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Let's Learn About 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 Learn About Music!

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we want our

kids we want our

kids we want our kids

take it we want to

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so uh what uh what are you kids up to

today we decide to make a show about

music you know our music teacher

professor major is he that slightly

unusual man in the funny hat and coat

we've seen in some of the videos that's

him oh yeah i remember him what about

him he's going to help us make our show

all about music he makes learning music

so much fun he'll teach us about

different instruments and different

musical styles excellent and now

speaking of music can we take a look at

today's music videos sure thing

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around the mberry

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the one with the wagons here they come

they're back in town it's the greatest

show around the circus

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professor major board is coming today

isn't that great yeah i hope he brings

lots of instruments do you take lessons

from him yes i studied the tuba and the

drums i want to start taking drum

lessons too is it fun oh yes i love it

but you better have a mom that likes

them cuz they're very noisy it's

showtime stand by everybody ready good

hassan let's roll the opening graphic in

three two one and take

it janessa cue the host in five four

three two 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 wood of ventura

and i'm alexander palm and we're the

bigles i'm billy and i'm ruby hey guys i

was wondering why are you called bigles

cuz we can be big or little like this

that must be fun it is and here's a

really fun song to get our show started

it's called on top of spaghetti let's

put spaghetti spaghetti it's a food

watch you'll see on top of

spaghett all covered with

cheese i lost my

meatball when somebody's

knees it rolled off the

table and onto the

floor and then my poor

meatball rolled on some more

he kept right on

rolling on down by the

lake and then my poor

meatball

snake he kept right

on the gate i must catch my

feet before it's too

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late it's changes

direction and it's heading

back i think that my

meatball is on the right

track if it stays

on

straight then my ball will get back to

my plate

we'll get back to my place

wow professor what's in all these cases

magnificent horns and fabulous woodwinds

exotic percussion instruments and

vibrant strings wow we practically have

an orchestra here yes young lady we do

an orchestra is comprised of four

sections the strings the woodwinds the

brass and the percussion instruments

could you teach us about the different

kinds of instruments on today's show

yeah darn tootin i can do you play any

instruments megan i've just started the

clarinet how's it going not that well

yet it takes a lot of practice to learn

the right way to blow the fingering is a

bit tricky too are you going to stick

with it absolutely there's a girl named

jane that professor major court has been

giving lessons to for a really long time

she is so good oh that's great when you

listen to jane you can imagine how good

you'll be in a year or two right and

when i get discouraged i think about her

too so thought i'd be good at it that

keeps me going neat cue the host in five

4 3 2 and q today we're going to be

talking a lot about music in this next

song you can really hear the flute i can

play a flute really yes

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wow the flute has a sound unlike any

other instrument so kids listen for an

in here we go

loop-de-loop here we go

loop here we go

loop here we go

loop all

night here we go way down

low here we go way up

high here we go way down low

we really know how to

fly here we go

and here we go fast and

slow here we go round and

round oh what a great way to

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go

here we go up and

down here we sit side by

side here we go up and

down oh what a wonderful

ride here we go

loop here we go loop

de here we go

loopde all on a saturday

night all on a saturday

night saturday night

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good morning professor good morning

young musicians have you been practicing

your french horn katie oh yes professor

i can play the scales really well now

what are scales a series of tones like

this

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brad host we're coming to you in three

two and with a drum roll this next song

takes us to the circus and talk about

drum rolls there must be big drums at

the beginning of this track yes those

are tiffany listen kiddos they're the

ones that

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go those are the ones listen kids you

can't miss

them

here they come back in town it's the

greatest show around the circus coming

to

town there are

clowns there's so much to see and do now

the circus is coming to

town the lions roar elephants will dance

nothing could ever be so

grand don't be left behind they're

starting right on time cuz the circus is

coming to town got to see it cuz the

circus is coming to

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town here they

come it's the greatest show around cuz

the circus is coming to

town there are clowns jugglers too

there's so much to see and do now the

circus is coming to

town the lions roar elephants will dance

nothing could ever be so

grand don't be left behind they're

starting right on time cuz the circus is

coming to town got to see it the

cirus is

coming to town there they go

i like those tony in fact i like all

drums would you like me to play my snare

drum for you i'm not sure billy you'll

love it

hey i recognize that song isn't it boom

boom great to be crazy yes it is

great to

be to be

crazy all day

long great to

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be races are the best having fun from

east to west being silly with my team

trying hard to win ice cream boom boom

ain't it great to be crazy boom boom

great to be crazy giddy and foolish all

day long boom boom great to be crazy

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i hope i don't fall on my face i put my

team in last place running backwards

like a fool camp is more fun than school

boom boom ain't it great to be crazy

boom ain't it great to be crazy giddy

and foolish all day long boom boom ain't

it great to be crazy

[Applause]

