SOUTH AMERICA LYRICS
Facts & Fun CDs by Mr. I, Gary Q & the Rainbow Singers
Copyright by Hummingbird Music
SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
(Gary Huntbatch, May 2001)
Intro: THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES ARE NAMED IN THIS SONG
MEMORIZE THEM IF YOU CAN, THEN PLEASE, SING ALONG!
VENEZUELA, IS AT THE TOP,
STRAIGHT THROUGH TO GUYANA, WE DON’T HAVE TO STOP.
THE VERY NEXT COUNTRY, IS SURINAME
AND THEN FRENCH GUYANA, WHERE IT’S ALWAYS NICE AND WARM
THEN WE’RE IN BRAZIL, WHERE IT’S HOT LIKE TOAST
IT’S THE LARGEST COUNTRY, YOU COULD SAY THAT IT’S THE MOST
CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE, IS PARAGUAY
WITH URUGUAY ON THE EAST COAST, NOT TOO FAR AWAY
Talk and dancing part: OK OK OK, Let’s do the Brazilian WOOZY DANCE
Why is it called the Brazilian Woozy Dance?
Cause when you’re done twisting around you feel WOOZY!
THE NEXT LARGEST COUNTRY, IS ARGENTINA,
WITH NARROW CHILE OH SO CLOSE, NOTHING’S IN BETWEENA’
COMING BACK UP, BOLIVIA IS NEXT,
THEN PASSING THROUGH PERU, WAY OUT TO THE WEST
NOW LET’S EXPLORE, EQUADOR,
AND THE MOUNTAINS OF COLUMBIA, WITH THE COFFEE WE ADORE
NOW THAT YOU MENTION COFFEE, IT MUST BE TIME FOR TEA
IN THE BRITISH FALKLAND ISLANDS, ‘GADZOOKS’ WAIT FOR ME!
Talking: Sugar? Two lumps please. (knock, knock) Thank you.
PLANTS & ANIMALS (Mr. I)
Chorus: PLANTS AND ANIMALS, PLANTS AND ANIMALS,
THEY LIVE TOGETHER, IN HARMONY THEY LIVE TOGETHER, IN HARMONY
PLANTS AND ANIMALS, PLANTS AND ANIMALS,
THE NEED EACH OTHER LIKE I NEED YOU AND YOU ——–NEED ME.
DAY AFTER DAY IN THE FOREST GREEN
ANIMALS AND PLANTS, GIVE EACH OTHER WHAT THEY NEED
PLANTS GIVE THE ANIMALS FOOD TO EAT
ANIMALS HELP IN SPREADING SEEDS
Chorus:
LIKE THE EARTH NEEDS THE SUN AND THE EARTH NEEDS THE RAIN
THEY HELP EACH OTHER AGAIN AND AGAIN
AIR TO BREATHE, WATER TO DRINK
THEY’RE LIKE YOU AND ME, AND IT MAKES ME THINK HOW…
Chorus:
FROM THE FOREST FLOOR, UP TO THE CANOPY
IN THE MIGHTY RAIN FOREST, EVEN IN THE UNDERSTORY
THEY DEPEND ON EACH OTHER , LET’S NOT CUT DOWN THE TREES
FOR IF ANY PART IS MISSING, THERE’S AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
Chorus: PLANTS & ANIMALS……….. THEY LIVE TOGETHER, IN HARMONY
MI CHACRA – MY FARM
Folk Song from Argentina
COME AND SEE MY FARM FOR IT IS BEAUTIFUL
COME AND SEE MY FARM FOR IT IS BEAUTIFUL
EL BURRITO GO LIKE THIS (HEE HAW)
EL BURRITO GO LIKE THIS ( HEE HAW)
O VAS CAMARADE, O VAS CAMARADE, O VAS , O VAS, O VAS
O VAS CAMARADE, O VAS CAMARADE, O VAS , O VAS, O VAS
( Oh, come, my friend, oh come my friend, oh, come oh come oh come)
Continue with the following animals:
EL PERRITO GO LIKE THIS (WOOF WOOF)
EL GATITO GO LIKE THIS (MEOW MEOW)
EL PATITO GO LIKE THIS (QUACK QUACK)
EL CHANCHITO GO LIKE THIS (OINK OINK)
LLAMAS & ALPACAS (Mr. I & Gary Huntbatch)
LLAMA, LA LA LA LA , LALA LOVELY LLAMA
LLLAMA, EVERYBODY LA LA LOVE YOU
ALPACA, LA LA LA LOVELY ALPACA,
ALPACA, EVERYBODY LOVE YOU TOO, HOO, HOO.
