Fun with Words 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 round 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...

# I love to skip in Riversea Fingal

# Riversea Fingal, by the sea. #

Seven o'clock.

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails at noon

-Sails at noon

# Time to call on Granny Murray

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

Hello, honeypie! Come away in and see who's at home today.

# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny Murray's house is home to... #

Who's here today?

Well, we've got Rachel and Sean.

Don't just sit there, my wee cherubs. Let's get busy!

We've got...a moon...

we've got a cow. Will we put on a wee show?

ALL: # Hey, diddle diddle The cat found the fiddle

# The cow jumped over the moon

# The little dog laughed to see such fun

# And the dish ran away with the spoon. #

That was brilliant. Well done, you two!

Well, we've got our Rachel and we've got Sean.

But someone's missing from home today.

Oh, not any more!

Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Oh, it's Rebecca with Mickey John.

Hello, there.

Hello, Mickey John.

Wow! What's been going on here?

We've been acting out and singing a nursery rhyme.

Oh, I love rhymes and poetry too. The cat sat on the mat.

The cat! That's given me a good idea.

Let's dress Claude up as a cat!

Yeah!

And WE can catwalk to the chairs. Rr-rr!

Oh, I love cuddling up on my favourite armchair,

just like a cat on a sunbeam.

CLEARS HIS THROAT The cat sat on the mat.

Oh, you're in a very poetic mood today, Mickey John.

I'm always in the mood for fine rhyming and poetic licence.

-Oh, for a muse of fire!

-Oh, I love poetry too.

I always think performing poetry really brings it to life.

Just like the children did with Hey Diddle Diddle. Look at Claude!

-Oh!

-Oh, you look perfect, Claude.

-Well done, my darlings.

-Daddy.

Oh, what's this?

Oh, thank you, sweetheart.

Aa-ah...

-I had you going there.

-Oh, you!

-I'd better be going.

-Bye-bye.

Now, remember - performing poetry really brings it to life.

-Thank you, Granny Murray.

-Bye-bye. We'll be thinking of you.

-Me too!

Will you keep a wee eye on Mickey John?

Make sure he goes 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 go the way I know

-# Can you show me the way I go?

-Hey!

-#

OK - which way?

# Do I go left now? Do I go right?

# Which way is wrong now? Which way is right? #

-Right!

-OK - right! To the school!

# I'm on my way To work today

# Looking this way and that-a-way... #

Hello, alley!

Hello, doors!

Hello, steeple!

Hello, walls!

Hello, people!

# La la la la La la la la la la la-la la

# Dum de-dee-dee De de de de de doo

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

# Which way's a smile now and which way's a frown? #

-Up!

-OK, that way! Up!

# You told me the way to go

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

Here I am.

Now what? ..Thanks. I need to put my tie on.

All dressed and ready to go.

-Hello!

-Ah, Raymond. Are you well?

Fine, thanks.

-Do you have the publicity photos you took of Tina and I?

-Oh, yes.

They're in here.

-Hope you like them.

-Oh, thanks.

Oh, these are great.

They'll really impress Mr Grant.

-The head teacher?

-Yes, we thought we'd show him our publicity photos

and he might ask us to do some shows for the children.

You know - The Importance Of Being A Handbag

-or Tina's one-woman show, Girl On A Bike.

-I saw that! Brilliant.

And I love poetry. Oh, for a muse of fire!

I could lend you a copy of my Much Loved Rhymes and Poems.

-Lovely!

-I'll drop it in. Cheers again.

The cat sat on the mat.

I wonder how my best little pet is getting on.

# I love to skip in Riversea Fingal

# Riversea Fingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riversea Fingal

# Riversea Fingal, that's for me. #

Isn't he gorgeous, Megan?

Oh, what a sweet wee face!

He's all black, isn't he?

Your cat's lovely.

Can you hear him purring, girls?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Purr. Purr.

Oh, he's beautiful.

'Are you working hard, Daddy?'

Enter!

Oh, hiya, Mickey John.

-Hello, Tina. What can we do for you?

-I've brought Raymond's book,

Much Loved Rhymes and Poems and silly thingies.

He said you were interested.

I'll just pop it down there.

-Bye.

-Bye, Tina.

Bye.

Right. Ah, I've got a real treat for you later on.

But first it's time to get down to some hard work.

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the mornin'

# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning

# School day, work away

# I'm learnin' learnin' learnin' when I'm teachin'

# I'm teachin' learnin' teachin' learnin' teachin'

# School day, work away

# Teaching to count and teaching to read

# Learning about birds and plants and seeds

# Playing games and sports outdoors

# Blowing my whistle and keeping the scores

# School day, work away

I'm learning, learning when I'm teaching

# We're learning, learning, learning When he's teaching

# School day, work away

# The secretary's filing As she does her organising

# The jannie fixes The cookie mixes

# And the cleaner keeps a shine

# I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning

# All in a line in the dinner queue While the cookie cooks and serves us too

# Answering questions, when and why? How does it work, how does it fly?

# School day, work away

# I'm learning, learning, learning When I'm teaching

# He's learning, learning, learning When he's teaching

# School day, work away

# All the children peep and eye me As they sit and try their writing

# I take a look and mark their books

# The good ones get a smilie

# Oh, I whoop with joy When I go to school in the morning. #

Oh, for a muse of fire!

-You'll never believe it.

-We just had a meeting...

-..with the headmaster.

-Edgar.

