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If You're Happy and You Know It

**If You're Happy and You Know It** is a Raffi song from Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band and Let's Play!.

## Lyrics

### 1988 Variation

Well, if you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it

If you're happy and you know it, moo like a cow (Moo)

### 2002 Variation

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you're bananas and you know it, let it ring

If you're bananas and you know it, let it ring

If you're bananas and you know it

And you really want to show it

If you're bananas and you know it, let it ring

If you're beautiful and you know it, shout hooray

If you're beautiful and you know it, shout hooray

If you're beautiful and you know it

And you really want to show it

If you're beautiful and you know it, shout hooray

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it

And you really want to show it

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands

## Song Credits

Traditional; adapted by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

Raffi: Guitar

Michael Creber: Piano

## Trivia

* The Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band version is sung in A major in a-capella, whereas the Let's Play! version plays in F and G-flat major. Also in the concert version, Raffi sings at the end "If you're happy and you know it, moo like a cow."

## Video

Raffi If You're Happy And You Know It YouTubeRaffi - If You're Happy And You Know It (Official Audio)
Kathy Mattea

**Kathleen Alice Mattea** (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer.

She sang "One Light One Sun" on the 2001 tribute album Country Goes Raffi. Kathy met Raffi at the Grammies during the late 1980s and immediately liked his vibe. She didn't see him again for about ten years, when they were together on a TV show, and he casually mentioned the project to her.
Knees Up Mother Brown

**Knees Up Mother Brown** (sometimes titled as **"There Came A Girl From France"**) is a song about a girl who came from France who didn't know how to dance.

## Lyrics

There came a girl from France

Who didn't know how to dance

The only thing that she could do was

Knees up Mother Brown

Oh, knees up Mother Brown

Knees up Mother Brown

Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up,

Knees up Mother Brown

Oh, hopping on one foot

Hopping on one foot

Hopping, hopping, never stopping

Hopping on one foot

Oh, knees up Mother Brown

Knees up Mother Brown

Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up,

Knees up Mother Brown

Oh, hopping on the other

Hopping on the other

Hopping, hopping, never stopping

Hopping on the other

Oh, knees up Mother Brown

Knees up Mother Brown

Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up,

Knees up Mother Brown

And whirling round and round

Whirling round and round

Whirling, whirling, never twirling

Whirling round and round

There came a girl from France

Who didn't know how to dance

The only thing that she could do was

Knees up Mother Brown, HEY!

## Song Credits

Traditional arrangement by Ken Whiteley and Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN).

* Raffi - Guitar
* Ken Whiteley - Mandolin
* Bob Doidge - Bass
* Daniel Lanois - Banjo

## Trivia

* The 1979 album version plays in B-flat and C whereas the 1988 video version plays in C and D.
Ha Ha Thisaway

**Ha Ha Thisaway** is a song on Everything Grows.

## Lyrics

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-away

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-a-way

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

When I was a little boy, little boy, little boy

When I was a little boy, I was three

I had a little teddy bear, teddy bear, teddy bear

I had a little teddy bear just for me

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-away

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-a-way

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

We went-a-walkin’, a-walkin’, a-walkin

We went-a-walkin’, everyday

We did a lot a-talkin’, talkin’, talkin’

We did a lot a-talkin’ every day

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-away

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-a-way

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

We counted stars every night

Every night, every night

We counted stars every night in the sky

And chose the one to go to, go to, go to

And chose the one to go to if we could fly

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-away

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

Ha-ha, this-a-way, ha-ha, that-a-way

Ha-ha, this-a-way, then, oh, then

## Song Credits

Traditional, lyrics adapted by Doris Kaplan, published by Sanga Music, Inc..
Keith Urban

**Keith Lionel Urban** AO (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-Australian singer, songwriter and record producer well known for his work in country music. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year. He found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Nashville and charted two singles on the US *Billboard* Hot Country Songs chart.

He sang "Apples and Bananas" on the 2001 tribute album Country Goes Raffi.

Since 2006, he has been married to actress Nicole Kidman.
A Child's Celebration Of Song

**A Child's Celebration Of Song** is a compilation album released in 1992.

## Tracklist

1. Puff (The Magic Dragon)/ Peter, Paul & Mary
2. The Ugly Duckling/ Danny Kaye, Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra
3. Hey Daddy/ Anne Murray
4. Polly Wolly Doodle/ Burl Ives And The Ray Charles Singer
5. Jelly Man Kelly/ James Taylor
6. Little Red Caboose/ Sweet Honey In The Rock
7. This Old Man]]/ Pete Seeger
8. Skip To My Lou/ John McCutcheon
9. Over The Rainbow/ Judy Garland
10. House At Pooh Corner/ Loggins And Messina
11. Garden Song/ Maria Muldaur
12. Baby Beluga/ Raffi
13. The Banana Boat Song/ Taj Mahal
14. Wynken, Blynken And Nod/ The Doobie Brothers
15. St. Judy's Comet/ Paul Simon

## Gallery

Back coverBookletBooklet #2Disc
Here Sits a Monkey

**Here Sits a Monkey** is a song from The Corner Grocery Store.

## Lyrics

Oh, here sits a monkey in the chair, chair, chair

He lost all the true loves he had last year

So rise upon your feet

And greet the first you meet

The happiest one I know

Oh, here lies a monkey under the chair, chair, chair

He lost all the true loves he had last year

So rise upon your feet

And greet the first you meet

The happiest one I know

Oh, here plays a monkey by the chair, chair, chair

She lost all the true loves she had last year

So rise upon your feet

And greet the first you meet

The happiest one I know

## Song Credits

Traditional arrangement by Raffi and Ken Whiteley, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN).

