Triadelphia Ridge ES Songwriting!
Triadelphia Ridge Elementary 2015:
Grades 3 & 4 write some great stuff!
Songs used this year:
Immortals
Trouble When You Walked In
Uptown Funk
Call Me Maybe
All About that Bass
Shut Up and Dance with Me
Beat It
Topics: grade 3 - weather; grade 4 - Maryland history
This is a big residency for me - seven classrooms! Seven parodies written and performed in seven days! Whew.
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Precipitation - parody of Immortals by Fall Out Boy - Big Hero Six soundtrack
verse 1:
They say clouds are fluffy
But they don't have to be
A cirrus is so high but really thin and wispy
I'll be the watcher (watcher) of all the stratus clouds
I’ll be the weather man on all your t.v.’s
pre-chorus:
O-o-o-o-o-oh, o-o-o-o-oh
I am the drop at the bottom of the rain gauge
O-o-o-o-o-oh, o-o-o-o-oh
I’ll try to find the thermometer but I can’t
chorus:
'Cause we can make a snowman snowman
heat melts it away
from the clouds precipitations coming down
day by day by day
chorus tag:
We like precipita-a-a-a-a-a-a-ation
precipita-a-a-a-a-a-a-ation
precipita-a-a-a-a-a-a-ation
precipita-a-a-a-a-a-a-ation
verse 2:
Sometimes disasters can happen in any place
tornado coming to destroy your whole town
The snow is piling high, blizzard gives you frostbite
They salt the roads it’s an amazing height
pre-chorus 2:
O-o-o-o-o-oh, o-o-o-o-oh
I am measuring the wind with a wind vane
O-o-o-o-o-oh, o-o-o-o-oh
I’ll try to measure with a rain gauge but I can’t
chorus 2:
Could be precipitation pretation
Its like hail rain and snow
Forever now lots of black ice on the ground
It just might make you fall
chorus tag:
tons of precipita-a-a-a-a-a-ation pretation
precipita-a-a-a-a-ation pretation
precipita-a-a-a-a-ation pretation
precipita-a-a-a-a-ation pretation
Chorus 3:
Could be precipit-a-a-a-a-a-ation pretation
Its like hail rain and snow
Forever now all the water comes from clouds
The rain is falling down
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Save My Granny, parody of Call Me Maybe
Saw clouds and wind in the sky
In hurricanes you can die
And now I’m not going to lie
So you better stay safe
I went outside to play ball
Tornado tore off the wall
I saw a skyscraper fall
Basement is where I hide
Get in the basement
Close all the cold air vents
Harm we try to prevent
Cause I have to save my Granny
Hey, there’s a fast flood,
and it’s coming
It’s heading this way,
And we’re all running!
Haz-er-dous weather,
we’re succumbing
With safety knowledge,
We’re overcoming
Hey, there’s a fast flood,
and it’s coming
It’s heading this way,
And we’re all running!
Tor-na-do crashed through
So we’re leaving
With safety knowledge,
We’re overcoming
I saw some snow on the ground
The blizzard might be earthbound
The hats and gloves that I found
So I don’t get frost-bite
There’s a torrential down-pour
We better shut the front the door
And now it’s flooding the floor
Better get sand bags
Get in the basement
Close all the cold air vents
Harm we try to prevent
Cause I have to save my Granny
Hey, there’s a fast flood,
and it’s coming
It’s heading this way,
And we’re all running!
Haz-er-dous weather, we’re succumbing
With safety knowledge,
We’re overcoming
Hey, there’s a fast flood,
and it’s coming
It’s heading this way,
And we’re all running!
Tor-na-do crashed through
So we’re leaving
With safety knowledge,
We’re overcoming
Ther-mom-eter is low
Cause it was so cold
Cause it was so cold
Cause it was so, so cold
Ther-mom-eter is high
Cause it is so hot
And you should know that
Cause it is so, so hot
Haz-er-dous weather, we’re succumbing
With safety knowledge,
We’re overcoming
Tor-na-do crashed through
So we’re leaving
With safety knowledge,
We’re overcoming
Ther-mom-eter is low
Cause it was so cold
Cause it was so cold
Cause it was so, so cold
Ther-mom-eter is high
Cause it is so hot
And you should know that
Cause it is so, so hot
Save my Granny!
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Mrs. Oxenham’s class parody of Uptown Funk
verse 1:
Hey guys it’s Leonard
Guess what I just overheard
This place I’ll take for me
Because I’m gonna be wealthy
Diamonds, crystals, taking over the city
Got crowns on with fancy clothes
Got kiss myself I’m so rich
pre-chorus 1:
I’m too rich (rich, yeah)
Call three servants that bring me some ham
I’m too rich (rich, yeah)
Make King Charles wanna retire man
I’m too rich (rich, yeah)
Say my name, Calvert, know who I am
I’m too rich (rich, yeah)
Spending all my money on diamonds man
chorus 1:
Since the Brits are being very cruel
Let’s sail somewhere new and cool
Since the Brits are being very cruel
‘Cuz the Ark and the Dove are sailing through
‘Cuz the Ark and the Dove are sailing through
‘Cuz the Ark and the Dove are sailing through
Saturday night and we realize
That Leonard Calvert came right through
Ooooh-my! His dad is Lord Baltimore
Ooooh-my! His dad is Lord Baltimore
His dad is Lord Baltimore
His dad is Lord Baltimore
He owns all of our decor
He owns all of our decor
Run, run, run, go!
