Counting Cows 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

-Me too

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Seven 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, 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 Alannah, and we've got Cory,

but don't just sit there, come on, let's get busy!

Look! Would you like this one?

Aw, beautiful!

What do cowboys say?

Yee-ha!

Let's get our horses.

-Would you like a wee shot on this one?

-Look!

Good girl, well done.

Well, we've got Alannah and Cory,

but someone's missing from home today.

Oh! Not any more!

Whose legs are those coming down the steps? Och, it's Lisa, with Tina.

Hello there! Hee hee!

-Tina!

-Hi, Granny Murray.

-And Lisa!

-Wow! It looks like the Wild West in here!

-You've got it in one, Tina.

We're riding our horses round.

It must be great fun to be a cowboy.

-Or should I say a cowgirl? Yee-ha! I'm gonna catch me a cow!

-Oh, Tina!

Now Lisa's here, we'll do something new.

Why don't you all dress Claude up as a cowboy?

-Yee-ha!

-Ha ha ha!

-And why don't we mosey on over here, partner?

-Oh, darn it, let's go!

Yee-ha! Hee hee hee!

Oh, you know what, Granny Murray?

I can just see myself as a cowgirl,

and I'd have a proper cowgirl name, like Texas Tina. Yee-ha!

I like that! We'd ride around on our horses on the prairie,

and round up the cattle.

-Build campfires.

-And sing cowboy songs!

# Home, home on the range

# Where the deer and the antelope play

# Dee, dee, dee...#

-Oh, I'm taking the children to see a cowboy parade later.

-Are you?

-Where's it going on?

-Well, that's the problem.

I'm not 100% sure.

I know it's somewhere in Riverseafingal, but...

Lisa will love that.

I'll look out for the parade as I'm driving round in my taxi,

and I'll tell you where it is.

Brilliant! If you spot it, jot it. Oh, will you look at Claude? Oh!

Oh, my!

-You all ready to round 'em up, Claude?

-Here you are.

Oh, is that for me?

My very own cowgirl scarf!

Oh, thank you, sweetheart. Well, I'll see you later.

Now, you have a great day today, OK?

-Bye.

-Come on, then.

-Bye.

-Now, remember. If you spot it, jot it!

-Thank you, Granny Murray.

I'll see you later.

-We'll be thinking of you, darling.

-Me too.

Now, will you keep a wee eye on Tina?

Make sure she gets the right way to work.

-What would be the quickest way for me to get to work?

-TOOT TOOT!

-Thank you.

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I need, need, need to speed to work

# I'll take a, take a ticket on the subway

# I'll be, be, be, be, be, be there quite quick

# Hurry, hurry, hurry through the tunnels

# Clatter, clatter, clatter underground

# Whining, whining, whining drives the speed up

# Squeaking, squeaking, squeaking slows us down

# Clatter, clatter, clatter, squeaking, squeaking to our stop!

# I'm in, in, in, I'm in a hurry

# I need to speed to work. #

Phew! Now what? Of course! I have to get dressed for work!

All dressed, and ready to go.

Right! I've got to be on the lookout for a cowboy parade! Yee-ha!

And I think it might be fun to look the part!

Bingo! I'll just go and get changed.

Yee-ha! Texas Tina is ready to ride the range! Ooh!

Well, almost. If only my little cowgirl could see me now! Whoo!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

How many different colours can we use on our horse?

-Have you ever seen a horse like this before?

-No.

-Never mind.

I think our horse is beautiful.

If I was a cowboy, this is just the kind of horse I'd like to ride.

-Splodge.

-Splodge.

-Splodge.

-Ha ha ha!

A spotty horse. Lisa, I wonder if your mum has spotted the parade yet!

-Hey! Hold it right there, Tina!

-Eh?

One for the scrapbook!

Oh! Bobby! What are you playing at?

I've borrowed Mickey John's camera to take pictures of the parade.

Well, you have to take a proper picture of me in my cowgirl gear!

Wait, I'll get my horse.

I'm in a bit of a rush, actually, Tina!

-Yee-ha! Ride 'em, cowboy!

-Oh. Um...

Come on. Press that button!

Oh! There! Right, OK, well, I'm off to the parade,

-and you should get changed before you drive your taxi.

-Should I?

It might be a bit safer.

-Bye.

-Bye, Bobby.

Oh, Bobby! I...

Oh, she's gone, and I meant to ask her where the cowboy parade is.

Oh, well. Maybe I should get changed before I go out in my taxi. Yee-ha!

Time for this cowgirl to hit the trail, and do some work!

# The city roads are waiting

# Oh, traffic lights are changing

# Police cars are cruising

# The truckers keep a-trucking

# And the city roads are waiting for me

# To take a drive in my pretty pink 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

# Pull out of the busy lane, our pretty pink taxi takes the strain

# Oh! The radio calls up a taxi fare who am I going to meet?

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

# Whoo!

# Cruising the city in my pretty pink taxi, yeah

# Drive, drive, driving my pretty pink taxi

# Drive, drive, driving where you want to go. #

Taxi!

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

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

No sign of the cowboy parade yet.

Hey, Tina!

-Guess where we're off to?

-I bet you can't!

I bet I can, partner! Yee-ha! Ride 'em, cowboy! Giddy up!

