Sing Song Topsy and Tim

# This is our street It's where we live

# We love to play together

# Just like you, just like us

# And we'll be friends forever

# We can be anything

# If we close our eyes and dream

# We can play day after day and the fun will never end

# This is our street It's where we live

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends forever. #

BOTH: It's us!

-Topsy.

-And Tim!

-We're helping Mummy.

-Come on!

-Dad's asked us to post some leaflets for him today.

-Thank you.

To people who might want to use one of his Helpful Drivers' minibuses.

We need to get them to the postbox on time.

-You two are very good at stuffing envelopes.

-We are.

I put the leaflet in the envelope, then I pass it to Tim...

And then I seal it...

and stick a stamp on it.

I love doing envelopes for Dad.

-All done!

-Dad will be pleased if we get all these posted today.

-Yes.

-He will.

How will we get all of this post to the postbox?

Oh. I know how!

-How?

-Oh, where is it?

Ah! In our trolley!

Oh, good idea, Tim!

-DOORBELL

-Doorbell! I'll get it!

-I'll open the door.

-OK.

It's Mr Rosen and two of his friends!

Hello, Topsy and Tim.

Hello, Mr Rosen!

Oh, hello, Mr Rosen. Hello, everybody. Please come in.

'Mr Rosen says he and his friends were driving past our house.'

'In the Helpful Drivers' minibus.'

'And the minibus stopped working.'

The minibus doesn't work. Look!

-Oh!

-Where were you going in the minibus, Mr Rosen?

-Well...

'Mr Rosen tells us that he and his friends

'were going on an outing to the theatre today.'

'When their bus broke down outside our house.'

-I'm sure the driver will fix it for you.

-I hope so.

Make yourselves comfortable. Who would like a cup of tea?

-Oh, thank you!

-Wonderful!

-Yes, OK.

What a day! Ha-ha-ha!

Oh! Now, let me introduce all my friends to each other properly.

Mr Nicolas and Miss Kidd, these are my good friends Topsy and Tim.

Topsy and Tim, these are my great friends Mr Nicolas and Miss Kidd.

-Hello.

-Hello.

Pleased to meet you, Topsy and Tim.

We've heard such a lot about you two.

Would you like to know a secret about Mr Nicolas?

BOTH: Yes, please.

He can do a very good owl impression.

Hm-hm.

Hoo-hoo-hoo!

Wow!

Would you like to know a secret about my friend Miss Kidd?

BOTH: Yes, please.

She can play the ukulele.

What's the ukulele?

This...is a ukelele.

-Ah!

-This is a ukulele.

-It looks like a small guitar.

-You're right, Tim.

Miss Kidd always brings her ukulele on our bus journeys.

-Can you play it for us, please, Miss Kidd?

-Yes, please!

Of course I will. Um...let me see.

# Sister Topsy, sister Topsy

# Brother Tim, brother Tim

# The bus is broken outside

# We're all here inside

# With Topsy and Tim

# With Topsy and Tim. #

APPLAUSE

-Wow! You were good!

-Thank you, Tim.

There's tea and biscuits in the kitchen.

Yay! Come on, Mr Rosen.

Please will you show me how to play?

Yes. Now, you hold that like that.

-Does anybody take sugar?

-Yes, please. Three.

OK. That's very unusual, Mr Nicolas.

'While Tim plays the ukulele, I put sugar into Mr Nicolas' tea.

'He drinks it with three sugars.'

One...

..two...

-..three!

-Oh, thank you, Topsy!

Good gracious. What a lot of envelopes. Can we help?

Yes! We can tidy up the envelopes.

-Oh, lovely.

-In time to Tim's music.

Good idea.

Some juice for you. There you go, Miss Kidd.

-Oh, thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

-Ha-ha! Very good, Tim.

-Thank you.

Try pressing here with a finger on your other hand and strum again.

That sounds even better!

That's because you're playing a chord.

A chord? What's a chord?

That's what musicians call it

when you put your fingers on here to make nice music.

Mummy, Topsy, I'm playing a chord!

Well done, Tim!

There are songs we can all sing if you keep strumming that chord.

-Get ready to sing, everybody in the kitchen.

-OK.

-OK.

# There were ten in the bed and the little one said

# Roll over, roll over

# There were four in the bed and the little one said

# Roll over, roll over

# So they all rolled over and one fell out

# There were three in the bed and the little one said

# Roll over, roll over

# So they all rolled over and one fell out

# There were two in the bed... #

STRANGE SOUNDS

Oh! I'm sorry, Miss Kidd, I think I've broken your ukelele.

No, Tim, you haven't broken it. I just need to do this. Watch.

NOTES GET HIGHER

Whoo!

'Miss Kidd retuned the ukelele so it sounds great again.'

MISS KIDD HUMS A TUNE AND PLAYS ALONG

There we go.

-Now you can play it again for us all.

-OK.

-Get ready to sing, everyone!

-OK.

-Ready!

-Ready?

# There were two in the bed and the little one said

# Roll over, roll over

# So they all rolled over and one fell out

It's the last envelope!

# There was one in the bed and the little one said, hooray! #

THEY CHEER

Well done, Tim!

-Well done, Tim!

-That was brilliant!

-Thank you.

Thank you, Miss Kidd.

Thank you for teaching me how to play the ukulele.

DOORBELL

It was so much fun helping you, Tim.

-Hello!

-The minibus is fixed, everyone.

THEY CHEER

-Look at the state of my hands!

-Eurgh!

You can wash them in the kitchen if you like.

-We're going to the theatre!

-Hooray!

Tip-top, off we pop!

What did you say, Miss Kidd?

Oh, Miss Kidd always says, "Tip-top, off we pop,"

whenever she's leaving somewhere.

Please can you say it again, Miss Kidd?

Tip-top, off we pop!

Or how about, "Tip-Topsy, off we popsy?"

LAUGHTER

Or, "Tim-Topsy, off we postie?"

-You've got all those envelopes to post.

-I'll get the trolley!

BOTH: And that's when Mr Rosen said,

"There's plenty of room for you and your trolley in the minibus."

There's plenty of room for you and your trolley in the minibus,

-We can give you a lift to the postbox.

-Yay! Thank you!

-Thank you!

Come on, everybody, what do we say?

ALL: Tip-top, off we pop!

LAUGHTER

BOTH: "And that," said everyone, "was that."

Careful!

BOTH: Hello.

Are you good at remembering?

Can you remember what happened to us today?

This is our Topsy and Tim Memory Game! Let's play!

Today, we had a singsong.

But can you remember what instrument Tim learnt to play?

Was it a ukelele?

Or was it a recorder?

The answer is behind the clouds.

Look! The answer is a ukelele.

Great game!

-That was good fun.

-See you soon.

# We can play day after day

# And the fun will never end

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends forever. #