Verse two:
Stop, just set the sails
Fill my cup, put some grog in it
Take a sip, get seasick
Matthias, get the wheel
Ride onto the Chesapeake
St. Clements, Maryland
What if it gets way too crowded
Let’s show up in a bigger new land
pre-chorus 2:
A wigwam (my house)
All the tribes they are fighting today
A wigwam (my house)
Potomacs battle the Piscataways
A wigwam (my house)
Dig out canoes to lead the way
A wigwam (my house)
Gotta hunt so I can eat; yummy meat!
chorus
M - D - history
MD history
(sing 4x)
coda:
Saturday night and we realize
That Leonard Calvert came right through
Ooooh-my! His dad is Lord Baltimore
Ooooh-my! His dad is Lord Baltimore
His dad is Lord Baltimore
His dad is Lord Baltimore
He owns all of our decor
He owns all of our decor
Run, run, run, go!
M - D - history
MD history
(sing 4x)
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All About the States, parody of All About that Bass
chorus:
Because you know I’m all about the states, ‘bout the states
No British
I’m all about the states, ‘bout the states
No British
I’m all about the states, ‘bout the states
No British
I’m all about the states, ‘bout the states
verse 1:
Yeah it’s pretty clear we need to fire now
Because a bomb’s coming to wipe at Fort McHenry out
‘Cuz I got those cannons that are pointing at their base
All the right shots in all the right places
verse 2:
Those rotten British guys S-Dog he saw them too
He ordered all the men, and told them what to do
Joshua Barney Barney tried to hold them back
And the city was defended from the British coming through
pre-chorus 2:
Yeah, the people of Fort McHenry said,”I’ll be alright”
Sha-ooh, wup wup, sha-ooh, wup wup
They said Baltimore was holding back British ships all night
Stop fighting fighting uh, stop fighting fighting
Everybody was under attack at Bladensburg
Sha-ooh, wup wup, sha-ooh, wup wup
With the bombs going boom
And Baltimore at its worst
chorus
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I Knew It Would Rain, parody of I Knew You Were Trouble
verse 1:
Once upon a time
While staring at the sky
Saw a stressless cloud
It was way up high
It terrified me, It scared me
It frightened me-ee-ee-ee-ee
It was puffy and gray
It looks like it would rain
Then I ran inside, started to complain
Don’t soak me, don’t squirt me, don’t spray me-ee-ee-ee-ee
pre-chorus 1:
The colds long gone
When the sun is next to me
And I realize it’s 90°
chorus 1:
I knew it would rain when I saw the clouds
My pants are soaking wet
The rain is pouring on me now
Hail is now a threat
I knew it would snow when I saw the clouds
And it made me upset
And now the kids are screaming loud
Precipitation on the cold hard ground
Ho, ho, weather, weather, weather
Ho, ho, weather, weather, weather
verse 2:
Working at our desks
Hurricane came by
The school got lifted up
We jumped into the sky
We’re soaring, we are spinning,
We’re falling-ing-ing-ing-ing
The rain came pouring down
It turned into a flood
We splashed into the lake
Got covered in mud
We’re drowning, we’re floating
We’re swimming-ing-ing-ing-ing
pre-chorus 2:
The thermometer
It was mostly red
And I realize I’m starting to sweat
chorus
bridge:
And the climate zones
There’s three of them
Like a temperate, and the polar, and the tropical
Yeah!
coda:
That’s all the weather for today
Weather, weather, weather
Bunch of disasters happened today
Weather, weather, weather
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The Rain is Falling Down, parody of Shut Up and Dance with Me
chorus 1:
The rain is falling down
The hail is hitting hard
I cannot see the ground
She said this storm is hitting hard
The snow is covering my car
Precipitation
It will flood your backyard
verse 1:
They were floating through the sky
Water droplets all together up high
They can block the sunlight from your eyes
Our fluffy beautiful cumulus
Beautiful cumulus
pre-chorus 1:
Where’s the rain gauge
Thermometer is dropping
The windsocks pointing north
chorus 2:
Oh don’t you dare come here
The sun went to hide
Precipitation’s here
Rain and hail filled up the sky
My rain hat’s leaking on my head
I said Ooh-ooh-ooh
Precipitation’s here
verse 2:
I saw a Hurricane slamming down
Blizzards are zipping down in my hometown
Tornadoes ripping up the soggy ground
I knew we barely stayed alive
Barely stay alive
pre-chorus 2:
It’s 10°
I don’t know how it happened
We went outside and she said
chorus 1
bridge:
It is so cold
I need my winter jacket
I’m gonna get frostbite
pre-chorus 2
chorus 2
coda:
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Precipitation’s here
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Leave Us, parody of Beat It
verse 1:
We told the British never come around here
You overtaxed our tea, you better disappear
When we kick you out you’ll be shivering with fear
So get out, Just get out
verse 2:
We’d better sign the declaration today
Or else the Brits will cause a war and make us pay
We want independence and will never obey
We’ll sign it, even if it means war
chorus:
Just leave us, leave us, leave us, leave us
No one wants to lose their freedom
Show’m how we fight, throw’m in the sea
We will never let you tax all our tea
Just leave us (leave us), just leave us (leave us)
Just leave us (leave us), just leave us (leave us)
verse 3:
They are very angry, the ships full of tea
The tax is very high let’s throw it in the sea
If we want to stay alive we might have to flee
So burn it, just burn it
Don’t worry about us, Washington is here
Before all you Brits know it, you will disappear
If you want to stay alive, just don’t stay here
So beat it, beat it, Just beat it, beat it
verse 4:
We have to show them that we’re ready to fight
They have a better gear, but we have even more might
We will hunt them down until the end of the night
We’ll beat ‘em, that’s what rebellions do
chorus
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