* Raffi - Lead Piano
* Ken Whiteley - Rhythm Piano
Honey bee

A **honey bee** (also spelled **honeybee**) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus *Apis* of the bee clade, all native to Eurasia. They are known for their construction of perennial colonial nests from wax, the large size of their colonies, and surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. Only eight surviving species of honey bee are recognized, with a total of 43 subspecies, though historically 7 to 11 species are recognized. Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees.

The best known honey bee is the western honey bee (*Apis mellifera*), which has been domesticated for honey production and crop pollination; the only other domesticated bee is the eastern honey bee (*Apis cerana*), which occurs in South Asia. Some other types of related bees produce and store honey, and have been kept by humans for that purpose, including the stingless bees, but only members of the genus *Apis* are true honey bees. Modern humans also value the wax for use in making candles, soap, lip balms, and various cosmetics.
Kangaroo

The **kangaroo** is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia and New Guinea.
Lightweb Darkweb

**Lightweb Darkweb** is a Raffi book published in 2013.

## Plot

Lightweb Darkweb is a book on the need to reform social media, especially for young users. Its author, Raffi Cavoukian the renowned singer, Raffi is also a writer, systems thinker, and founder of the Centre For Child Honouring. The book offers three reasons for social media reform: safety, intelligence, and sustainability. In response to the suicide of Vancouver teen Amanda Todd after years of online harassment, and dedicated to her, Lightweb Darkweb is a fierce call for sanity in the digital age: social media providers need to make systemic changes for young users safety parents must regulate their kids' screen time and social media use society can optimize the "lightweb" benefits of the Internet by reducing its "darkweb" shadow of social, ecological and health hazards.

Lightweb Darkweb highlights children's developmental needs as a key missing consideration in the digital revolution. A much needed book for our times.
Hippos

The **hippopotamus** (/ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/ *HIP-ə-POT-ə-məs*; *Hippopotamus amphibius*), also called the **hippo**, **common hippopotamus** or **river hippopotamus**, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal and ungulate native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (*Choeropsis liberiensis* or *Hexaprotodon liberiensis*). The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (ἱπποπόταμος).

After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl (in the traditional, non-cladistic sense of the term, not including cetaceans). Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.), from which they diverged about 55 million years ago. Hippos are recognisable by their barrel-shaped torsos, wide-opening mouths revealing large canine tusks, nearly hairless bodies, columnar legs and large size; adults average 1,500 kg (3,310 lb) for males and 1,300 kg (2,870 lb) for females. Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it is capable of running 30 km/h (19 mph) over short distances.
I'm Not Small

**I'm Not Small** is a folk song on Raffi's 2016 album: Owl Singalong.

## Lyrics

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry a tree on my back

When it grows I'll grow too

That's not very hard to do

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry a tree on my back

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry a whale on my back

When it swims I'll swim too

That's not very hard to do

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry a whale on my back

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry the world on my back

When it turns I'll turn too

That's not very hard to do

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry the world on my back

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry the sun on my back

When it shines I'll shine too

That's not very hard to do

I'm not small, I'm so tall, I can carry the sun on my back

## Song Credits

Written by Alan Arkin and Jeremy Arkin, published by BMI.

* Raffi: Piano, Ukulele
* Kristin Cavoukian: Vocals
Gross domestic product

**Gross domestic product** (**GDP**) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period by a country or countries. GDP is most often used by the government of a single country to measure its economic health. Due to its complex and subjective nature, this measure is often revised before being considered a reliable indicator.

Raffi's song, Count With Me mentions this monetary measure.
Peanut Butter Sandwich

**Peanut Butter Sandwich** is a Raffi song on Singable Songs for the Very Young.

## Lyrics

A peanut butter sandwich made with jam,

One for me and one for David Amram

A peanut butter sandwich made with jam,

Stick, stick, stick, stick, stick

I can think of which is good and bad,

But the best wish that I’ve ever had

Was a peanut butter sandwich made with jam,

Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum

*[Instrumental Break on Kazoo]*

A peanut butter sandwich made with jam,

One for me and one for David Amram

A peanut butter sandwich made with jam,

Stick, stick, stick, stick, stick

Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum!

*[Kazoo outro]*

## Song Credits

Written by Raffi, Debi Pike, and Bert & Bonnie Simpson, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

* Raffi - Guitar
* Bob Doidge - Bass
* Ken Whiteley - Banjo, Jew's Harp, Kazoo

## Trivia

* The 1976 album version plays in E whereas the 1984 concert version plays in G.
* This song is sung to the tune of the American folk song "The Arkansas Traveler" and the kids song, "Baby Bumblebee".
* On October 7th 2016, the live audio from the 1984 video, A Young Children's Concert with Raffi, was played on a Spanish radio called Radio Kras in a playlist "Surcando Los Espacios siderales con el bocata en la mano".

