Wyngate ES April 2018 - Parody songs about habitats!

It was another great year writing parodies with the excellent teachers and students at Wyngate Elementary School in Bethesda MD! They focused on several different habitats for our topic.

Songs used: Thunder; Feel it Still; Whatever It Takes; Best Day of My Life; Rockabye

Tundra - parody of Thunder by Imagine Dragons

Written by Mrs. Elgin’s class

Verse 1   Tundra (climate)

Verse 2   Jungle (climate)

Verse 3   Tundra (animals and plants)

Verse 4   Jungle (animals and plants)

Chorus compare and contrast and characteristics of habitats

Verse 1

In the Tundra, not much lives there

Empty hillsides with no warm air

It’s the neighbor to the arctic

Let’s leave this dreary place behind

Verse 2

Not a frozen zone

But I’m on my own

Cocoa beans in the rain

Take a whack at a coconut

I’ll tell you what let’s build a tree hut

Tundra, tundra Tundra, tun', tundra

Jun-jun-jungle, jungle, jungle

Tundra, tun', tundra, Jun-jun-jungle, jungle

Tundra, feel the freezing

Arctic hares in the summer

Jungle, hear the monkey

Living in the jungle

Jungle, tundra, jungle

Verse 3

Tons of creatures in the freezing

Wolves and bunnies are calmly sleeping

Where do you think they are?

In their caves watching the North Star.

Verse 4

You be the tiger, you be the King

The Panther’s crucial, It’s mysterious

You may discover new trees

Passion flowers are astounding

Tundra, tundra Tundra, tun', tundra

Jun-jun-jungle, jungle, jungle

Tundra, tun', tundra, Jun-jun-jungle, jungle

Tundra, feel the freezing

Arctic hares in the summer

Jungle, hear the monkey

Living in the jungle

Tundra, feel the freezing

Arctic hares in the summer

Tundra, feel the freezing

Arctic hares in the summer

Jungle, hear the monkey

Living in the jungle

Tundra, feel the freezing

Arctic hares in the summer

Jungle, hear the monkey

Living in the jungle

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Harsh Habitats - parody of Best Day of My Life by American Authors

Written by Mrs. Farrell’s class

Verse 1

The sun does not move very much

The snow is freezing to the touch

The A- a- a- r--artic

A- a- a- r--artic

The summers there are not so long

But flowers still  can come along

The A- a- a- r--artic

A- a- a- r--artic

pre-chorus:

A seals running through the snow

Wha-at, A polar bear’s chasing him

Oh-no please don’t eat me now

chorus: Arctic/ Desert

Burn- burrrrrrn

It’s  gonna be hottest day of my life

In the de-ee-sert

Brr, brrr, brrr

It’s gonna be the coldest day of my life

In the Arrr-tic

verse 2:

The scorching desert full with sand

One second there you’ll get a tan

De--ee--ee- sert

De--ee--ee- sert

Animals can camouflage

It’s so hot you’ll see mirage

De--ee--ee- sert

De--ee--ee- sert

Pre-chorus 2

Scorpion gonna sting me

Ow, a rattlesnake’ll bite me

Yow, Please don’t hurt me now

chorus: Arctic/ Desert

Burn- burrrrrrn

It’s  gonna be hottest day of my life

In the de-ee-sert

Brr, brrr, brrr

It’s gonna be the coldest day of my life

In the Arrr-tic

bridge:

I feel the coldness in my soul

Temperature goes down low low

There’s little rainfall

Chance of plants is so small

No people there at all, all

chorus:

Burn- burrrrrrn

It’s  gonna be hottest day of my life

In the de-ee-sert

Brr, brrr, brrr

It’s gonna be the coldest day of my life

In the Arrr-tic

coda:

This is gonna be, this is gonna be, this is gotta be

The hottest day of my life

Everything is heating up, everybody’s cold now

This is gonna be the coldest day of my life

Harsh habi-tat-ats

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There’s Too Many Snakes - parody of Whatever it Takes by Imagine Dragons written by Mr. Higgins’s class

verse 1:

It’s way too murky to see through this

Alligators extremely dangerous

Water lilies blooming, it’s hard to resist

Turtle shell carapace

verse 2:

The antelopes dashing quickly on the land

Cheetahs and lions want the upper hand

Giraffes trotting on the scorching plains

Wildfire flames, destroys the plains

Pre-chorus:

Chomp, chomp

Chase you like a cheetah

I’m king of the grasslands

You’re not enough for me

Scaley, smiley croc, croc

Queen of the swamp, swamp

Food chain? We’re the top, top

You’re not enough for me

Chorus:

