Waddley Atcha

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Waddley Atcha



Waddley Atcha

Waddley Atcha, Waddley Atcha,    Doodel-e-do,  Do, Doodel-e-do

Waddley Atcha, Waddley Atcha,    Doodel-e-do,  Do, Doodel-e-do

Simplest thing there ain't much to it

All you gotta do is Doodel-e-do it

I like the rest, but the part I like best is

Doodel-e,  Doodel-e-do!

Eddy Koocha Catcha Karum Toesa Neara Toesa Noga Samma Kamma Whacky Brown by 3rd/4th Elementary Class

Thanks kids for singing so great!

Eddy Koocha Catcha Karum by 3rd/4th Split Class 


For lyrics and chords, click on below (Carter's class)
Eddy Koocha Catcha Karum… Carter's Class

Dream Awhile

This song was recorded while we sang to a woman in her home who was terminally ill.  This is also a camp song that I learned at camp.  I also remember my parents teaching/singing it with us in the car.  My daughter's also sang it at their dad's funeral. This is absolutely one of my very favorite songs. 

Dream Awhile, Key of D, me w/daughters, 2014

Dream Awhile, Key of D
Lyrics and chords

D                         A                    
Dream Awhile, of friendships ever true

A7                           D
Dream of them, and they will be with you

G                      D             Bm
Memories of the loved we shared

      E            E7        A           A7           
The presence of our Lord was there….

D                             A
Now's the time, that you and I must part

A7                            D
Take this dream, and lock it in your heart

          G                         D         Bm
These precious moments we'll relive

E             A      A7 D
When we meet again

Glory Land (I've Got a Home In Glory Land)

Singing for Grandma Wilma at the assisted living home.  Mason is helping out on the guitar.  He has never played it before, therefore the "actions" by me to help him know when to "break" on the guitar.

This is a song I learned as a child, again singing in our volkswagen bug driving up the mountain to go home.  This is absolutely one of my favorites!  Very fun memories associated with it, and now, the memory of singing for Grandma Wilma.

I've Got A Home In Glory Land


Glory Land Words and Chords (Key of G)

1st verse

G
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun

C                                                                    G
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun


I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun

         D               G
Way, beyond the blue



Chorus

G
Do Lord, oh Do Lord, oh Do remember me

C                                                       G
Do Lord, oh Do Lord, oh Do remember me


Do Lord, oh Do Lord, oh Do remember me

             D           G
Way, beyond the blue


2nd verse

G      
I took Jesus as my Savior, You take him too

C                                                        G
I took Jesus as my Savior, You take him too


I took Jesus as my Savior, You take him too

             D           G
Way, beyond the blue


Repeat chorus

Rose, Rose, a camp song sung in a round

We are singing for Grandma Wilma at the assisted living home.  I'm missing a daughter, but it still sounds ok :)

Rose, Rose (a Round)


Rose, Rose Words and Chords

Dm     Am      Dm     Am
Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose,

Dm    Am   Dm         Am
Will I ever see thee wed?

Dm    Am     Dm      Am
I will marry when I will

        Dm     Am  Dm      Am
sire when  I     will

And then start all over again.  The round starts with the 2nd line.

I'm Going To Leave Ol' Texas Now

I learned this song in 2nd grade.  My teacher played the guitar, and taught us a lot of fun songs.  She was one of the main reasons I ever started playing guitar, and all the songs she taught us were great.

This was a first time through for this group-my nephews, friends and brother.  I was down visiting, and this was really a treat to get to play and sing with them!

This song is in the key of D, and A is the only other cord in this song.  One person sings the first line and holds it out, and the group repeats after them.  It is easy to do around a camp fire, or a group where no one knows each other songs.

I'm Going To Leave Ol' Texas Now


Chords and Lyrics for I'm Going To Leave Ol' Texas Now

D
I'm going to leave….. (echo), Ol' Texas now…….
                         A                                        D
They've got no use……., for the longhorn cow……

They've plowed and fenced…….   My cattle range…….
                          A                                   D
And the people there……..    Are all so strange……

I'll say adios……  to the Alamo…………
                      A                               D
And turn my head………   toward Mexico………

I'll take my horse…….   I'll take my rope…….
                   A                             D
And hit the trail……..   Upon a lope………..

A Little White Duck, lyrics and chords

A LITTLE WHITE DUCK LYRICS AND CHORDS (Key of D)

                 D                                                  A             A7                                            D
There's a little (white duck, floatin' on) the water,  A little white duck, doin' what he ought'r
                       (green frog, swimmin' in)
                       (black bug, floatin' on)
                       (red snake, slidin' through)
                       (earth worm, drownin' in)  


      G                        D              E                  E7                 A7     (spoken)
He took a bite of the lily pad, (flapped his wings) and he said, ("I'm glad") that I'm a
                                               (kicked his legs)                          (except on earth worm, "I'm SAD")
                                               (wiggled his ears)
                                               (flicked his tongue)
                                               (wiggled his tail)

D                                                  A            
Little white duck, floatin' on the water,            

(spoken with no guitar)     then D strum x 2
(Quack, quack, quack)
(Ribit, ribit, ribit)
(Beep, beep, beep)
(Hiss, hiss, hiss)
(Help! help! help!)

Go to A Little White Duck, Halle, Ashlyn and Anna's Class to watch/listen to video.

