Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. My father is a garbage man, a garbage man, a garbage man,
My father is a garbage man,
And it goes something like this:
“pee-u!” (spoken with an exaggerated singing voice)
2. My mother is a baker…and it goes something like this: pee-u!, yum yum!
3. My brother is a cowboy…pee-u! yum yum! yee haw!
4. My sister is a movie star…pee-u! yum yum! yee haw! whoop-dee-doo!
5. My grandpa is a train engineer…pee-u! yum yum! yee haw! whoop-dee-doo! toot toot!
6. My grandma is a tickler…pee-u! yum yum! yee haw! whoop-dee-doo! toot toot! tickle tickle!
Motions
- pee-u = hold nose
- yum yum = rub tummy
- whoop-dee-doo = fluff hair
- toot toot = chug motion
- tickle tickle = tickle neighbor
See also
- Subjects: family / work songs
- Activities: motions
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Meter: 4
- Scale: 5 tones
- Timbre: voices
- Tones: dmslt
- Source: The Singing Game, Iona & Peter Opie, Oxford University Press, 1985
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