00:00We've got a handful of songs to sing you, can't stop my voice when it longs to sing you,
00:15few songs and blues songs and songs to bring you happiness, no more no less.
00:25Hello everybody.
00:26Hi there.
00:27Hello Keith.
00:27Hello.
00:28Have you got any new pictures today?
00:30Mmm.
00:30In fact, some of them are so new I don't even know the tunes.
00:32Oh.
00:33And this one, the one behind us here, had me puzzled until I read the words.
00:38And then you were really puzzled.
00:40Right I was.
00:41In fact, it wasn't until I turned it over and read the music that I realised it was a very new song indeed,
00:46one written by the person who sent it in.
00:48But the one thing he or she hasn't put on this precious bit of paper is the name.
00:52So if you sing the song, Keith, perhaps we'll get another letter from the writer.
00:56Right.
00:56Once there was a little boy in a purple house.
01:03He had one pet named Percy Pig and another called Mrs. Mouse.
01:09Oh, writer, songwriter, drop us a line, please.
01:13Yeah.
01:14It's a jolly good song, wasn't it?
01:15Mmm.
01:15Now let's sing a song that everybody knows, shall we?
01:17Um, how about Bar Bar Black Sheep?
01:20Hmm.
01:20Catherine Bergen has sent us a drawing of two black sheep.
01:23Ah, yes, and there's three bags full of wool there.
01:26And those orange people are the master, the dame.
01:29Ah, and the little boy who lives down the lane.
01:32Yes, all present and correct.
01:33Let's sing the song, shall we?
01:34Right.
01:35Bar Bar Black Sheep, have you any wool?
01:41Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.
01:44One for my master and one for my dame.
01:48And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
01:52Oh.
01:53Now I've got another puzzling picture.
01:56A pretty puzzling pen and paper picture.
01:58You can say that again.
02:00I can't, you know.
02:00Oh.
02:03Well, Vanessa has drawn a very happy rabbit with a smart jacket on.
02:07And underneath is a new story.
02:09Shall I read it, Keith?
02:10Oh, yes, please.
02:11A little rabbit eating grass, and he met another rabbit.
02:14And he said, what's your name?
02:17He replied, George.
02:18Oh, yes.
02:19Now that's what I call a short story.
02:21Oh, yes.
02:21Haven't we got some clever friends?
02:23Oh, yes.
02:24Now we've had a pig, a mouse, two black sheep, and a rabbit already today.
02:30We have.
02:30But there's an animal with a long fairy tale that I haven't seen for a long time.
02:35That must be the squirrel.
02:36Yeah.
02:36As it happens, I've got the pictures handy, so we can put that right straight away.
02:39Yes.
02:40The wind, it did blow, the leaves, they did wag.
02:47Along came a beggar boy, and he put me in his bag.
02:52He took me up to London, the lady did me buy.
02:57She put me in a silver cage, and hung me way up high.
03:02With apples by the fire, with apples by the fire, and nuts for me to crack.
03:06And a little feather bed, and a little feather bed, to rest my weary back.
03:13Now I'm going to ask you a really tricky question.
03:19Right.
03:19What has a cat, a hen, a duck, a goose, a sheep, and a pig in it?
03:26Good Lord, all that oinking, and grunting, and meowing, I don't think you'll hear yourself sing.
03:30Well, I'll give you a clue.
03:33The cat wasn't meowing, it went...
03:35Fiddle ID!
03:38I had a cat, the cat pleased me, I fed my cat by yonder tree.
03:43The cat went Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID.
03:49Now I had a hen, the hen pleased me, I fed my hen by yonder tree.
03:54The hen went chimichuck, chimichuck, the cat went Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID.
04:00Now I had a duck, the duck pleased me, I fed my duck by yonder tree.
04:07The duck went quack, quack, the hen went chimichuck, chimichuck, the cat went Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID.
04:15Now I had a goose, the goose pleased me, I fed my goose by yonder tree.
04:20The goose went swishy, swishy, duck went quack, quack, hen went chimichuck, chimichuck, the cat went Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID, Fiddle ID.
