There's a school bus
Ahead of us
We'd better honk at them
HONK! HONK!
[repeat]

          G
           Bees in the trees
                  Fmaj7  G
           And my pet is wet
           F
           Froggy is as groggy
                G
           As a froggy can get

[Parents sing:]          [Children sing:]
G     Am G               G     Am  G
I see Ba-by              I see Dad-dy [or Mom-my]
F6   D         G         F6    D         G
Baby can't see me!       Daddy can't see me!

I bought me a horse
The horse pleased me
Fed my horse under yonder tree
Horse goes neigh, neigh
Sheep goes bleigh, bleigh
Pig goes griffy graffy
Goose goes lissie lassie
Duck goes quack quack
Hen goes simmy sac simmy sac
Guinea goes paw track paw track
Cat goes fay-lo-fay-lo-fee

C
Swing set
C      Am  C
Swings get wet
Bb                        C
When it's been raining outside

C
But not
C    Am   C
When it's hot
Bb                      C
Then all the swings are dried

Remember
Remember
Whether or not it's rained

Your questions will
Be answered and
Everything explained

F       Dm-F
Doo-dle-y doo
Dm
Bo-dee-oh
Gm7
Fid-dle dee dee
    Db  C
Bah-zoo-kah
    Db  C
Muh-zur-kah
   F
Ka-ZOO!

School Bus, -- This discordant bit of nonsense is partly, if not entirely, Majic's creation. There really was a school bus ahead of us. I've done my best to duplicate the noise we make when singing.
Bees in the Trees -- We came out of the garage one night, and neighbor Diana's dear old Bo, was standing there waiting for us, wet from recent rain. I said, "soggy doggy," and Baby Jo (as she was known then) cleverly replied "wet pet." The soggy doggy got changed to a groggy froggy some time later.
I Bought Me a Horse -- I have fond memories of Grandfather D.M.Tyler leading us in singing this as we'd ride home from the farm on summer nights. Known as "I bought me a cat," there are many variations to be found on the web. Some websites list it as "traditional," but I've also found it credited to Aaron Copeland Although I knew since childhood that only the horse and the duck made the traditional English-speaking sounds, I never thought about how any of the others were spelled until I tried writing this up.
Swing Set -- A playground song. Obviously.
Doodely Doo -- We call this one our Family Anthem. Sheer goofiness by Daddy Don.
Original lyrics. and MIDIs, first web publication for all ©1997 Mar 17. Offline for a long time, re-published on mindfulwebworks.com 2007 Apr 08.

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