Children's Songs

[Grant Barrett]

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has collected the words of
"children's songs." I use the quotes to indicate that some of the songs are more
probably called "songs everybody knows part, but not all, of."

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/musicchild.htm

Here's one favorite:

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/worms.htm

My version:
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
I'm gonna eat some works.
Ooey gooey, nice and chewy,
I'm gonna eat some worms.

Their Version I:

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
Guess I'll go eat worms,
Long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones,
Itsy, bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms.

Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.
Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.

Version II:
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
Think I'll go eat worms.
Big fat juicy ones, Eensie weensy squeensy ones,
See how they wiggle and squirm.

Chomp off their heads and squeeze out the juice
And throw their tails away
Nobody knows how I survive
On worms three times a day.

Version III:
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me
I'm goin' down the garden to eat worms
Long thin slimy ones, short fat fuzzy ones
Ooey gooey, ooey gooey worms

Long thin slimy ones slip down easily
Short fat fuzzy ones don't
Short fat fuzzy ones stick to your teeth
And the juice goes slurpin' (slurping noise) down your throat

Version IV:
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
think I'll go eat worms...
big fat juicy ones, little slimy skinny ones,
hope they don't have germs!"