Ah Woonie Koonie Chow, Lyrics (I'm sure none of this is spelled correctly)

AH WOONIE KOONIE CHOW A WOONIE

Ah woonie koonie chow ah woonie
Ah woonie koonie chow ah woonie
I,  i,  i,  icky  i  ki  a  moose
I,  i,  i,  icky  i  ki  a  moose
Ah woo,
Ah woonie kee chee


(Click to watch/listen to:

Ah Woonie Koonie Chow Ah Woonie w/Halle, Ashlyn and Anna's class

Ah Woonie Koonie…New Move, with boy singing w/opera voice

Ah Woonie Koonie with Mayce's class

Words and Cords to Land of the Silver Birch

LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH  (click here for Land of the Silver Birch, sung by grandkids)

Am              Em             Am             Em
Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver

Am                                            Dm7           E
That's where the mighty moose wanders at will

Am                                     Dm7  E                Am
Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more

Am                  Em            Am
Boom-de-ada,         boom boom

Am                  Em            Am
Boom-de-ada,         boom boom


2nd verse
Am               Em               Am                  Em
High upon a rocky ledge, I will build my wigwam

Am                                    Dm7       Em                            
Close to the water's edge, silent and still

Am                                     Dm7  E                Am
Blue lake and rocky shore, I will return once more

Am                  Em            Am
Boom-de-ada,         boom boom

Am                  Em            Am
Boom-de-ada,         boom boom

Land of the Silver Birch, Carter's Class
Land of the Silver Birch, sung by grandkids

Little White Duck, Halle's…..class

The kids had made up a new verse for this song "I'm a little earth worm"…..

Little White Duck with new verse added, "Earth Worm"


Little White Duck chords and lyrics

Skydiving (personalized)

Words and cords at bottom of page.  

This was just for practice for a performance this weekend with my daughters, at a women's conference.  I love this song. It is great!   

My husband (the girls dad) died when they were young.  We adjusted a few of these words so that it went with a story about him.  It encourages us to appreciate our lives, and to have the right perspective, and hopefully, bring us to action in a positive way.  

ADD ON 1/14/14 - I also added a video (immediately below)  of my daughters and I (accompanied by Daryl) singing, "Skydiving" at a women's conference.  I started to cry and Janelle picked up for me.   Thanks Janelle!  I still struggled to sing the rest of the way through, making my voice/harmony shaky and a bit off.  That just happens sometimes when something is near to your heart

Skydiving, performed by The Singing Grandma w/daughters and Daryl, on 1/11/14


Skydiving practice, end only


Skydiving practice with daughters and Daryl


Skydiving, practice, one of the harmonies 

Skydiving (Key of G)

Intro -          C (variant)    D       C (variant)    D  (repeat and step up vocals)

Ooooooooooo     oooooooooooo

Merilee

                G                                            C (variant)

He was in his early forties with a lot of life before him

                  Em                                  D                                 C (variant)

When a moment came that stopped him on a dime

Mom

                    G                                           C (variant)

He spent most of the next days, starin’ at the x-rays

 Em                             D                       C (variant)

talkin' 'bout the options ,  and talkin' 'bout sweet time"

Janelle

Em   (oooo)                                                          Em7

When it finally sank in , that this  might  really be the real end

               Em? (only 1 finger)                      C              (C variant)

How it hit him – to hear that kind of news?

Chorus

                     G                                    C(variant)

He went skydiving , he went Rocky Mountain climbing

                  Em   D                                                 C      

He went 2.7 seconds  on a bull named Foo Man Chu

                 G                                         B

And he loved deeper, and he spoke sweeter

                  Em                                D                                    C

And he (ooooooo) gave forgiveness he’d been denying

                 C (variant)

And he said (UNISON)
                                                            D                                                 G              

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying"      
       C(variant)    Em      D      C(variant)

Rachelle/April

He was the husband, that she’d always wanted

He became a friend a friend would like to have

Janelle/Rachelle

And all of a sudden going fishin', wasn't such an imposition

And he went three times that year he lost his dad

Ooooooooo

Merilee (000000)

He finally read the Good Book, and he took a good, long, hard look

At what he’d do if he could do it all again

Chorus

                     G                                    C(variant)

He went skydiving , he went Rocky Mountain climbing

                  Em   D                                                 C      

He went 2.7 seconds  (Janelle alone) on a bull named Foo Man Chu

                 G                                         B

And he loved deeper, and he spoke sweeter

                  Em                                D                                    C

And he (ooooooo) gave forgiveness he’d been denying

                 C (variant)

And he said (UNISON) 
                                                          D                                                   Em

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying"

Bridge

Janelle

              Em7                                                                                       Em? (1 finger only)

Like tomorrow (ooooooo) was a gift and He’s got eternity to think about

                       C

What would he do with it

What would he do with it  (add in mom) (UNISON)

                                  C (variant)

What would you do with it? (add in Merilee/Rachelle)

What would I do with it? (add April/Shauna)

Key change to A        (Change words to “I”)

A                             D

Skydivin’ , I’d go  Rocky mountain climbing

          F#m                         D

I’d go 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man chu

                 A                                   C#                                  

And I’d love deeper and I’d speak sweeter,

                 F#m                        E                                     D      

and I’d (oooooo) give forgiveness I’d been denying  (watch an eagle as it was flying)

And He said (UNISON) 
                                                          E                                                    A                 D

"Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying”

                                           A              D

“To live like you were dying”

                                             A                D        A                 D            A

 “To live like you were dy…………………ing”