music monday

For fun I am going to try and post more days again! I can't promise I will be writing a lot of content, I still only get a moment here and there where I can blog. The girls are no longer napping simultaneously! Boo hoo! I still have ideas of what I want to share so I've made myself a little schedule.

I think the titles should make things clear...
Music Monday

Reading Wednesday

Funny Friday

I love singing with kids, I even ran a music group for babies and toddlers before I had kids! Ada loves to sing and Olive loves to dance and so I am trying to encourage these things. Today's Music Monday will be Rocking Robin. Recorded by Bobby Day in 1958 and covered by the Jackson Five in 1972 this song has been key to many a dance party for decades. Weren't things innocent once? Look at the lyrics below and watch the great moves from 1957 below!

Hoppin' and a boppin' and a singing his song
All the little birds on Jaybird Street
love to hear the robin go "Tweet, tweet, tweet"

chorus 1
Rockin' robin
Rockin' robin
Blow rockin' robin 'cos we're really gonna rock tonight

verse 2
Ev'ry little swallow, ev'ry chickadee
Ev'ry little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
flap their wings singing "Go bird go"

chorus 2
Rockin' robin
Rockin' robin
Blow rockin' robin 'cos we're really gonna rock tonight

middle 8
Pretty little raven at the bird bandstand
taught him how to do the bop and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole