need a song, drawing a blank

[wildfloweragain]

I wrote a 2nd grade play for the Lorax.  There will be a few scenes where the Onceler's family is cutting down trees.  They are happily working.  Need a simple song for either chopping, working...something like that.

"Whistle while you work" would be pretty good, but there is this one teacher that overuses that song.  She uses "workin' in a coal mine" too.

Sometimes itunes inspires me if I put in key words.  Not so much this time.

Needs to be kid-appropriate, at least the chorus.

Thanks.  I figure if I get as much stuff done as I can this summer, maybe the school year won't be so bad this year.

[Saint Monica]

[Saint Monica]

[Saint Monica]

[Saint Monica]

Are you sorry you asked yet?

[Nancy Drew]

All I can think of is "I've Been Working on the Railroad"... Doesn't really go with cutting down trees though.

[wildfloweragain]

Jul 27, 2013 9:02:58 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Are you sorry you asked yet?

Not yet:)  I was more thinking nobody would reply, but I've been blocked about this since yesterday so I thought I'd give it a try.

There's got to be something obvious, but so far, I've got nothing.  It would be awesome to go into this year with the play already started. I've been redoing the same 3-4 plays for years and I thought I'd add one more since I have a great parent helper this year and she loves Dr. Seuss (and my own kids quote the Lorax daily, but they are all about the newer version.)

[ginger]

Why not use a song from the Lorax?

[AHappierHour]

What about the song from dumbo when they are putting up the tents

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VuwDgLL5x8&sns=em

[ginger]

I'm particularly a fan of "How Bad Can I Be?" which is actually playing while they're chopping trees I believe.

[meganew]

The only song I can think of is "She works hard for the money, so hard for it hunny!"

[wildfloweragain]

My kids Loooove How bad can I be. But I'm doing the book version of the lorax and this scene is going to be more for the onceler family. There will be 5 kids playing these people, and we already have a lot of emphasis on the onceler throughout the rest of the play. Also I am using the Let it grow song for the ending and curtain call.

1. I might be able to change the words, though, to how bad can we be...
2. I might just use frkls' song!

Thanks for the ideas ladies, keep them coming!

[whattheheck]

Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go.

[wildfloweragain]

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=T5MCpSqWk8U

I did just find this song called Chip Chop Joe.  Not sure if that's the direction I want to take.  It has the same probability as frks' song.

Or Something that goes with the We're off to see the wizard song.  We're off to cut some trees down...

[wildfloweragain]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t7B4qcWdDA&feature=player_detailpage

hahahaha

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[wildfloweragain]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXc5KIsrUu4&feature=player_detailpage

How are you putting it right in (not just the link?)

[wildfloweragain]

<img alt=" " video="<iframe width=&quot;640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/48H7zOQrX3U?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>" src="/images/bbcode/video-preview.png"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/48H7zOQrX3U?feature=player_detailpage" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe>OK, now I really need to know how to put youtube right in my post. I just found the best song evah.

fav line: I've got passion for my plants and I ain't afraid to show it. I'm farming and I grow it.....
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[wildfloweragain]

Yay I did it!