BUILDING A BETTER WORLD CD
Facts & Fun CD by Mr. I & the Rainbow Singers
Copyright Hummingbird Music
HAPPY DAY DAY
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
Chorus: HEY HEY, IT’S A HAPPY DAY DAY
HEY HEY, IT’S A HAPPY DAY DAY DAY
HEY HEY, IT’S A HAPPY DAY DAY
HEY, HEY, IT’S A HAPPY DAY !
IT’S A VERY SPECIAL DAY, A DAY TO RUN A DAY TO PLAY
A DAY TO LAUGH WHAT DO YOU SAY,
THE SUN IS SHINING ALL THE WAY,
Chorus
IT’S HAPPY TIME FOR YOU AND ME,
IT’S THE TURNING OF A CENTURY
SO LIFT YOUR ARMS IN LIBERTY,
COME SING ALONG, IT’S FUN, IT’S FREE!
Chorus
HAPPINESS, IT DOESN’T COST A CENT
TAKE TIME TO SMILE, IT’S TIME WELL SPENT
YES, HAPPINESS, IS A GOOD INTENT
CAN YOU FEEL THE JOY OF EVERY GIRL AND BOY
ON EACH AND EVERY CONTINENT
IT’S GOOD TO SHARE THIS GIFT WITH YOU
THIS GREEN, GREEN EARTH, THE SKY SO BLUE
SO COME LET’S SING A SONG OR TWO
EXPLORE THE WORLD, THERE’S A LOT TO DO.
Chorus
BUILDING A BETTER WORLD
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
Chorus: WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD
WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD
WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD
ME AND YOU, YOU AND ME, EVERYBODY!
Verse 1 – Yo, you, can’t you see, I’m talkin’ ‘bout ecology.
Ecology is about the earth, and understanding what it’s worth.
Take some time for reflection. All of life has a deep connection.
Fire, Water, Air, Land, work together hand in hand.
Replenishing endlessly, yes I’m talkin’ ‘bout ecology.
CHORUS
Verse 2 – Yo, you, hear me sing, I’m talkin’ ‘bout recycling.
Recycling means use it again, paper, cardboard, bottles, cans.
Preserve resources, save a tree, economize on energy.
Don’t throw it away in senseless haste. Minimize on needless waste.
The earth is here for all to share. It’s your nest, start to care.
CHORUS
ALLOW THE EARTH SOME ROOM TO BREATHE.
ALLOW THE ANIMALS TO BE FREE.
ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE HAPPY
Verse 3 – Yo, you, listen to me, we’re all one big family.
It’s time to give, time to care. We all have something we can share.
Gentleness, a tender touch, is needed now very much.
Plant a garden, make a friend, have a helping hand to lend.
It’s your future, use your voice. Expect the best.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE !
Chorus: WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD…….
Me & You, You & Me, Us & Them, They & We,
Him & Her, She & He, Everybody !
HELLO TO ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD
Nancy Klein & Pam Beall
Chorus: HELLO, BONJOUR, BUENOS DIAS
G’DAY, GUTENTAG, KONICHIWA
CIAO, SHALOM, DOBRAY D’YAN
HELLO TO ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD!
Verse 1 – We live in different places from all around the world.
We speak in many different ways.
Though some things might be different,
We’re children just the same.
And we all like to sing and play.
CHORUS
Verse 2 – There are children in the deserts
And children in the towns,
And children who live down by the sea.
If we could meet each other to run and sing and play,
Then what good friends we all could be.
CHORUS
CANADA RAP
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALBERTA
SASKATCHEWAN
MANITOBA
ONTARIO
QUEBEC
NEW BRUNSWICK
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
NOVA SCOTIA
NEWFOUNDLAND
YUKON TERRITORY
NORTHWEST TERRITORY
NUNAVUT
CANADA !
When I First Came To This Land
Oscar Brand – TRO – Ludlow Music
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND,
NOT MUCH MONEY IN MY HAND,
SO I GOT MYSELF A FARM, AND I DID WHAT I COULD
AND I CALLED MY FARM………….MUSCLE IN MY ARM
BUT THE LAND WAS SWEET AND GOOD AND I DID WHAT I COULD.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND, NOT MUCH MONEY IN MY HAND
SO I GOT MY SELF A ……….
