Rainbow Lemonade
Kids have a way of turning the everyday into something exciting and whimsical. Rainbow Lemonade captures this magical phase of childhood. The songs explore topics ranging from sticky food to exploring nature after a spring rain. Several songs are simple, featuring just vocals and guitar, while other songs are more sophisticated, with styles ranging from bluegrass to straight-ahead jazz, brought to life by various Lawrence musicians and bands.
Rainbow Lemonade is an eclectic album - a fun snapshot of Lawrence's vibrant music community at the time.
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Lyrics:
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All you children gather ‘round
We’re so glad you stayed
For now’s the time
To sing a rhyme
With Rainbow Lemonade
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Firefly fancies and little mice dreams
Unripe tomatoes and green green beans
Tap your toes and wiggle your knees
Say your hellos in Japanese
Konnichiwa
Konnichiwa
Konnichiwa
Konnichiwa
Come along with me
We’ll have a picnic in the shade
I’ll pour you a glass of rainbow lemonade
We’ll think about the days of the Alphabet Parade
Dreaming of the tune the tuba played
Firefly fancies and little mice dreams
Unripe tomatoes and green green beans
Tap your toes and wiggle your knees
Say your hellos in Japanese
(overlapping dialogue)
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Four leaf clovers to peak over
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Barefoot children at the Borders
Come along with me
We’ll have a picnic in the shade
I’ll pour you a glass of rainbow lemonade
We’ll think about the days of the Alphabet Parade
Dreaming of the tune the tuba played
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Halala coco nana
Peanut butter jelly
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Seaside, seaside
I’m walking on the wrong side
You say the sea is orange, orange
And the sand is blue
Low tide, low tide
I can see the world wide
A flock of seagulls flying high by
Go bye, bye
And I’m flying too
Take a stop on a mountain top
Lick a cloud and play it like a cello
Paint the sky, paint it loud
A green, green sky
With a fleck of yellow
Seaside, seaside
I’m walking on the wrong side
You say the sea is orange, orange
And the sand is blue
Orange
Low tide, low tide
I can see the world wide
A flock of seagulls flying high by
Go bye, bye
High by
And I’m flying too
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Say your hellos in Portuguese
(Portuguese dialogue)
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Before it was a pickle
It was a cucumber
Before it was a raisin
It was a grape
Before it was a french fry
It was a potato
Before it was a chicken
It was an egg
What comes first
The chicken or the egg
Chicken
Egg
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Them skeeters pickin’ on me
Them skeeters pickin’ on me
One bit me on my knee
Them skeeters pickin’ on me
One bit me on my nose
And that itches
Don’t cha know
One bit me on my nose
And that sure itches
Don’t cha know
I said those doggone skeeters
A-pickin’ on me
Ah, Mr. Skeeter
Wish you’d go
Fly on away and leave me alone
‘Cause those doggone skeeters
A-pickin’ on me
Them skeeters pickin’ on me
Them skeeters pickin’ on me
One bit me on my knee
Them skeeters pickin’ on me
Oh, you know those doggone skeeters
Pickin’ on me
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Pitter pitter patter
Go the caterpillar’s toes
Pitter pitter patter
Go the caterpillar’s toes
Pitter pitter patter
Go the caterpillar’s toes
And where she goes
Nobody knows
I know what happens to the caterpillar
The caterpillar becomes a pupa
It enters an inactive stage
While it undergoes internal changes
The caterpillar hangs motionless
Upside down
And its skin appears to split apart
As if molting
Now the soft pupa, a greenish yellow color
Begins to appear
It is immediately covered by a hard protective shell
Called a chrysalis
After ten to fourteen days
The chrysalis bursts open
And out emerges a butterfly
A beautiful butterfly
Flitter flitter flutter
Go the butterfly wings
Flitter flitter flutter
Go the butterfly wings
Flitter flitter flutter
Go the butterfly wings
And if you listen closely
You can hear her sing
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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(no lyrics)
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T-O-Y spells toy
C-A-R spells car
Vroom, vroom
B-O-Y spells boy
Boy oh boy oh boy
S-T-A-R spells star
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
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Don’t kiss me with your sticky icky face
Don’t kiss me with waffles on your chin
Don’t kiss me with honey in your hair
Frosting on your forehead
Chocolate on your cheeks
Noodles on your nose
Applesauce on your ears
And your mac and cheesy grin
Your mac and cheesy grin
Your mac and cheesy grin
Now for something really cheesy
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Macaroni and cheese
Macaroni and cheese
Macaroni and cheese
Ba, ba, ba, bada, ba, badada, da
Macaroni and cheese
Bum, bum, badum
Macaroni and cheese
Bum, bum, badum
Macaroni and cheese
Bum, bum, badum
Ba, ba, ba, bada, ba, badada, da
Ba, ba, ba, bada, ba, badada, da
Cheesy
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The orange and yellow monster
The orange and yellow monster
Lived in a dragon cave
He went out the back and gave a little growl
He rolled his eyes and did a little dance
And the orange and yellow monster
Was never seen again
The orange and yellow monster
Lived in a dragon cave
He went out the back and gave a little growl
Rawr
He rolled his eyes and did a little dance
And the orange and yellow monster
Was never seen again
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Way down yonder on old Buck Creek
