A girl named Dinah lived in South Carolina
She wrote a letter to a friend in China

Dear Ling Lu,
How are you?
I love my bike.
Love, Dinah

The letter went out in the afternoon mail
It went by truck, it went by rail
It was a loaded on a boat on its way to China
All the way from South Carolina
When the letter got to China it was loaded on a van
And a man took the letter to Ling Lu San
Ling Lu wrote a letter back to Dinah
And sent it off to South Carolina

Dear Dinah,
How are you?
I like my bike but I love egg drop soup (giggles).
Love, Ling Lu

Ling Lu’s letter came by ocean liner
And Dinah thought Ling’s letter couldn’t be finer

Henry: There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.

Liza: So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.

H: With what should I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I fix it, dear Liza, with what?

L: With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw.

H: But the straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long.

L: So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So cut it dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it!

H: With what should I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I cut it, dear Liza, with what?

L: Use the hatchet, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Use the hatchet, dear Henry, the hatchet.

H: But the hatchet’s too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The hatchet’s too dull, dear Liza, too dull.

L: So, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So sharpen it dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it!

H: With what should I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I sharpen, dear Liza, with what?

L: Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Use the stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, THE STONE!!!!

H: But the stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.

L: So wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
So wet it dear Henry, dear Henry, WET IT!

H: With what should I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I wet it, dear Liza, with what?

L: (moves her rocking chair over to Henry and sings fast)
With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, WATER!!!!!

H: With what should I carry it, dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what should I carry it dear Liza, with what?

L: (crying)
Use the bucket dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Use the bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, the bucket!

H: Uh, Liza????
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.

At this point Liza takes the chair and goes off to live with her mother which is probably what Henry wanted in the first place!

Be kind to the river
Be good to the trees
Smile at the sunshine
And bow to the breeze
Say “thanks for the perfume”
Of every flower you sniff
What a world
What a place
What a gift

Respect the deer and buffalo
The lion and tiger too
Be kind to dogs and pussycats
And they’ll be kind to you
Take care of the forest
And fish in the sea
Look after the beetle
The ant and the bee
Say “thanks for the raindrops”
And all the clouds that drift
They’re for you
They’re for me
They’re a gift

They’re for you
They’re for me
They’re for everyone
They’re a gift

Olivia: In the winter, springtime, and fall …
In the summertime, I call you a friend for all seasons.
A friend, so many reasons why I like to be with you.
Just like nature, we change, too.

(Here, I think David sings something, then repeats what Olivia sang)

David and Olivia: Winter, spring, summer, fall.
I wanna spend ’em all with you.

Olivia: My friend!

David and Olivia: Winter, spring, summer, fall.
I wanna spend ’em all with you.

Olivia: My friend!

David and Olivia: Winter, spring, summer, fall.
I wanna spend ’em all with you.

Olivia: My friend!

David and Olivia: Winter, spring, summer, fall.
I wanna spend ’em all with you.

Olivia: Winter is cold, the ice and the snow.

David: Springtime is warm; we watch the flowers grow.

Olivia: And the hot sun of summer makes us throw away our cares.

David: Autumn leaves … (maybe something about frosty air?)

A face can be up
A face can be down
A face can be as funny as the face of a clown

A face can show just how you feel inside
When your eyes open up
And your smile opens wide

Your eyes could be brown
Your eyes could be blue
But there’s never ever any other face just like you

When you’re sad or crying
And you don’t know what to do–
Somebody’s face can happen along
And smile the sunshine back into you

A face can show just how you feel inside
When your eyes open up
And your smile opens wide

Your eyes could be brown
(Or) Your eyes could be blue
But there’s never ever any other face just like you

When you’re sad or crying
And you don’t know what to do–
Somebody’s face can happen along
And smile the sunshine back into you

Polly Darton by a country fence, looking over 13 carrots, laid out in a row)

Polly Darton: Oh, hi there. My name is Polly Darton, and I’d like to sing a song for you, but I can’t. The song I’d like to sing’s called, “14 Carrot Love”, but as you can see, I only have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 carrots. Mm-hmm.

(Benny Rabbit, with a carrot in his mouth, hops by behind her, and then stops to look on)

How can I sing a song about 14 carrot love, when I only have 13 carrots?

(she notices Benny)

Benny: Uh-oh. (tries to sneak away)

Polly Darton: Look! Did you see that bunny with that carrot?

(Benny stops, looking skyward, his escape foiled)

I wonder if he’d let me borrow it. (calls) Here bunny, bunny, bunny!

Benny: (spitting out the carrot) Hey! Don’t call me Bunny! The name is Benny!

Polly Darton: Well, I’m sorry, Benny. I was wondering if I could borrow that carrot there.

Benny: (shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! This is my carrot, and I gotta get downtown, so goodbye! (picks up carrot in his mouth again)

Polly Darton: Oh please? You have one carrot and I have 13 carrots. (Benny puts carrot back down) If I add your carrot and my 13, I’ll have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2…

Benny: Yeah yeah yeah…

Polly Darton: …3, 4…

Benny: Come on, I gotta get downtown!

Polly Darton: …5, 6, 7, 8…

Benny: Yeah yeah yeah…

Polly Darton: …9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 carrots.

Benny: 14, yeah.

Polly Darton: And I can sing my song.

Benny: No, no way, forget it!

Polly Darton: Aw, please? Don’t do it for me – do it for the little children! Please?

Benny: (Squeaks his teeth as he thinks about it) Oh, all right all right all right. You can borrow my carrot. But you have to give it back. And you can’t, I say you can’t nibble on it, okay?