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22RadioKras%22
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/SurcandoLosEspaciosSideralesConElBocataEnLaMano.programaNum23.07.10.2016
Mr. Sun

> "*Let me see you stretch way out here. And a stretch way up there. And while you're up there, how about a great big sun, like this? I have a song about Mr. Sun that says.*"
> ― Raffi in A Young Children's Concert with Raffi
>
>

**Mr. Sun** is a Raffi song on Singable Songs for the Very Young.

## Lyrics

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on me

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Hiding behind the trees

These little children are asking you

To please come out so we can play with you

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on me

(Whistling during the instrumental break)

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on me

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Hiding behind the trees

These little children are asking you

To please come out so we can play with you

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on, please shine down on

Please shine down on me

## Song Credits

Traditional arrangement by Raffi and Ken Whiteley, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

* Raffi - Vocals, Guitar
* Bob Doidge - Bass
* Ken Whiteley - 2nd Guitar

## Trivia

* In  A Young Children's Concert With Raffi, Raffi sings an a-capella version.
Like Me and You (podcast episode)

**Like Me and You** is a bonus Finding Raffi podcast episode.

## Plot

In this bonus episode, Chris debriefs with comedian Hari Kondabolu.

## Audio Clippings of A Young Children's Concert with Raffi

* After Wheels on the Bus: "Yeah, we've got a hot crowd here today."
* Prologue for Mr. Sun
* Closing Lines after He's Got The Whole World

## Songs

### One Light One Sun

1. One Light, One Sun
2. Take Me Out To The Ballgame
3. Like Me and You
Jingle All the Way

**Jingle All the Way** is a 2003 Christmas compilation album. It is not to be confused with the title of the 1996 American comedy film.

## Tracklist

1. Winter Wonderland - Tara Maclean
2. Must Be Santa - Raffi
3. I'll be a Little Angel - Sugar Beats
4. Suzy Snowflake - Rosemary Clooney
5. Three Ships - Cyndi Lauper
6. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
7. Mambo, Santa, Mambo - The Bobs
8. I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero) - Gayla Peevey
9. Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio
10. Mele Kalikimaka - Poi Dog Pondering with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
11. Frosty the Snowman - Willie Nelson
12. Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith
13. Christmas Time Is Here - Shawn Colvin
If I Had A Dinosaur

**If I Had a Dinosaur** is a song on Raffi's album More Singable Songs.

## Lyrics

If I had a dinosaur, just think what we could do

He could lift me off the floor and take me to the zoo

And if I had a dinosaur, just think what we could see

We could look inside the clouds above my balcony

And if I had a dinosaur, just think where we could go

All the way to grandma's house to play her piano.

[Piano solo outro, followed by double bass, then both]

## Song Credits

Written by Raffi, Debi Pike, Bert & Bonnie Simpson, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN).

* Raffi - Guitar
* Ken Whiteley - Piano
* Bob Doidge - Acoustic Bass
Just Like the Sun

**Just Like the Sun** is a song from Raffi's albums Everything Grows and Evergreen Everblue.

## Lyrics

Just like the birds that keep on flying

Just like the wind that keeps on blowing

I see a wave of oceans rolling on and on

Just like the sun, these gifts are here for everyone

Just like the trees that keep on giving

Just like the grass that keeps on growing

I hear the sound of children singing on and on

Just like the sun, these gifts are here for everyone

Just as the flowers keep on blooming

Just like the leaves that keep on turning

I feel the change of seasons flowing on and on

Just like the sun, these gifts are here for everyone

Just like the moon that keeps on shining

Just like the stars that keep on twinkling

I know a world of wonders playing on and on

Just like the sun, these gifts are here for everyone

## Song Credits

* Written by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

### Musicians on Evergreen Everblue

* Bjorn Anderson: Drums
* Dennis Pendrith: Bass
* Nancy Walker: Piano
* Raffi: Acoustic Guitar
* Kevin Doyle: Mix Engineer

## Trivia

* The 1987 version plays in G whereas the 1990 version plays in A. The 1988 instrumental rendition is also played over the credits of Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band in A, despite not being sung in the video itself. The 1987 album version also features ocean sound effects at the beginning and at the end.
Horse

The **horse** (*Equus ferus caballus*) is a domesticated one-toed hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of *Equus ferus*. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, *Eohippus*, into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies *caballus* are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, as this term is used to describe horses that have never been domesticated, such as the endangered Przewalski's horse, a separate subspecies, and the only remaining true wild horse. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior.
Motivational Songs

**Motivational Songs** is a compilation album by Raffi released in 2019.

## Track listing

1. Wave of Democracy
2. Cool It
3. Count With Me
4. Letter to a Nation
5. SustainABILITY
6. Communion
7. Counting On You
8. Human Child
9. It Takes A Village
10. Green Dream
11. Resisto Dancing
12. Tweet Me Right
13. No Wall Too Tall
14. Salaam Shalom
15. Tomorrow's Children
16. First Peoples
17. Evergreen Everblue
18. Where We All Belong
19. Ray of Hope
20. Turn This World Around
21. Bonus Song #1: Big Big Sale
22. Bonus Song #2: Song for the Dalai Lama
Human Child

**Human Child** is a Raffi song from the album Resisto Dancing – Songs of Compassionate Revolution.

## Lyrics

Nations of children … on and on … reaching out for love

Falling down, turning round, reaching out for love.

