For me it was 5th grade? san diego,CA 1981?

I think this was the final refrain...

"I'm going to find the rainbows end,

And I may not pass this way again,

so lets go climb a mountain, mister,

Drink from a bubbling fountain, sister,

come along stranger

Come along Frieeeeeend---

...For I may not pass this way again."

as I recall ech very would introduce another person --- Mister then Sister --- but I could be wrong.


Sorry, that's all I (think I) remember.

if you guys find it, please let me know. I'd love a copy of that book. Happiest part of my life in San Diego (not that SD was bad).

Kookaburra was in there. The other song that sticks in my head was another song I considered bewitching,

The Erie Canal

Words and Music By: William S. Allen

I've got a mule,
Her name is Sal,
Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.
She's a good old worker
And a good old pal,
Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.
We've hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal and hay
And ev'ry inch of the way I know
From Albany to Buffalo.

Low Bridge, ev'rybody down,
For it's Low Bridge,
We're coming to a town!
You can always tell your neighbor,
You can always tell your pal,
If you've ever navigated
On the Erie Canal.
Low Bridge, ev'rybody down,
For it's Low Bridge,
We're coming to a town!
You can always tell your neighbor,
You can always tell your pal,
If you've ever navigated
On the Erie Canal.

We better get along
On our way, old gal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
Cause you bet your life
I'd never part with Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
Git up there, mule, here comes a lock,
We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock.
One more trip and back we'll go
Right back home to Buffalo.

Low Bridge, ev'rybody down,
For it's Low Bridge,
We're coming to a town!
You can always tell your neighbor,
You can always tell your pal,
If you've ever navigated
On the Erie Canal.
Low Bridge, ev'rybody down,
For it's Low Bridge,
We're coming to a town!
You can always tell your neighbor,
You can always tell your pal,
If you've ever navigated
On the Erie Canal.

I hope that helps you guys in nailing down the book. I'll check back.