On Our Way to the Valley

"On Our Way to the Valley" is a song written by George Ford in 1968 that serves as the theme song of the Butterfly Valley franchise.
==Original version==
The song was originally produced by Phillip Price Jr., who is the composer of several musical scores for the 1969 series, and performed by Kathy Hancock and Tracy Lyons, the voice actress of Rose and Petunia. It was issued as a single by Warner Bros. Records on April 11, 1969, a month after the series premiered on TV.
==1998 version==
The song was redone in November 1997 by renowned producer Tom Coyne and performed by Melissa Joan Hart, with an upbeat arrangement and slight alterations to the lyrics. It was issued as a single by Atlantic Records on January 30, 1998, ten days after the show premiered on WAM!.
An extended version was produced later in late-1999 and included as the lead track on the album The New Adventures in Butterfly Valley: Songs from the Show. The full album version notably featured rap lines provided by Abz Love from the British boy band Five.
For the movie Butterfly Valley: Adventures in Pleasant Island, another version was produced with live orchestra. That version was included on the film soundtrack.
==Lyrics==
===Original version===
On our way to the valley,
Butterfly Valley,
The place where magic happens.
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
On the path of the valley,
Butterfly Valley.
The place where magic happens.
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
But the evil trolls came,
And attack the fairies.
Don't worry,
Two little girls from another world will stop them.
On our way to the valley,
Butterfly Valley,
The place where magic happens.
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
On the path of the valley,
Butterfly Valley.
The place where magic happens.
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
But the evil trolls came,
And attack the fairies.
Don't worry,
Two little girls from another world will stop them.
On our way to the valley,
Butterfly Valley,
The place where magic happens.
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
On the path of the valley,
Butterfly Valley.
The place where magic happens.
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
===1998 version===
====Single version====
Yeah, Oh yeah!
(Butterfly Valley!)
(Butterfly Valley!)
Every night, I go to bed,
I tuck my pillow tight.
I dream of going to a place,
A place far away.
I packed all my things,
And fly to…
(Butterfly Valley!)
On our way to the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
On the path of the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
But the evil trolls came,
And attack the fairies.
Don't worry,
Two little girls from another world will stop them.
(Butterfly Valley!)
On our way to the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
On the path of the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place where magic happens!)
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place that I dreamt of)
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place where magic happens!)
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place that I dreamt of)
[Song fades out]
====Album version====
Yeah, Oh yeah!
(Butterfly Valley!)
(Butterfly Valley!)
[Melissa singing]
Every night, I go to bed,
I tuck my pillow tight.
I dream of going to a place,
A place far away.
I packed all my things,
And fly to…
(Butterfly Valley!)
On our way to the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
On the path of the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
But the evil trolls came,
And attack the fairies.
Don't worry,
Two little girls from another world will stop them.
[Abz rapping]
Butterfly Valley's such a beautiful place,
We can meet the butterfly fairies,
And as she said,
"But the evil trolls came,
And attack the fairies."
Don't worry, baby,
Two little girls from another world will stop them!
[Melissa singing]
(Butterfly Valley!)
On our way to the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
On the path of the valley,
(Butterfly Valley!)
The place where magic happens!
The friendly butterfly fairies,
And the beautiful skies and Sun,
Would lead us to the place we dreamed of.
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place where magic happens!)
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place that I dreamt of)
Yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place where magic happens!)
Oh yeah, Butterfly Valley.
(The place that I dreamt of)
Oh…
Oh yeah!
[Song fades out]
==Other uses==
===Original version===
*The first bit of the song's instrumental (the one before the first verse was sung) was used by Brazilian broadcaster Rede Globo for one of its bumpers in 1972.
*This song was heard a few times as an easter egg throughout the 1998 series.
==Trivia==
===Original version===
*This song was based on a tune of a music box George Ford liked to hear when he was young, so he decided to write lyrics for that tune, which was soon incorporated to the melody.
===1998 version===
*The theme song for Butterfly Valley: Friends on Adventures, "Friends on Adventures," is loosely based on this version, especially with the chorus.
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