent

the one that's all the way around the

world Australia the Kids Songs kids went

there and met some Australian kids and a

very jolly swagman what is a swagman

it's Australian for a traveling salesman

wo

it's all going on in Wing Matilda

once a swagman sat beside the b*mb under

the shade of the cool tree and he sang

as he sat and waited by the bib

come al sing Matilda with me wall sing

Matilda sing Matilda you'll come along

sing Matilda with me and he sang as he

sat and waited by the pill you'll come

along sing Matilda with

me down came a jump to drink beside the

bill h jump and he seized him with glee

and he sang as he tucked that jump in

his

sucker come

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along sing with me and he sang as he sat

and waited by the pill

come along sing love with me

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once a jolly traveler sat beside the

clear lake under the shade of a tall

tall tree and he sang as he sat and

waited by the clear lake you'll come

along with me

sing Matilda you'll come singild with me

and he sang as he sat and waited by the

b*mb so come along

sing with

me and don't forget Billy's in this one

with

you and Q rock and roll is a style of

music that is driven by the drum beat

rock and roll drummers have big drum

kits with lots of different drums to

create the sound they want really

getting straight i'm ready to rock when

I'm drumming I can be pounding the bass

drum and then I can hit the high hat the

tomtoms and end it with the floor tom

cool

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huh check out the drummers in this next

rock and roll track

loose heat

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heat heat heat

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jack everybody got the

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loose you're playing so cool obeying

every rule take a doubt in your heart

you're burning yearning for some

somebody to tell you that I may pass you

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by i tried to tell you it will if you

don't even

try you can fly if you only lose

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sunday shy

sh everybody

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you got to turn me around and put your

feet on the ground and take a hold of

your soul

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i'm

turning the

music off

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everybody

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lose everybody lose

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now the big moment of the show the

Sheila E interview i'm up for it boss

asa roll the question time graphic in

three two

one and cue the host today on question

time we are delighted to have Sheila E

the worldrenowned percussionist and our

own fabulous Mimi Paley thank you Sergio

and Tiffany and thank you Sheila for

joining us thank you very much it's a

pleasure to be here you began playing

instruments at a very early age right

right i was uh 3 years old when I first

started uh touching the the percussion

instruments and then I started playing

at the age of 5 years old with my dad is

your dad a musician yes he is he's a

percussion player what did you learn

first i learned uh an instrument called

a conga would you like me to demonstrate

please okay i started off playing like

this just playing and then I learned

other uh patterns

you got a good rhythm thank you very

much can you demonstrate those for me

sure we can come over here this is

called a shake and this is from Africa

and you play it like

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this and you hit the bottom to get that

sound like that yeah this is called a

kabasa you can play this many different

ways you can play it like

this or like

this like

this or like this

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okay let's try this moracas play like

this try that

okay oh very good and this is from

Brazil you can play it like

this or you can play it like this

[Applause]

that's called a go- go bell these are

baby shakers these are

eggs oh you got a rhythm

there very good let's uh move over here

to the tomatoes

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whoa you're really good thank you very

much do you have any friends that like

to play yeah come on you guys ready one

two three go

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and that's percussion

thank you so much for coming on the Kids

Songs TV show you're welcome

stay tuned for more fascinating guests

on the next question time she's such a

charming woman and such a talented

musician i'd love to meet her you think

if we could make something

please have a little quiet sorry we're

up to the intro with Billy and Ruby sing

along i've got you covered dude thanks

pal and cue the host now it's time for

us to get up move around and sing a

little with our furry friends Billy and

Ruby Bigle and their famous fun-filled

sing along

billy and I were intrigued with all the

Latin rhythms we heard earlier so we

picked the classic L bomba for our sing

along today now what you need are some

moracas or anything else that's fun to

shake now let's practice the singalong

part

laa let's try it

together i'm as ready as I'll ever be

let's roll

it sing in Spanish or

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Baby

I I

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for

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myow

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got everybody

ba

again keep

going one more time

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i

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la I

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I said

party you're

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my daddy so

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daddy it's so romantic

all I want to know is which way to the

salt table

that was so much fun we'll see you next

time on Billy and Ruby sing along i just

had a brain wave a lightning bolt a

great idea and we should close today's

show with come join the band it's

perfect you're right let's do it hey

song change make up an intro and go with

it in five four three two today's show

and our wonderful guest Sheila E have me

so excited about music that I want to

start playing something right now i can

play the symbols already

kids songs kids everywhere grab anything

that makes a noise and play along with

us on Come join the

band and the guitar swing i want to hear

your

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ser grab your heart let me really hear

you so come on and join the band we'll

be the best all over the land oh yes

don't you want to join the

Take

a and a joy too here's a big just for

you we'll hit the note so high we'll hit

the note so low we'll play the song that

every kid will

know so come on and join the band we'll

be the best all over the land oh yes

don't you want to join

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the enjoy the be

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Oh yes don't you want to join the band

oh yeah don't you want to join the band

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we're out of time let's wrap it up cue

the host well kids that's all we have

time for on this episode of the Kids

Songs TV show the one and only show made

by kids for kids starring kids and big

see you see you

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bye tap in 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 we want

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