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Thread #21936 Message #235807
Posted By: paddymac
30-May-00 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: I hate to be nit-picking but... (nit-picking songs
Subject: RE: BS: I hate to be nit-picking but...
When I was a kid, we called them "cooties". I looked under that name in the DT and found a song called "Army Bugs", sung to the melody of "Sweet Bye & Bye". There's only one verse given, so you might want to come up with others. But that creative process could make the whole thing more interesting to the kids involved - just think, a chance to write your very own "cooties song". I recall a Japanese expression for the wee critters, that included both varieties. Please forgive the spelling, but I think it was "chisai tomodachi", or "little friends".