SHACK………..BREAK MY BACK
HORSE. ………. TROUBLE OF COURSE
COW…………..NO MILK NOW
PIG…………….NOT VERY BIG
HEN…………..NO EGGS AGAIN
SHEEP…………NOT MUCH SLEEP
(All together at the end:SO I GOT MYSELF A SONG, And I Called My Song:
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND, ……
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Woody Guthrie
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND,
THIS LAND IS MY LAND,
FROM BONAVISTA, TO VANCOUVER ISLAND,
FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
TO THE GREAT LAKE WATERS,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
AS I WAS WALKING, THAT RIBBON OF HIGHWAY,
I SAW ABOVE ME, THAT ENDLESS SKYWAY,
I SAW BELOW ME, THE GOLDEN VALLEY,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
THIS LAND IS MY LAND,
FROM BONAVISTA, TO VANCOUVER ISLAND
FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE,
TO THE GREAT LAKE WATERS,
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME.
MOLI HUA / JASMINE FLOWER
Traditional Chinese
HOW YEE DOH MAYLEE DEE, MO LEE HUA
HOW YEE DOH MAYLEE DEE, MO LEE HUA
FEN FUNG, MAYLEE MUN CHEE YAH
YO SHIUNG YO, BAHEE REN REN QUA.
BEAUTIFUL PETALS ON THE JASMINE FLOWER
BEAUTIFUL PETALS ON THE JASMINE FLOWER
SEND YOUR FRAGRANCE THROUGH THE AIR.
NO OTHER FLOWER CAN COMPARE.
RANG WUO LAI
BANI ZAI SIA
SHANG GEI BEI REN JIE
MOLI HUA,
MOLI HUA.
KA E RU NO U TA (Song of the Frog)
Traditional Japanese Folksong
KA E RU NO U TA GA, KA E RU NO U TA GA, GUA GUA GUA
KERO KERO KERO KERO GUA GUA GUA
HARUGA KITA
Traditiional Japanese Folk Song
Chorus: HARUGA KITA, HARUGA KITA,
DO KO NI, KITA
YA MA NI KITA, SA TO NI KITA
NO IN MO, KITA.
Verse 1 SPRING TIME HAS COME NOW,
SPRING TIME HAS COME NOW,
WHERE HAS SPRINGTIME COME?
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
AND HERE IN OUR HOME.
Chorus
Verse 2 FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING,
FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING,
WHERE DO FLOWERS BLOOM?
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
AND HERE IS OUR HOME.
Chorus
Verse 3 SPRING BIRDS ARE SINGING,
SPRING BIRDS ARE SINGING,
WHERE DO SPRING BIRDS SING?
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
AND HERE IN OUR HOME.
Chorus
LET’S BE FRIENDS
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
LET’S BE FRIENDS, WE CAN PLAY TOGETHER
LET’S BE FRIENDS, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER.
It don’t matter where we go,
We could have rain, we could have snow,
We’ll stay together until the end.
We can be Friends. We can be Friends.
LET’S BE FRIENDS, WE CAN PLAY TOGETHER
LET’S BE FRIENDS, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER.
We could have hail, we could have sleet,
We’d still get together and play in the street.
Let’s love each other until the end.
We can be Friends. We can be Friends.
WE CAN TALK TALK TALK, THE DAY AWAY
I’D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY,
AND WE CAN WALK WALK WALK , FOR MANY A MILE,
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU’LL BE WEARING A SMILE,
WEARING A SMILE !
LET’S BE FRIENDS, WE CAN PLAY TOGETHER,
LET’S BE FRIENDS, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER,
For us the sun will always shine,
I will share whatever’s mine
Stick with me, you’ll soon be, feeling fine.
We’ll stay together until the end,
WE CAN BE FRIENDS, WE CAN BE FRIENDS,
WE CAN BE FRIENDS,
LET’S BE FRIENDS !
This Little Cow Eats Grass. This Little Cow Eats Hay.
This Little Cow Drinks Water. This Little Cow Runs Away.
This Little Cow Just Lies Down and Sleeps, All Day!
The Three Little Pigs
And The BIG BAD BOOGIE WOLF
(Funny re-make of the famous story)
CONTINENT TWIST
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
Chorus: LET’S TWIST, LET’S TWIST,
LET’S TWIST AROUND LIKE THIS,
LET’S TWIST, LET’S TWIST,
LET’S TWIST AROUND LIKE THIS,
COME ON, DO THE CONTINENT TWIST !
