[HANASHIR:6504] Re: The Unicorn

[Debbie Block <dblock55...>]

Gayle, 
  Thanks for compromising your sensibility at work for
me!  I first found the song on the website you
referred me to.  However the recording is so heavily
chorded I can't get a good read on the melody line. 
I'll keep trying!  What I wouldn't do for my precioous
preschoolers!  
  I still want the music for your song from HN.  Don't
forget me when you are ready to send it out.  thanks
so much...Debbie
--- Gayle Joseph <josephg (at) win4edu(dot)com> wrote:
> 
> If you want the words to this other Unicorn Song
> that Marsha is talking
> about it can be found at
> http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/f-12-06.htm
> The Peter Paul and Mary site is excellent for lyrics
> (and chords too) to
> their songs! - Light one Candle has chords here...
> 
> The Irish Rovers one which Debbie is requesting
> (which I learned as a
> drinking song, as an aside) is a ball to do with
> kids.  
> Words are at:
> 
> http://www.imt.net/~zelonis/unicorn.html
> 
> There are hand motions to the chorus, which goes
> like this:
>  
> There were Green Aligators (Put your hands out in
> front and them up and down
> like aligator jaws)
> And long necked geese (Put one arm out in front with
> your hand like a goose
> head and neck)
> Some humpty backed camels (Either make two motions
> up and down like your
> hand is a dolphin going up and down through the
> water, or put one arm up and
> then on your back as far as you can to make a "hump"
> behind your head.)
> And some chimpanzees (You can probably guess this
> one, but for those who are
> imaginationally challenged, scratch your armpits...)
> Some cats (Put your hands on your head for two ears)
> Some rats (put your hands to your face with fingers
> sticking out like
> whiskers)
> And Elephants (Put your shoulder to your nose so
> your arm is a swinging
> elephant trunk)
> as sure as your born (optional, but here you can
> pretend you're rocking a
> baby in your arms)
> But the lovliest of all was the unicorn (The
> original version I learned you
> hold your drink to your forehead... With kids put
> the back side of your
> wrist to your forhead so that your hand is a horn
> sticking out of the front
> of your head)
> 
> And now that my officemates are CONVINCED that I'm
> nuts (ever try to
> describe hand motions without doing them?) I need to
> get back to work...
> Thanks for the much needed break...
> 
> Have Fun!
> 
> Gayle Joseph
> Mountain Lakes, NJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org]On
> Behalf Of Marsha Fensin
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:58 AM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:6478] Re: The Unicorn
> 
> 
> Hi Debbie,
>     The name of the composer of the Unicorn Song is
> Margie Adam.  She has
> a web site, where you can get lyrics, chords,
> songsheets, piano
> transcriptions, etc.  You can download a Real file
> and listen to your
> heart's content.  Good luck.
> Marsha Fensin
> 
> 
> 

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