File - Winter Session Songs and Rhymes

Winter Session Songs and Rhymes (all the snow songs and verses below come from Wilma Ellersiek) Softly tippy toe, On their trip the snowflakes go. La la la la la la la . . . La la la la la la la . . . They adorn yard, house, and tree La la la la la la la . . . La la la la la la la . . . Lovely all things look to me Lovely all things look to me. Snowflakes so white, With their garments so bright, bright, bright, bright. Snowflakes so white, With their garments so bright, bright, bright, bright. See how they're floating, floating Dancing and flinging, flinging. Now they are turning, turning, Swirling and swinging, swinging. (repeat the above verses) Partner Game Snowflakes are floating from heaven free, Softly down on land and sea. One lands on your head. Look, I say, goes glitz, glitz! and thaws away. Snowflakes are floating from heaven free, Softly down on land and sea. One lands on your chest. Look, I say, goes glitz, glitz! and thaws away. Snowflakes are floating from heaven free, Softly down on land and sea. One lands on your arm. Look, I say, goes glitz, glitz! and thaws away. Snowflakes are floating from heaven free, Softly down on land and sea. One lands on your nose. Look, I say, goes glitz, glitz! and thaws away. Snowflakes are floating from heaven free, Softly down on land and sea. Bind-a-bind-a band (Ellersiek) Bind-a-bind-a band All around your hand. Ring-a-ling-a-ling, On your fingerling. So fine, so fine, Is child mine. The Polar Bear (Ellersiek) The Polar Bear, What does he there? Grum, grum, grum, grum Through the snow he lumbers on. Grum, grum, grum, grum. Comes bitter cold. He starts to dig a deep pit into the snow. Dig, dig, dig, dig. Sits down in the hole And is covered with snow from head to sole. But the hole is opened wide. Grum, grum, grum, grum, Grumbles the polar bear, "Wind, come, and blow, blow the hole shut tight!" Shwww, shwww, comes a wind blast. Shwww, shwww, blows down fast. Shwww, shwww, blows all shut. Now the polar bear sits warm and soft. Only his nose sticks out aloft. Grum, grum, grum, grum. Thank you dear wind. Grum, grum, grum, grum. Sweet dreams, polar bear. While the polar bear rests, the moon comes to visit. See the moon in heavens free, Gazes down on land and sea. There in the darkness deep, Watch for all will keep. Our good moon, our good moon. Little stars, they twinkle best. When they all guard our rest. Send from a silver tree, A sweet dream for me. Our good stars, our good stars. All the people big and small, Guarded well to sleep they fall. Moon and stars when all's asleep, A good ward do keep. A good ward, a good ward. Everyone one slumber deep. All the ships at anchor sleep. Little birdies in their nest, There they rest. There they rest. Flower buds and trees so tall. Sweetly dream now, one and all. Yes, the whole world is asleep. Only the bright stars and moon in heavens watch do keep. Closing Circle We feed the chickens every day, singing as we go. We gather all the eggs they lay, singing as we go. Then we go to market, to market, to market. Then we go to market, singing as we go. We pluck the apples ripe and red, singing as we go. We lay them in our basket bed, singing as we go. Then we go to market, to market, to market. Then we go to market, singing as we go. We lift the heavy bales of hay, singing as we go. We watch the horses stomp and neigh, singing as we go. Then we go to market, to market, to market. Then we go to market, singing as we go. When we are at market, the snow comes to visit. Snow, snow, snow From heaven snows the snow. The children have now lots of fun. It's snowing snowing on and on. Snow, snow, snow Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Snow, snow, snow Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Inside the children will not stay. They run outside in snow to play. Snow, snow, snow Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Snow, snow, snow Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. To start they have a snowball throw. Make quickly many balls of snow. Plong and plung, Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Plong and plung, Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Next their sleds they all bring out And whoosh down hill with many a shout. Shwa, shwa, shwa, Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Shwa, shwa, shwa, Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. They build a snowman, too, you see, A one that really laughs with me. Ha, ha, ha, Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Ha, ha, ha, Hey-oh-hey-oh-hey-oh. Snow, snow, snow From heaven snows the snow. The children have now lots of fun. It's snowing snowing on and on.