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Cindy Kelm

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All the way to school

Then the ones I can think of are

The people on the bus go up and down

The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish

The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)

I recently was watching tv and caught an episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel
Aire" where the aunt was singing this song to her baby. Since then I
haven't been able to get it out of my head. (don't you just hate it when
that happens?!)

Thanks a bunch!
Cindy (Mommy to Alexandra Lyn 4-9-95 who recently has discovered: "Wow, I
have lips! and sucks on them constantly)

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Savithri

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In article <DC0rz...@farpoint.newimage.com>, c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) writes:
|>
|> Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
|>
|> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
|> round and round, round and round
|> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
|> All the way to school
|>
|> Then the ones I can think of are
|>
|> The people on the bus go up and down
|>
|> The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
|>
|> The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)
|>
|> I recently was watching tv and caught an episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel
|> Aire" where the aunt was singing this song to her baby. Since then I
|> haven't been able to get it out of my head. (don't you just hate it when
|> that happens?!)
|>
|> Thanks a bunch!
|> Cindy (Mommy to Alexandra Lyn 4-9-95 who recently has discovered: "Wow, I
|> have lips! and sucks on them constantly)

The version on one of the sesame street tapes that my older kid enjoyed
had it as follows:

The wheels on the bus go round and round

Round and round, round and round


The wheels on the bus go round and round

all through the town.

The kids on the bus go up and down ........

The babies on the bus go wah wah wah .........

The windshield wipers go swish swish swish ........

The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep .............

Finally the bus is out of gas ..................

Savithri

Robyn Streitman

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c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:

> Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
>
> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
> round and round, round and round
> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
> All the way to school
>
> The people on the bus go up and down
> The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
> The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)

I've heard:

The doors on the bus go open and shut

The babies on the bus go waaa waaa waaa

The mommies on the bus go shhh shhh shhh


I learned the last line as All though the town instead of
All the way to school.

Robyn Streitman

Pamela Walden

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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: The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)

We always use "move on back".

Others:

Doors on the bus go open and close
Babies on the bus go wah wah wah
Mommies on the bus go shh shh shh
Horn on the bus goes beep beep beep (did you have that one already?)

And if your child is into animal sounds ;-) ;-) ;-)

The cows on the bus go moo moo moo
The ducks on the bus go quack quack quack
The horsies...
The piggies...
The doggies...
The kitties...
The froggies...
The owls...
Etc.

You get the picture. When this was Mikey's favorite song it could take up to
20 min. to get through it. We also used: "The Mikey's on the bus say XXX", the
Grandma's on the bus say XXX, the Uncle Joe's on the bus say XXX". He thought
it was just hilarious and would laugh his little head off at some of the weird
verses mommy would come up with ;-).

Have fun!!!
--
--
Pam Walden


Michelle Mader

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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says...

>
>
>Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
>
>The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>round and round, round and round
>The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>All the way to school

We sing "All over town"

>
>Then the ones I can think of are
>

>The people on the bus go up and down
>
>The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
>

>The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^

The doors on the bus go open and shut

The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep

The lights on the bus go blink, blink, blink

The babies on the bus go waah, waah, waah

The mommies on the bus go ssh, ssh, ssh

The daddies on the bus go I love you

My kids made up the last one because they didn't think it was fair that
mommies had a verse and daddies didn't.

Michelle


Claire Petersky

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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Rose takes lots of bus rides, so we sing:

Wheels on the bus go round and round
Wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
Doors on the bus go open and shut
Driver on the bus says, "move on back"
People on the bus go up and down
Babies on the bus say "wah wah wah"
Parents on the bus say "sh-sh-sh"
Farebox on the bus goes beep beep beep (we have fancy modern fareboxes on
Metro Transit here)
Coins on the bus go clink clink clink
Horn on the bus goes toot toot toot
Brakes on the bus go rrrump rrrump rrrump

Final nonsense verse:
The bus on the bus goes bus bus bus

BTW, I highly recommend bus rides for small children. Taking the bus
transforms a simple errand into an adventure for Rose and Emma. Well
worth the $1.10 peak hour/85 cent off peak fare.