Verse 1 – All the continents, are actually adrift.
Let’s spin ‘em all around, make a little shift.
Let’s move ‘em to the left. Move ‘em to the right.
Hang ‘em real loose. Squeeze ‘em real tight,
Come on, do the Continent Twist.
Chorus
Verse 2 – North America, spin it half around,
South America, turn it upside down,
Connect them both together with Africa,
Attach Europe and Asia, Come on, do the Continent Twist.
Chorus
Verse 3 – Antarctica, is so very cold,
With Australia, they both stand alone.
Let’s cause a huge commotion,
We’ll stuff ‘em in the Indian Ocean,
Come on, do the Continent Twist.
Chorus
Verse 4 – North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa,
Australia, and Antarctica,
Billions and billions of years ago,
They were all connected together you know,
But they drifted apart and wouldn’t you know,
They did the Continent Twist !
BUBBLEGUM IN A DISH
Bubblegum, Bubblegum
In a Dish.
How Many Bubblegums
Do You Wish ?
BUBBLEGUM MUM
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
BUBBLEBUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM
Verse 1 – Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
She’s just like a kid, she sucks her thumb.
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
She crawls on her knees till her feet get numb.
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
She won’t eat a peach, she won’t eat a plum,
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
But put gum in her mouth and she says, “YUM YUM”.
BUBBLEGUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM.
Verse 2 – Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum
Hubba Dubba, Double bubble, Thrills, Exel,
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
Spice Girl gum, she knows it well,
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum
Wrigley’s, Chicklets, or Clorets,
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
She doesn’t really care what kind she gets.
BUBBLEGUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM
Verse 3 – Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum
Cinnamon and peppermint and spearmint too,
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
Pink and green and purple and blue,
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
Watermelon, wintergreen and licorice chew,
Bubblegum Mum, Bubblegum Mum,
And a funny kind of flavour that tastes like glue!
BUBBLEGUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM, BUBBLEGUM MUM !
ES WAR EINE MUTTER (German Folk Song)
ES WAR EINE MUTTER, SIE HATTE VIER KINDER
(Es var eine moota zee hata feer kinda)
DER FRUHLING, DER SOMMER, DER HERBST UND DER WINTER
(dare frooling, dare zomma, dare hairbst oond dare vinta)
DER FRUHLING BRINGT BLUMEN, DER SOMMER DEN KLEE
(dare frooling,m bringt bloomen, dare zomma, dane clay)
DER HERBST BRINGT DIE TRAUBEN DER WINTER DEN SCHNEE
(dare hairbst bringt dee trowben, dare vinta dane shnay)
THERE ONCE WAS A MOTHER SHE HAD FOUR CHILDREN
THE SPRINGTIME, THE SUMMER, THE AUTUMN THE WINTER
THE SPRINGTIME BRINGS FLOWERS, THE SUMMER THE CLOVER,
THE FALL BRINGS THE GRAPES AND THE WINTER THE SNOW.
ES WAR EINE MUTTER, SIE HATTE VIER KINDER
DER FRUHLING, DER SOMMER, DER HERBST UND DER WINTER
UND WIE SIE SICH SCHWINGEN IM JAHRESREIN
(oond vee zee zish shvingen im ya res rine)
SO TANZEN UND SINGEN, WIR FROCHLICH DAREIN
(zo tunzen, oond zingen, veer froe-lish dah-rine)
EIDELWEISS
EIDELWEISS, EIDELWEISS,
EVERY MORNING YOU GREET ME.
SMALL AND WHITE, CLEAN AND BRIGHT
YOU LOOK HAPPY TO MEET ME.
BLOSSOM OF SNOW MAY YOU BLOOM AND GROW
BLOOM AND GROW FOREVER,
EIDELWEISS, EIDELWEISS,
BLESS THIS FAMILY FOREVER!
ANGEL IN DISGUISE
Elaine Kristiansen, Gary Huntbatch & Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
I’m an angel in disguise. I can smile into your eyes.
I can bring the sun right here, when I whisper in your ear.
That I’d like to be your friend. Yes, I’d like to be your friend.
For those of you who don’t believe. I keep a trick hidden up my sleeve.
