From: darsie@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Richard Darsie)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: REQ Chords or tab to childrens songs
Date: 11 Sep 92 22:13:03 GMT
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Organization: University of California, Davis

In article <DAVE.92Sep12012111@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dave@pipi.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp (David Wuertele) writes:
> 
> > I don't have any particular songs in mind. I just had a baby
> > girl and would like to learn some. She is the only one
> > who appreciates my horrible playing anyway. 
> 

I WANNA BE A DOG
by Barry Louis Polisar


                  G
Oh, I wanna be a dog!
                C
I wanna wag my tail!
       D
Chase cars and knock over garbage cans,
                              G
Bite the lady who brings the mail!


Oh, I wanna be a dog!
I wanna drool on the floor!
Get pats on the head, chase cats, get fed;
Chew your shoes and bark at the door!

Oh, I wanna be a dog!
I wanna dig big holes!
I wanna sniff French poodles and basset hounds,
And pee on telephone poles!

Oh, I wanna be a dog!
I wanna big wet nose!
I wanna run in the street, get mud on my feet,
And jump up onto your clothes!


                  C
Oh, I wanna have dog breath!
                   G
I wanna learn to growl!
           A
Scratch fleas and ticks, and run after sticks;
            D
I want the moon to make me howl!

Oh, I wanna be a dog!
I wanna sleep on the ground!
Cause bein' human these days is gettin' so crazy,
I just wanna be a hound!


HOUSE AT POOH CORNER
by Kenny Loggins


   G         D        Bm         Em
Christopher Robin and I walked alone
        C          D           G
Under branches lit up by the moon;
             D          Bm         Em
Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
           C         D              G
While our days disappeared all too soon.
          Em                      Bm
But I've wandered much further today than I should
       C                         D
And I can'

Chorus:
    G      Bm      C
So help me if you can,
      D          G
I've got to get back
        Bm            C         D
To the House at Pooh Corner by one.
 G           Bm                 C          D
You'd be surprised, there's so much to be done:
 Bm                        Em
Count all the bees in the hive,
 Bm                           Em
Chase all the clouds from the sky.
 C           D         G         Em        Am7   D
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh.


Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do,
Got a honey jar stuck on his nose.
He came to me askin' help and advice,
And from here no one knows where he goes.
So I sent him to ask of the Owl if he's there
How to loosen a jar from the nose of a bear,

So help me if you can...


MAIL MYSELF TO YOU
by Woody Guthrie


D                 A
I'm gonna wrap myself in paper,
D                 A
I'm gonna daub myself with glue,
  D                   G
Stick some stamps on top of my head,
D                 A       D
I'm gonna mail myself to you.

I'm gonna tie me up in a red string,
I'm gonna tie blue ribbons, too;
I'm gonna climb up in my mailbox,
I'm gonna mail myself to you.

When you see me in your mailbox,
Cut the string and let me out.
Wash the glue off my fingers,
Stick some bubble gum in my mouth.

Take me out the wrapping paper,
Wash the stamps off my head.
Pour me full of ice cream sodas
Tuck me in my nice warm bed.



and two favorite lullabies:

ISLE AU HAUT LULLABY
by Gordon Bok


C                     Dm
If I could give you three things,
G                  C
I would give you these:
                           Dm
Song, and laughter, and a wooden home
G               C
On the shining seas

Chorus:
   When you see old Isle au Haut
   Shining in the dawn,
   You will play in yellow fields
   In the morning sun.

Sleep where the wind is warm
And the moon is high.
Give sadness to the stars,
Sorrow to the sky.

   When you see old Isle au Haut...

Do you hear what the sails are saying
In the wind's dark song?
Give sadness to the wind
Blown alee and gone.

   When you see old Isle au Haut...

Sleep now, the moon is high,
And the wind blows cold.
For you are sad and young,
And the sea is old.

   When you see old Isle au Haut...


THE OCTOBER WINDS
[trad. arr. Clancy Brothers]


       C             F      C        F            C
The October winds lament around the castle of Dromore,
     Am              G     C         F       G        C
Yet peace is in her lofty halls, my loving treasure store.
        F      G           F        C
Though autumn leaves may droop and die,
           G         C
A bud of spring are you.
   Am    Dm         G        C       Am
   Sing hush a bye loo, low loo low lan,
         Dm         G        C
   Sing hush a bye loo, la low.

Bring no ill will to hinder us, my helpless babe and me,
Dread spirits of the Blackwater, Clan Owen's wild banshee.
And Holy Mary, pitying us, 
In heaven for grace doth sue.
   Sing hush a bye loo, low loo low lan,
   Sing hush a bye loo, la low.

Take time to thrive, my ray of hope in the garden of Dromore.
Take heed, young eaglet, till your wings are feathered fit to soar.
A little rest, and then the world
Is full of work to do.
   Sing hush a bye loo, low loo low lan,
   Sing hush a bye loo, la low.
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