Polly Darton: Okay, okay. Thank you! Thank you, you –

Benny: Yeah yeah yeah…

Polly Darton: …wonderful little bunny, you!

Benny: (appalled) Don’t call me Bunny! The name is BENNY!!!

(music starts, she now sings)

Polly Darton: These carrots from the garden
Are gathered as you see
In one great big bunch
As pretty as can be

Benny: (unimpressed) Yeah…

Polly Darton: The bunch has 13 carrots
But it only takes a shove

(Benny starts getting into the beat)

To add another carrot
And get 14 carrot love!

14 carrot love!

(Benny starts squeaking his teeth in time to the music)

14 carrot love!
That is what we got here –
14 carrot love!
It’s better than some flowers
Or candy on a ring

(Benny’s really getting into it)

And it’s all ’cause of you-ou
I have this song to sing

Together: 14 carrot love!
14 carrot love!
That’s what we got here –
14 carrot love!

(music ends, but Benny keeps singing, leaning back on the fence)

Benny: 14 carrot love! 14 carrot love!

Polly Darton: (calling to him) Hey hey! Benny! Song’s over, Benny!

Benny: (still singing) That’s what we’ve got here! 14 ca- (stops) Oh yeah yeah yeah, right right, well I gotta go anyway. Yeah yeah, I’m just gonna take my carrot here, and get outta here …

Polly Darton: Hey, hey you can have all those carrots, Benny. Just my way of sayin’ thank you.

Benny: (blown away) Oh! Oh gee, well, um … but I don’t know what to say!

Polly Darton: Aw, you know he really is a sweet little bunny!

Benny: (shouting) Don’t call me Bunny! The name is Benny!

(squeaks his teeth as last notes of the song replay)

Chorus:
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip uh-huh! uh-huh!
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip uh-huh! uh-huh!

Verse:
Yip yip you
yip yip me
yip yip baby
yip yip family!

Chorus:
yip yip yip yip yip yip yip uh-huh! uh-huh!
yip yip yip yip yip yip yip uh-huh! uh-huh!

Repeat verse

Repeat chorus ’til fade-out.

Spoken:
Hi there! I, Big Bird, am going to sing you a song about the letter “V”. The letter “V” is the first sound you hear in the word “very,” but there aren’t too many other words that begin with the letter “V”. So I’m just going to have to sing the word “very” an awful lot like this…

Sung:
I’m very, very, very, very,
Very, very, very, very,
Very, very, very, very
Glad to see you
I’m here to sing about a very, very,
Very, very, very, very,
Very special letter
Called the letter “V”
But it’s very, very, very, very,
Very, very, very, very,
Very, very hard to
Think of “V” words,
Because there really aren’t very, very,
Very, very, very, very,
Very many words that start with “V”

(spoken)
Now let me think. Hmmmm. A-ha! I thought of some.

(sung)
There’s “vegetables.” That’s a “V” word.
There’s “voice,” “vacation,” and “valentine.”
There’s “vanilla” and “vanish” and “vine.”

(spoken)
Gee! That’s about all I can think of, so I guess my song sounds

(sung)
Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
Very, very, very, very, very silly.
Still I’m very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
Very, very glad you’re here with me
To hear me sing about a very, very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very, very special letter.
A very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
Very special letter called the letter “V”.

(spoken)
Sssss! Say hey! I’m Sammy the snake, and I’m here to tell you people something about the letter “S”.

(sung)
Oh, I’m Sammy the snake
And I look like the letter “S”ssss.
Oh, yes.

I’m all wiggly and curvy,
And I look like the letter “S”ssss.
I confess.

But do you know the sound
Of Sammy the snake?
Well, the sound of the letter “S”
Is the sound I make.

(spoken)
I say “Sssssss!”
Let me tell you about it. Out of sight.

(sung)
I say “Sssss!” in the morning,
“Sssss!” in the afternoon.

(spoken)
Yes, I do to all my snake friends.

(sung)
I say “See you later, Slinky.”
She’s my sister.
I say “See you soon.”

(spoken)
Yeah, she’s super slick.

(sung)
Yeah, I’m Sammy the snake,
And I have to confess
That I look and I sound just like the letter “S”.

(spoken)
Now come on, all you children, and make that “S” sound with me. Here we go.
Ssssssssssss! Yeah, that’s fine.
That’s the sound you hear in the beginning of a word like “sing” or “storytime.”
Let’s do it again. Ssssssssssss!
Yeah, you hear that sound in the beginning of a word like “seesaw,” “silly,” “super,” “star,” or “seven.”

(sung)
Yeah, I’m Sammy the snake,
And I have to confess
That I look and I sound just like the letter “S”.

(spoken)
Ssssssssssss! So long.

If I could only paddle like a doggie oughta paddle
I would paddle my way to you
No river too wide or lake too deep
I’d splash on forward any date to keep
If I could only paddle like a doggie oughta paddle
I could paddle the ocean blue
And nothing out of place a doggie’s steady paddle pace
I could paddle my way to
Gotta get through to
Paddle my way to you

Sing it boys!
(background of dogs barking)

If I could only paddle like a doggie oughta paddle
I would paddle my way to you
No river too wide or lake too deep
I go splash forward any date to keep
If I could only paddle like a doggie oughta paddle
I could paddle the ocean blue
Nothing out of place a doggie’s steady paddle pace
I’d paddle my way to
Gotta get through to
Paddle my way to you