A LITTLE LIKE DONKEY, A LITTLE LIKE A DOG
A LITTLE LIKE A SHEEP, BUT NOTHING LIKE A FROG
YOU CARRY CROPS, FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO THE SEA
SUCH A HELPFUL ANIMAL, FROM THE CAMEL FAMILY
Chorus
ARISTOCRATIC, LIKE ROYALTY YOU SIT
VERY DIGNIFIED, EXCEPT WHEN YOU SPIT
DID THE ANCIENT INCAS, 5000 YEARS AGO
SEE THAT YOU WERE SPECIAL, YES, I THINK SO
SUCH COLOURFUL CLOTHES, WE HAVE MADE FROM YOUR WOOL
YOU GIVE US MEAT ,
FERTILIZER AND FUEL.
Chorus, two times
THE TWO-TOED SLOTH (Mr. I)
THE TWO TOED SLOTH LIVES IN THE TREES
HIGH HIGH HIGH, WHERE NOBODY SEES
THE TWO TOED SLOTH IS VERY CUTE
HANGS UPSIDE DOWN AND LIKES TO EAT FRUIT
COME LOOK YOU CAN SEE HIM, IF YOU LOOK VERY CAREFULLY
THE GREEN ALGAE IN HIS FUR, MAKES HIM VERY HARD TO SEE
THE TWO TOED SLOTH DOESN’T MAKE A SOUND
HE EATS AND HE SLEEPS UPSIDE DOWN,
TWO CLAWS IN THE FRONT, THREE IN THE BACK
HE CAN HANG FOREVER LIKE A FURRY GREEN SACK
COME LOOK YOU CAN SEE HIM, IF YOU LOOK VERY CAREFULLY
HE’S MOVING LIKE A SNAKE, ALONG THE BRANCH SO SLOW-O-LY
THE TWO TOED SLOTH LIVES IN THE TREES
HIGH HIGH HIGH WHERE NOBODY SEES,
THE TWO TOED SLOTH, LIVES IN THE TREES,
HIGH HIGH HIGH, WHERE NOBODY SEES.
LAKE TITIKAKA (Gary Huntbatch)
Lake Titikaka Lake Titikaka
On the border of Peru and Bolivia
Lake Titikaka Lake Titikaka
On the border of Peru and Bolivia
The Incas believed that they were created
By a god named Viracocha who came out of the lake
He taught them how to grow their food……
………………………………………..How to build and live as one
Then he returned to the lake when his work was done
Copacabana peninsula boarders lake Titikaka
And has remains of many cultures from long ago
There are islands in the lake where worship was done
One dedicated to the moon another to the sun
There are also floating islands made of bullrushes
Natives use bulrushes to make their homes and rafts
This lake is high up in the mountains ……………
…………………………………………at 12 & a half thousand feet
And the scenery all around just can’t be beat
Lake Titikaka Lake Titikaka
On the border of Peru and Bolivia
Lake Titikaka Lake Titikaka
On the border of Peru and Bolivia
The Incas called Cuzco “the navel of the world” and the lake Titikaka “The womb of Mankind” , lakeside dwellers of today regard themselves as the “oldest people
AMAZON
(Mr. I) May 2001
Chorus: AMAZON, MIGHTY RIVER, TROPICAL RIVER
AMAZON, AWESOME RIVER, CROCODILE RIVER
G
FROM CAILLOMA IN PERU, FOUR THOUSAND MILES WE CAN FOLLOW YOU
TO MARAJO ISLAND IN BRAZIL, INTO THE ATLANTIC AND FURTHER STILL
Chorus; end with, RAIN FOREST RIVER
ALONG THE EQUATOR YOU DO FLOW, SUSTAINING LIFE AS YOU GO
ANIMALS AND PLANTS, PEOPLE TOO
ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE BECAUSE OF YOU
MANY RIVERS MEET WITH YOU, PUTUMAYO & MADEIRA, TO NAME A FEW
THE BLACK RIO NEGRO FLOWING SOUTH, ENRICHES THE SOIL AT THE MOUTH
FORESTRY & MINING HAVE DAMAGED YOU
POLLUTED THE AIR AND THE WATER TOO.
THE AMAZON NATIVES ARE WORKING HARD,
TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE FROM HARM
Chorus: AMAZON……… (end with) PIRANHA RIVER
RAINS EVERY YEAR BRING A HEAVY FLOOD
MALACOS CAN BE BUILT WITH THE MUD
FRESH SEDIMENT ADDS NUTRIENTS NEW
TO GROW COCOA, BRAZIL NUTS AND CASHEWS TOO.
Chorus: AMAZON…… RUBBER TREE RIVER, AMAZON…..ANACONDA RIVER.
RAIN FOREST SONG (Yurgen Ilaender)
IT’S EARLY MORNING IN THE RAIN FOREST
ALL THE ANIMALS ARE WAKING UP
THE PARROTS ARE SINGING IN A RAUCOUS CHORUS
HEAR THEM IN THE CANOPY UP ON TOP
THE MONKEYS JUMP FROM TREE TO TREE
SWINGING FROM THE BRANCHES HAPPILY
THE MONKEYS SHOUT WITH A WHOOP AND A HOWL
TELLING ALL THE BIRDS THEY’RE MUCH TOO LOUD
Spoken: THE MONKEYS ARE HOWLING AT THE PARROTS & THE TOUCANS
THE PARROTS AND THE TOUCANS ALL SUDDENLY FLY INTO THE AIR
THEN THE RAIN BEGINS TO FALL.
IT’S MID-AFTERNOON IN THE RAIN FOREST
SEE THE FLYING LIZARDS AND THE FLYING FROGS
THE FROGS ARE CROAKING IN A RAUCOUS CHORUS
THEY JUMP THROUGH THE UNDERSTORY CHASING ALL THE BUGS
A TREE FROG LAYS IT’S LITTLE EGGS
ON THE LEAVES OF A BROMELAID
A POISON DART FROG , BLUE NOT GREEN
HIDES ON THE FOREST FLOOR, BARELY SEEN
Spoken: THE FROGS ARE CROAKING LOUDLY, SUDDENLY THEY STOP
A HERD OF AL PACAS COME GALLOPING PAST
THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL
IT’S LATE IN THE EVENING IN THE RAIN FOREST
ALL THE BATS ARE WAKING UP
THEY RUSTLE AND THEY FLUTTER IN A RAUCOUS CHORUS
WITH SOUND THEY FIND THE FOOD THEY HUNT
A BOA COILS AROUND A BRANCH
CONTENTEDLY FILLED WITH IT’S PREY
AN ANACONDA SLITHERS DOWN
D7 G7
TIME TO END ANOTHER DAY,.
Spoken: The snakes are hissing a soft goodnight
The bats are flitting up through the leaves
The rain still falls. , And then. — it stops. All is silent
RAIN FOREST, RAIN FOREST
PIECES OF A PUZZLE ALL FIT PERFECTLY
RAIN FOREST, RAIN FOREST,
GOODNIGHT TO THE ANIMALS, GOODNIGHT TO THE TREES.
HUMMINGBIRD (Yurgen Ilaender)
HUMMINGBIRD, HUMMINGBIRD, I CAN’T SEE YOU
BUT I KNOW YOU’RE THERE IN THE TREES SOMEWHERE
HUMMINGBIRD, HUMMINGBIRD, TOO FAST FOR MY EYE
BUT I KNOW YOU’RE NEAR I CAN HEAR YOU FLY
YOU’RE A JEWEL IN THE SKY,
PRECIOUS AND PERFECT IN EVERY WAY
YOU’RE A JEWEL IN THE SKY
HOPE THAT I CAN SEE YOU TODAY.
