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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.

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we want our

kids we want our

kids we want our kids

take it we want them

[Music]

mrs wilson you know how you asked us to

work arts and crafts into the show mhm

well we found a way to do it oh really

how we've invited Howard Barnett the

puppeteer to come on our show and he's

going to give us a demonstration on how

to make simple hand puppets out of socks

and things and Janet will do it with him

and the kids at home can too i like the

interactive element of this show good

stuff kids i agree now can I have a peek

at the songs you've prepared for today

sure down by the bay where the

watermelons grow back to my home I dare

not go a B C D E F G come and sing along

with me the more we play together

together the more we play together the

happier we'll be who's going to put all

this stuff together for the puppet

demonstration i've got time i'll take

care of it good okay Trips so throw the

opening graphic in three two one and

take

it and cue the

host 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

Pong and I'm Billy Bigle we have a

really fun show for you today so I

strongly suggest you stick with us for a

funfilled half hour which starts now

let's get started with a song that's fun

to sing along with it's called Bingo

and Bingo was his nameo b I N G O B I N

G O B I N G O and Bingo

there were some kids who had a dog and

Bingo was his

nameo i N G O I N G O I N G O and Bingo

was his

nameo there were some kids who had a dog

and Bingo was his nameo

n

O N

O N O and Bingo was his

nameo there were some kids who had a dog

and Bingo was his

nameo

G and Bingo was his nameo

there were some kids who had a dog and

Bingo was his

nameo

[Music]

oh and Bingo was his

nameo there were some kids who had a dog

and Bingo was his nameo

and bingo was his

nameo b I N G O B I N G O B I N G O and

Bingo his nameo bingo his nameo

bingo his name okay so we'll need paper

bags socks and some buttons for eyes and

how about some string for hair great and

don't forget the glue don't worry Jennet

i've got it under control three two

and it's time to go out to sea with our

cool Coast Guard friends i love these

sailors they really got into making this

video with us they're just fun folks so

kids come along with the kids song kids

and the US Coast Guard on a sea cruise

oh man music in my shoes there's no

sitting singing with my You got nothing

to lose won't you let me take you on a

sea cruise ooh wee ooh we baby ooh we

ooh we baby ooh wee ooh we baby won't

you let me take you on the sea cruise

feel like travel baby won't you join me

please i don't like but now I'm

on i got to get to rock and get my hat

off the rack you know the boogie woogie

hit me right in the back so be my guest

you got nothing to lose won't you let me

take you on cruise

we

[Music]

baby won't let me take you on a sweet

cruise

[Music]

i got to get some moving i ain't lying

my heart is beating

[Music]

R be my guest got nothing to lose won't

you let me take you on a secret

we baby

we

baby won't you let me take you on

se baby

[Music]

see these big sequins work much better

yeah you're right i think I'm going to

add a little braid too what do you have

here you go they are so pretty let me

look what's next the school songs medley

good i like that clip is it ready it's

cute and standing by good answer mark

count in the host in four three two and

it's time to go to school oh good i want

to go to school wait a minute we're in

the middle of making the show okay let

me try another way of saying it this

next video is going to take us to school

oh that's better and we're going to work

on our ABCs and our 1 two 3es can we do

our four five sixes too sure Billy let's

go 1

2 3 4 shut the door 5

6 7 8 Don't be late 9 10 Do it over

again

[Music]

school days school days good

oldfashioned rush days leading and

riding and

rich our teachers great and we learn

quick when we started schooling we only

knew all the great things we learned

from you there's so many things that we

can do now

good morning children good morning Miss

and now this morning we're going to work

on the alphabet

a B C D E F G Come and sing along with

me h I J K L M N O P tell me what you

want to be q R S T U V W X Y and Z now I

know my ABCs

next time you

[Music]

sing a B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R

S T U V W X Y and Z now I know my ABCs

next time

that was very good children that was

just wonderful

in ancient times astronomers group

bright stars together into patterns

called constants hi Chris what are you

up to i'm reading a stron book look at

this neat one I found wow it has all the

constellations where's the Big Dipper

right there let's try to find the Little

Dipper it should be Mark we're going to

have to start setting up the stuff for

the puppeteer segment soon is it here

yet no melanie must still be getting it

together coming to you in three two and

this next song finds the kids songs kids

at camp hard at play hard at play you

know the expression grown-ups always use

hard at work well kids play as hard as

grown-ups work i guess so in this next

video they're playing all kinds of games

it's called the more we get together the

happier we'll be which by the way is

something I truly believe thank you

Billy the more we get together together

together the more we get together the

happier we'll be cuz your friends are my

friends and my friends are your friends

the more we get together the happier

we'll

be the more we play together

together the more we play together the

happier we'll be cuz your friends are my

friends and my friends are your friends

the more we play together the happier

we'll

[Music]