Nations of children … near and far … sailing round the sun

Tears and laughter ringing on, reaching out for love.

First world, 2nd world, 3rd world, 4th world,

One world for the human child

All rise up, join hands – for the human child.

Their world, your world, my world, our world

One world for the human child

All rise up, all join hands – for the human child.

Human tears fall the same, every culture you can name

Fear and sadness mark the pain of the human child

Human smiles form the same, of joy and laughter, right as rain

Human sunshine, love of life – the human child.

We are as one world, we can be one world

We can be one world, we can be.

We are as one tribe, we can be one tribe

We can be one tribe, we can be.

First world, 2nd world, 3rd world, 4th world,

One world for the human child

All rise up, all join hands – for the human child.

Your world, their world, my world, our world

One world for the human child

All rise up, all join hands – for the human child …

for the human child … oh, the human child.

## Song Credits

Written by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing, published by Homeland Publishing, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

* Andrew Kim: Sitar
* Daryl Havers: Organ
* Raffi: Guitars
* Brennan Saul: Drums, Percussion
* Shawn Hall: Bass
* Laurel Murphy: Harmony Vocals
* Additional Sounds: Troubadour archives.

## Trivia

* The song contains various sounds from the Troubadour archives, including a kalimba, an accordion, a harp, a mandolin, a didgeridoo, panpipes, and a pennywhistle.
Let's Make Some Noise

**Let's Make Some Noise** is a song on Everything Grows.

## Lyrics

Brr brr brr brr

Brr brr brr brr

Brr brr brr brr brr

Brr brr brr brr

Let's make some noise, we girls and boys

We got a voice, so lets make some noise

Let's make some noise, we girls and boys, hey

We got a voice, so lets make some noise

Sing something high, sing something low

Sing something joyful, sing it round and round

Sing something high, sing something low

All of us singing, let's make some noise

Let's make some noise, we girls and boys

We got a voice, so lets make some noise

Clap something once, clap something twice

Clap something happy, clap it right out loud

Clap something once, clap something twice

All of us clapping, let's make some noise

Let's make some noise, we girls and boys, hey

We got a voice, so lets make some noise

Shake something left, shake something right

Shaking and dancing, move it round and round

Shake something left, shake something right

All of us shaking, let's make some noise

Let's make some noise, we girls and boys, oh

We got a voice, so lets make some noise

[Percussion solo breakdown]

[Music returns gradually]

Let's make some noise, we girls and boys, oh

We got a voice, so lets make some noise

Ba-ba, ba-du ba-du ba-du, ba

Ba-ba, ba-du ba-du ba-du, ba

Ba-ba-da-ba-du-ba-du-ba-du bop bop, ba-da

Bap ba-da ba-da, bap ba-da ba-da, bap ba-da ba-da

Let's make some noise, we girls and boys

We got a voice, so lets make some noise

Hey, let's make some noise, we girls and boys, oh

We got a voice, so lets make some noise, woah

Hey, woah, woah

## Song Credits

* Written by Raffi, Debi Pike, Bert & Bonnie Simpson, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).
Lee Roy Parnell

**Lee Roy Parnell** (born December 21, 1956) is an American country music and blues artist, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Active since 1990, he has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the *Billboard* Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. His highest-charting hits are "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" (1992), "Tender Moment" (1993), and "A Little Bit of You" (1995), all of which peaked at No. 2. Four more of his singles have charted in the Top Ten as well. Parnell made a shift in the early 2000s back to the bluesier sounds of his early works, releasing two blues albums on Vanguard Records and Universal South. Besides his own work, Parnell has played slide guitar and National guitar on several other country and blues recordings. "Midnight Believer" was named among the Top 10 Blues albums of 2018. In January 2019, Gibson issued Parnell's signature guitar, "Abilene Sunset." Parnell appeared on HGTV's Property Brothers: Buying and Selling."

He sang "Rise and Shine" on on the 2001 tribute album Country Goes Raffi and says that Raffi Rocks!
J.A. Lomax

**John Alan Lomax** (**J.A. Lomax)** was an American teacher, musicologist, folklorist and traditional folk songwriter, born 23 September 1867 in Goodman, Mississippi, USA and died 26 January 1948. Father of Alan Lomax. His second wife Ruby Lomax assisted John Lomax in his work since their marriage.
I'm in the Mood

**I'm in the Mood** is a song from Rise and Shine.

## Lyrics

I'm in the mood for singing

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for singing

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for singing

Singing along with you

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that today

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that

Well, I'm in the mood for clapping

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for clapping

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for clapping

Clapping along with you

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that today

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that

And, I‘m in the mood for whistling

* whistles melody\*

I'm in the mood for whistling

* whistles melody\*

I'm in the mood for whistling

Whistling along with you

* whistles melody\*

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that

[Guitar and harmonica break]

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that today

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that

I'm in the mood for stomping

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for stomping

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for stomping

Stomping along with you

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that today

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that

Yes, I'm in the mood for singing

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for singing

Hey, how bout you?

I'm in the mood for singing

Singing along with you

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that today

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that today

Hey, hey what do you say?

I'm in the mood for that

I'm in the mood for that

Oh, I'm in the mood

And if you're in the mood

Then we're in the mood for that

## Song Credits

Written by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN).

* Raffi: Guitar
* Ken Whiteley: Electric Guitars
* Tom Szczesniak: Bass
* Bucky Berger: Drums
* Chris Whiteley: Harmonica

## Trivia

* Like Walk, Walk, Walk and Big Beautiful Planet, Raffi wrote this one in 1981 before recording it.
Rabbit

**Rabbits** are small mammals in the family Leporidae (along with the hare) of the order Lagomorpha (along with the pika).  *Oryctolagus cuniculus* includes the European rabbit species and its descendants, the world's 305 breeds of domestic rabbit. *Sylvilagus* includes 13 wild rabbit species, among them the seven types of cottontail. The European rabbit, which has been introduced on every continent except Antarctica, is familiar throughout the world as a wild prey animal and as a domesticated form of livestock and pet. With its widespread effect on ecologies and cultures, the rabbit (or **bunny**) is, in many areas of the world, a part of daily life—as food, clothing, a companion, and a source of artistic inspiration.

Although once considered rodents, lagomorphs like rabbits have been discovered to have diverged separately and earlier than their rodent cousins and have a number of traits rodents lack, like two extra incisors.
Hey Little Diddle

**Hey Little Diddle** is a Raffi and Lindsay Munroe song on the 2022 album: Nursery Rhymes For Kinder Times. It is adapted for the Nursery Rhyme: "Hey Diddle Diddle".

## Lyrics

Hey little diddle, can you play the fiddle?

Or a trumpet or the bassoon?

Whatever you play, please play it today

And we'll thank you for your little tune!

Hey little diddle, can you play the fiddle?

Or a trumpet or the bassoon?

Whatever you play, please play it today

And we'll thank you for your little tune!

## Song Creidts

Traditional, adapted by Pam Gittleman and Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN).

* Cameron Wilson: Violin, Trumpet, Bassoon
* Raffi: Vocals, Bass, Ukulele
* Lindsay Munroe: Vocals
I Nod My Head

**I Nod My Head** is a Raffi song on the 2016 album: Owl Singalong.

## Lyrics

When it's feeling good and it feels alright

I nod my head

When I feel alright and I won't say Yes

I nod my head

When the feeling's good and it feels alright

The mood is Yes and the feeling is light

I’m feeling good but I won’t say Yes

I nod my head

When I don’t want to and I won't say No

I shake my head

When it isn't right and it's not so good

I shake my head

When I shake my head, it means No

When I nod my head, that means Yes

When it feels ok and I want to say

I nod my head

## Song Credits

* Written by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).
* Raffi: Ukulele
* Patrick Godfrey: Piano
Over in the Meadow

**Over in the Meadow** is a popular counting rhyme written by Olive A. Wadsworth (pen name of Katherine Floyd Dana) in 1870.

## Lyrics

Over in the meadow in a pond in the sun

Lived an old mother duck and her little duck one

"Quack," said the mother

Quack said the one

And they quacked and were happy in their pond in the sun

Over in the meadow in a stream so blue

Lived an old mother fish and her little fish two

"Blip-blip-blip-blip-blip," said the mother

"Blip-blip," said the two

And they swam and were happy in the stream so blue

Over in the meadow in a nest in the tree

Lived an old mother bird and her birdies three

*\*Bird song\** said the mother

*\*Chirp\*-\*chirp\*-\*chirp\** said the three

And they sang and were happy in their nest in the tree

Over in the meadow on a rock by the shore

Lived and old mother frog and her little frogs four

"Ribbit!" said the mother

"Ribbit-ribbit-ribbit-ribbit!" said the four

And they croaked and were happy on the rock by the shore

Over in the meadow in a big beehive

Lived and old mother bee and little bees five

"Bizzip," said the mother

"Biz-biz-biz-biz-biz," said the five

And they buzzed and were happy in the big beehive

Over in the meadow in the noonday sun

There was a pretty mother and her baby one

Listen said the mother to the ducks and the bees

To the frogs and the fish and the birds in the trees

"Biz-biz-biz-biz-biz," said the five

"Ribbit-ribbit-ribbit-ribbit," said the four

*\*Chirp\*-\*chirp\*-\*chirp\** said the three

"Blip-blip," said the two

"Quack!" said the one

And the little baby laughed just to hear such fun!

## Song Credits

Music traditional, lyrics by Lee Hays & Doris Kaplan, published by Sanga Music, Inc. and Figs D. Music, Inc.

