Decomposers
Let the Roots Run Deep
Bee Song
Maple Tree
Frogs

Decomposer Song

Music by Douglas Wood Lyrics by Lawrence Wade (1995)

To listen:

C Em F D

Decomposers have a lot to do

C Em F G

Their friends in the forest love them too.

C Em F G

Chews the leaves that fall on the ground

C Em F G

Making rich soil for the trees to be tall.

F C F C

Decomposers you may be small,

F C F C

Decomposers help the trees grow tall.

F C F C

Decomposers you’re important to me

F C F C

Decomposers as busy as a bee.

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Let the Roots Run Deep

Music and Lyrics by Lawrence Wade (1995)

To listen:

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my Minnesota forest

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my forest home

C F C F

The forest is an important place for lots and lots of creatures

C F C F

Squirrels, rabbits, owls and moles, foxes and skunks

C F C F G C

Predators and prey, all living and dying on the forest floor

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my Wisconsin forest

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my forest home

C F C F

You can’t cut down the big trees and still have a forest

C F C F

You can’t cut down the big trees and hope to see-e-e and e—agle

C F C F G C

The big trees need lots of room, Wor-r-rms – sun—light and life times to grow

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my Michigan forest

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my forest home

C F C F

The trees in the forest, are part of the great circle

C F C F

Makes air for the creatures, provides ho..m…es and food

C F C F G C

Red oaks – white oaks, ma..p…le and basswood, wonders of life

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my Ohio forest

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my forest home

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my Massachusetts forest

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my forest home

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my Massachusetts forest

C F C F

Let the roots run deep in my forest home.

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Bee Song

Listen:

D G D

Bees, Bees everywhere bees buzzing around the flowers and trees

D G D

Should I scream, should I run, far far away?

Hey those bees won’t bother you

G D

They’ve got an important job to do!

They’re working hard on those flowers

G D

Spreading pollen for hours and hours

D G D

Bees, Bees everywhere bees buzzing around the flowers and trees

D G D

Should I scream, should I run, far far away?

The apple tree says come here bees

G D

Help me make my apples please

The sunflower says come here bees

G D

Help me make my sunflower seeds

D G D

Bees, Bees everywhere bees buzzing around the flowers and trees

D G D

Should I scream, should I run, far far away?

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The Maple Tree

Music by Douglas Wood Lyrics by Lawrence Wade (1996)

To listen:

G C D G

Oh sing me a song about the great maple tree

C G D

And the gifts that it gives to us all.

G C D G

Sing about the sugaring which starts before spring,

C G D

And ends when the buds start to swell.

G C D G

Remember the spiles that you tapped in the tree

C G D

And the taste of sap on your tongue.

G C D G

Remember the smell of the sap as it cooked

C G D

And licking your fingers a lot.

Chorus: Repeat

C G C G C G D

Hey , ho , oh maple tree, what greater tree could there be?

C G C G

You gave us your sugar, you gave us your shade,

C D G

You gave us the colors of Fall.

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Frogs

Music and Lyrics by Lawrence Wade (1995)

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Verse 1

      Am                                         Em
If I were a leopard frog, I’d have many spots.
Am                                           Em
I’d be the king of the frog jumpers.
Am                                               Em
I’d sing in the Spring “snore, snore, snore, snore”.
Am                    Em             Am
In summer, I’d go ashore.

Chorus
C                                           G
Frogs are the voice of the Spring wetlands
Am                                Em
Lay their eggs in the wetlands marsh.
C                            G            Am    Em           Am
Tadpoles grow into frogs, ……metamorphosis.

Verse 2
Am                                  Em
If I were a toad I’d have red warts.
Am                                    Em
I’d sing in the spring: Trill, Trill, Trill
Am                      Em
Spend the summer catching bugs
Am            Em            Am
In winter hibernate.

Verse 3
Am                                         Em
If I were a wood frog, I’d have a dark mask
Am                      Em
I’d be the first frog at the pond
Am                                         Em
You could hear me: “Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck”
Am            Em            Am
Then its off to the woods I go.

Verse 4
Am                                         Em
If I were a Peeper, I’d be very small
Am                                      Em
You could hear me: “Peep, peep, peep, peep”
Am                                         Em
Peepers are magic, they come in the spring
Am         Em            Am
Then they disappear

Chorus
C                                           G
Frogs are the voice of the Spring wetlands
Am                                Em
Lay their eggs in the wetlands marsh.
C                            G            Am    Em           Am
Tadpoles grow into frogs, ……metamorphosis.

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