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CHORUS: C F Bats eat bugs, they don’t eat people, C G Bats eat bugs, they don’t fly in your hair, C F Bats eat bugs, they eat insects for dinner, C G That’s what they’re doing up there
Coyotes eat rabbits, they don’t eat people, Coyotes eat rabbits, ‘cause you’re too big to bite, Coyotes eat rabbits, they eat rabbits for dinner, That’s why they’re out in the night. Chorus Snakes eat mice, they don’t eat people, Snakes eat mice, that’s why they’re on the ground, Snakes eat mice, they eat rodents for dinner, And they don’t want you hanging around. Chorus Vultures eat dead things, they don’t eat people, Vultures eat dead things, ‘cause you don’t smell right, Vultures eat dead things, they eat dead things for dinner. So you better take a shower tonight. Chorus Bears eat berries, they don’t eat people, Bears eat berries, they don’t eat you or me, Bears eat berries, and they might steal your dinner, So you better hang it high in a tree. Chorus Nothing out there wants to eat you, Nothing out there wants to make you its meal, Nothing out there eats people for dinner, ‘Cause they know how sick they would feel.
Big Blue Marble
We will love the Earth wherever we roam, For this big blue marble is our home And we know that everyone in it (clap, clap, clap) And we know that everyone in it (clap, clap, clap) Will always be a part of who we are
We will love _____ wherever we roam, For this big blue marble is our home And we know that everyone in it (clap, clap, clap) And we know that everyone in it (clap, clap, clap) Will always be a part of who we are
Big Tree, Big Tree
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Big Tree, Big Tree (tsch, tsch) Oooh, baby, let your xylem flow (slurp) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big Tree, Big Tree (tsch, tsch) Oooh, baby, let your xylem flow (slurp) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chickaree told me just the other day He found an acorn and ran away He dug a hole and stuck it in the sand And now Big Trees grow across this land
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A Big Trees roots grow out to the side They may not be deep but their really wide They raise their branches and wave to the sun And now photosynthesis has begun
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A Big Trees needles have pointed ends Chickarees and beetles are their friends They need fire to reproduce They have adaptations to make them fireproof
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Dirt Made My Lunch
By the Banana Slug String Band
CHORUS: Dirt made my lunch, Dirt made my lunch. Thank you Dirt, thanks a bunch, For my salad, my sandwich, my milk and my munch ’cause Dirt, you made my lunch.
Dirt is a word that we often use, When we’re talkin’ about that earth beneath our shoes. It’s a place where plants can sink their toes; In a little while a garden grows.
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A farmer’s plow will tickle the ground, You know the earth has laughed when wheat is found. The grain is taken and flour is ground, For making a sandwich to munch on down. CHORUS A stubby green beard grows upon the land, Out of the soil the grass will stand. But under hoof it must bow, For making milk by way of a cow.
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Mammals
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Mammals, Mammals, Mammals everywhere Mammals, Mammals, they’re flying in the air, Mammals, Mammals, they’re swimming in the sea, Mammals, Mammals, just like you and me Mammals like camels come by land or sea, They can sky high in the forest canopy Could be a lion or a manatee, They feed off what is called a mammary
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Bats are mammals even though they fly up in the sky, Finding their prey with a sonar-like eye, Echolocation helps to guide them in the night Just a vibration creates a sense of sight CHORUS I know some mammals that are square pegs Funky southern mammals that lay eggs I see you laughin’, but I wouldn’t kid ya They’re the duck billed platypus and the spiny echidna CHORUS Let me tell you ‘bout some mammals in the ocean, Dolphins, whales, and seals are causing commotion, Trying to get a bite so that they can eat, Turning fat to blubber, to insulate their heat
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Attention! Alert! There are mammals all around us, Hairy, smelly mammals, they’ve got the place surrounded, So turn to your neighbor, say “I’m a mammal too” And throw your hands up if you’re in the mammal crew
On the Loose
Chorus: On the loose to climb a mountain On the loose where I am free On the loose to live my life The way I think my life should be For I’ll only have a moment, and a whole world left to see I’ll be searching for tomorrow, On the Loose.
Have you ever seen a sunrise turn the sky completely red? Have you slept beneath the moon and stars, a pine bough for your bed? Do you sit and talk with friends although no word is ever said? Then you’re just like me and you’ve been, On the Loose.
CHORUS There’s a trail that I’ll be hiking just to see where it might go Many places yet to visit, and many people yet to know And in following my dreams I will live and I will grow On a trail that’s waiting out there, On the Loose.
CHORUS So in search of love and laughter I’ll be traveling ‘cross this land Never sure of where I’m going, for I haven’t any plan But in time when you are ready, come and join me, take my hand And together we’ll share life out, On the Loose.
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Red Tailed Hawk
I’m wearing my red tail feathers as I fly I’m wearing my red tail feathers as I fly I circle around I circle around The boundaries of the Earth The planet of my birth.
Scat Rap
By Steve Van Zandt and the Banana Slug String Band
CHORUS: IT….. Starts with “S” and it ends with a “T” It come out of you and it comes out of me I know what your thinking but don’t call it that Let’s be scientific and call it “SCAT”
A squirrel ate a nut It digested in its gut It came out of it but It was a piece of scat!
It was a piece of WHAT? (Piece of Scat!)
A coyote ate a bunny It digested in its tummy And it came of really runny It was a piece of scat!
It was a piece of WHAT? (Piece of Scat!)
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Look up in the sky A bird is flying high Oh! It landed in (someone)’s eye! It was a piece of scat!
It was a piece of WHAT? (Piece of Scat!)
Bear ate a berry It was kinda hairy And it came out real scary It was a piece of scat!
It was a piece of WHAT? (Piece of Scat!)
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You can call poo You can manure too. But here at Outdoor School. (we call it) Piece of scat!
It was a piece of WHAT? (Piece of Scat!)
You can find it on the ground Sometime in a mound It usually colored brown It was a piece of scat!
It was a piece of WHAT? (Piece of Scat!)
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The F.B.I
By Steve Van Zandt
CHORUS: Am C D *The FBI……..whenever something dies. Am C D Oh, the FBI…..is there on the scene. Am C D The FBI………is working overtime. Am C D Am Oh, the FBI, to pick those bones clean. C D FUNGUS! …… **FUNGUS!, BACTERIA!……**BACTERIA! Am C Em Am INVERTEBRATES!….**INVERTEBRATES!, the F B I. Am There’s fungus all among us and its breaking things down, C D Am Returning nutrients into the fertile ground. Millions of mycelium underground that why, C D Am When you hold a handful of the earth you hold the F B I.
Chorus There are billions of bacteria in the that soil over there, Microscopic life is in all water, land, and air. You should know that they are there, but they’re too small for your eye, These are the secrete agents of the FBI.
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Insects, bugs, and slugs and worms are working night and day, The invertebrate crew, are special agents of decay. To remove whatever’s rotten they will hop, crawl, hide or fly, Enforcing nature’s law they are the FBI.
Chorus Lay down very still in the duff and learn their ways Lift up rotten log and you will surly be amazed. Go creeping through the forest learn to see and be a spy, In search of evidence of the FBI.
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* group sings “The FBI” ** group call and response, sing section 2x
The Moon is Glowing
The Moon She is Glowing, Glowing and Growing. The Moon She is Glowing, Shining Down on Me.
Sister Moon Shine Down on Me, A Child I Will Always Be. Sister Moon Shine Down on Me, Until We are Free.