LYRICS TO SONGS ON MOST AMAZING TRUCK, TRAIN & PLANE SONGS
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EARTH MOVERS
( Dance Of The Hours by Ponchielli)
Lyrics by Dennis Westphall
My bulldozer I suppose her
deisel engine is why I chose her
With hydraulics, she's a beauty
With a body made of steel, she's heavy duty
Now together, us forever, pushing dirt with just a lever
With her steel blade I adore her
And the Earth moves every time I get aboard her
Now my backhoe is my dreamdate, with her shovel, she's my soulmate
Digging ditches, she's so supple
and together, making holes, we're quite the couple
Heavy loads are in her bucket
She can scoop it, she can hup it
She's a beauty my excavator
I'm so lucky as a backhoe operator
You can have your fancy car so squeaky clean
I want pistons for heavy liftin'
Just give me lots of dirt and my machine
We can plow straight through the substrate
Or we can pile up a dream hill
Dozer purrin', feel her stirrin'
In the dirt, in the dirt
My track loader I feel closer
Every time I get to load her
Scooping bucket, so much power
She can lift a lot of tonnage every hour
On her two tracks she manuvers
Not a tractor can out do her
Moving rubble, hauling stone
I feel just like a king upon my throne
To drive a little tractor's not so much
Give me big claws with those steel jaws
For my massage my backhoe has the touch
Steel vibratin' vertebrae and
I lean back and say AHHHHH
Backhoe stratchin' on my back and
In the dirt In the dirt
Give me backhoes and bulldozers
Heavy buckets on front loaders
All my true loves bring contentment
When I'm snuggled up beside heavy equipment
WHEELS
( Rosinni - William Tell Overture)
Lyrics by Dennis Westphall
CHORUS
On a roll, on a roll, we're on a roll (2X)
Wheels are on a roll you know
On a roll, on a roll, we're on a roll
Wheels are on the go
It's hard to roll a triangle, it's hard to roll a trapezoid
It's hard to roll a perfect square, with four sides you'll be annoyed
Paralellogram's you see cannot roll so easily
It's hard to roll a rectangle it bumps along unevenly
In someone's head wheels start spinning around
A new idea caused the wheel to be found
CHORUS
Put a wheel onto a cart to carry more is really smart
Put a wheel onto a bike you can roll instead of hike
Put a wheel onto a car you can drive it very far
Put a wheel onto the tracks a train will take you there and back
In someone's head wheels start spinning around
A new idea caused the wheel to be found
BRIDGE
Take the wheel an invention so ideal
Inspirational, sensational, something motivational
A big deal when the world discovered wheels
Someone's notion put in motion many things that had stood still
Putting wheels onto a chair
Move around while sitting there
Putting chairs onto a wheel high up on a ferriswheel
Put a wheel onto a bus an omnibus holds lots of us
Put a wheel onto a truck, for heavy loads you won't get stuck
In someone's head wheels start spinning around
A new idea caused the wheel to be found
CHORUS
A wheel with horses up and down, carousel is spinning round
Make a wheel a table top turn some clay into a pot
Wheels of rubber, wheels of wood, wheels of steel can do some good
Wheels have moved through history five thousand years still movin' me
In someone's head wheels start spinning around
A new idea caused the wheel to be found
CHORUS Wheels are rolling round and round and round Wheels are on a
roll
TRANSPORTATION
©1993
Music and lyrics by Dennis Westphall
Many, many ways for transportation,
Start with your feet walk place to place
Some ride an elephant, some ride a horse
Some ride a camel or donkey, See how they move me
Bicycle, tricycle, unicycle, motorcycle
All kinds of wheels roll under me
Ricksha, rollerblades, wheelchair, rollerskates,
Wagons, trailers carry me. See how they move
Minivan, sedan, station wagon, schoolbus,
RV's, cars and pickup trucks
Skate board, snow board, paddle board, surf board
Sail board, ice skates, sled or skis. See how they move me
Steamboat, motorboat, paddleboat, rowboat
Sailboat, tugboat, ferry or canoe
Battleship, big ship, hydrofoil