--
Claire Petersky (pete...@halcyon.com)
Mother to Rose (9/92) and Emma (11/94)

Deborah Dyer

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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I've also heard:

The daddys on the bus say "let's do lunch" ;)

j nicholas

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> The babies on the bus go waah, waah, waah
>
> The mommies on the bus go ssh, ssh, ssh
>
> The daddies on the bus go I love you
>
>
> My kids made up the last one because they didn't think it was fair that
> mommies had a verse and daddies didn't.
>
> Michelle

Just my feminist two cents. How about:

The babies on the bus goes waah, waah, waah
The *PARENT* on the bus says ssh, ssh, ssh
The *PARENT* on the bus says I love you


While I like the verse your kids made up, I don't think it's fair that
mommy does the disciplining while daddy gets to coo. As for the second
line here, I know none of us wrote the song but that doesn't mean we can't
update children's songs to reflect a non-sexist view. This goes for the
other plentitude of songs that has the words "he" and other masculine
references in it also.

--
j nicholas

Jon Matte

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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Cindy Kelm (c...@farpoint.newimage.com) wrote:

: Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have

<all verses I know (but one) snipped>

The only one I didn't see here was,

"The amoebas on the bus go," <bulge face silently three times>

Drew isn't sure yet whether he likes this, or whether he wants
a new daddy.

--
Jon Matte
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- Me
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- Roger Boardmartin

Florence Porter

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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Yes, this gets stuck in my head also.

I have also heard:

The children on the bus go bumpity bumpity bump. (off the Gymboree tape)

The babies on the bus go wah wah wah. (off the Gymboree tape)

The mommies on the bus go sshh sshh sshh.

The mommies and the dadies go hug hug hug (off of Gymboree tape)
--
Florence Porter
Mom to Mackenzie John (Mack) - 11/12/94
six weeks early, but healthy as a horse!

Marion Baumgarten

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Jul 20, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/20/95
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j nicholas <jnic...@vt.edu> wrote:

>
> The babies on the bus goes waah, waah, waah
> The *PARENT* on the bus says ssh, ssh, ssh
> The *PARENT* on the bus says I love you
>
>
> While I like the verse your kids made up, I don't think it's fair that
> mommy does the disciplining while daddy gets to coo. As for the second
> line here, I know none of us wrote the song but that doesn't mean we can't
> update children's songs to reflect a non-sexist view. This goes for the
> other plentitude of songs that has the words "he" and other masculine
> references in it also.
>
> --
> j nicholas

--
What kid ever says " PARENT!!". If you want to alterante moms and dads
shh-ing and cooing fine.

Marion Baumgarten mari...@wwa.com
Mother to die Wunderkinder Martha(6) and Peter(3)
"I shall not live until I have seen God and when I see Him, I shall
never die"- John Donne

HD Jacobs

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Jul 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/21/95
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On 21 Jul 1995, Nigel Hurst wrote:

> the mammies on the bus go chatter chatter chatter
> the daddies on the bus go nod nod nod
>
> I've also heard some adult version lines as well, funny but not for misc.kids
> :-}
>
>
>

Oh, go on, tell us.....:-)

Silas E. Cheeseman

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Jul 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/21/95
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c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:


>Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have

>The wheels on the bus go round and round,

>round and round, round and round
>The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>All the way to school

>Then the ones I can think of are

>The people on the bus go up and down

>The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish

>The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)

>I recently was watching tv and caught an episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel


>Aire" where the aunt was singing this song to her baby. Since then I
>haven't been able to get it out of my head. (don't you just hate it when
>that happens?!)

My wife makes it up as she goes... quite cute actually! Some of her
suggestions:

Grammy's on the bus, they knit knit knit, knit knit knit.

Daddy's on the bus, they use their computers, use their computers, use
their computers.

Etc etc

Spiros Triantafyllopoulos

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Jul 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/21/95
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Florence Porter (fpo...@newsit.mtt.it.uswc.uswest.com) wrote:
: Yes, this gets stuck in my head also.

This is scary. I often walk in the corridors at work humming
nursery rhymes, much to my coworkers' delight...

Spiros
--
Spiros Triantafyllopoulos stri...@indy.net
Carmel, Indiana OUZO POWER

BruceChamp

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Jul 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/21/95
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In article <3um3ht$2...@news1.halcyon.com>, pete...@chinook.halcyon.com
(Claire Petersky) writes:

>Wheels on the bus go round and round
>Wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
>Doors on the bus go open and shut
>Driver on the bus says, "move on back"
>People on the bus go up and down
>Babies on the bus say "wah wah wah"
>Parents on the bus say "sh-sh-sh"

We sang:

Babies on the bus go "wah wah wah"
People on the bus go "shh shh shh"
Mommies on the bus go "there there there"
Then the babies on the bus go "coo coo coo"