HUMMINGBIRD, HUMMINGBIRD, SO RARELY SEEN
YOU LAY EGGS THE SIZE OF A COFFEE BEAN
HUMMINGBIRD, HUMMINGBIRD, TWO EGSS AT A TIME
IN YOUR NEST OF BARK AND SPIDER WEB TWINE
YOU CAN FLY FORWARDS, YOU CAN FLY BACKWARDS
SIDEWAYS AND EVEN UPSIDE DOWN.
YOUR WINGS DON’T BEND, THEY’RE RIGID AND STRAIGHT
TEN FEATHERS ON YOUR WINGS MAKE THE HUMMING SOUND.
YOU NEED TO FEED ALL THE TIME
NECTAR EVERYDAY FROM A THOUSAND FLOWERS
UP TO 1200 HEARTBEATS A MINUTE
INSECTS AND NECTAR GIVE YOU POWER. (Humm….)
HUMMINGBIRD, HUMMINGBIRD, SO MANY SPECIES
IN COLUMBIA ALONE THERE’S ONE HUNDRED FORTY -THREE
HUMMINGBIRD, HUMMINGBIRD, SO SMALL ARE YOU
WITH THE LARGEST LIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF PERU
THE ANCIENT INCAS HONOURED YOU
THEY DREW YOUR IMAGE IN THE SAND TWO HUNDRED FEET WIDE
THE AZTEC INDIANS BELIEVED IT TRUE
THAT THEY WOULD TURN INTO HUMMINGBIRDS WHEN THEY DIED
(Repeat first two verses)
‘’Coppery emeralds’ , Golden-tailed sapphires’ , ‘’Fiery topaz’
‘Glittering fragments of the rainbow.”
FIVE BIG PARROTS
(Mr. I, April 2001)
FIVE BIG PARROTS PERCHED ON A TREE
FLAPPING THEIR WINGS HAPPILY
ONE SAW A JAGUAR, ON THE FOREST FLOOR
ONE PARROT FLEW AWAY, THEN THERE WERE FOUR.
FOUR BIG PARROTS PERCHED ON A TREE
FLAPPING THEIR WINGS HAPPILY
ONE SAW THE JAGUAR CLIMBING UP THE TREE
ONE PARROT FLEW AWAY, AND THEN THERE WERE THREE
THREE BIG PARROTS PERCHED ON A TREE
FLAPPING THEIR WINGS HAPPILY
THE JAGUAR KEPT CREEPING
THROUGH THE UNDERSTORY TOO
ONE PARROT FLEW AWAY, AND THEN THERE WERE TWO
TWO BIG PARROTS, PERCHED ON A TREE
FLAPPING THEIR WINGS HAPPILY
THE JAGUAR REACHED THE CANOPY
UP CLOSE TO THE SUN
ONE PARROT FLEW AWAY, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE
ONE BIG PARROT PERCHED ON A TREE
FLAPPING IT’S WINGS UP IN THE CANOPY
THE JAGUAR LEAPT THROUGH THE AIR WITH A GREAT BIG POUNCE.
BUT THE PARROT FLEW AWAY
I WONDER? DO JAGUARS BOUNCE?
PARROT OF THE RAIN FOREST (Gary Huntbatch)
PRETTY REDS, AND YELLOWS AND BLUES
PURPLES, ORANGES AND GREENS, A LIVING RAINBOW, FLYING BY
PERCHING AT TIMES TO EAT, CHATTER AND PREEN
SQUAWKING, CHATTERING AND HOWLING,
COMMUNICATING, QUITE A DIN,
EATING FRUIT AND FLOWERS, SEEDS AND LEAVES.
ON NUTS THEY USE THEIR BEAKS, FOR CRACKING.
Chorus: SWOOPING, SOARING, GLIDING,
BENEATH THE LEAFY CANOPY
SHOWING THEIR BEAUTIFUL PLUMAGE.
BRIGHTLY COLOURED FOR ALL TO SEE.
TWO TOES AT THE FRONT, AND TWO BEHIND
HELPS THEM TO KEEP THEIR BALANCE,
ONE FOOT TO HOLD, ONTO THEIR FOOD
THE OTHER FIXED FIRMLY ON THE BRANCH.