There’s too many snakes

Slithering in the dry grassland plains

Don’t bite me for pe- ete’s sake

While the vultures devour ree-mains

There’s still many snakes

The crocs catch the prey their ready for

A bunch of swamp snakes

The crocodiles come out when it rains

There’s too many snakes

verse 3:

Always had a fear of water snakes

Slithering in the weed’s after lonely drakes

Tangled in the vines everytime the sun bakes

Fish get caught, with a cruel fate

Verse 4:

Lion catching deer in the darkest night

Kangaroos jumping into our plain sight

Gazelles and cheetahs have a savage fight

Sun is blazing bright, sun is spreading light

Pre-chorus

Chomp, chomp

Chase you like a cheetah

I’m king of the grasslands

You’re not enough for me

Scaley, smiley croc, croc

Queen of the swamp, swamp

Food chain? We’re the top, top

You’re not enough for me

Chorus

There’s too many snakes

Slithering in the dry grassland plains

Don’t bite me for pe- ete’s sake

While the vultures devour ree-mains

There’s still many snakes

The crocs catch the prey their ready for

A bunch of swamp snakes

The crocodiles come out when it rains

There’s too many snakes

Bridge:

Covered in the swamp, stay cool in the pool

Crawling round the thick mud silently to get some fuel

Silently sneaking on their prey in the very dark nights

Stalking their prey in the dead night, ready for a bite

Hiding in the high water

Ready to jump and kill some fish for all my daughters

I love this area, but it can’t get any hotter

I had a huge dinner of medium well gazelle

Although I can fight well

I prefer to laze in the river and sleep all day

I have been outside all day with no fresh water

There’s too many snakes

Chorus

There’s too many snakes

Slithering in the dry grassland plains

Don’t bite me for pe- ete’s sake

While the vultures devour ree-mains

There’s still many snakes

The crocs catch the prey their ready for

A bunch of swamp snakes

The crocodiles come out when it rains

There’s too many snakes

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Habitats - parody of Rockabye by Clean Bandit written by Ms. Hum’s class

Verse 1:

High in the trees hear the monkeys

jaguars hunt down little mammals in the darkest trees

Toucans lay high in the canopy

All on their own the birds will come

Berries are yummy (rainforests)

Pre-chorus:

Woodlands leaves fall down

whenever all of the leaves turn brown

Snow piling up on the cold ground

Rainforests never will freeze

It’s raining so hard, you know, it’s gonna be another strong flood

You better hold on to a tree, bud

The rainforests has tropical trees

Chorus:

So, habitats baby, habitats

Trees full of vines

Pesky, annoying little gnats

Don’t you start whining

Habitats baby, habitats

Trees full of vines

Pesky, annoying little gnats

Habitats, no (habitats-habi-habi-habitats) oh

Habitats, yea, yea (habitats-habi-habi-habitats)

Bridge:

Predators, whatchu doin out there?

Chewing the leg of an innocent deer

Jaguars are leaping without no fear

Gorillas roaring like the sound of typhoons

Wolves are always howling at the moon

Alligators love living in lagoons

Grizzly bears can always give off big scares

and sometimes we think that is not fair

Awooooo predators disappear

Camouflage their bodies everywhere

Gray foxes tearing meat off their prey all the time everyday

Predators kill day by day

Verse 2:

Foxes chasing down their prey,

so they can get some food

to feed their kits in the day

The vines are hard to find

Trees are tall, they touch the sky

1st 4 lines of Pre-chorus:

Pre-chorus:

leaves fall down

whenever all of the leaves turn brown

Snow piling up on the cold ground

Rainforests never will freeze

Chorus

So, habitats baby, habitats

Trees full of vines

Pesky, annoying little gnats

Don’t you start whining

Habitats baby, habitats

Trees full of vines

Pesky, annoying little gnats

Habitats, no (habitats-habi-habi-habitats) oh

Habitats, yea, yea (habitats-habi-habi-habitats)

Verse 2:

Foxes chasing down their prey,

so they can get some food

to feed their kits in the day

The vines are hard to find

Trees are tall, they touch the sky

Pre-chorus:

Woodlands leaves fall down

whenever all of the leaves turn brown

Snow piling up on the cold ground

Rainforests never will freeze

It’s raining so hard, you know, it’s gonna be another strong flood

You better hold on to a tree, bud

The rainforests has tropical trees

Chorus

So, habitats baby, habitats

Trees full of vines

Pesky, annoying little gnats

Don’t you start whining

Habitats baby, habitats

Trees full of vines

Pesky, annoying little gnats

Habitats, no (habitats-habi-habi-habitats) oh

Habitats, yea, yea (habitats-habi-habi-habitats)

