Antarctica CD lyrics
Copyright Hummingbird Music
ANTARCTICA, LAND SO FAR AWAY
Words by Susan Scheibenzuber, Music by Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
ANTARCTICA , ANTARCTICA
LAND OF ICE & SNOW
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA,
COLD WINDS BLOW AND BLOW
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
PENGUINS HATCH AND PLAY
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
WHALES EAT KRILL ALL DAY
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
SEE THE BLACK-BACKED GULL
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
THE SKUA AND SHEATHBILL
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
A FEEDING GROUND FOR SEALS
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
ICE IN FIELDS AND FIELDS
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
LAND SO FAR AWAY
ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA
LAND SO FAR AWAY.
(In key of E on the CD, but C would be better for the children to sing)
ANTARCTICA SONG
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
DO ANTS, LIVE IN ANTARCTICA? NO , THEY DON’T
DO TICKS, LIVE IN ANTARCTICA? NO, NO, THEY DON’T
BUT IF YOU LOOK WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
WELL, YOU MIGHT SEE A MITE,
YES, YOU MIGHT SEE A MITE OR TWO
FROM MT. EREBUS, TO THE SOUTHERN SEA
A WINGLESS MITE, IS THE LARGEST LAND ANIMAL YOU WILL SEE
DO PLANTS, GROW IN ANTARCTICA, YES, THEY DO
DO PLANTS, GROW IN ANTARCTICA, YES, YES, THERE ARE A FEW
SEE THE HAIRGRASS
AND IF YOU LOOK REALLY FAST, YOU CAN SEE THE PEARLWORT TOO
DID ROBERT SCOTT, IN 1912
SEE THE HAIRGRASS AND THE PEARLWORT, FLOWERING BY THEMSELVES
DID ROALD AMUNDSEN, A NORWEGIAN MAN
SEE THE AURORA AUSTRALIS DANCE,
AS HE TRAVELLED ACROSS THIS ICY LAND (slilde up) (E major form to 12th)
SIX MONTHS OF WINTER (slide down) SIX MONTHS OF SUMMER (up)
SIX MONTHS OF WINTER (slide down) SIX MONTHS OF SUMMER
DO FISH LIVE IN ANTARCTICA? YES THEY DO. ICE FISH LIVE IN ANTARCTICA
AND THEY’RE SUPER COOL. THEY HAVE ANTI-FREEZE SO THEY WON’T EVER SNEEZE
AND THE ICE DOESN’T FORM AND THEIR BLOOD DOESN’T FREEZE.
IT’S THE HIGHEST, DRIEST, COLDEST, WINDIEST, CONTINENT ON EARTH
98 % IS COVERED WITH ICE. – ANTARCTICA ! Brrrrrrrrr………. “I’m Cold !”
HIGH & DRY
Gary Huntbatch
We’re high and dry in Antarctica, as south as you can go.
Yes, very, very high and very, very dry and cold and windy too.
Don’t need no umbrella ‘cause it ain’t gonna rain
Throw away that old snow shovel ‘cause it hardly ever snows.
Put on your warm clothing ‘cause it gets very cold.
And the temperature drops way down to seventy six below.
We’re high and dry in Antarctica.,as south as you can go.
Yes, very, very high and very, very dry and cold and windy too.
No polar bears, no trees, no wolves, no deer and no ‘mooses’.
No pigs, no goats, no cows, no sheep, no horses and no ‘gooses’.
Just one long day, and one long night.
And lots and lots and lots and lots of ice.
It is the highest continent with lots of mountain ranges
The Transantarctic and Prince Charles to name but just two.
There’s lots and lots of coal. But, a treaty says no mining.
But even if they could we don’t want more fossil fuels.
We’re high and dry in Antarctica, as south as you can go.
Yes, very, very high and very, very dry and cold and windy too.
And cold and windy too. High and dry, and cold and windy too.
FOOD CHAIN
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I) & Gary Huntbatch
FOOD CHAIN, FOOD CHAIN
IT BEGINS WITH DIATOM AND ALGAE, START OF THE FOOD CHAIN
KRILL FEED OFF DIATOM AND ALGAE, THEY JOIN THE FOOD CHAIN
FISH AND SQUID EAT THE KRILL,
THEY’RE GETTING IN TO THE FOOD CHAIN ,
PART OF THE FOOD CHAIN
WE GOT A FOOD CHAIN
PENGUINS AND SEALS EAT THE FISH AND THE SQUID,
PART OF THE FOOD CHAIN..
KILLER WHALES EAT THE PENGUINS AND SEALS,
TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN
IT BEGAN WITH DIATOM AND ALGAE,
THEY STARTED A FOOD CHAIN.
IT’S A FOOD CHAIN
IT’S BIG, IT’S A FOOD CHAIN
TAKE A LOOK IT’S A FOOD CHAIN
DID YOU HEAR WHAT’S IN A FOOD CHAIN
THEY’RE ALL PART OF A FOOD CHAIN
WE GOT A FOOD CHAIN.
FOOD CHAIN !
CRUSTY KRILL: ANTARCTICA FOOD CHAIN
Adapted from ‘OCTOPUS’ by CHARLOTTE DIAMOND, Socan 1985 as recorded on the album, ‘TEN CARROT DIAMOND’.
New words by Linda Rosas and staff at Children’s House Montessori, Richmond
DIATOM, DIATOM, GROWING IN THE WATER
DIATOM, DIATOM, GULP, GULP, GULP.
OH NO! IT’S BEEN EATEN BY A …..
CRUSTY KRILL, CRUSTY KRILL, SWIMMING IN THE WATER,
CRUSTY KRILL, CRUSTY KRILL, GULP, GULP GULP,
OH NO! IT’S BEEN EATEN BY A …..
ICE FISH, ICE FISH, FLASHING THROUGH THE WATER
ICE FISH, ICE FISH, GULP, GULP, GULP.
OH NO! IT’S BEEN EATEN BY A…..
KING PENGUIN, KING PENGUIN, DIVING IN THE WATER
KING PENGUIN, KING PENGUIN, GULP GULP GULP,
OH NO! IT’S BEEN EATEN BY A …..
LEOPARD SEAL, LEOPARD SEAL, SLIDING THROUGH THE WATER.
LEOPARD SEAL, LEOPARD SEAL, GULP GULP GULP,
OH NO! IT’S BEEN EATEN BY A …..
KILLER WHALE, KILLER WHALE, BREECHING IN THE WATER,
KILLER WHALE, KILLER WHALE, GULP GULP GULP,
HMM, YUM YUM!
7 PENGUINS
(By Yurgen Ilaender, to the tune of Frere Jaques)
-last line (Rockhopper) is just spoken emphatically
MACARONI, MACARONI
ADELIE, ADELIE,
EMPEROR AND CHINSTRAP
EMPEROR AND CHINSTRAP
KING, GENTOO,
KING, GENTOO.
AND DON’T FORGET THE ROCKHOPPER
(children hop away)
I’M A LITTLE PENGUIN
Tune of ‘I’m A Little Teapot’ Lyrics by Susan Rosas
I’M A LITTLE PENGUIN
BLACK AND WHITE
I LIKE THE COLD
WHEN THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
I CAN’T FLY AT ALL
BUT I LOVE TO SWIM
SO I’LL WADDLE TO THE WATER
AND DIVE RIGHT IN.
Wheeeeee, Splash!
McMURDO STATION
Yurgen Ilaender {Mr. I} & Gary Huntbatch
McMURDO STATION, McMURDO STATION
WE WE ARE THE SCIENTISTS
SCIENTISTS, WHO LIVE AT McMURDO STATION
WE, WE HAVE OUR INSTRUMENTS
INSTRUMENTS, TO MEASURE LOTS OF THINGS
WE STUDY ANIMALS, WE STUDY WEATHER,
WE STUDY ROCKS, AND WE KEEP AN EYE ON THE OZONE LAYER
McMURDO STATION, McMURDO STATION
WE, WE GATHER SAMPLES,
SAMPLES OF COPPER, GOLD, LEAD, MAGNESIUM.
WE, WE LOOK FOR FOSSILS,
FOSSILS, THAT SHOW ANTARCTICA ONCE WAS WARM.
WE STUDY ANIMALS, WE STUDY WEATHER, WE STUDY ICE
AND WE KEEP AN EYE ON THE OZONE LAYER.
WE’VE STUDIED THE FISH. WE’VE STUDIED THE BIRDS
WE’VE STUDIED THE ICE AND SNOW
WE’VE STUDIED THE PLANTS. WE’VE STUDIED THE ROCKS,
AND THE COLD, COLD WIND WHEN IT STARTS TO BLOW.
McMURDO STATION, McMURDO STATION ,
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE AT McMURDO STATION.
A nice balmy 76 degrees. Uh, 76 below that is.
SEALS
By Mr. I (Yurgen Ilaender) & Gary Huntbatch
SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS,
Chorus: SEALS LIVE IN ANTARCTICA,
THERE ARE FOUR KINDS OF SEALS
THAT CALL IT THEIR HOME.
TWO COME TO VISIT ONCE IN A WHILE
FOUR PLUS TWO MAKE SIX.
SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS
Verses: I’M A WEDDELL I CAN DIVE REAL WELL
OVER A THOUSAND FEET
I CAN STAY UNDER WATER FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES
MY LARGE EYES HELP ME TO SEE.
SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS.
I’M A CRABEATER YOU’LL SEE LOTS OF ME
NEARLY THIRTY MILLION OF US
MY BIGGEST THRILL IS TO EAT LOTS OF KRILL
BUT OVER CRAB I DON’T MAKE A FUSS.
SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS
I’M A LEOPARD SEAL BETTER NOT PET ME
FOR I AM VERY VICIOUS
IF YOU WERE A PENGUIN SWIMMING BY
I WOULD FIND YOU QUITE DELICIOUS.
SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS,
I’M A ROSS SEAL, AND YOU’RE VERY LUCKY, IF YOU EVER AT ALL SEE ME.
THE EXPLORER JAMES ROSS WAS LUCKY BECAUSE HE SAW ME FIRST IN 1840
SEAL, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS, SEALS.
I AM AN ELEPHANT SEAL, BUT I DON’T HAVE A TRUNK OR BIG FLOPPY EARS
I AM A FUR SEAL, I HAVE FUR AND CUTE LITTLE EARS.
Talking part: SOMETIMES WE COME TO VISIT. ANTARCTICA IS FULL OF TASTY TREATS.
Chorus: SEALS LIVE IN ANTARCTICA………
ADELIE PENGUINS
Gary Huntbatch
In September or October the Adelie penguins decide to raise a family.
So off they go to the same old breeding ground. And there they form a rookery.
They journey miles and miles across the ice and snow.
Yes, the ice and snow.
When they arrive they compete for the best space
To build a nest safe from the Skua’s beaks.
Putting stones around the nest, then two eggs Momma lays.
Taking it in turns to get food and mind the eggs.
Yes, they mind the eggs.
When the chicks are big enough they’re left in a nursery,
With all the other chicks all waiting to be fed.
Sometimes a hungry Skua will swoop and take a chick.
‘Cause when parents go for food the skua come and take their pick.
In a few short months the chicks are all grown up.
So, like their Moms and Dads they’re off to the sea.
They slide down the icy slopes and in to the sea they dive.
They feed off lots of krill and play happily, play happily.
PETER PENGUIN
Author unknown
PETER , PETER PENGUIN
MARCHING BY
TOES POINTED OUT AND HEAD HELD HIGH
LONG BLACK COAT
AND A CLEAN, WHITE VEST,
PETER PETER PENGUIN
YOU’RE THE BEST!
THE PENGUIN EGG
Words by Yurgen Ilaender (Folk Melody)
Talk – Do Daddy penguins lay eggs too? No. But Daddy emperor penguins do help to hatch the eggs.
Here is a silly song about what Daddy emperor penguins have to do.
WHEN A MOMMY PENGUIN, LAYS HERSELF AN EGG
SHE GIVES THE EGG TO DADDY, THEN QUICKLY RUNS AWAY
DADDY HAS TO STAND THERE, UNTIL THE EGG IS HATCHED
MOMMY GETS TO PARTY, AND FIND HERSELF SOME SNACKS
DADDY STANDS FOR DAYS AND DAYS, THE EGG UPON HIS FEET
AND WHILE HE’S CALMLY WAITING, HE GETS NOTHING TO EAT
SO, IF YOU ARE A DADDY, AND MOM BRINGS YOU AN EGG
KEEP YOUR FEET A-MOVING , AND QUICKLY RUN AWAY.
