Saturday, June 02, 2007

A Little Help?

I need some help.
My child likes to sing. We know that. Most of the songs he sings, either I taught them to him, or I know the ones they sing at school. However, right now, his favorite song is one that I have never heard before. I think the main problem is that he doesn't really know all the words either, he just has his favorite parts, and that is the part he sings over and over again.

So, I'll tell you the parts he sings, and maybe you can help me fill in the missing pieces...

"Down by the station,
in the morning morning,
turn the little handle,
chug, chug, up, up,
Bye, bye."

But, as I write this, and am asking him the words again, he tells me that it's not those words, it says:

"Down by the station,
early in the morning,
see the little pupperbeller,
turn the little handle,
chug, chug, up, up,
Bye Bye."

I have no idea what the pupperbeller is, and I've asked what it is, and he just says that what the kids say. And while he says the chug, chug part, he does his little train arm moving in circles.
Anyone have any ideas?

3 comments:

Amanda said...

http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/d008.html

it rang a bell with me, so i googled it. mystery solved! i love his interpretation, though!

Michelle said...

Thank you so much for doing that! I'm so impressed that he almost got the word pufferbellies right!
I'll have to ask him if that's the song they sing at school, or if the girls at school have made up their own version, too.
I knew it was a good thing that you had your master's in little kids! :) Dillon must know all sorts of songs!

Anonymous said...

Well, I'm glad the mystery was figured out. I was starting to wondering what kind of songs you were teaching him...chug chug

I couldn't picture Mom and Dad teaching their child songs from their drinking days! ha ha