Coda:

Animals high, animals low

Where the plants grow, when prey is slow

predators go, hunting you know

Animals help each other to grow

Spider monkeys, fruits they throw

Tigers roar to scare their foe and now you know

Spider monkeys, fruits they throw

Animals help each other grow

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Is It Living? parody of Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man written by Ms. Worley’s class

Verse 1:

The Ocean’s filled with fish

Ocean’s waving round, making a humongous swish

bright coral reef will shine in the sun

Blue whales weigh a ton

Chorus 1:

Ooh whoo. I’m a starfish in the ocean

Ocean water flowing with a graceful motion

In the jungle now, see me running around

Ooh woo, I’m hidden in the sea now

Let me hunt it like it’s 1986 meow

I might be a baby but I still have fangs

Verse 2:

Mama panda with her cub

Living in the rainforest, by the lovely waterfall

King Cobra climbing up

Is that tiger eating you up?

Chorus 1:

Ooh whoo. I’m a starfish in the ocean

Ocean water flowing with a graceful motion

In the jungle now, see me running around

Ooh woo, I’m hidden in the sea now

Let me hunt it like it’s 1986 meow

I might be a baby but I still have fangs

Bridge:

Shark’ll bite you on the knee (pause)

If the black sea’s where you’re swimming

Be careful of that jellyfish

Start stinging all it’s enemies

In the rainforest we are dangerous

I will give you a tip

Snakes in the jungle spit ve-nom from their fangs

Don’t bother it!

Is it living? (5x)

Is it living still?

Chorus 2:

Ooh woo, lots of animals and plants, now

Millions of ants are creeping up your pants, ow

Countless schools of fish visiting the reef

Ooh woo, lots of animals and plants, now

Seeing monkeys in trees in my dreams, wow

Countless schools of fish visiting the reef

Ooh woo, lots of animals and plants, now

Millions of ants are creeping up your pants, ow

Countless schools of fish visiting the reef

Rainforests and Oceans

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Triadelphia Ridge ES 2013

Just found these while cleaning up files! Students were studying science concepts: heat and light

Let's Go Camping (Parody of Call Me Maybe)

I threw a stick in the flames

Let's play some campfire games

Wherever my flashlight aims

Will be all we can see  

I'll build a fire for heat

Roasting marshmallows to eat

To make our campsite complete

Need a flashlight to see

pre-chorus:

I am making fire

Burning flames getting higher

Making me perspire 

Jumping in the ice cold river

[chorus]

It's scorching outside

And I'm all sweaty

The sun is shining

Could burn spaghetti

It's hard to get cool

When I'm baking

That tree looks shady 

It stops my shaking

[verse 2]

The light refracts off the lake

So now we are all awake

Since our tent isn't opaque

Let's eat and have a hike

Your tent was opaque and dark

It cast a giant mark

Transparent wrap over smores

Let's try to eat them all 

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Bridge:

It burned into a squishy mess

It tasted so bad

It tasted so bad

It tasted so so bad

It burned into a squishy mess

It tasted so bad

So don't you eat that

It tasted so, so bad

It's hard to get cool (quiet)

When I'm baking

That tree look shady 

It stops my shaking

Chorus

Bridge

Coda

Now, let's go camping!

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Camping in the Fall (Parody of Rolling in Deep)

verse 1:

There's a fire starting in my tent

Reaching my sleeping bag I’ve got no common sense

Insulating me through my long long sleep

Hope I can get out of here or I will start to weep

verse 2:

Transparency is when light passes through

There is translucency in Jimmy’s glasses too

There's an opaque log in our blazing fire

I’m wearing a fuzzy coat, it’s making me perspire

pre-chorus:

The cozy campfire gives us warm light

use the flashlight when the fires out at night

the sun out all day leaves me sweaty

I can't wait to go

chorus:

we're camping in the fall

hiking in the heat.

You had my marshmallow in your hand

and it melted on your feet.

verse 3:

Hey I just dropped my cellphone in the lake

My reflected face showed my heartbreak

I think of my android and I’m wailing in despair

Oops I also see the reflection of a bear

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Heat It

Verse 1

Cooking my eggs over a campfire one night

My metal pot conducted heat, was quite a sight

The insulated  handle means that I have no fright

So heat it, just heat it

Verse 2

Heat transfers from fire to my cold marshmallow

Sizzled and got gooey, fell on my pillow

It was icky it was  sticky  and I screamed “OH NO!”

