THE DOODLEBUG SONG

When I was a kid, tell you what I did
To pass the time away
I looked all around until I found
A doodle hole and I'd say--

Doodle, doodle, doodle-- BUG, BUG, BUG
Doodle, doodle, doodle-- BUG, BUG, BUG
That doodlebug come out and looked all around
And doodled back in the ground

What a pleasure for me, in the wild to see
That doodle coming out
I'd gaze on down and in the ground
I'd twist his tail about

I don't know why to the doodle I'd lie
But this is what I'd say
Oh your house is afire and your children are crying
Oh, doodle, come up this way

Now that I'm old I wish I did own
A doodle piece of ground
I'd go out each day and with him I'd stay
And happiness would abound

First 3 verses from the Georgia Yellowhammers, last from Jeff Warner & Jeff Davis. I love this song.

Note: If singing this in schools, add motion! Tell the kids to jump up in the chorus as the D "jumps up" and then "look around" and then sit back down slowly as they doodle back in the ground. Works great, but don't make this the LAST song unless they are about to have Recess as the kids get very excited.