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Boogie Woogie Bugs

 
Johnette Downing | Boogie Woogie Bugs Lyrics

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Track 1
Backyard is Buzzing Alive

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2003 Johnette Downing

Backyard is buzzing alive with a boogie woogie jive
Backyard is buzzing alive with a boogie woogie jive
Well spin your partner underneath the moon
Frogs and crickets are singing a tune
Backyard is buzzing alive with a boogie woogie jive
Bugs are bopping, low down bopping
Creepers are creeping, low down creeping
Crawlers are crawling everywhere, low down crawling
Diggers are digging, low down digging
Hoppers are hopping, low down hopping
Spinners are spinning, low down spinning
Swimmers are swimming, low down swimming
Climbers are climbing everywhere, low down climbing


Track 2
Arachnid

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2003 Johnette Downing

Arachnid, arachnid spinning a spider web
Weaving and weaving, making a silken bed
Waiting and waiting until something flies in the trap
Then it’s time for dinner, snap, snap, snap.


Track 3
Mariposa

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2005 Johnette Downing

Mariposa, mariposa you can spread your wings and fly
Every morning in the springtime as you dance in the sky
Muy linda mariposa, beautiful butterfly
Mi amiga mariposa, my friend butterfly
Mariposa, mariposa in the garden I see
As you light upon the flowers so elegantly
Butterfly, butterfly, flutter by flutter by
Butterfly, butterfly, flutter by flutter by
Mariposa, mariposa your colors are so bright
Through the wind and in the meadow you play with delight


Track 4
Head, Thorax, Abdomen

Traditional adapted by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2003 Johnette Downing

Head, thorax, abdomen, abdomen
Head, thorax, abdomen, abdomen
Eyes and mouth, antennae, six legs
Head, thorax, abdomen, abdomen


Track 5
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Bugs

Traditional adapted by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2003 Johnette Downing

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly; perhaps she’ll cry.
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled insider her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly; perhaps she’ll cry.
Flea-golly gee. Ant-on a rant. Slug-tasty little bug. Worm-wiggled and squirmed.
Mosquito-eating her burrito. Roach-liked them poached.


Track 6
Twenty Bees

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2009 Johnette Downing

Twenty bees in a beehive buzzing and humming to the honey jive
And just like that you know it’s fun
They started flying away one by one
Two by two, four by four, five by five, and ten by ten.


Track 7
Five Little Butterflies

Traditional

Five little butterflies sitting at the door
One flew away and then there were four
Butterfly, butterfly, happy all day
Butterfly, butterfly, fly away
Four little butterflies sitting in a tree
One flew away and then there were three
Three little butterflies looking at you
One flew away and then there were two
Two little butterflies sitting in the sun
One flew away and then there was one
One little butterfly sitting all alone
He flew away and then there were none


Track 8
Ants in Your Pants

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2000 Johnette Downing

There ants in your pants you can’t them out (3x)
Shake, shake, shake
Turn your body inside out
There ants in your pants you can’t them out
Shake, shake, shake
Shrews on your shoes, fleas on your knees, snails on your nails, swarms on your
arms, mouse in your blouse, bear in your hair.


Track 9
Ladybug

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 1992 Johnette Downing

Ladybug, ladybug how are you?
Crawling around in the fresh morning dew
Black polka dots on a red back
Looking around for a good morning snack.


Track 10
Cockroach

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2001 Johnette Downing

No body loves me; no body cares
And when they see me they give me frightened stares
I’m a roach. A loveable, wanna be huggable cockroach
I have no friends. I have no pals.
I get no smiles. I just get ugly scowls.
So when you see me, now don’t you run
‘Cause even a cockroach wants to have some fun.


Track 11
Bug Band

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2001 Johnette Downing

Every night the band begins to play
You can hear it if you go outside
It’s a lovely tune underneath the moon
In my backyard bug band
There were crickets playing music
There were crickets and frogs croaking on a log
There were katydids playing music...
There were cicadas playing music....


Track 12
Bed Bugs

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2004 Johnette Downing

Goodnight, sleep tight don’t let the bed bugs bite
And I start tossing and a’ turning
Itching and a’ scratching
Heaving and a’ geeving
Rocking and a’ rolling
Creeping and a’ crawling
Moving and a’ grooving
Jumping and a’ jiving
Just trying to get those bed bugs out
Get them out! Get them out!