I share my gum, or a favourite toy. To bring you happiness and joy.
Yes, I’m an angel in disguise.
Chorus: RICHES ARE FALLING FROM THE HEAVENS
LIKE PENNIES, FALLING FROM THE SKY
COUNT THEM IN THE SMILES
OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
WE ARE ALL ANGELS IN DISGUISE.
Well, I’ve got wings enough for two. We can soar into the blue.
We can jump as high as high. Looking up in to the sky.
And we’ll be angels, you and I.
We can both be angels in disguise.
Inside us all we have a gift, to give someone who needs a lift.
Maybe a smile, a nudge, a laugh, a ripe red apple split in half.
We can all be angels in disguise.
CHORUS…
FOLLOWING THE PIPER
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
Verse 1 – Following the piper, happily we go.
Where he’s going to take us, we don’t really know.
But he’s a jolly fellow. He can make us dance.
We’re all having fun. So, let’s give the guy a chance.
Verse 2 – Now I’m feeling lighter. But, I can’t tell you why.
I seem to be a-floating a-way up in the sky.
I never felt as good as I’m feeling today.
The music makes me want to dance the night away.
Chorus: LA LA LA , LA LA LA, LA
LA LA LA , LA LA LA, LA
LA LA LA , LA LA LA, LA
FOLLOWING THE PIPER.
Verse 3 – I used to be unhappy, but now I’m full of love.
I’m taken by the beauty of the stars above.
Everything around me seems to be a-glow.
I’m so full of joy now. I want the world to know.
CHORUS: ….
FOLLOWING THE PIPER !
THE CHILD & THE RAT
Gary Huntbatch & Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
Verse 1 – I’M A CHILD, (I’M A RAT). AND IT’S PLAIN TO SEE,
THAT YOU ARE QUITE DIFFERENT,
QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ME
DO YOU LIKE TO SING? (YES, I DO)
DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY? (THE WHOLE DAY)
WELL, MAYBE THERE’S SOMETHING
WE CAN SHARE ALONG THE WAY.
Chorus: LET’S REACH OUT. (REACH OUT) LET’S TRY AND UNDERSTAND.
WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON, A PAW AND A HAND.
LET’S REACH OUT, (REACH OUT), LET’S TRY AND GET ALONG.
WE’LL RAISE UP OUR VOICES AND JOIN IN A SONG.
Verse 2 – I’M A RAT, (I’M A CHILD). AND IT’S PLAIN TO SEE.
THAT YOU ARE QUITE DIFFERENT,
QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ME.
DO YOU LIKE TO SING? (YES, I DO)
DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY? (THE WHOLE DAY)
WELL, MAYBE THERE’S SOMETHING,
WE CAN SHARE ALONG THE WAY.
Chorus:
Verse 3 – WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND? (YES, I WILL)
UNTIL THE END? (LONGER STILL)
CAUSE, WE’RE NOT THAT DIFFERENT
WHEN WE LOOK WITHIN.
WE BOTH LIKE TO SING. (YES, WE DO)
WE BOTH LIKE TO PLAY. (THE WHOLE DAY)
WE FOUND A NEW FRIENDSHIP
WE CAN SHARE ALONG THE WAY.
WE FOUND A NEW FRIENDSHIP WE CAN SHARE ALONG THE
THE UNIVERSE SONG
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
Verse 1 – The word, ‘universe’, means ‘one song’.
We’re singing together forever and ever,
And everyone belongs.
We are the universe. We are one song.
So open up your happy heart and sing along.
Chorus: LA LA— LA LA LA LA.
LA LA— LA LA LA LA
Verse 2 – The word ‘universe’, means ‘one song’.
With melody and in harmony,
Our hearts are beating strong,
We are the universe. We are one song.
So, cast away your loneliness and sing along.
CHORUS
FAST OR SLOW,
THE BEAT WILL GO ON ENDLESSLY THROUGH TIME.
ALLEGRO OR ADAGIO,
LIFE WILL ALWAYS RHYME !
Verse 3 – The word ‘universe’, means ‘one song’.
We’re singing together forever and ever,
And everyone belongs,
We are the universe, We are one song,
So open up your happy heart and sing along.
CHORUS:
LA LA— LA LA LA
LA LA— LA LA LA
LA !
