ADD: Stay in Your Own Backyard (Kennett/Udall)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stay in Your Own Backyard (Kennett/Udall)
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Dec 16 - 09:07 PM

My mother sang this all the time and I sang it to my children, grandchildren and now my great grandchildren and discuss the bullying lesson
Still makes me terry eyed

There are several other songs she also sang

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stay in Your Own Backyard (Kennett/Udall)
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 14 Feb 18 - 01:48 PM

The sheet music is available here if anyone is still around for this thread.   My father used to sing this song to me back in the 1940s and I found this site on the internet.

https://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-75824_stay_in_your_own_backyard.html

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stay in Your Own Backyard (Kennett/Udall)
From: GUEST,Michelle McInerney
Date: 10 Feb 22 - 05:46 AM

I am 64; my grandmother sang this song to me when I was very small. It made such an impact on me. But what puzzles me is that she lived in a rural community in south Australia. I am so glad I have finally found all the lyrics as I could only remember the chorus. Oh how I did adore my grandma and the fond memories of her singing to me on her lap.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stay in Your Own Backyard (Kennett/Udall)
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Sep 25 - 09:52 AM

My mom used to sing this song as a lullaby to us or in the car as we travel. I remember weeping by the end. I would ask my mom why the children would not play with the little boy. She would say just because he was different. His skin was darker then theirs. I would say, "I would play with him." My mom would tell me that of course you would play with the little boy. It does not matter the darkness of someone's skin. I would ask why God took the little boy and she would say because he wanted the angels to play with him. I would cry because now the mother was all alone. She would agree that was so sad. My mom had 5 children that she sang this song to, None of us are prejudice and have many friends of all different ethnicities.