Sing song kitty kitchie kymeeo
The frogs all grow to be six feet
Sing song kitty kitchie kymeeo
Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my he pretty pennywinkle
Rap tam a doodlesnake
Rang tang a rattlebug
Sing song kitty kitchee kymeeo
Out in the garden pickin’ peas
Sing song kitty kitchie kymeeo
I thought I heard a junebug sneeze
Sing song kitty kitchie kymeeo
Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my he pretty pennywinkle
Rap tam a doodlesnake
Rang tang a rattlebug
Sing song kitty kitchee kymeeo
I have a pig, his name is Fred
Sing song kitty kitchee kymeeo
He eats with a fork and sleeps in my bed
Sing song kitty kitchee kymeeo
Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my he pretty pennywinkle
Rap tam a doodlesnake
Rang tang a rattlebug
Sing song kitty kitchee kymeeo
Hemo highmo beetlebug jingo
Me he my he pretty pennywinkle
Rap tam a doodlesnake
Rang tang a rattlebug
Sing song kitty kitchee kymeeo
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Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
Left and right
Look left again and cross
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What comes out after the rain
What comes out after the rainfall
Earthworms and snails
On the sidewalk
There are mushrooms in the grass
In a fairy ring, a magical fairy ring
What comes out after the rain
What comes out after the rainfall
There are birds
There are birds
In the sky
Chirping merrily
And children come out to play
What comes out after the rain
What comes out after the rainfall
Mud
Mud, mud, mud, mud, mud, mud
Squishy, squashy, smooshy, gooshy
Burpy, slurpy, icky, sticky
Squish, squash, smoosh, goosh
Squishy, squashy, smooshy, gooshy
Burpy, slurpy, icky, sticky
Ploop, plop, slip, slop
Mud, mud, mud
Burp, slurp, ick, stick, gloop, glop
Mud
What comes out after the rain
What comes out after the rainfall
And sometimes there’s
A rainbow
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Say your hellos in Cantonese
(Cantonese dialogue)
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Explore, explore
Look at the things you’ve never seen before
Explore, explore
What’s on the ceiling, what’s on the floor
Explore
Explore, explore
Look at the things you’ve never seen before
Explore, explore
What’s on the peeling, what’s on the core
Explore
Exploring is one way to satisfy your curiosity
About the world around you
It means checking out the world
One day I found a nest and it had blue eggs inside
My mommy told me that they were robin’s eggs
Sometimes I explore inside my head
That’s called imagination
Explore, explore
Look at the things you’ve never seen before
Explore, explore
What’s in the box, what’s behind the door
Explore
Sometimes when I look inside my head
I see dragons and castles and stuff like that
I discovered a roly-poly
When I see a roly-poly I feel like a roly-poly
I found a few little frogs and I caught a toad
Toads are nice, but I love frogs because
They’re smooth and slippery
Explore, explore
Look at the things you’ve never seen before
Explore, explore
There’s so much more
Waiting for you
There’s so much more for you to
Explore
I found a bunny
She lives in my bushes
I love books
I can explore new ideas
And all kinds of new things
I look at the pictures
And I read the words
I like to lay down in the grass
And look up at the sky
Oooh, that’s so cool
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La bella lavanderina
Che lava i fazzoletti
Per i poveretti della città
Fai un salto, fanne un altro
Fai la giravolta
Falla un'altra volta
Guarda in su, guarda in giù
Dai un bacio a chi vuoi tu
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Baiba goes back to her bungalow
Bye, bye, Baiba, bye, bye
William is waiting to take her to the show
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
And it’s on the scooter
On the scooter they’ll go
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
To see a foreign flick
In a language they don’t know
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
Bee bup bum badaba bee bup bum
Bee bup Baiba bee bup Baiba
Boo dabada bee bup bum
William
Baiba goes back to her bungalow
Bye bye bye bye bye bye
William is waiting to take her to the show
Baiba bye bye bye
And it’s on the scooter
On the scooter they’ll go
Baiba bye bye bye
To see a foreign flick
In a language they don’t know
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
Badee bup bum badada bee bup bum
Bee bup Baiba bee bup Baiba
Doobadaba dee bup bum
William
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(no lyrics)
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Say your hellos in Motherese
(Speaking Motherese)
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I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u, I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u
I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u, I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u
You make me s-m-i-l-e
You make me smile so happily
I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u, I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u
I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u, I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u
I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u, I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u
You make me s-m-i-l-e
You make me smile so happily
I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u, I-l-o-v-e-y-o-u
I love you
I love you
I love you
I do, yeah
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
Yeah, I do
I love you
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Thank you
Bye, bye
Oh, Mississippi yoga
We’re coming ‘round the world
Coming ‘round the world full of gingerbread
Mississippi yoga
We’re coming ‘round the world
Coming ‘round the world full of gingerbread
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