>Farebox on the bus goes beep beep beep (we have fancy modern fareboxes on

> Metro Transit here)
>Coins on the bus go clink clink clink
>Horn on the bus goes toot toot toot
>Brakes on the bus go rrrump rrrump rrrump

Lights on the bus go blink blink blink


>
>Final nonsense verse:
>The bus on the bus goes bus bus bus

Sherry Beauchamp (who enjoys the memories this brings back!)

va...@lehigh.edu

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Jul 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/21/95
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>The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>round and round, round and round
>The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>All the way to school
>
>Then the ones I can think of are
>
>The people on the bus go up and down
>
>The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
>
>The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)
>

The brake on the bus goes brrrrrm brrrrrrm brrrrrrm

The baby on the bus goes wah wah wah

The parents on the bus go shhhh shhhhh shhhhh

The horn on the bus goes toot toot toot


Ronnie Hesch
Lehigh University
Human Resources
(610) 758-5020
va...@lehigh.edu

Lesley Harkin

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Jul 21, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/21/95
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In article 20079518...@as2511-3.sl004.cns.vt.edu, jnic...@vt.edu (j nicholas) writes:
>
>
>Just my feminist two cents. How about:
>
>The babies on the bus goes waah, waah, waah
>The *PARENT* on the bus says ssh, ssh, ssh
>The *PARENT* on the bus says I love you
>
>
>While I like the verse your kids made up, I don't think it's fair that
>mommy does the disciplining while daddy gets to coo. As for the second
>line here, I know none of us wrote the song but that doesn't mean we can't
>update children's songs to reflect a non-sexist view. This goes for the
>other plentitude of songs that has the words "he" and other masculine
>references in it also.

Well, very small kids don't usually say "parent" - it's "mommy" and "daddy"
to them and a lot of them don't know what "parent" even means.

Also, I wouldn't think of "sh sh sh" to a baby as being discipline. I would
associate it with a gentle cuddle and comforting the baby.

Just another perspective :-)

Lesley
MaMee to Rebecca, 14-May-94
P.66 PA'95

S.Fysh

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Jul 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/22/95
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Robyn Streitman <rstr...@usccmail.bms.com> wrote:
>c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
>>
>> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>> round and round, round and round
>> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>> All the way to school
>>

Jonathan Richman has verses:

"The lady on the bus says somethin' about the driver"
&
"The monster on the bus says, I'm going to scare you"


Stephanie Fysh
sf...@io.org

Mom to Micah (13 months)

Mary Alice Hudson

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Jul 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/22/95
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In article <DC0rz...@farpoint.newimage.com>,
c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:

>Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
>
>The wheels on the bus go round and round

>The people on the bus go up and down
>The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
>The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)

The motor on the bus goes (blow raspberries 3 times)

We use this song as a game during swimming lessons. Up and down, swish,
swish, swish, and the motor (blow in the water) are a lot of fun!


Mary Alice Hudson
m...@accinc.com
http://www.accinc.com

Alison C. Hendley

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Jul 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/22/95
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Robyn Streitman (rstr...@usccmail.bms.com) wrote:
: c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:

: The doors on the bus go open and shut

: The babies on the bus go waaa waaa waaa

: The mommies on the bus go shhh shhh shhh

We have modified the song somewhat,
"The daddies on the bus go shh, shh, shhh"
Also, in my teaching of manners,
"The gentlemen on the bus say 'take my seat'"
And
"The ladies on the bus say "Thank you, sir."
As well as:
"The people on the bus say "That's my stop."
We also do all the motions too. Does any one else?
Ali Hendley (mom to Spike age 4 1/2)
ahen...@nmsu.edu


Ruth Rosen Greenwood

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Jul 22, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/22/95
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The coins on the bus go clink, clink, clink
The driver on the bus goes turn, turn, turn
The babies on the bus go wa, wa, wa
The mommies on the bus go shh, shh, shh
(or I love you, in my case)
The kids on the bus goes yay, yay, yay
The doors on the bus go open and close (or shut)

Ruth Rosen Greenwood rgre...@indiana.edu

Gary L. Wizar

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Jul 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/23/95
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In article <3ur7cd$1...@ionews.io.org>, "S.Fysh" <sf...@io.org> says:

>
>Robyn Streitman <rstr...@usccmail.bms.com> wrote:
>>c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
>>>
>>> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>>> round and round, round and round
>>> The wheels on the bus go round and round,
>>> All the way to school
>>>
>
>Jonathan Richman has verses:
>
>"The lady on the bus says somethin' about the driver"
>&
>"The monster on the bus says, I'm going to scare you"
>
>
>Stephanie Fysh
>sf...@io.org
>
>Mom to Micah (13 months)
>
>
>The driver on the bus says "move on back"

The wipers on the bus go "swish swish swish"

The riders on the bus go bouncity bounce bounce

The babies on the bus go " whaa whaa whaa "


Frances S Kioschos

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Jul 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/23/95
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i have encountered additional verses in the various child-related places
I have worked. when i taught at a head start the children all sang:
"the grandmothers on the bus say "gimme that baby!"

i thought this was hilarious! all but one of the kids in my class was
african american, and they all seemed very close to their grandmothers.
perhpas their family structure helped influence this verse.

when i worked in a day care center in philadelphia, we made up funny
verses like:
the air conditioner on SEPTA (our buses) goes CLANK CLANK CLANK!

and: (among teachers only!)
the stranger on the bus says "gimme your purse!"

what a fun song!!

:-)

francy


Robin Netherton

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Jul 23, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/23/95
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Alison C. Hendley (ahen...@nmsu.edu) wrote:
> We also do all the motions too. Does any one else?

I only know a couple. Can anyone supply descriptions?

By the way, if anyone cares, I've been keeping a running list on my hard
disk of all the proposed verses and variants. When the thread is done,
feel free to email me for a copy--and I'll pass to the person who
volunteered to compile the "kids' songs FAQ."

Robin

Michael Nettleton

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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ahen...@nmsu.edu (Alison C. Hendley) wrote:

>We have modified the song somewhat,

> "The daddies on the bus go shh, shh, shhh"
<snip>


>We also do all the motions too. Does any one else?

We definitely do all the motions. But, the mommies and daddies
on the bus can say various things. Depending upon your degree of
enlightenment (except for the first two, in no particular order):

The babies on the bus go "Waah, waah, waah"
(rub eyes with fists)
The daddies/mommies on the bus say "Shh, shh, shh"
(finger to mouth)
The mommies/kiddies/daddies on the bus say "What's for dinner?"
(rub stomach)
The daddies/mommies on the bus say "Cut that out!"
(waggle index finger)
The neighbours on the bus say "Tsk, tsk, tsk"
(shake heads in disbelief)

And in our version, the bus goes "all around the town" instead of
"all the way to school".

Michael
Daddy to Carolyn (3.75) who belts it out with feeling ...

Christi Farinelli

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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In article <DC0rz...@farpoint.newimage.com>,
c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:

>Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
>

>The wheels on the bus go round and round
>The people on the bus go up and down

>The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish

>The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)

The other verses I learned from my nieces (my son is too young yet to
know this song) are:

The babies on the bus go wah wah wah
The mommies on the bug go hush hush hush

Also, the way they sang it, the last verse was:

The driver on the bus says move on back


- christi

Cindy Kandolf

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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In article <3utqa0$9...@netnews.upenn.edu> fra...@dolphin.upenn.edu

We used to sing this one on the bus when i was in high school band.
Being teenagers, we invented a lot of verses that i won't repeat here
because they are either mildly obscene, gross or mean-spirited.
(Besides, i don't remember them all.) But after the "baby" verse we
would sing "The old lady on the bus goes STOP THAT NOISE!!" The
baby's screaming and the words "stop that noise" were of course yelled
as loudly as possible.

In time, a new verse was invented. "The chap'rones on the bus go NOT
THAT SONG!" They wouldn't let us have boom boxes on the buses, and
they were going to pay for it. ;-)

Another one: "The driver on the bus goes Whoops! Wrong turn!" (After
the lead driver got our whole little convoy semi-lost.)

This song and "Kumbaya" somehow really got our imaginations going. I think
we had twenty or thirty verses for each song....

-Cindy Kandolf mamma to Kenneth, the gold medal boy
ci...@nvg.unit.no (born 12 February 1994)
Trondheim, Norway Photoalbum page 82
Denmark, n. - Collective name for the islands surrounding Legoland.


Julia Nathan

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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We've begun bedtime routine with this silly song.
Rachel (18 months) on the bus goes sh-sh-sh.
Mommy on the bus goes I Love You.
Daddy on the bus goes nite-nite-nite.
Wally (our dog) goes woof-woof-woof.