SAMBALELE (Brazilian Folk Song)
Translations taken from Charity Bailey & Eunice Holsaert)
SAMBALELE IS A SHOW OFF, FLUNG HIGH A STONE TO HIT A MANGO
MANGO STAYED UP, STONE FELL DOWN ON HIS HEAD
SAMBALELE IS HOME IN BED:
Chorus: OH, STEP AND STEP AND TWIRL OH, MENINA
HOLD YOUR SKIRT AND WHIRL OH, MENINA
STEP AND STEP AND TWIRL OH, MENINA
YOU ARE THE PRETTIEST GIRL OH, MENINA
SAMBALELE IS A SHOW OFF, HE SET A SNARE TO CATCH A RABBIT
DID NOT KNOW HOW, CAUGHT HIS BIG TOE INSTEAD
SAMBALELE IS HOME IN BED. OH!…….. (Chorus)
SAMBALELE IS A SHOW OFF, BUILT HIM SOME STILTS TO BE A TALL MAN
HE TOOK A TUMBLE ON HIS GREAT BIG HEAD,
SAMBALELE IS HOME IN BED, OH! (Chorus)
SAMBALELE IS HOME IN BED.
SPANISH COUNTING SONG
Composer unknown. From Anise Abdulla
UNO, DOS, TRES, QUATRO, CINCO, SEIS,
SIETE, OCHO, NUEVE,
I CAN COUNT TO DIEZ
LA LA LA LA LA I CAN COUNT TO DIEZ
OLA, AMIGO, OLA MY FRIEND
HASTA LA VISTA, TILL WE MEET AGAIN.
ADIOS!
SAN SERENI
Spanish Folk Song
SAN SERENI, DE LA BUENA , BUENA, VIDA
HACEN ASI A SI LOS CAMPAMEROS (Bell Ringers)
ASI, ASI, ASI, ASI, ME GUSTA MI.
Repeat each verse with different people:
LOS ZAPATEROS (Shoe makers)
LOS BALLADORAS (Dancers)
LOS COSTUMERARS (Seamtresses)
children can stand and act out each part.
SAN SERENI, HE’S THE FRIEND OF ALL THE VILLAGE
THE BELL RINGERS PLAY, THEY PLAY, PLAY, PLAY TO PLEASE HIM.
ASI, ASI,, ASI, TO PLEASE SAN SERENI.
CHACARERA
Folk dance from Argentina. Chacarera means ‘country girl’
CHACARERA, SING AT DAWNING,
LET YOUR VOICE CALL FORTH THE SUN.
CHACARERA, SONGS HAVE MAGIC.
HELP TO GET THE DAY’S WORK DONE.
CHACARERA, KEEP ON SINGING,
WITH AN EASY RHYTHMIC SWING,
CHACARERA, SONGS HAVE MAGIC
GRAIN TURNS GOLDEN WHEN YOU SING
CHACARERA, KEEP ON SINGING,
KEEP ON SINGING, ALL DAY LONG,
CHACARERA, SONGS HAVE MAGIC,
HELP THE WHEAT GROW TALL AND STRONG.
(Repeat first verse)
MACCHU PICCHU (Gary Huntbatch)
High in the mountains of Peru
There’ a place I’m takin’ you to
Machu Picchu is a place to see
The place to see
It’s an ancient city this we know
Built by the Incas long ago
So high on the top of a mountain
Built of stone blocks that fit so tightly
Fit exactly yes very precisely
That a piece of paper wouldn’t fit in between
They built terraced gardens fed by springs
For growing corn and other things
And temples to the moon and to the sun
In which there was a special place
Where they gazed into outer space
At stars and planets when their days work was done
High in the mountains of Peru
There’ a place I’m takin’ you to
Machu Picchu is a place to see
The place to see
The Incas were mysterious
They left no records to tell us
Who they were it really makes you thinka
Was paper in short supply
Were there no pens that they could buy
We only know they had a good suppl y of Inka
High in the mountains of Peru
There’ a place I’m takin’ you to
Machu Picchu is a place to see
The place to see ..……………Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu a mysterious place to see
