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Adventures Camp 2014
Plant Songs
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Parts of a Plant
To the tune of “The Wheels on the
Bus”
The roots on a plant grow underground,
Underground, underground.
The roots on a plant grow underground,
Roots are part of a plant.
The stems on a plant hold up the leaves,
Up the leaves, up the leaves.
The stems on a plant hold up the leaves,
Stems are part of a plant.
The leaves on a plant are making food,
Making food, making food.
The leaves on a plant are making food,
Leaves are part of a plant.
The flowers on a plant are growing seeds,
Growing seeds, growing seeds.
The flowers on a plant are growing seeds,
Flowers are part of a plant.
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Green Plants
To the tune of “Row, Row,
Row Your Boat”
Grow, grow, grow your plants,
Grow with lots of care.
Carefully, carefully place your plants
Where they will get air.
Grow, grow, grow your plants,
Growing can be fun!
Carefully, carefully place your plants
Where they will get sun.
Grow, grow, grow your plants,
Never let them spoil.
Carefully, carefully place your plants
In a healthy soil.
Grow, grow, grow your plants,
With a smiling face.
Carefully, carefully place your plants
Where they will get space.
Grow, grow, grow your plants,
One more thing to do:
Carefully, carefully give your plants
Lots of water too!
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Oats, Rice, Wheat, & Barley
(OR Oats, Peas, Beans, & Barley)
To the tune of “Skip to My Lou”
Chorus:
Oats, rice, wheat, and barley grow,
Oats, rice, wheat, and barley grow,
Can you or I or anyone know
How oats, rice, wheat, and barley grow?
Verse 1:
First the farmer sows his seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
Verse 2:
Next the farmer waters the seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
Verse 3:
Next the farmer hoes the weeds,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
Verse 4:
Last the farmer harvests his seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.
Chorus
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The Green Trees Grow All
Around
To the tune of “The Green Grass
Grows All Around”
This is the Way We Grow
the Plant
Sung to the tune of “Here
We Go ‘Round the Mulberry
Bush”
Chorus:
The green trees grow all around all around
and the green trees grow all around
From Growing with Plants, by Linda Watts
and Steven Garrett
Verse 1:
Oh, on the earth, there were some trees, the
prettiest little trees that you ever did see
This is the way we plow the ground,
Plow the ground,
Plow the ground,
This is the way we plow the ground,
to make our garden grow.
With the trees on the earth and Chorus.
Verse 2:
Oh on from those trees, we made some
syrup, the brownest syrup that you ever did
taste
With the syrup from the trees and the trees
on the earth and Chorus
Verse 3:
Oh from those trees, we grew some apples,
the shiniest apples that you ever did see
With the apples from the trees, and the syrup
from the trees, and the trees on the earth and
Chorus
Verse 4:
Oh from those trees, we made some paper,
the strongest paper that you ever did see
With the paper from the trees and the apples
from the trees, and the syrup from the trees,
and the trees on the earth and Chorus
Verse 5:
Oh from those trees, we built a chair, the
sturdiest chair that you ever did see
With the chair from the trees and the paper
from the trees and the apples from the trees,
and the syrup from the trees, and the trees on
the earth and Chorus
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This is the way we plant the seeds,
Plant the seeds,
Plant the seeds,
This is the way we plant the seeds,
to make our garden grow.
This is the way we water the plants,
Water the plants,
Water the plants,
This is the way we water the plants,
to make our garden grow.
This is the way we pick the plants,
Pick the plants,
Pick the plants,
This is the way we pick the plants,
to give us food to eat.
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The Garden Song
Words and Music by David
Mallett
Chorus:
Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden (these flowers)
grow
All you need is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
Till the rain comes a tumbling down.
Verse 1:
Pulling weeds, picking stones
We are made of dreams and bones
Need a place to call my own
For the time is near at hand
Grain for grain (petal for petal), sun and rain
Find my way through nature’s chain
Heal my body and my brain
To the music of the land.
Chorus
Verse 2:
Plant your rows straight and long
Temper them with prayer and song
Mother earth will make you strong if you
give her love and care
An old crow watching hungrily
From his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I’m as free as that
feathered thief up there.
Chorus
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The Pond
To the tune of “The Famer in the
Dell,” words by Lisa McLaughlin,
Auburn, WA
As the cattails grow.
The bugs eat the tails, the bugs eat the tails,
The sun shines down and life abounds
As the bugs eat the tails.
The frogs eat the bugs, the frog eat the bugs,
The sun shines down and life abounds
As the frogs eat the bugs.
The snakes eats the frogs, the snakes eats the
frogs,
The sun shines down and life abounds
as the snakes eats the frogs.
The hawks eat the snakes, the hawks eat the
snakes,
The sun shines down and life abounds
As the hawks fly away.
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The Nutrient Cycle Song
Sung to the tune of “The
Farmer in the Dell” Words by
Kathy Lyons and Elizabeth
Patten
The kids eat the plants,
The kids eat the plants,
Hi ho the munching-o, the kids eat the
plants.
They compost the waste,
They compost the waste,
Hi ho the cycle-o, they compost the waste.
The worms eat it up,
The worms eat it up,
Hi ho the burrow-o, the worms eat it up.
It goes in the soil,
It goes in the soil,
Hi ho the mixing-o, it goes in the soil.
The plants drink it up,
The plants drink it up,
Hi ho the thirsty-o, the plants drink it up.
The food chain of the pond, the food chain
of the pond,
The sun shines down and life abounds
On the food chain of the pond.
The kids eat the plants,
The kids eat the plants,
Hi ho the way to grow, the kids eat the
plants.
The cattails grow, the cattails grow,
The sun shines down and life abounds
The kids eat the plants,
The kids eat the plants,
Hi ho the cycle-o, the nutrients go around.