On 24 Jul 1995, Eric Simon wrote:

> Michelle Mader (Michell...@lerc.nasa.gov) wrote:
>
> : The mommies on the bus go ssh, ssh, ssh
>
> : The daddies on the bus go I love you


> :
>
> : My kids made up the last one because they didn't think it was fair that
> : mommies had a verse and daddies didn't.
>

> Hey, I like your kids! My 2yo is in a "mommy stage", and so I made up
> that last line, too, for him to sing.
>
> Here's one other line which my 2yo tought me! (From day care):
>
> The money on the bus goes ching ching ching...
>
> -- Eric
>
>
>

Maggie

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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When I taught day care, we also did:

Maggie

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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When I taught day care, we also did:

the horn on the bus goes honk, honk, honk

Then there were verses we made up, like "the money on the
bus goes clank, clank, clank" and "the doors ont he bus go
bang, bang, bang."


Claire Petersky

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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Somebody asked for motions, so I'll add them to my post:

: Wheels on the bus go round and round

Hands circle each other

: Wipers on the bus go swish swish swish

Hands are wipers, wave back and forth

: Doors on the bus go open and shut

Clap hands together, and spread them out, repeat

: Driver on the bus says, "move on back"

Throw the back of your hand over your shoulder

: People on the bus go up and down

Bounce baby up and down on your lap

: Babies on the bus say "wah wah wah"

Rub fists near eyes

: Parents on the bus say "sh-sh-sh"

Put finger up to lips

: Farebox on the bus goes beep beep beep (we have fancy modern fareboxes on
: Metro Transit here)

Make a motion like you are swiping your pass through the card reader

: Coins on the bus go clink clink clink

Shake your imaginary money purse

: Horn on the bus goes toot toot toot

Press an imaginary horn

: Brakes on the bus go rrrump rrrump rrrump

Put your foot down on an imaginary brake

: Final nonsense verse:


: The bus on the bus goes bus bus bus

Pretend to drive a bus

BTW, both I and Rose appreciate the additional verses we learned here
(and sang them this morning waiting for the 231)

Jan Silbermann

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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There is a cute Jewish version that goes like this...

The shofar in the shul goes toot, toot, toot on Rosh Hashana
The wind in the sukka goes swish, swish, swish all Sukkot long
The lulav on Sukkot goes shake, shake shake...
The dreidle on Chanukah... spin
The gragger on Purim...noise, noise, noise
the Matza on Pesach.. crunch
The cheesecake on Shavuot is yum, yum, yum
The latkes..fry, fry,fry
Flags..wave, wave, wave on Simchas Torah

Jan

Eric Simon

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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Lori L. Grzybowski

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Jul 24, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/24/95
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Can you stand a few more? :-)

These courtesy of Rachel's days in preschool:

The babies on the bus go wah-wah-wah
The kids on the bus go yakkity-yak
The mommies on the bus go shh-shh-shh
The daddies on the bus go read-read-read
The radios on the bus go rock-n-roll

But not necessarily in that order...

Lori G.

Christi Farinelli

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Jul 25, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/25/95
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My nieces sang a verse "the doors on the bus go open and shut"
with the hand gestures being to open out and cross your arms.


Michal Peri

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Cindy Kandolf (ci...@nvg.unit.no) wrote:
: This song and "Kumbaya" somehow really got our imaginations going. I think

: we had twenty or thirty verses for each song....

For my high school gang it was Paul Simon's "Kodachrome" that got
our imaginations waxing lyrical. From our biology study group:

Chomosomes:
----------

If you took all the freedom I had when I was a sophomore
and used them all to study for the AP
I know I'd never get a 5 or even a 4
Because all the info goes right out of me.

<refrain>
Chromosomes!
They give us genetic info
They give us our parents' great features
They make you think all the world's a giant Nu-cle-us.
I've got a Nikon microscope
I'll give you a micrograph
Just don't take my Chromosomes away!

..

The AP is the Advanced Placement exam, used to gain college credit
for high school course. The top score (full credit) was 5, a score
of 4 earned partial credit. We had several other verses, but that's
all I can remember just now.


-- Micha

Katherine Teasley Muth

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Jul 26, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/26/95
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Babies : wah wah wah
Mommies: shh shh shh
Daddies: That's OK (patting baby's back)

We also alternate the last two (sometimes Mommy gets to be the nice guy,
as it were.)

