Ditched 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 those people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave around the market

# Do you hear that 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.

# 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

-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 two at home to play

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

Who's here today? Well...

we've got Emma and we've got Beth.

Don't just sit there, pickles. Let's get busy.

What's on Granny Murray's shelves? Wow!

Bird whistlers! Have a wee shot at that.

WHOO!

QUACK!

WHOO!

WHOO!

QUACK! WHOO!

Well, we've got Emma and we've got Beth.

But someone's missing today.

-SQUEAK!

-Och, not any more.

Who's coming home to Granny Murray? Who's that?

Och, yes, it's Lisa with Tina.

Hello, there!

Tina! Ha-ha!

And Lisa. Come away through and see everyone.

WHISTLING Oh, my!

-It's like the bird house at the zoo.

-I know.

Now you're here, Lisa, we'll dress Claude up as a feathery bird.

We'll call him a Claude whooper.

-We'll flutter over to the chairs.

-Oh, yes, let's.

-CHILDREN CHATTER

-Tweet, tweet, tweet!

THEY TWITTER AND GIGGLE

-What's this bird stuff about?

-I've been asked to help with a survey

of all the birds in Riverseafingal.

Oh. Like budgies?

No, no - wild birds that you'd find in your garden.

I've to jot down all the birds I see in this book. Bobby's going to help.

-The children will, too.

-You'll have a houseful!

The more, the merrier - that's what I say.

I like birdsong. It's so...peaceful. TINA AND GRANNY MURRAY SIGH

I have to get some props Raymond and I will need

to perform at the Riverseafingal Social Club.

Oh, the clubby. What are you doing?

We're doing a sand and snake dance. # Nee-nee-nee, nee, nee. #

Oh, Claude looks ready to fly.

There's the first bird for you to jot down - the Claude whooper.

Oh, yes. They're very rare. I'll jot it down.

-I'd best be off to work now.

-Here you are.

-Oh, a snake puppet.

-Sss!

-You can use it in your snake dance.

I can. Oh, thank you, Lisa.

Well, I'll see you later. Have a good day with Granny Murray.

-Bye.

-Come on.

-Bye.

Now remember -

-the more, the merrier.

-Thank you. See you later.

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

-Me, too.

You keep an eye on Tina and make sure she goes the right way to work.

I'd better hurry. Could you tell me the fastest way to get to work?

MUSIC STARTS 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 Squeak, squeak, squeaking to our stop

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

# I need to speed to work. #

Phew! Well, what now?

Of course! I have to get ready for work.

All dressed and ready to go.

ENGINE STARTS

Light of my life, sweet maid, fair damsel.

Raymond! Have you come for the tow rope?

-We need it for our sand and snake dance tonight.

-It's here somewhere.

Oh!

Here it is.

We'll have to make that look more like a snake before our show.

-We can pop Lisa's snake puppet on later. Sss!

-Great.

-So how about a quick rehearsal?

-Oh, yes.

-We can use the snake as it is just now.

-OK.

-How about out there?

-Right.

-OK. Ready, love?

-Yeah.

-After three.

One, two, three.

"EASTERN" MUSIC PLAYS

-Oh, ho-ho-ho! That was brilliant!

-TINA LAUGHS

That should knock them dead at the clubby.

It's time I was at work. But it's only a short shift today.

-See you later.

-Bye, love.

I'll drop this rope off at the clubby while I'm out working in my taxi.

I wonder what my little hisser is up to.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Who's got nuts for the bird table? That's the way, Adam. Hang it up.

Lovely. Do you think lots of birds will come to feed from our table?

-Yes.

-I hope we see a blackbird, Lisa. That's your mum's favourite.

'What's it like at work, Mummy?'

Oh.

It seems to be caught under the wheel. Oh!

It's the hand brake. It's a bit dodgy.

I didn't pull it on hard enough, so the taxi has rolled onto the rope.

I really must get that hand brake fixed.

That's that done. I reckon it's time for me to get down to some hard work.

# City roads are waiting

# The traffic lights are changing

# Police cars are cruising

# The trucks keep a-trucking

# And the city roads are waiting for me to take a drive

# 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

# Pull out to the busy lane My pink taxi takes the strain... #

Oh, the radio calls up a taxi fare. Who am I going to meet?

TOOT-TOOT!

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

# Cruising the city in my pretty pink taxi, yeah

# Drive, drive, drive

# In my pretty pink taxi

# Ride, ride, ride

# 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. #

SHE SIGHS

Oh! Oh!

Well!

That hand brake is getting looser and looser.

I must get it tightened up soon.

-Hi, Tina. All set for your show tonight?

-I think so.

-I can't wait.

I've never seen a sand and snake dance. It's not a real snake, is it?

I don't like snakes all that much.

Don't worry, Mickey John. We're using a rope.

-Oh, good.

-With this on the end.

-Oh, Tina, don't scare me like that!

