The Disco Taxi Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Hey! Look at that driver driving

-# I want to ride that train of blue

-Me too

# I'm looking way up high to the windows

# Take a peek for an inside view

# All these people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave around the market

# Do you hear the hullabaloo?

# Everybody's busy selling

-# I wanna buy me something new

-Me too

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Hey, look at those buses gleaming

# They look so clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

-# Let me ting that bell

-Ding, ding!

# Going to ride on round to the school stop

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

-# I'd love to learn a thing or two

-Me too

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Eight o'clock.

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you... #

Hello, Honey Pie!

Come away in and see who's at home today.

# Granny Murray's house Has one at home to play

# Granny Murray's house Is home to...? #

Who's here today?

Well, I've got Precious.

Don't just sit there, poppet.

Come on, let's get busy!

-Well, what do you think this is?

-A tractor.

-Yes!

-Today's really special because it's Lisa's birthday.

-Ah!

-So we're going to make a birthday card.

-Yes!

-Is that a good idea?

-Yes.

What do you think? I'm so excited.

And stick.

Can you put some nice blobs on? I've got Precious.

But someone's missing from home today.

Not any more. Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Ah, it's Lisa. Yes, with Tina.

Hello there!

Tina!

And Lisa!

Come in.

Oh, the birthday girl's here.

ALL: Happy birthday!

Granny Murray?

Do you know what Lisa's favourite nursery rhyme is?

She always asks me to sing Old King Cole. Oh!

Why don't you all dress Claude up as Old King Cole?

-Ssh, Granny Murray! It's meant to be a surprise.

-Oh.

We'll have a secret chat at the chairs.

-What's the surprise?

-Well...

I'm going to ask the Ferry Boat Band to make a recording of Old King Cole

on a CD as a birthday present for Lisa.

That's a fantastic idea. Who's going to sing the words?

-Dr Juno.

-Oh, great!

Oh, by the way...here's your invitation to Lisa's birthday party.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, I'm afraid I'll be working most of the day.

I'll probably miss the party.

-I wanted Lisa to have a special birthday.

-It will be special, Tina.

We'll have jelly and cake and put up decorations.

After all, with a bit of thought,

you can make everyday things look really special.

-Can you? Well, I hope so.

-Oh, look at Claude.

-Oh! Hello, your majesty.

-Your royal highness.

I'd best be off to work. Give us a hug, Lise.

Have a happy party, birthday girl.

Come on then.

Bye.

And remember, you can make everyday things look special.

-Thank you, Granny Murray. See you later.

-Bye-bye, we'll think of you.

Me too!

Will you keep a wee eye on Tina?

Make sure she takes the right way to work?

# I'm on my way To work today

# Walking my shoes through the city views

# Stepping along and swinging my arms

# Singing my way through the city's charms

# Getting there is just so fine

# I so enjoy my walking time

# I always know the way I go

-# Can you show me the way I go?

-Hey!

-#

OK - which way?

# Do I go that way or do I go this?

# Which way's a hit? And which way's a miss? #

-Left!

-OK - left, to the garage.

# I'm on my way To work today

# Looking this way and that way... #

Hello, builders.

Oh, hello, hat.

Hello, flower.

Hello, cat.

Hello, green man.

Hello, flat.

# She's on her way to work today

# Looking this way and that a-way Hey!

# Do I go up now or do I go down?

# Which way's a smile now? Which way's a frown?... #

-Down!

-OK. Down!

# You showed me the way to go

# Thank you - you showed me the way I know. #

Thanks for helping me get to work.

Now, it's time to get changed for work.

All dressed and ready to go.

Hi, Tina!

-Hello! Do you want a lift in my taxi?

-No. I need a prop for dancing.

I'm teaching my class about the history of dance.

-Have a look in my box of props. You might find something.

-Thanks.

A metronome.

TICKING

Hear that? Tick, tick, tick. It sets a beat to dance to.

-I think my class will love this. Can I borrow it?

-Of course.

-See you later.

-Bye, Mickey John.

Nine o'clock. I bet Granny Murray's dropping Lisa off at nursery.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Bye-bye, Lisa! I'll see you soon, angel. Good girl.

Bye-bye.

I wish I could be a fly on the wall to see Lisa at nursery.

CHEERING

APPLAUSE

-Hi, Tina!

-Hi, Tina! How's it hanging?

-Hi!

-You have your recording equipment.

-We're looking forward

-to singing Old King Cole, aren't we?

-Oh, yes!

-You both look fantastic. Say cheese!

-Cheese!

Brilliant.

-I'll leave you to set up and I'm off to work. Bye.

-Bye!

# City roads are waiting

# Traffic lights are changing

# Police cars are cruising

# The truckers keep a-trucking And the city roads are waiting

# For me - to take a ride in my pretty pink taxi... #

Taxi!

# People wave me down in my pretty pink taxi

# Get into the back and just relax for the ride

# Pretty pink taxi - she's going for a drive

# Look in the mirror Shift that gear

# Plug the busy lane My pretty pink taxi takes the strain

# Oh

# The radio calls up a taxi fare Who am I going to meet?

CAR HORN BEEPS

# Looking for a job in my pretty, pink taxi, oh-oh

# Wooh!

# Cruising the city in my pretty, pink taxi - yeah-eah!

# Drive, drive, drive in my pretty pink taxi

# Drive, drive, drive where you wanna go... #

Taxi!

# Cos I need to take a drive in my pretty pink taxi

# People wave me down and relax for the ride. #

Oh, the roads are so busy, but you're all set up!

Ready to rock'n'roll, Tina! All we need now is...

Dr Juno!

-Hi, everyone!

-Hello, Dr Juno.

-Thanks for coming along to sing Old King Cole.