Pat-piano

Ken-guitar, mother frog vocal

Raffi-vocals
Harvard University

**Harvard University** is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.
Let's Play!

**Let's Play!** is an album by Raffi released on March 12, 2002 featuring special guests Natalie MacMaster and Dr. Jane Goodall.

## Track listing

1. Let's Play
2. Swing
3. Yellow Submarine
4. Eensy Weensy Spider
5. What A Wonderful World
6. Raining Like Magic
7. Up on Fernhill
8. Jane Jane
9. If You're Happy and You Know It
10. Arbutus Baby
11. Jiggledy Jill
12. Roots and Shoots Everywhere
13. Tsetang Gangla (On the Playground)
14. It Takes a Village
15. Blessed Be
16. May There Always Be Sunshine (Audio taken from the Raffi on Broadway bonus segment)
Must Be Santa

**"Must Be Santa"** is a Christmas song written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks and first released in November 1960 by Mitch Miller on Columbia 41814 (45 rpm). A cover version by Tommy Steele reached Number 40 on the UK Singles Chart in the same year.

Raffi sings this song on his Singable Songs for the Very Young album and his Christmas album.

## Lyrics

Who has a beard that's long and white?

Santa has a beard that's long and white.

Who comes around on a special night?

Santa comes around on a special night.

Special night, beard that's white...

Must be Santa, must be Santa,

Must be Santa, Santa Claus.

Who's got boots and a suit of red?

Santa's got boots and a suit of red.

Who wears a long cap on his head?

Santa wears a long cap on his head.

Cap on head, suit that's red,

Special night, beard that's white...

Must be Santa, must be Santa,

Must be Santa, Santa Claus.

Who has a great big cherry nose?

Santa has a great big cherry nose.

Who laughs this way, "Ho, ho, ho?”

Santa laughs this way, "Ho, ho, ho.”

“Ho, ho, ho,” cherry nose,

Cap on head, suit that's red,

Special night, beard that's white...

Must be Santa, must be Santa,

Must be Santa, Santa Claus.

Who very soon will come our way?

Santa very soon will come our way.

Eight little reindeer pull his sleigh?

Santa's little reindeer pull his sleigh.

Reindeer sleigh, come our way,

“Ho, ho, ho,” cherry nose,

Cap on head, suit that's red,

Special night, beard that's white...

Must be Santa, must be Santa,

Must be Santa, Santa Claus.

## Song Credits

Written by Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks, published by Intuitive Music (BMI)/Woodwyn Music Company (ASCAP) (Administered by Hollis Music, Inc.).

### Musicians

#### Singable Songs for the Very Young

* Raffi - Guitar
* Bob Doidge - Bass
* Ken Whiteley - Dobro, Organ Bells
* Santa Claus - Sleigh Bells

#### Raffi's Christmas Album

* Raffi - Guitar
* Dennis Pendrith - Bass
* Bucky Berger - Drums, Sleigh Bells
* Ken Whiteley - Lap Steel

## Trivia

* Since both versions of the song are in G major, the 1976 version fades out, whereas the 1983 version does not.
Holly Jolly Christmas - A Family Christmas Volume 2

**Holly Jolly Christmas - A Family Christmas Volume 2** is a Christmas compilation album released in 2003.

## Tracklist

1. Holly Jolly Christmas/ Burl Ives
2. Frosty the Snowman/ Gene Autry
3. Up on the House-Top/ The Chipmunks
4. O Tannebaum/ Vince Guaraldi Trio
5. Must Be Santa/ Raffi
6. Jingle Bells/ The Singing Dogs
7. I've Had A Very Merry Christmas/ Jerry Lewis
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/ Spike Jones And His City Slicker
9. The Happiest Christmas Tree/ Nat King Cole
10. I Can't Wait Till Quithmuth Dady/ Mel Blacn
11. Santa Claus Is Watchin' You/ Ray Stevens
12. Santa's Beard/ The Beach Boys
Loggerhead Sea Turtle

**The loggerhead sea turtle**, is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm in carapace length when fully grown.

## Distribution

Loggerheads are found in every ocean around the world. Only leatherbacks have a wider distribution. The largest concentration of nesting occurs on Masirah Island off the coast of Oman in the Middle East. In the Pacific, their main nesting grounds include Japan and Australia. In the Atlantic, the main concentration occurs in Florida. They are the most common species in the Mediterranean, nesting on beaches in Greece, Turkey, and Israel.

## Major Threats

Their biggest threat is entanglement in fishing gear (also known as “bycatch”) in commercial fishing gear, including trawls, longlines, gillnets, and traps and pots. In the US trawl fishery, devices called TED’s, or Turtle Excluder Devices are required by law. These devices allow sea turtles to escape out of the nets, however in other parts of the world these devices are not regulated and they continue to be caught.

STATUS: IUCN - listed as Vulnerable, Population Trend: Decreasing / ESA - nine population segments all listed as Threatened or Endangered
Out In The Yard

**Out In The Yard** is a Raffi song on Adult Entertainment. Raffi wrote this about his dog Bundles.

## Lyrics

Out in the yard, blissed out, pissed out

His cares upon the snow

See it change colour and melt away

Oh, what a lovely day to lie around the house

Scarcely a mouse to be chasing

But that's not his cause,

Simply because, he's a dog.