-Oh, snakes! Ooh! I'll see you later.

-Ta-ta.

SNAKY VOICE: S-s-s-see you s-s-soon.

Poor Mickey John. Fancy not liking snakes.

You wouldn't hurt a flea, would you, Mr Snake? No. No.

Oh, get off! Let go my nose! Let go my nose!

I wonder how Lisa's getting on.

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

Look at all the birds at our bird table!

Look, Bobby.

Oh, wow!

This is such fun. I'm so glad you asked me over to watch the birds.

Me, too.

Look, Lisa, there's a blackbird. Tick it on your list, my darling.

We'll have to tell your mum we saw a blackbird.

BIRDS SING Oh!

I must bring you here to Hillington Lane sometime, Lisa.

Oh, I love it here. Just listen to all those birds singing.

I could do with some fresh air.

BIRDS SING

SHE SIGHS

I can hear the birds even clearer now.

Oh, magic! I could listen to these birds all day.

I feel calm now. This is just what I needed before I start work again.

GLOOP, GLOOP! Oh, my taxi!

Oh, I don't believe it! The hand brake must have come loose again.

It's my fault. I should have taken the taxi to get the brake fixed

instead of coming to listen to the birds. Oh! I've been working so hard.

I take a break and now my taxi's ended up in a ditch.

What am I going to do? Where did the time go?

At 8am I dropped Lisa at Granny Murray's. She told me

they were going to watch birds for a survey.

The children dressed Claude as a bird called a Claude whooper.

At 9am, I got to the garage, ready for work.

Raymond called by to look for a rope

to use in our sand and snake dance later.

We decided to have a quick rehearsal.

At 10am, I was winding up the rope and saw it was stuck under my tyre.

The hand brake was loose, so the taxi rolled onto the rope.

I pulled the rope free and put it in the boot.

At 2pm I popped back to the garage and the hand brake came loose again.

I spotted the taxi rolling in time.

Mickey John was looking forward to our sand and snake dance.

At 3pm, I stopped to listen to the birds at Hillington Lane.

But the hand brake came loose again and this time I didn't notice.

So my taxi has rolled into a ditch. How am I going to get it out?

Now remember - the more, the merrier.

"The more, the merrier."

Well, I could use the rope in my boot to pull the taxi out of the ditch.

But I can't do it on my own, so I need to find people to help me.

So...the more, the merrier! It's a race against time!

# I've gotta do it, I've gotta do it And beat the clock before the chime

# I must sort it, I must sort it I've got to do the job on time

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

# And finish this job before I finish this song

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

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

# As sure as we are friends she'll get there in the end

# She knows what she should do and will work it through

-# I'm gonna do it

-She's gonna do it

-And beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm gonna sort it

-She's gonna sort it

# And do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'll beat that bong

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

Thank you. Thank you.

-You must get that brake looked at.

-I know.

I'll get it fixed on the way home.

-What are you doing with that rope?

-Making it look more like a snake.

Why don't we do our show here as a thank-you to all the people

-who helped to save my taxi?

-Ready when you are.

"EASTERN" MUSIC PLAYS

Hey, Mr Snake,

a little bird told me Lisa is having lots of fun with Granny Murray now.

We saw that one.

We did. Do you want to put it in Granny Murray's tree? Good girl!

-Oh! And we saw... What's this one called again?

-A magpie.

Yes. We saw that one.

-And we saw this.

-We saw you too.

-We saw them two.

-We did! A wee blackbird.

Do you know something?

Your mum is going to be flying over to take you home soon.

Tina!

Come away in!

Look who's here, Lisa!

-Hello, Lisa!

-Hello!

Hello! Did you have a nice day with Granny Murray?

-You bet!

-You say thanks to Granny Murray!

-Thank you.

Oh! And thanks from me too, Granny Murray.

I remembered what you said. "The more, the merrier."

-It saved the day.

-Is that so?

Come on! You'll want to get home.

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

-Me, too.

-Rraah!

-Rrahhh!

-Come on, 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 Playing, running, leaping, jumping

# Chasing, painting, laughing Bathing, dressing, swinging

# Walking, hunting, hiding Jumping up and turning round

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

Ha ha!

Ha!

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as a bird,

because we were looking at all the different birds in my garden.

The children and I set up a bird table.

We put all sorts of food on it

to make sure we had plenty of birds to watch.

Bobby came round and we had a brilliant time spotting birds

that came to tuck in at the bird table.

We made a list of all the birds we'd seen.

Later, we stuck bird pictures in a tree. Tweet! Tweet!

Tina saw some birds as well, but she was so busy

listening to them she had a wee accident with her taxi.

But Tina remembered me saying, "The more, the merrier".

It saved the day and her taxi.

MAKES BIRD NOISES

Oh! Maybe you could have a look out for some birds.

You might even see a lesser spotted Granny Murray!

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 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 goodbye to you. #

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