be the more we dance together

together the more we dance together the

happier we'll be cuz your friends are my

friends and my friends are your friends

the more we dance together the happier

we'll be

i'm Eddie i'm Monica i'm Debbie i'm

Chris and we're your counselors

the more we get together

together the more we get together the

happier we'll be cuz your friends are my

friends and my friends are your friends

the more we get together the happier

we'll be the more we get together the

happier we'll be the more we get

together the

happier we'll be hi Janet hi Melanie

where's the stuff for the puppeteer

segment i I I haven't gotten it together

yet you haven't he's going to be here

any minute and the segment starts right

after the next song and you promised how

could you do this to me what am I

supposed to do now i'll do it right now

Janet i'm sorry i just got distracted

with other projects well you better have

it ready in time

oh Billy I really messed up what am I

going to do we're going to fix it

Melanie how How am I going to get all

this stuff together in just a few

minutes with the help of your friends

especially this little blue one yes

Janet i'm surprised too melanie is

usually so responsible what are we going

to

do sure if you need to change the order

of the show we'll deal with it bye host

intro in five four three two and this

next song features some very cute

animals i think you think all animals

are very cute just about but these next

ones are so adorable i suppose you're

referring to the raccoon possum and

bunny rabbit you guessed

right raccoon's got a bushy

tail

goes tail at a little bunch of

[Music]

hair raccoon is a man loves to sneak

around see the funny things he does he

looks just like a

[Music]

clown psome up an apple tree raccoon on

the ground raccoon

says you shake them down

[Music]

raccoon says to rabbit "Would you like

to share my food?" Raccoon says "I'll

wash it first to make it taste so

[Music]

good." Raccoon's got a bushy tail

psome's tail goes bear rabbit's got no

tail at all just a little bunch of hair

raccoon's got a bushy tail psome's tail

goes tail at all just a little bunch of

hair

[Music]

okay here are all the socks and here's

the glue and the paints and I've got all

your sequins and pretty ribbons together

and here's thread and needles and my

whole arts and crafts box now that's got

to be everything Mr barnett could

possibly use scissors right scissors and

Q this next song is about a very sweet

hand dog that gets into lots of trouble

but he doesn't mean to i guess he just

doesn't understand why he shouldn't

sleep in the flower beds or roll in the

mud he's just like my dog so let's

follow the adventures of this hound dog

as he makes mischief everywhere he goes

hound dog crying all the

time you ain't a hound dog crying all

the

time you ain't never got around and you

ain't no friend of

mine they said you

high that was just a

lie they said you

[Music]

high off of my

You ain't never you ain't no friend of

mine

[Music]

