Lyrics for Suzuki Book One

Lyrics by Zebulun Barnow

French Folk Song  
(Derived from common French phrases that are used ‘as-is’ in English. You may already know the language for our French Folk Song)
Vis a vis, savoir faire, par excellence!
Cul de sac, avant garde, je ne sais quoi
Liason, deja vu, creme de la creme
Quel dommage, trompe l'oeil, oui! et voila!
You know the language for our French Folk Song

 

Lightly Row
Take your time
Nice and slow
Keep your balance
Lightly Row
If you only use one oar then
In a circle you will go
Pull and lean with back to bow
Practice patience, you know how!
On the water I can go but
Safety first and lightly row

 

Song of the Wind
Do you hear the instruments the world plays with the breeze
Overseas and trees
Do you hear this instrument played soft as whispers, loud as din?
Listen and you'll hear the music called Song of the Wind

 

Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Go tell Aunt Nancy
Find Aunt Patsy too
Go tell Aunt Rhody
The gray goose flew away!

They'll have to gather
Feathers somewhere else
Or they won't fill their
Feather bed

Go tell Aunt Nancy
Find Aunt Patsy too
Go tell Aunt Rhody
The gray goose flew away!

 

May Song
April's over, it's first of May!
Flowers, robins, blue jays! 

Seems I've waited so long again
Wait a little longer and then

Celebrate the days getting long
As we play the May Song.

 

O Come Little Children
Oh come little children and play me a song
If you know what I know then I'll play along
You've learned some of my favourite songs and I'll bet
That if you have not that just means not just yet

 

Perpetual Motion
(Junior edition)
If we want machines to go forever we must use all our brains.
Scientists have tried and tried but most agree that it can't be done.
What if I tobogganed down a hill that lasted my whole lifetime?
What if that hill became all I did forever? Gosh that's too much!
That would get a little boring even though it started out fun.
If we want machines to go forever we must use all our brains.
Scientists have tried and tried but most agree it can't be done.

Perpetual Motion
(Grown-up edition)
Scientists have worked on this for centuries and yet they're flummoxed!
There is no such thing without external source but they keep searching.
Leonardo, Tesla, Feynman, Boyle, Papin, Archimedes
Bhaskara, De Honnecourt, Fludd, Maxwell, Casimir, Bernoulli
Howard Robert Johnson has a patent for a magnet motor!
Scientists have worked on this for centuries and yet they're flummoxed!
There is no such thing without external source but they keep searching.

 

Rigadoon
Would you like to dance
Oh, please say that you do, then
If I may suggest
We dance the Rigadoon

Everyone seems to like simple steps
I know it's true!
Similar to the "bouree" and "gigue"
I'll play for you

Picture Provence - southern France
Vivarais and Dauphiné
Languedoc you do your hops
A lively scene

I asked in advance
Before you heard the tune, so
Now I've played the song
Let's dance the Rigadoon