(WHOOSH – BYE!)
FLYING BIRDS OF ANTARCTICA
Gary Huntbatch
Chorus: THE FLYING BIRDS OF ANTARCTICA
SPREAD THEIR FEATHERED WINGS
OVER THE OCEAN AND SNOWY LAND
GLIDING ON ICY WINDS
Verse 1:
THE GIANT PETREL HAS A TUBULAR NOSE
WITH A GOOD SENSE OF SMELL
IT’ EATS KRILL, FISH AND PENGUIN CHICKS
DEAD WHALES AND SEALS AS WELL
Verse 2: AN AGGRESSIVE PREDATOR IS THE SKUA
IT’S DIET IS MOSTLY THE SAME
BUT IT WINTER’S IN THE NORTH PACIFIC
AND IN THE SPRING RETURNS AGAIN.
Chorus
THE BLUE EYED SHAG IS A CORMORANT, THEY NEST ON ROCKY CLIFFS
CLOSE TO THE SEA IS WHERE THEY LIKE TO LIVE, THEY EAT KRILL AND SQUID AND FISH
Verse 3: ANOTHER BIRD THAT WINTERS AWAY FROM HOME
AND RETURNS IN EARLY SPRING
IS THE BLACK HEADED GULL THAT FEEDS ON LIMPETS
AND THEY SWALLOW THE WHOLE DARN THING
Verse 4: THE SHEATHBILL IT LIVES ON THE LAND
THE ONLY BIRD WITHOUT WEBBED FEET
THEY MAKE A MEAL OUT OF ANY DEAD ANIMAL
BUT PENGUIN EGGS AND CHICKS THEY ALSO EAT. (chorus)
AN ICE RAP
Yurgen Ilaender (Mr. I)
Chorus: ICE, ICE, ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA, ICE, ICE, ANTARCTICA, ICE
I’LL SAY IT ONCE AND I’LL SAY IT TWICE
ANTARCTICA HAS LOTS OF ICE
90 % OF THE ICE ON THIS PLANET
IS RIGHT THERE, IF YOU WANT IT
Chorus
IT’S TAKEN MILLIONS OF YEARS TO ACCUMULATE
IT COVERS THE LAND WITH QUITE A WEIGHT
FROM THE MOUNTAINS DOWN TO WHERE THE OCEANS MEET
THIS IS CALLED THE ICE SHEET
OUT PAST THE LAND AND ONTO THE SEA
LOTS MORE ICE FOR YOU AND ME
GLACIAL ICE, QUITE A MASS ITSELF
THIS IS CALLED THE ICE SHELF
WHEN ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS MOVE DIFFERENTLY
THEY LEAVE CRACKS IN THE ICE THAT ARE HARD TO SEE
TO A TRAVELER THEY ARE A DANGEROUS MENACE
THIS IS CALLED AN ICE CREVICE
AND RIVERS OF ICE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND
SLOWLY, THEY SLIDE ACROSS THE LAND
THE LARGEST OF THESE IS NAMED, ‘LAMBERT’
THIS IS CALLED A GLACIER.
Chorus
ICEBERGS FLOAT OUT ON THE SEA, BITS OF GLACIERS OR ICE SHEETS BROKEN FREE.
WHEN A GIANT PIECE BREAKS OFF OF IT, THIS IS CALLED A BERGY BIT
BRASH ICE IS SMALLER THAN BERGY BITS, IT’S FRESHWATER ICE, IN THE SEA IT SITS
AND THE FROZEN OCEAN, THE WATER WITH SALT, PACK ICE IS WHAT THIS IS CALLED.
Chorus
ICEBERG
By Mr. I (Yurgen Ilaender) & Gary Huntbatch
ICEBERG, TALL AS A MOUNTAIN
ICE BERG, A WHITE FROZEN FOUNTAIN
YOU HAVE BROKEN FREE,
FROM THE HARD, HARD SHORE
FLOATING ON THE SEA.
ICE BERG, CONSTANTLY MOVING,
ICE BERG, ALWAYS IMPROVING
YOU’RE A BIT LIKE ME,
THERE’S A LOT, LOT MORE,
THAN THE EYE CAN SEE.