Bow wow wow wowow.

Bow wow wow . . . woof woof . . . etc.

One lick of his tongue and I'm in heaven

The look on his face just sends me

And up there I stay, happy to play with

My little dog, not another like him,

Thirty-six pounds of heart and soul

Personal friend someone to tell my troubles to.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa

He wakes me every morning

Barking in the break of day

Then suddenly he'll kiss me in a most affectionate way.

Some people dig gold, others fancy diamonds

Speakin' for me I'm just crazy

Crazy 'bout my puppy and he's just as crazy 'bout me.

## Song Credits

* Written by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

## Trivia

* At the end of the song, Raffi whistles and says to Bundles, "Here, boy."
MCA Records

**MCA Records** was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group (now Universal Music Group), which the label was part of until its dissolution in 2003. The label's country division MCA Nashville is a still an active imprint of Universal Music Group Nashville.
Jig Along Home

**Jig Along Home** is a Woody Guthrie song from The Corner Grocery Store.

## Lyrics

I went to the dance and the animals came

Jaybird danced with horseshoes on

Grasshopper danced 'til he fell on the floor

Jig along, jig along jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Fishing worm danced the fishing reel

Lobster danced on the peacock's tail

Baboon danced with the rising moon

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Mama Rat took off her hat

Shook the house with the old tomcat

Alligator beat his tail on the drum

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

The boards did rattle and the house did shake

The clouds did laugh and the world did quake

New moon rattled some silver spoons

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

The nails flew loose and the floor broke down

Everybody danced around and round

The house came down and the crowd went home

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

Jig, jig-a-jig-a-jig-a-jig along home

Jig along, jig along, jig along home...

Jig along, jig along, jig along home

## Song Credits

Written by Woody Guthrie, published by Ludlow Music, Inc.

* Raffi - Guitar
* Ken Whiteley - Banjo
* Dennis Pendrith - Bass
* Bill Cymbala - Drums
* Graham Townsend - Fiddle
Oats and Beans and Barley

**"Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow"** (normally sung as **"Oats And Beans and Barley Grow"**) is a traditional British and American folk song, 1380 in the Roud Folk Song Index.

## Lyrics

*Oats and Beans and Barley Grow!*

[Instrumental intro]

Oats and beans and barley grow

Oats and beans and barley grow

Oats and beans and barley grow

Do you or I or anyone know

How oats and beans and barley grow

First the farmer plants the seeds

Stands up tall and takes his ease

Stamps his feet and claps his hands

And turns around to view his lands

Oats and beans and barley grow

Oats and beans and barley grow

Do you or I or anyone know

How oats and beans and barley grow

[Instrumental break]

Then the farmer waters the ground

Watches the sun shine all around

Stamps his feet and claps his hands

And turns around to view his lands

Oats and beans and barley grow

Oats and beans and barley grow

Do you or I or anyone know

How oats and beans and barley grow

[Instrumental outro]

## Song Credits

Traditional arrangement by Raffi and Ken Whiteley, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN).

* Grit - Concertina, Button Accordion, Longneck Mandolin
* Ken - Bones
* Raffi - Guitar, Vocals
* Background Vocals - The Kids

## Trivia

* Raffi says the song's title just before the song itself actually begins.
One Light One Sun

**One Light One Sun** is a Raffi album released in 1985.

## Track listing

1. Time To Sing
2. Apples and Bananas
3. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
4. Octopus's Garden
5. Fais DoDo
6. In My Garden
7. Riding In an Airplane
8. Like Me and You
9. Down on Grandpa's Farm
10. The Bowling Song
11. Tingalayo
12. Somewhere in the World
13. Walk Outside
14. De Colores
15. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
16. One Light, One Sun

## Musicians

* John Arpin: Piano
* Bucky Berger: Drums
* Bill Beecroft Jr.: Trombone
* Ron Dann: Pedal Steel
* Robert DeAngelis: Clarinet
* Erica Goodman: Harp
* Moshe Hammer: Violin
* Fujiko Imajishi: Violin
* Scott Irvine: Tuba
* Leslie Knowles: Violin
* Earl LaPierre: Steel Drums
* Brian Leonard: Percussion, Vibraphone
* Paul Meyer: Violin
* Linda Morrison: Vocals
* Dennis Pendrith: Bass
* David Piltch: Acoustic Bass
* Raffi: Lead Vocals, Guitar
* Fred Rizner: French Horn
* Eric Robertson: Synthesizer
* Peter Schenkman: Cello
* Lenny Solomon: Fiddle
* Kent Teeple: Viola
* Chris Whiteley: Harmonica, Trumpet
* Ken Whiteley: Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Tenor & 5-String Banjos, Mandolin, Organ, Synthesizer, Celeste, Piano, Ukulele
* Jason Yip: Er-Hu
* Matt Zimbel: Percussion
* Firgrove Public School singers: Claudia Martin, Bubbly Singh, Ianessa Johnson, Stephen Smith & Soad Louissi under the guidance of Cathy Ambrose
Raffi Wiki

## Welcome to the Raffi Wiki!

Hello, Welcome to the Raffi WIki! This is a new wiki about the Canadian artist Raffi. Feel free to add and edit pages in any way you can!