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you

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[Applause]

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guys made it great to be crazy boom made

it great to be crazy giddy and foolish

all day long made it great to be crazy

boom boom made it great to be crazy

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ruby i think i'd like to learn an

instrument but i'm afraid i won't be any

good at it oh mark it's never too late

to start something you think you might

enjoy some of the best musicians in the

world are in their 90s you have your

whole life to enjoy music so you think i

should ask professor mage if i could

join a class oh yes mark what if i'm not

any good mark i'm sure you'll be good

give it a try okay ruby i will how much

is that doggy in the window is cute and

standing by good we're coming to the

host in five four three two this next

song how much is that doggy in the

window has a very simple melody as most

songs with the wall tempo do what's a

walt's tempo when it goes one two three

one two three oh yeah there's lots of

songs like that yes billy there are our

arrangement features the keyboard yet

another instrument that i can play see

how

much in the

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window i do hope that dog is for

sale how much is that dog in the

window the one with the waggle

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oh a dog is a very expensive pet and

also a very big responsibility perhaps

you should look around a little bit

[Applause]

little

ducky went swimming in a puddle a puddle

a puddle a puddle quite

small it doesn't matter how much i

splash and splatter i'm

only a ducky

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hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up

the clock the clock struck one and down

he ran hickory dickory

dock hickory dickory dock the mouse ran

up the clock the clock str one and down

he ran hickory dickory

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dock the itsybitsy spider went up the

water spout down came the rain and

washed the spider out up came the sun

and dried up all the rain now the

itsybitsy spider went up the spout

again the itsybitsy spider went up the

water spout down came the rain and

washed the spider out up came the sun

and dried up all the rain now the

itsybitsy spider went up the spout again

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how much

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kids that doggy is $25 we'll take it

we'll take everything else

and who are you young man i'm mark

humphrey are you a student of music well

not exactly rhythm harmony melody

conducting or composition uh i'm afraid

not huh well we'll have to remedy this

immediately which instrument would you

like to try professor i'm not sure i'm

very musical nonsense there's an

instrument for everybody here try this

triangle splendiperous now let's try

this cowbell a lot of us kids study

music with professor major cord and a

big part of our study is the playing of

instruments professor major always says

that the playing side is more important

than the study side cuz playing music is

what it's all about so have a look at

what happened when professor major

invited our whole town to play along

with the kids songs kids in come join

the

band guitar twang i want to hear your

snare drum raise your trumpet up hold

your sacks down low grab your horn let

me hear you

go 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 band

take a clarinet and a

great just for you we'll hit the note so

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

play the songs 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 the

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band 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

band so come on and join the band will

be the best all over the land oh yes

don't you want to join the band oh yeah

don't you want to join the band

does jana play an instrument i don't

think so you watch professor major chord

we'll have her play something by the end

of the segment hassan roll the question

time graphic in three two one and take

i'm sure you kids were able to figure

out who professor major cord was in that

video that code of his was pretty hard

to miss so are his lessons so without

further ado let's welcome janet bates

and professor major chord on question

time thank you christian thank you

alexandra good morning professor good

morning janet wow what a wonderful

selection of instruments they are

wonderful aren't they professor i

understand that there are several

different groups of instruments can you

explain to us a little about them

absolutely let's start with the

percussion instruments now the rule is

if you hit it to play it it's a

percussion instrument can you give us an

example sure let's take these congas for

example

here you try janet

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wow that's fine gee professor you