Not with you, dude, but here's a clue. Ready, Chuck?

# Old Macdonald had a farm ee-aye-ee-aye-oh

# And on that farm he had a COW ee-aye-ee-aye-oh

-# With a moo moo...#

-Hey, partners!

I knows me a cowboy when I see one! You're going to the parade, right?

Right.

I knew it! I knew they were going to the cowboy parade!

I could just tell they were going on the cowboy parade!

Oh, where is the...?

Oh, I still don't know where the parade's happening.

I've got to find out for you, Lisa.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Eat your beans up, partners, it's been a hard day on the ranch!

It's BEEN a hard day on the ranch, do you get it, Rachel?

BEAN a hard day! Ha ha ha ha! Granny Murray's silly!

I hope your mum tells us where the cowboy parade is soon.

Right, I must find out where this cowboy parade is.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, dear!

Oh!

# With a moo-moo here, and a moo-moo there...#

Tina! You should see the pictures that I've taken of the parade.

-They're amazing!

-Well done.

Moo!

Oh! Bobby! You're here. Great. OK, now, listen.

You have to tell all the cowboys to get on their horses.

-What are you talking about?

-Cows!

The whole of Riverseafingal has been invaded by cows!

We'll have to get the cowboys to round them up!

-Cowboys? What cowboys?

-The cowboys from the cowboy parade.

Cowboy parade? Cowboy... Cowboy...

Tina, I think you mean the cow parade.

Exactly! The Cow...what?

-There was a parade in the city today of cows. Not cowboys.

-Oh.

And they're not real, just painted cows.

Painted cows?!

Yes! Looks like they had you fooled, though, eh?

I'll see you later, Tina. Moo!

Oh, dear. Cows everywhere, but no cowboys.

Bang goes Lisa's cowboy parade, and what will I tell Granny Murray?

Her whole day has been ruined. Where did the time go?

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

They'd been pretending to be cowboys,

and I promised Granny Murray to keep a lookout for the cowboy parade.

At eight o'clock, I decided to dress up like a cowgirl.

Then Bobby called in and took my photo.

I tried to ask her where the cowboy parade was, but I was too late.

At 12 o'clock, I got back to the garage for a bite to eat,

and the band arrived.

They were singing a song about Old Macdonald's cow.

Just as I was about to ask them about the cowboy parade, they disappeared.

So at one o'clock, I went back to work in my taxi.

I wanted to find out where the cowboy parade was,

but all I could see was cows. Lots and lots of cows.

And at two o'clock, when I got back to the garage,

Bobby told me that I had been looking for the wrong parade.

It wasn't a cowboy parade. It was a cow parade!

Now, remember. If you spot it, jot it!

"If you spot it, jot it!"

Aha!

Maybe Lisa and Granny Murray can't see a cowboy parade,

but they can see a cow parade! The cow parade's all over the city,

and Lisa would like to see that just as much as a cowboy parade.

Now, all I have to do is drive around,

spot the cows, and jot them down!

Then tell Granny Murray. Yee-ha! 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'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to 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, as sure as we're friends She will get there in the end

# Because she knows what to do and work it through

# I'm going to do it

# I'm going to beat the clock before the chime

# I'm going to sort it

# I'm going to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job before I finish the song...#

-Tina!

-Oh, it's just a quickie, Granny Murray.

Now, listen. It's not a cowboy parade.

It's a cow parade! So use this map to look for the cows

-with Lisa and the others!

-Cows?

Just follow the map, and look out for them, partner.

Can't stop, I gotta be on the next stage out of town!

Wow! Will you look at this?

What a colourful cow! Hee hee! We'll follow Mum's map,

-and see how many more we can spot.

-Over there.

Oh! So it is! Come on!

Hello, lady! Oh, she's lovely!

Well, Lisa, this is the very last cow on your mum's map.

That's us seen them all now, isn't it?

Hello, Tina, come away in.

Look who's here, Lisa!

Oh, hi, Lise!

-Hello, Mummy.

-Did you have a good day with Granny Murray?

-You betcha!

-Say thanks to Granny Murray.

-Come here!

Thanks from me, too, Granny Murray. I remembered what you said.

"If you spot it, jot it." It saved the day!

Oh, is that so?

Come on, let's get you home.

-Bye, my darlings. I'm looking forward to next time.

-Oh, me too.

Come on, Lisa. Let's talk about our time away.

And I suppose you'll want me to tell you all about my time, too.

# Well, there was...

# Playing, running, creeping, jumping

# Chasing, painting, laughing, baking

# Bathing, dressing, singing, swinging

# Rocking, sliding, hunting, hiding

# Jumping up and turning round

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

But what was really special about today? Well...

Claude was dressed as a cowboy,

because the children and I were pretending to be cowboys,

and I asked Tina to find out about the cowboy parade in Riverseafingal.

Later, Lisa and the children painted a horse.

We had a really special cowboy lunch round the campfire.

We were looking forward to seeing the cowboy parade,

but when Tina came to tell us where the parade was, we had a surprise.

It wasn't a cowboy parade, it was a cow parade instead,

but we didn't mind.

It was just as much fun

to use Tina's map to find the cows and count them.

They were everywhere in the city.

Yee-ha! I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Me too! Bye bye, honeypie!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

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