you ain't nothing but a hound

dog crying all the

time you ain't nothing but a

hound crying all the

time you ain't never you ain't no friend

of

mine they said you was high

class that was just a

lie they said you were high

class that was just a

lie you ain't never got a rabbit and you

ain't no friend of

mine you ain't nothing but a hound dog

crying all the

time you ain't nothing but a hound dog

crying all the time

you ain't never caught a rabbit and you

ain't no friend of

mine you ain't got a rabbit you ain't no

friend of mine

i don't know how she did it but Melanie

came through everything's ready for the

puppet making segment great should I

roll the graphic roll it three two one

and take it

today we have a special treat for you

howard Barnett the famous puppeteer is

here to show you how to make and work

puppets if you follow his great advice

you will be a puppeteer yourself by the

end of the show just grab a sock and

join Janet Bates on question time thank

you Christian thank you Alexandra and

now Howard Barnett thank you good

morning good morning to you hello boys

and girls would you like to make a

puppet i'd love to good would you kids

at home like to make a puppet well good

i think everybody knows where to get a

paper bag either at home or at the store

now the first thing our paper bag puppet

would need is a mouth a mouth i have a

scissors here and some construction

paper and I'm going to cut a mouth very

easy and now all we need is a little bit

of glue and you could use any kind of

glue don't put too much on cuz we don't

want it to be too drippy and as we can

see

already we've got the beginning of a

good puppet hi how you

doing but we need a few more things eyes

eyes good would you like to draw the

eyes i'd love to okay we'll draw Okay a

couple of nice small little eyes what's

What's on top of eyes eyebrows eyebrows

good and how about if I make the eyes

that you made the eyeballs

and make two big droopy eyes and I

pre-made a

nose everybody has a nose right this is

kind of a goofy nose puppet nose big

giant goofy nose and now we turn it

around the

back we're going to add hair and

arms janet's cutting the hair and I'm

going to put the arms on

see we're we're putting things on the

back i know it's a little confusing

you're thinking why would you put why

would you glue things on the back well

let me show you because when we turn it

around we have a puppet

and would you like to work this puppet

uh-huh okay and I have another puppet

here now this is so simple everybody has

a sock at home right here I've put two

little eyes i got at a craft store and

we'll call him How about Sako saco and

Droopy since he has droopy eyes okay hi

Droopy hi Sako and you know to make a

stage kids it's so simple you could just

go behind a table or a chair put the

glue to the side we could do a little

show you want to do a show okay okay

well hello there Droopy want to go out

and play i'd love to okay well bye-bye

boys and girls we're going to go out and

play now bye bye

thank you very much i'm so relieved it

came out all right i can't thank you

guys enough for your help anytime

Melanie don't even mention it no really

thank you i messed up and I knew Janet

was really mad if you guys hadn't helped

me melody that's what friends are for

[Music]

hey Billy you're late for your sing

along

see we all mess up well as soon as he

gets here oh hi Billy it's time for your

sing along i'm ready today's song is a

kids classic i'm sure you all know it

it's called Mary Had a Little Lamb now

kids let's all sing it together ready

mary had a little lamb little lamb

little lamb mary had a little lamb it

fleece was white as snow and everywhere

that Mary went Mary went Mary went

everywhere that Mary went the lamb was

sure to

go follow it there she

goes oh Mary followed her to school one

day school one day school one day he

followed her to school one day it was

against the rule kids made the children

laugh and play laugh and play laugh and

play oh poor Mary oh Mary that makes you

so sad that's your only friend a If it

were your best friend you would be sad

too and so the teacher turned him out

turned him out turned him out and so the

teacher turned him out but still he

lingered near and went and ate it

patiently patiently patiently and went

and ate it patiently till Mary did

appear mary had a little lamb little

lamb little lamb mary had a little lamb

it fleece was white as snow and

everywhere that Mary went Mary went Mary

went everywhere that Mary went the lamb

was sure to go and this next song is

about the biggest animal in the circus

the elephants you got it let's see that

must be strolling through the park one

day right

[Music]

againary i was taken by surprise by a

pair of rogish eyes i was scared but I

didn't run

away he walked along so

daintil moving as graceful as can

be his legs were like the trunks of

trees i hardly came up to his

knees he looked at me again and I knew

he would be friends he's just a

[Music]

[Applause]

little

baby about as old as me and

you maybe soon one day we could all go

out and play and be friends with the

elephants in the park

he walked along

[Music]

soil moving as graceful as can

[Music]

be i thought I'd seen a lot of things

from the

Arctic Springs from his tail up to his

trunk from the back up to the front the

elephant is so astonishing

[Music]

this elephant is so

astonishing so astonishing

[Applause]

[Music]

it feels like going home time what's

your hurry basketball practice oh I see

now that baseball season is over you're

going to be rushing off to basketball

practice you got it we better cue the

host before anyone rushes anywhere cue

him we have time for only one more song

today so the Kids Songs kids decided to

show you the one with the whale with the

polkadotted tail and the llama with

pajamas and the pig with the wig it's

down by the bay down by the bay where

the watermelons grow

i dare not go for if I do my mother will

say "Did you ever see a baboon holding a

balloon by the bay down by the bay where

the watermelons grow back to my home i

dare not

go if I do my mother will say

"Did you ever see a whale with a polka

dot tail?" Down by the bay down by the

bay where the watermelons grow back to

my home i dare not go for if I do my

mother will say

"Did you ever see a pig wearing a wig?"

Down by the bay down by the bay where

the watermelons grow back to my home i

dare not go or if I do my mother will

say

"Did you ever see a goat standing in a

boat?" Down by

the bay where the watermelons grow back

to my home I dare not go

for if I do my mother will

say "Did you ever see a llama wearing

pajamas down by the bay?" Down by the

bay down by the bay

i'm sorry I got so mad at you i'm sorry

I left it all to the last minute are we

friends again of course we are want to

come over after the show sure i'll call

my mom and ask if I can come on

host time to wrap it up in three two and

Well kiddos that's all we have time for

on the Kids Song of TV show the one and

only show made by kids for kids and

starring kids and me Billy Bigle see you

see you bye

he's got magic powers that make

him big we'll keep him a secret coming

to the rescue when they're

going to call the kids songs tapping our

feet soon everybody's going to move to

the beat give us kids songs we've 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

and take it we

[Music]