04:30Now I had a sheep, the sheep pleased me. I fed my sheep by yonder tree. The sheep went baa baa, the goose went swishy, squashy. The duck went quack quack, hen went chimichuck, chimichuck. The cat went fiddle-i-dee, fiddle-i-dee, fiddle-i-dee.
04:47Now I had a pig, the pig pleased me. I fed my pig by yonder tree. The pig went grumpy, grumpy. The sheep went baa baa, the goose went swishy, squashy. The duck went quack quack, hen went chimichuck, chimichuck. The cat went fiddle-i-dee, fiddle-i-dee, fiddle-i-dee.
05:03I think that was a photo finish, don't you? Yes.
05:05But this is a picture in crayon by Neil Winter, and his houses are built like little boxes.
05:11That's the name of the song, isn't it, by Peter, Paul and Mary. They sang Puff the Magic Dragon, didn't they?
05:16That's right. Let's sing Little Boxes, just for Neil, shall we?
05:19OK.
05:22Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same.
05:33There's a green one and a pink one, and a blue one and a yellow one, and they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same.
05:43And the people in the houses all go to the university, and they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same.
05:54And there's doctors and lawyers and business executives, and they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same.
06:04And they all play on the golf course, and drink their martinis dry, and they all have little children.
06:12And the children go to school, and the children go to summer camp, and then to the university.
06:19And they all get put in boxes, and they all come out the same.
06:25And the boys go into business, and marry and raise a family, and they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same.
06:35There's a green one and a pink one, and a blue one and a yellow one, and they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same.
06:46Hasn't it been fun today, with all the new songs and stories?
06:51Do you think we could have an old favourite to make everybody feel at home?
06:54They are at home, but I know what you mean.
06:56Yes.
06:57How about old King Cole?
06:58Everybody knows him.
06:59And his merry fiddlers.
07:01Oh, yeah, they're his backing group, you know.
07:02Yes.
07:02You've only got me, I'm afraid.
07:04Oh, you'll do.
07:04Ready?
07:05Off we go.
07:05Off we go.
07:05Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he.
07:13He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddle as three.
07:19Now every fiddler had a very fine fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he.
07:24There's none so rare as can compare with his Cole and his fiddle as three.
07:30He's a jolly old king, isn't he?
07:32How about a nice jolly old song to finish with?
07:34Who do we know that's as jolly as King Cole?
07:37Well, there's the farmer in his den.
07:38It's very jolly in there, because it's his wife and his son.
07:41Oh, not to mention the dog and his bone.
07:43Right.
07:44In fact, if there's four of you, or even more, you can form a circle, the farmer stands in
08:51I think we ought to sing a lutherby before we go.
08:52Because some children have a little snooze after lunch.
08:55Oh, yes.
08:55How about buy and buy?
08:57Jolly good idea.
08:58Ready?
08:58Off we go.
08:58Star shining, number number one, number two, number three, good Lord, by and by, by and by, by and by, good Lord, by and by.
09:16Star shining, number number four, number five, number six, good Lord, by and by, by and by, by and by, good Lord, by and by.
09:31Star shining number number seven, number eight, number nine, good lord, by and by, by and by, by and by, good lord, by and by.
09:45Star shining number number ten, number eleven, number twelve, good lord, by and by, by and by, by and by, good lord, by and by, by.
10:02We've got a handful of songs to sing you, can't stop my voice when it longs to sing you, new songs and blues songs and songs to bring you happiness, no more, no less, moreover, wherever we may roam to, or any shore that we may be blown to, we know that we're gonna feel at home too.
10:26La Bella Musica Jazz and cha-cha-cha Calypso and street bender cries
10:35Strains of old refrains Sleepy time, baby, lullaby
10:42We've got a handful of songs to sing you, can't stop my voice when it longs to sing you, new songs and blues songs and songs to bring you happiness, no more, no less,
10:55Moreover, wherever we may roam to, or any shore that we may be blown to, we know that we're gonna feel at home too.