Track 13
Itsy Bitsy Spider

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 1991 Johnette Downing

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the sun
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again
Come on little spider let’s try it again
Keep trying spider and one day you will win.
...great big spider and teeny weeny spider....


Track 14
Bugs on the Rug

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2010 Johnette Downing

There’s a fly in the sky, in the sky (2x)
Oh he’s really zooming by this old fly in the sky
There’s a fly in the sky, in the sky
Ant on the plant; she’s quite elegant
Louse in the house; he’s as quiet as a mouse
Gnat on the mat; she landed just like that
Spider drinking cider; his hips are getting wider
Moth in the broth; she’s wearing a tablecloth
Beetle on a needle; his sewing is rather feeble
Bugs on the rug; feeling mighty snug; I think they want a hug


Track 15
Skip to My Lou

Traditional with additional lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2000 Johnette Downing

Flies in the buttermilk shoo fly shoo (3x)
Skip to my Lou my darling
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou (3x)
Skip to my Lou my darling
Lost my partner what’ll I do? (3x)
Ants in the sugar bowl, what’ll I do (3x)
Skip to my Lou my darling.


Track 16
A Little Caterpillar

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2010 Johnette Downing

A little caterpillar was inching along, inching along, inching along
He nibbled and he nibbled all day long, nibbled, nibbled all day long
He rolled and he rolled into a cocoon, rolled, rolled into a cocoon
He waited and he waited and very soon, waited, waited and very soon
He turned and he turned into a butterfly, turned, turned into a butterfly
He flew and he flew away in the sky, flew, flew away in the sky


Track 17
Sly Slug

Traditional with adapted lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2010 Johnette Downing

When one sly slug slid up the slide, the other sly slug slid down (3x)
When one sly slug slid down
Glory, glory how peculiar (3x)
When one sly slug slid down
Same song second (third & fourth) verse
A little bit faster and a little bit worse


Track 18
Milli the Millipede

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2009 Johnette Downing

I met Milli one sunny day outside in my backyard
At first she took one look at me and then she rolled into a ball
After awhile she came uncoiled and started to walk around
She nibbled on leaves and living plants she’s a herbivore you know. Whoo!
Milli the Millipede, Milli the Millipede, don’t you love that gal?
Milli the Millipede, Milli the Millipede, legs a plenty wow!
Her body is round and segmented with an exoskeleton
200, 400 so many legs from her front to the other end
Every day and every night Milli is there for me
She tickles when she crawls around. She’s cute and cuddly. Whoo!
Creep, creep, crawly, creepy, creepy crawly, creep, creep, crawling around (2x)


Track 19
Flower Limerick

Written by Johnette Downing
Copyright 1990 Johnette Downing

There once was a beautiful flower
That bloomed one April shower
It spouted wings with purple rings
And flew away within the hour.
Wish!


Track 20
Love Bug

Music and Lyrics by Johnette Downing
Copyright 2004 Johnette Downing

You’re my little love bug; I’ll give you a hug
In my heart I feel a little tug
You’re cuddly cute as I hold you snug
You’re my little love bug
Well we fly around all day long so blissfully
Well we fly around all day long
I’m for you and you’re for me, e, e, e
Well we flit around all day long just me and you
Well we flit around all day long
The sun is shining and the sky is blue, oo, oo, oo


Total Time: 43:01

JD09 (P) © 2010 Johnette Downing, Wiggle Worm Records, New Orleans, LA USA
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from Johnette Downing and Wiggle Worm Records.
Wiggle Worm Records Publishing ASCAP

The Musicians

Johnette Downing - Lead vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, mandolin and percussions.
Gina Forsythe – Violin
Marc Dobriner – Lead guitar
Tim Stambaugh – Upright bass
Scott Billington - Harmonica
Jimmy LaRocca – Trumpet
Ben Owen – Banjo
John Lutz – Upright bass on Milli the Millipede

The Acknowledgements

All lyrics and music were written, arranged and performed by Johnette Downing, New Orleans, LA
Produced by Johnette Downing, Wiggle Worm Records, New Orleans, LA
Recorded and mixed by Tim Stambaugh at Word of Mouth Studios, New Orleans, LA
Scott Billington’s harmonica track recorded by Adam Taylor at Camp Street Studio, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mastered by David Farrell at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, LA
Photography by Tom Bennett, Thom Bennett Photographs, New Orleans, LA
Body painting by Craig Tracy, New Orleans, LA