## Contributing to the Wiki

Currently, I am going through and making all of the album pages. After those are done I will likely move on to the songs. If you are unsure how you can best help feel free to contact me at my page, EdForPresident

## Check Out Some Pages

Good Luck Boy (album)Singable Songs for the Very Young (album)
Marty Stuart

**John Marty Stuart** (born September 30, 1958) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning, American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music. In the early 1990s, he had a string of country hits.

He sang "Naturally" on the 2001 tribute album Country Goes Raffi.
Haru Ga Kita

**Haru Ga Kita** means spring has come in Japanese.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* English

Haru Ga Kita, Haru Ga Kita

Doko ni Kita

Yama Ni Kita, Sato Ni kita

No ni mo kita

Tori ga naku, Tori ga naku

Doko de naku

Yama de naku, Sato de naku

No de mo naku

Hana Ga Saku Hana Ga Saku

Doko ni Saku Yama Ni saku

Sato ni saku No ni mo Saku

Spring is coming, spring is coming,

Where is spring now?

Here in the mountains,

Here in the village,

And here in the fields.

Flowers bloom, flowers bloom,

Where do flowers bloom?

Here in the mountains,

Here in the village,

And here in the fields.

Birds are singing, birds are singing,

Where do birdies sing?

Here in the mountains,

Here in the village,

And here in the fields.

## Song Credits

* Japanese traditional arrangement by Jack Lenz and Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

### Musicians on Quiet Time and Songs of Our World

* Kristin Cavoukian: Vocals/Solo Harmony Vocals
* Raffi: Guitar/Vocals
* Jack Lenz: Piano
* Moe Koffman: Flute
* Firgrove Public School Singers under the guidance of Catherine Ambrose: Children's Chorus

## Trivia

* Raffi's niece Kristin Cavoukian sings this song.
* The album version plays in B-flat major whereas the Raffi on Broadway bonus segment version plays in B major.
Peacock

**Peafowl** is a common name for three bird species in the genera *Pavo* and *Afropavo* of the family Phasianidae, the pheasants and their allies. Male peafowl are referred to as **peacocks**, and female peafowl are referred to as **peahens**, even though peafowl of either sex are often referred to colloquially as "peacocks".
Luna's Song

**Luna's Song** is a song about Raffi's dog, Luna, on his 2018 children's album: Dog on the Floor.

## Lyrics

Four little paws soft and white

Four little paws soft and white

Four little paws soft and white

Luna is her name.

Cute little curly waggly tail

Cute little curly waggly tail

Cute little curly waggly tail

Luna is her name.

Luna, Luna, Luna Luna Lu

Luna, Luna, Luna is her name.

 How she loves to jump and run, jump and run, jump and run

How she loves to jump and run, Luna is her name.

Black and gray with tufts of gold,

Black and gray with tufts of gold

Black and gray with tufts of gold

Luna is her name

Luna, Luna, Luna Luna Lu

Luna, Luna, Luna is her name.

Big brown eyes look my way, look my way, look my way

Big brown eyes look my way, Luna is her name

Four little paws soft and white

Four little paws soft and white

Four little paws soft and white

Luna is her name.

## Song Credits

Written by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

* Raffi: Vocals, Piano, Guitar
* Adrian Dolan: Mandolin
* Kristin Cavoukian: Vocals
Overture

**Overture** is the opening instrumental track of Raffi on Broadway. It is played over Behind the Scenes footage of Raffi's show in black and white, and later the closing credits.

## Songs

* Baby Beluga (in F major)
* Everything Grows (in A major)
* Like Me and You (in D major)

## Song Credits

* Written by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).
Owl Singalong

**Owl Singalong** is a Raffi 2016 album.

## Tracklist

1. Owl Singalong
2. I'm Not Small
3. More We Sing Together
4. The Lion Pokey
5. See the Moon
6. Green Dream
7. Every Day
8. Dog On The Bus
9. Somos El Barco
10. You May Be a Triangle
11. Who Hoo Could I Be
12. I Nod My Head
13. Dans La Forêt Lointaine
14. Garden Song
15. Blossoms
16. Abiyoyo
Mary Had a Little Lamb

**"Mary Had a Little Lamb**" is an English language nursery rhyme of nineteenth-century American origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7622. It is featured in Nursery Rhyme (Instrumental) from Rise and Shine and on Raffi's album Dog on the Floor.

## Lyrics

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow,

And every where that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go;

He followed her to school one day—

Which was against the rule,

It made the children laugh and play,

To see a lamb at school.

## Song Credits

Traditional, by Raffi, published by Homeland Publishing (Administered by Kohaw Music Inc (ASCAP)/Bicycle Music Company Inc II (SOCAN)).

* Raffi: Vocals, Guitar, 3 String Guitar

## Trivia

* The Nursery Rhyme (Instrumental) version plays in D major, whereas the song itself plays in E major.