So heat it, transfer the energy

Chorus

Heat it, heat it, heat it, heat it

Sunlight gives you heat when needed

Burning hot sphere, shining so bright

Transferring energy, heat comes from light

Just heat it, just heat it

Verse 3

My new tent is translucent so inside I can see

There is a dark opaque bear chasing after me

My hiding place had a lot of transparency

So light it, just light it

Verse 4

Light bouncing back means that it is reflecting

Its bouncing off a mirror like it was a spring

If you look in the water you can see light bending

So light it, but you want it to absorb

Refrain

Shine it, shine it, shine it, shine it

Using a prism and a flash light

Showing the colors, they are so bright

Spectrum reverses back to white light

Chorus

Just heat it, heat it, heat it, heat it

Sunlight gives you heat when needed

Burning hot sphere, shining so bright

Transferring energy, heat comes from light

Just heat it, just heat it

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Westbrook ES November 2017

A great time at a great school. I love the students, teachers, and parents at Westbrook. This was my 7th time writing parodies with them.
Songs used: Treat You Better; Thunder; Radioactive

Feed You Better - parody of Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes

v1:

After World War 2

There wasn’t enough food for you

A little girl named Katje got a box and she was dancing

Tore it open and chose to share

The Americans helped Holland and sent food and clothing

Wrote Rosie saying thanks that you care

Chorus:

People starved in Holland after World War 2

After the allies crushed them through and through

After a lot of time

After a ton of crimes

Rosie sent them needed supplies

Like mittens, sweets, and underwear

And all her love too

v2:

Rosie gave supplies

The people rose like a bright sunrise

With Rosie’s help the town survived the winter

Boxes came, it was a prize

Families so grateful, and wanted to give back

Tulips for a spring surprise

Chorus

And all her love too

Bridge:

Trouble in town

Made the people all frown

Boxes from Rosie arrived

Walk in their shoes

Cause this story, it’s true

Would you help all your neighbors to thrive?

Chorus

And all her love too

And all her love too

And all her love too

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Ooka and the Honest Thief - parody of Thunder by Imagine Dragons

A Japanese judge with a quick mind

Ooka’s his name, he was wise and kind

Yahichi’s rice was being stolen 

He wasn’t sure who was the rice thief

Ooka hiding in the rice store

In the dark, find the thief

That’s his plan to arrest him, at the front door

He had no clue, the thief was so poor.

Ooka Ooka clever  Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

Ooka wise old Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

 Ooka clever Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

Ooka wise old Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

Ooka! Ooka

It was Gonta who was stealing

Raging hunger he was feeling

Who do you think you are?

The way that you’re stealing is bizarre

Ooka’s judgement you’ll get a good job

Honest Gonta doesn’t have to rob

But you gotta pay the rice back

Life is better when you’re honest                   

Ooka clever Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

Ooka wise old Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

 Ooka clever Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

Ooka wise old Ooka

Catch the thief it was Ooka Ooka

                           

Gonta honest Gonta

Paid it back it was Gonta Gonta

Gonta trusty Gonta

Paid it back it was Gonta Gonta

 Gonta honest Gonta

Paid it back it was Gonta Gonta

Gonta trusty Gonta

Paid it back it was Gonta Gonta

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Rough Face Girl - parody of Radioactive by Imagine Dragons - By: Ms. O’Connell’s Class 

Verse 1:
A great wigwam, a handsome guy
Two evil sisters, they want to try
To marry him, invisible
ooooo
They glided past, he’s in the sky
They can’t see him, so they have to lie
That is it, no second chance
Oh no

Chorus 1:
The sisters’ hearts are cold as winter ice
They’ll never make a sacrifice
Welcome to the guest seat, to the guest seat
You’re no longer welcome, to his wigwam
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, those snotty windbags, self-centered windbags
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, very self-centered, they’re total losers

Verse 2:
No moccasins, no pretty clothes
But out into the great wide world she goes
She sees his face in everything
Whoa
The wise sister, she gives a quiz
The rough face girl answers with a grin
She is the one and that is it
Whoa

Chorus 2:
The rough face girl, she’s humble, scarred and kind
Majestic beauty in her eyes
Welcome to the wife’s seat, to the wife’s seat
Welcome to the wigwam, to the wigwam
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, she has a pure heart, she has a pure heart
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, she has a pure heart, they’ll never be apart

Bridge:
My sisters go, my chance hasn’t died
It matters more, what’s on the inside

Chorus 3:
I’m waking up, I see him in the sky
And maybe one day he’ll be mine
I’m inside his wigwam, inside his wigwam
I’m inside his wigwam, inside his wigwam
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, his bow’s the rainbow, it makes the sky glow
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, his bow’s the rainbow, may their true love grow