Kaye
--


Scott A Oakman

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Jul 26, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/26/95
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In article <DCAJ3...@gordian.com>, Michal Peri <mic...@gordian.com> wrote:
>Cindy Kandolf (ci...@nvg.unit.no) wrote:
>: This song and "Kumbaya" somehow really got our imaginations going. I think
>: we had twenty or thirty verses for each song....
>
>For my high school gang it was Paul Simon's "Kodachrome" that got
>our imaginations waxing lyrical. From our biology study group:
>
[Chromosomes Song] --Loved it!--:

Here's the song I made up for Alyssa last night:

The blood in the body goes in the vena cava,
Right atrium, through tricuspid valve
The right ventricle goes whoosh, whoosh, whoosh
And sends it to the lungs.

The blood in the lungs comes through pulmonary veins,
Left atrium, through bicuspid valve.
The left ventricle goes whoosh, whoosh, whoosh
And pumps it to her head.

(Repeat as often as you wish... ;-p )

Scott Oakman, ABD
Gross Anatomy student and father of two....


Anne Kruppa (GLY)

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Jul 26, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/26/95
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Scott,

I could have used this when I took comparative vert anatomy!! I'm also a
biology major--I didn't realize until I saw your post that I have dozens
of texts of possible lyrics! I love your adaptation... now if I can only
hide my husband's geology books... hmmm ;) (can't be mixing those boring
rocks with my good ol' biology now!)

Debbie Acton

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In article <3urad4$9...@tofu.alt.net>, m...@accinc.com (Mary Alice Hudson)
writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <3urad4$9...@tofu.alt.net>
> References: <DC0rz...@farpoint.newimage.com>
> Posted: Sat, 22 Jul 95 16:42:17 GMT
>
> Org. : ACCI

>
> In article <DC0rz...@farpoint.newimage.com>,
> c...@farpoint.newimage.com (Cindy Kelm) wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know additional verses? So far I have
> >
> >The wheels on the bus go round and round
> >The people on the bus go up and down
> >The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
> >The driver on the bus says sit back down (or is it move on back?)
>
> The motor on the bus goes (blow raspberries 3 times)
>
> We use this song as a game during swimming lessons. Up and down, swish,
> swish, swish, and the motor (blow in the water) are a lot of fun!
>
>
>
>
> Mary Alice Hudson
> m...@accinc.com
> http://www.accinc.com

The money on the bus goes "clink, clink, clink"
The people on the bus go up and down (or get on and off)
The babies on the bus go "wah, wah, wah"
The parents on the bus go "sh, sh, sh"
The driver of the bus goes "honk, honk, honk"

Debbie

Ted Alper

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Jul 27, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/27/95
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Well, we've done a few like:
The carburetor on the bus regulates the fuel mix
The sparkplugs on the bus ignites the fuel
but the kids at daycare just listen politely.

Connie's brother (who's building a Porsche in his garage out of old
toasters and lawnmowers, I think) supplied us with a bunch of verses
-- there was one about the linear slip-differential manifold or
something like that, but I was just listening politely and I don't
remember what it did.

Also Morris sometimes makes us add:
the flamingos on the bus go honk honk honk
the pigs on the bus go oink oink oink
the turtles on the bus go moo moo moo
the owls on the bus go hoo hoo hoo
and so forth.


Ted Alper
al...@ockham.stanford.edu

Thomas A McGlynn

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Jul 28, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/28/95
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Virtually every night for about six months about when Greg was 18 months
we had to sing The Wheels on the Bus to get him to go to bed. We added
some lyrics like:
The daddies on the bus say time for bed...
and
The Harveys [Harvey is a large blue rabbit doll] on the bus say close your
eyes...

After a few months the melody seemed to suffuse my existence. Driving
to work I'd be thinking:

The Huns on the bus go rape and pillage
or
The snipers on the bus go zip zip zip


My wife didn't think these were appropriate for bedtime...

Regards,
Tom McGlynn
Dad to Greg (1/92) and Catherine (6/95)


Michelle Boyd

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Jul 29, 1995, 3:00:00 AM7/29/95
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How about:

The kids on the bus go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish.
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep.

Michelle

--

Michelle Boyd
Mom to Shelby 5/17/93 and ?? due 10/29/95
artist*wife*mom*quilter*cook*gardener

Reid Kneeland

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In article <DCAxA...@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> kt...@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Katherine Teasley Muth) writes:
>Mommies: shh shh shh
>Daddies: That's OK (patting baby's back)

The Daddies on the bus say
"Get a job!"
"Get a job!"
"Get a job!"

(Courtesy of Bob Lord)

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