-This is the business!

Take my crown!

Let's hit it. One, two, three, four...

# Old King Cole was a merry old soul

# And a merry old soul was he

# He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl

# And he called for his fiddlers three

# Every fiddler had a fiddle fine and a very fine fiddle had he

# Tweedledum, tweedledee went the fiddlers three

# Tweedledum, tweedledee...

# Tweedledum, tweedledee went the fiddlers three

# Tweedledum-dum Tweedle-diddle-dee. #

-Oh, perfect!

-Thanks, Tina.

-There you go.

-Oh, is that the recording?

-Yep. Take good care of it.

I will, don't worry. I'll just burn it on to CD, ready to give to Lisa.

-See you later!

-Bye!

-Bye!

THEY LAUGH

Oh, Lisa is going to love her song.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Oh, who did that noise?!

Who did that noise, who?!

Oh! Oh, you cheeky things! You cheeky things!

Girls...whee! That's it, ready to start the games.

OK, I'll turn again.

Ooh! You got all the way to Granny Murray and I didn't hear a thing!

Lisa, your mum will be home soon,

and I'm sure she'll want to join in the fun, won't she?

I love you, Mummy.

-Hi, Tina.

-Oh!

-Sorry it's taken so long, my computer crashed

-and I had to fix it before I made Lisa's CD.

-Oh, thank you,

-Lisa will be thrilled!

-Here it is, sorry I couldn't make a case. Bye.

Thanks, Dr Juno.

That's not a very special present, is it?

I've tried to get to Lisa's party,

I've tried to get Dr Juno to make her a great CD,

and I've tried to make her present really brilliant,

but nothing's gone right. What went wrong?

Where did the time go?

At 8 o'clock, I dropped off Lisa at Granny Murray's.

Lisa got a digger card, and the children dressed up Claude

like Old King Cole. Granny Murray gave me an invitation to the party.

She promised to make it really special, as I'd miss most of it.

At 9 o'clock, I got to the garage and changed for work.

Mickey John called by. He wanted to borrow a stage prop

to teach his class about dancing. At 11 o'clock,

the Ferry Boat Band arrived to set up the equipment.

I had asked them to record a special CD

of Lisa's favourite nursery rhyme, Old King Cole. At 3 o'clock,

I got back to the garage. Dr Juno arrived to sing.

She sang Old King Cole as the Ferry Boat Band played.

It sounded fantastic. Then she went home to burn the song on to a CD.

At 4 o'clock, Dr Juno came back with Lisa's CD.

Her computer had given her trouble, and she couldn't make a CD cover.

So, Lisa's present doesn't look at all exciting.

Now, remember, you can make everyday things look special.

Make everyday things really special!

Of course, there are lots of everyday things in the garage!

And I can use the photos I took to make Lisa's CD really special,

and make my taxi look really special too. Lisa will love it!

It's a race against time!

# I've got to do it I've got to do it

# I've got to beat the clock before the chime

# I've got to sort it I've got to sort it

# I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'll beat that bong

# Finish this job before I finish this song

# Do we think she's going to do it? Do the job that needs to be done

# Will she know how to fix it?

# Will she finish what she has begun? Yes, she will get there in the end

-# Because she knows what she should do...

-I'm going to do it

-# She's going to do it

-Beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm going to sort it

-She's going to sort it

# I'm going to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'll beat that bong

# And finish this job before I finish this song... #

Do you like my disco taxi?

Me too. And the photos of Dr Juno and the Ferry Boat Band

make a brilliant cover for Lisa's CD.

Well, I think it's time that Old King Cole went to the party.

ENGINE STARTS

I can't wait to see Lisa's face when I get there!

I'm coming, Lisa!

Here's Tina! HORN BEEPS

Oh, so it is, clever girl!

Hello, Tina!

Oh, happy birthday, Lisa!

Will you look at this, it's a disco taxi!

-All aboard!

-Come on, Lisa! Look at that!

It's a disco ball. Clever girl!

Let's play your new CD, Lisa!

# Old King Cole was a merry old soul

# And a merry old soul was he

# He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl

# And he called for his fiddlers three

# Every fiddler had a fiddle fine and a very fine fiddle had he

# Tweedledum, tweedledee went the fiddlers three

# Tweedledum, tweedledee...

# Tweedledum, tweedledee went the fiddlers three

# Tweedledum-dum Tweedle-diddle-dee. #

-Woo-hoo!

-Woo!

-Disco!

Disco crazy!

Tina!

-Look who's here, Lisa!

-Hello, Lisa!

-Hi.

Hello! You say thanks to Granny Murray.

-A big squeezy cuddle!

-Oh, and thanks from me too, Granny Murray.

I remembered what you said - you can make everyday things really special!

Oh, is that so? Come on, you'll want to go home.

Come on, Lisa.

Bye, my darlings, looking forward to next time!

-Me too.

-Grr!

-Grr!

-Come on, Lisa. Shall we talk about our time away?

And I suppose you'll want ME to tell YOU all about my time too?

# Well, there was waving greeting hello, meeting

# Dancing, sharing, eating sleeping, sketching

# Painting, stretching, chewing... Sticking up and wiping round

# Picking up and sitting down! #

Ah!

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as Old King Cole,

because it was Lisa's birthday today,

and Old King Cole was her favourite nursery rhyme.

We dropped Lisa off at nursery.

She must have had a wonderful time, as everyone sang, "Happy birthday!"

After nursery, it was time for Lisa's birthday party.

We had jelly and cake and played games.

Lisa had a fantastic surprise.

Tina had made her taxi into a disco taxi.

We drove around the city listening to Lisa's new CD. She loved it!

Do you like going to birthday parties?

Me too!

Bye-bye, honey pie!

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