CHANGING, CHANGING, CHANGING DAY TO DAY
SHAPES REARRANGING, NATURE AT PLAY
ICEBERG, TWISTING AND TURNING, ICE BERG, DEEP WATER CHURNING
UNDERNEATH THE SEA, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE, WISH THAT I COULD SEE.
ICEBERG, I LOVE TO LOOK AT YOU. ICE BERG, YOU’RE JUST LIKE A STATUE
LIKE AN ARTIST’S HAND, THE WATER AND THE WIND
HAVE MADE YOU OH SO GRAND.
CHANGING, CHANGING, CHANGING DAY TO DAY,
SHAPES REARRANGING, NATURE AT PLAY.
ICE BERG, WILL I SEE YOU TOMORROW, ICEBERG, OR WILL YOU BE GONE.
YOU’RE A LOT LIKE ME, ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, HAPPY AND FREE
ICEBERG.
THE ANTARCTIC POLAR BEAR
Gary Huntbatch
WE’RE ON AN EXPEDITION
THAT WILL LEAD US TO WHO KNOWS WHERE?
WE’VE GOT LOTS OF FOOD AND MATCHES.
WE’LL COOK ON THE OLD CAMPFIRE.
WE’LL TRACK HIM HIGH , WE’LL TRACK HIM LOW,
AND NOT SHOW ANY FEAR.
WE’LL NOT GO HOME UNTIL WE’VE SEEN
THE ANTARCTIC POLAR BEAR.
No, there are no polar bears in the Antarctic. Yet, it is curious that one of the first things children ask Antarctic scientists is if they’ve ever seen a polar bear. NO huskies here either.
5 LITTLE PENGUINS
(Fingerplay by Yurgen Ilaender)
– could be done as 3 Little Penguins
Action: close fist of right hand to make the rock. Angle arm in front of you so that the ‘rock’ (fist of right hand) is even with left shoulder. The five penguins are fingers of the left hand. Start at crook of right arm, trying to slide up the beach (forearm and wrist) the penguins all slip and slide down the arm trying to get to the rock (fist).
The last penguin pinches the rock, jumps and stands (finger straight up) on the rock.
5 LITTLE PENGUINS CLIMBING UP THE BEACH.
TRYING TO MAKE THE ROCK BUT THEY JUST COULDN’T REACH.
THEY SLIPPED AND THEY SLID BACK DOWN TO THE SHORE.
ONE WADDLED AWAY, AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR.
4 LITTLE PENGUINS CLIMBING UP THE BEACH.
TRYING TO MAKE THE ROCK BUT THEY JUST COULDN’T REACH.
THEY SLIPPED AND THEY SLID BACK DOWN TO THE SEA.
ONE SAW A LEOPARD SEAL, AND THEN THERE WERE THREE.
3 LITTLE PENGUINS CLIMBING UP THE BEACH.
TRYING TO MAKE THE ROCK BUT THEY JUST COULDN’T REACH.
THEY SLIPPED AND THEY SLID BACK INTO THE OCEAN BLUE.
ONE SAW A KILLER WHALE, AND THEN THERE WERE TWO.
2 LITTLE PENGUINS CLIMBING UP THE BEACH.
TRYING TO MAKE THE ROCK BUT THEY JUST COULDN’T REACH.
THEY SLIPPED AND THEY SLID BACK INTO THE OCEAN.
ONE SWAM HOME, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE
1 LITTLE PENGUIN CLIMBING UP THE BEACH.
TRYING TO MAKE THE ROCK BUT HE/SHE JUST COULDN’T REACH.
HE FLIPPED WITH HIS FLIPPER AND HE BIT WITH HIS BEAK.
AND HE MADE IT TO THE ROCK AT THE TOP OF THE BEACH.
CCC COOOK!
(penguin sound)
PENGUIN POEM
(By Gary Huntbatch)
MACARONI ARE THE PENGUINS
WHO LIVE IN THE ICE AND SNOOOOO’
WITH ADELIE, CHINSTRAP, ROCKHOPPER, KING
EMPEROR AND GENTOO TOO
THEY FISH, THEY PLAY
THEY LIE IN THE SUN
HAVING LOTS OF FUN
BUT WHEN THERE’S A COLD, COLD BREEZE
THEY SNUGGLE TO EACH OTHER
SO NONE OF THEM WILL FREEZE.
What’s snooooo? Nothing much, what’s new with you?