A submarine will move you too
Freight train, bullet train, monorail, subway
Streetcar, trolleycar, ridin the rails
Airplane, seaplane, biplane, jetplane
Helicopter, airship, rocketship see how they move me
Many, many ways for transportation
Here and there and everywhere
See how they move me
ROCKET ON
( Knickerbocker )
Lyrics by Dennis Westphall
Hey there astronauts rocketing on
You look so good out in the great beyond
Let's hope that the countdown is starting soon
Have a good launch, blasting off to the moon
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Have a good launch blasting to the moon
Hey there astronauts rocketing on
You look so good out in the great beyond
Let's hope the rocket fuel will give us the power
To fly at 25,000 miles per hour
Rocket on burning up the rocket gas
Rocket on altitude is climbing fast
Rocket on strappin' in we're flying past
at 25,000 miles per hour
Hey there astronauts rocketing on
You look so good out in the great beyond
A power boost, engine thrustin'
Time for some altitude adjustin'
Rocket on Take away the gravity
Rocket on G force a grabbin' me
Rocket on Weightless, I'm happily
Going for some altitude adjustin'
Rocket on take me into outerspace
Rocket on to a planetary place
Rocket on find a comet we can race
Take a little trip in my rocketship
Hey there astronauts rocketing on
You look so good out in the great beyond
Let's hope the satellite on our rocketship
Is ready to circle in an earth orbit
Rocket on puttin up a satellite
Rocket on orbiting the earth tonight
Rocket on just a little point of light
Ready to circle in an earth orbit
Hey there astronauts rocketing on
You look so good out in the great beyond
We know the space shuttle is ready to explore
Experiment and research some more
Rocket on a home away from home we've got
Rocket on a shuttle for the astronaut
Rocket on outerspace is just the spot
to experiment, research and explore
Hey there astronauts rocketing on
You look so good out in the great beyond
I know it's a weightless occupation
Can't wait to hook up to the old space station
Rocket on you can be an astronaut
Rocket on a science that you'll like alot
Rocket on space is a cold spot
To have an occupation in the space station
Rocket on you can be an astronaut
Rocket on a science that you'll like alot
Rocket on space is a cold spot
To have an occupation in space station
Rocket on
Rocket on
Rocket on
JITTERIN' JALOPY
Words and music by Dennis Westphall
When I was young, our family travelled around in an old car. She was our
jalopy. She had an ooga horn, two head lights that looked like big bug
eyes, a giant trunk and an engine that sputtered down the road. With a
little coaxing, she always made the trip. This was our Betsey.
Let's go riding in the old jalopy
Puttin' down the road the old horn goes ah oo ga (ah oo ga )
Ah oo ga ( ah oo ga )
I want the front seat, sister wants the window
Strap baby brother in the back, with a snack
Betsey bump biddy bumps biddy bump biddy bumps
Betsey bump biddy biddy biddy bumps
CHORUS
Boing, boing, bounce, bounce
Spring, sproing, up, down
Shimmy on the shocks
In our jit jit jitterin' jalopy (2X )
Let's go ridin' in the old jalopy
Chug a lug in low the engine goes
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Passin' up a freight train countin' all the box cars
Wave at everyone going by, saying HI
Betsey bump biddy bumps biddy bump biddy bumps
Betsey bump biddy biddy biddy bumps
CHORUS
BRIDGE
As jalopies go, she's a very old soul
But a trusty friend, gets us round the bend
Going to the circus, going to the park
Make a trip to the store, she always starts
with a little bitty push
CHORUS
Let's go ridin' in the old jalopy
Take a little trip to the country "Let's go"
Everyone's drivin' mom and dad crazy
I'm a co-pilot, baby brother steering
Sister making faces, smearing up the window
Sputtin' up the hill, winding up the mountain
Gettin' kinda slow, lighten up the load by
Throwin' out the cookies, pushin' on the dashboard
Everybody sayin' "Come on, come on Betsey"
Goin' to the top biddy bump biddy Betsey
Gettin out to push biddy bump biddy Betsey
Huffin' and a puffin' biddy bump biddy Betsey
Closer to the top biddy bump biddy Betsey
Made it to the top biddy bump biddy Betsey
Pile in the car biddy bump biddy Betsey
Coastin' down the hill biddy bump biddy Betsey
We're pickin' up speed biddy bump biddy Betsey
Goin' kinda fast biddy bump biddy Betsey
Hold on tight biddy bump biddy Betsey
Hold on tight biddy bump biddy Betsey
Hold on tight biddy bump biddy Betsey
Out for a Sunday drive We went
CHORUS
BLIMP WALTZ
( Johann Strauss - Waltz - Tales of the Vienna Woods )
Lyrics by Dennis Westphall
Away up there in my balloon
Floating there just like a moon
It will come as no surprise
Filled with hot air, you will rise
Take me where the winds may blow
Without a care look out below
Comfy, sit in your basket
You can have a sky picnic in a flying high basket
Quiet ridin' keeps you glidin'
High above the ground you float
Playing in the clouds you go
You're the moon in a hot air balloon
Lighter than air, you can fly there
A bubble blowin' up on the wind
An airy affair, I'll meet you there
Take time to follow all of your whims
May I have this dance and ride
All across the countryside
We can all balloon in the air ballroom
A splendid trip on an airship
Take a trip in my airship
A zeppelin and then a blimp
Filled with helium you rise
Like a melon in the sky
With an engine you can go
Navigating to and fro
Piloting a 1,2,3
You can be a waltzing blimp dancing on the air current
In gondolas with violas
Floating in your zeppelin
Waltzing on a gentle wind
You can soar on an airy dance floor
Lighter than air, you can fly there
A bubble blowin' up on the wind
An airy affair, I'll meet you there
Take time to follow all of your whims
May I have this dance and ride
All across the countryside
We can all balloon in the air ballroom
A splendid trip on an airship
AEROBATICS
(Pop Goes The Weasel)
Lyrics by Dennis Westphall
I love to go barnstorming, flying aerobatics
An aeroshow on the wing and do some crazy antics
Take a walk out on a wing, do a flying head stand
Barnstorming is quite a trick for flying aerobatics
My plane can do a clover leaf in the sunny weather
To make a four leaf clover I connect four loops together
Loop and loop and loop and loop, a lucky day for flying
To make a perfect clover leaf, there's nothing I like better
My plane can do a hammerhead, a scary stunt I've found
I fly straight up until I stall then turn myself around
Hammerhead straight to the ground, the Earth is getting closer
Just in time, zooming up, I barely miss the ground
My plane can do a barrell roll, I begin a turning
Flying, while I'm spinning round, I am always learning
Barrell roll, I control, I get a little dizzy
A barrell roll is something that can start my stomach churning
My plane can do a loop t loop, circling around
Flying high, then upside down and round, back to the ground
Loop t loop and looping high, loop t loop a circle
Loop t looping way up high, I make it big and round
My plane can do manuvers you combine, it's very thrilling
Put them all together and you are whifferdilling
Clover leaf, hammerhead, barrell roll, loop t loop
A whifferdill is quite a thrill for anyone that's willing
I love to go barnstorming, flying aerobatics
An aeroshow on the wing and do some crazy antics
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
I've been woring on the railroad all the live long day
I've been working on the railroad just to pass ther time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the captain shouting(Slow tempo)
Dinah blow your horn
Repeat 1st verse at fast tempo
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow
Dinah won't you blow your hor or orn
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow
Dinah won't you blow your horn
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone's in the kitchen I know
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Strummin on the old banjo
And singing fee fi fiddle ee i o
Fee fi fiddle ee i o o o o
Fee fi fiddle ee i oh
Strummin on the old banjo
Instrumental break
Repeat 1st verse