haven't been here for a minute and i'm

playing an instrument already see i told

you yep that's our professor now another

percussion instrument is the tambourine

part of what makes a tambourine so much

fun are these little symbols around the

edges now symbols are also percussion

instruments and we know that's because

you have to hit them to make music

exactly like

these now the difference is instead of

hitting them with our hand we're

crashing them into each

other but they are percussion

instruments all the same are there other

types of percussion instruments oh yes

there are ones that you hit with a stick

like a wood block and there are also

ones that you shake like the maracas go

ahead janet give them a try

hey these are fun yes percussion

instruments are easy to learn and a lot

of fun especially for kids now the

stringed instruments take a bit more

training what are stringed instruments

any musical instrument that makes it

sound by vibrating strings like this

guitar

see the strings vibrate with stringed

instruments the strings are stretched

tight over a hollow box of one shape or

another now the violin is like the

guitar only different and it's played

differently with a bow

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isn't it fascinating oh yes professor

can you explain to us about the wood

ones and the brass absolutely both of

these types of instruments are played by

blowing see on the brass instruments

like your trombones french horns and

bugles the musician blows into this

little cupshaped mouthpiece but with the

woodwinds like the clarinet you blow

past this little piece of reed and the

vibration makes the sounds so all these

instruments make their sound through

vibration a very astute observation

janet yes all musical sounds are created

through vibrations well professor major

cord i feel that we've only just begun

exploring the world of music

unfortunately our time is up well my

young musician friend i'll come back

anytime you want me to oh thank you

professor i'm sure we'll be seeing you

very soon thank you i think so too you

know i think i'm going to take up an

instrument me too oh great you know

there's so many of us taking music

lessons that we could have our own band

but that would be just too cool and cue

the host and now it's time for the very

special part of the show billy bigle

sing along you know guys i'm really in a

musical mood so i was thinking how about

i play an instrument today and ruby can

show the kids at home the movements to

follow along with that's a great idea oh

good i'm so glad what's today's song

here we go the mberry bush here we go

the mberry bush the mberry bush the

mberry bush here we go the mberry bush

so early in the morning this is the way

we hail the hay the hay this is the way

we build the hay so early monday morning

good work kids this is the way we feed

the chicks feed the chicks feed the

chicks this is the way we feed the

chicks so early tuesday morning oh

they're so cute that looks like a baby

picture this is the way we sweep the

porch sweep the porch sweep the porch

this is the way we sweep the porch so

early wednesday morning look at them go

round and round

this is the way we paint the fence paint

the fence paint the fence this is the

way we paint the fence so early thursday

morning oh wet paint don't touch it

you'll get dirty this is the way we

groom the horse groom the horse groom

the horse this is the way we groom the

horse so early friday

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morning this is the way

we

cows this is the way we cow so early

saturday morning here we go the mberry

bush the mberryberry bush mberry bush

here we go round the mberry bush so

early sunday morning

great thanks that was fun all right okay

now let me see oh yes i can fit you in

at 10:30 on saturday for your first drum

lesson do i need to bring drums nah you

can use mine great see you there

professor bye

okay guys we have one more intro to do

candyman in three two and this next song

has some lovely string parts and a very

catchy melody and some eye-catching

candy let's join the kids songs kids at

the candy factory with the candy man

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sprinkle it with

it cover it in chocolate and a mcle or

two the candy man

the candy

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canes with love and makes the world

taste good

who can take a rainbow who can take a

rainbow wrap it in a side wrap it in the

sun soak it in the sun make a tasty

lemon pie the candyman

the candyman oh the candyman can the

candyman can the candy

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manes makes everything he bakes

satisfying and

delicious talk about your childhood

wishes

you can even eat the dishes

who can take tomorrow who can take

tomorrow dip it in a dream dip it in the

tree separate the sorrow and collect up

all the cream the candy man the candy oh

the candy man can the candy man the

candy man can mix it with love makes the

world taste

good the candy

canes with love makes the world taste

good

the candy man

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ty chop it up i need to get going

baseball practice uh no profession major

court said i could stop by this morning

for a trumpet lesson trumpet neat okay

kev i think you're the last hold out now

what are you going to take up i think

i'm going to try the saxophone great you

guys can join katie and janessa and be

the horn section for our band we needed

more horns 5 seconds left on the clip

four three two and well kiddos that's

all we have time for on today's episode

of kids songs tv show the one and only

show made by kids for kids and starring

kids

and you

see we'll keep them a secret coming to

the

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res we got the sound we're going to be

coming to your city and town we want our

kids we want our kids

we want our kids

take it we want them

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