-Ah, Mr Grant.

He said that if the teachers want us to perform,

he'd be only too delighted.

Those were Edgar's actual words - "only too delighted".

Oh, good for you. Of course, I'd love you to perform for my class,

but I'm giving a performance of my own - "Oh, for a muse of fire!"

-Bye, Mickey John.

-Don't forget to call us.

Bye.

THEY LAUGH

I wonder how my little girl's getting on.

Oh, that's a lovely owl. Do you see that one?

-Yeah.

-Oh!

What an elegant owl. How charmingly sweet you sing!

'I'm thinking of you, Daddy.'

Right, everyone, you've all worked really hard this morning.

Now it's time for your special treat.

I'm going to read you a wonderful poem from this amazing book.

A-hem!

Oh, for a muse of fire

That would ascend the brightest heaven of invention

A kingdom for a stage Princes to act

And monarchs to behold the swelling scene

Then should the warlike Harry like himself...

What?

Oh! What's all this?

I've taught the class all morning and they've been perky and bright.

Now, when I read them wonderful poetry, they've fallen asleep.

How did this happen?

Where did the time go?

At seven o'clock, I took Rebecca to Granny Murray's.

The children had fun acting out a nursery rhyme - Hey Diddle Diddle.

I told Granny Murray how much I loved rhymes and poetry.

At eight o'clock, I arrived at work.

Raymond stopped by to collect some photos I'd taken of him and Tina.

I told him how much I loved poetry.

He promised to lend me a book of poems. At nine o'clock,

Tina dropped in with Raymond's book.

I thought it would be a treat for the children to hear poetry.

At 12 o'clock, Raymond and Tina came to the classroom

after meeting the head teacher.

They were excited, as he told them

they could visit the school with the show if the teacher wanted them.

At one o'clock, my class sat down and I read one of my favourite poems.

But the children nodded off to sleep.

Now, remember, performing poetry really brings it to life.

Performing poetry really brings it to life.

Of course!

And two people who can really bring poetry to life and perform it

are Tina and Raymond. I'll call them up. It's a race against time.

# I gotta do it, I gotta do it

# I gotta beat the clock before the chime

# I gotta sort it, I gotta sort it

# I gotta do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm gonna beat that bong

# I'm gonna finish this job Before I finish this song

# Do we think he's gonna do it?

# Do the job that needs to be done?

# Will he know how to fix it? Will he finish what he has begun?

# He will get there in the end

# Because he knows what he should do

-# I'm gonna do it

-He's gonna do it

# I'm gonna beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm gonna sort it

-He's gonna sort it

-# I'm gonna do the job on time

-Tick tock, tick tock

# I'm gonna finish this job Before I finish this song. #

DONG!

-The owl

-and the pussycat

Went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat

-They took some honey

-and plenty of money

Wrapped up in a £5 note.

The owl looked up to the stars above

And sang to a small guitar

O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love

What a beautiful Pussy you are

-Pussy said to the owl

-You elegant fowl!

How charmingly sweet you sing!

O let us be married! Too long we have tarried

But what shall we do for a ring?

Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling

-Your ring?

-Said the Piggy,

-I will

So they took it away and were married next day

By the Turkey who lives on the hill

They dined on mince and slices of quince

Which they ate with a runcible spoon

And hand in hand by the edge of the sand

They danced by the light of the moon The moon

They danced by the light of the moon.

I wonder how my little kitten's getting on.

I hope she's having as much fun as I am.

-Hey diddle diddle The

-cat

-and the

-fiddle

-The

-cow

-jumped over

-the moon.

Good girl!

-The little dog

-laughed

-To see

-such fun

-And the

-fish ran away with the spoon.

Good girl!

Your daddy will be coming for you soon

and you'll run away home, won't you?

'I miss my daddy.'

Mickey John, come away through.

-Look who's here, Rebecca.

-Hello, beautiful girl!

Hey! How are you, my friend? Have you had a lovely time?

You bet we have!

Say thank you to Granny Murray.

Come here, my darling. Good girl!

Thanks from me too, Granny Murray.

Your saying performing poetry really brings it to life saved the day.

Well, I never did!

Come on now, you'd better be off.

-Looking forward to next time.

-Me too.

Come on, Rebecca. Let's chat about our time away.

I suppose you want me to tell you all about my time too.

# Well, there was

# Waving, greeting, hello, meeting

Eating, sleeping fetching, sketching

# Gluing, chewing Sticking up and wiping round

# Washing up and splashing down

# Then there was hugging, squeezing

# Walking, pushing dancing, choosing

# Talking, cooking, drying, cleaning

# Loving children, music things and rushing round

# Dressing up and sitting down! #

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as a cat.

Because today we were acting out the rhyme -

Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle.

Mickey John arrived with Rebecca

and I took Rebecca to meet my neighbour's cat as a treat.

Oh, she's a lovely moggy and Rebecca was thrilled.

Later on, we all went to the park

to visit some of the birds that live there.

We saw an owl with its wonderful feathers and round eyes.

He was ever so elegant.

Back home, Rebecca and I had some quiet time together.

We acted out the rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle once again,

this time, just the two of us.

It made Rebecca laugh. Mickey John remembered what I told him.

Performing poetry really brings it to life.

It saved the day.

I love any kind of poetry Verse or rhyme

A poem can turn any day Into a really good time.

I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Me too!

Bye-bye, honey pie!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me

# Come on, get on down the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

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