Lyrics

OUT IN THE BACKYARD

I can’t wait to get outdoors,  I’ve got a big adventure in store

I’m gonna build a giant fort,  Out in the backyard

Come on Gwen, come out to play,  The sun is shining down today

I wouldn’t be any other way but out in the backyard

The wilderness is calling!

Put on your boots and start walking

Right out your back door

Hey check out this ladybug,  Now look at this slimy slug

My heart is just filled up with love,  Out in the backyard

Come on Ginny, come outside,  I’ll take you for a toboggan ride

Out on the grass, ya that’s just fine,  Out in the backyard 

The wilderness is calling!

Put on your boots and start walking

Right out your back door

There’s Darwen playing in the sand,  She’s made up a Dino land

Tyrannosaurus in her hand,  Out in the Backyard

I’ve just got to get outside,  I’ve got a tasty lunch in mind

Raindrop soup and a big mud pie,  Out in the backyard

The wilderness is calling!

Put on your boots and start walking

Right out your back door

The wilderness is calling!

Put on your boots and start walking

Right out your back door

Into the great outdoors

WILD HEART

I want to walk in the woods with you

Stop and sit where the creek runs through

Boots a little wet from the morning dew

We’ll listen to the water flowing.

I want to be where the sticks and stones

Are lifting me up and healing my soul

I want to hear the whippoorwill

And feel that warm breeze blowing

Hold up, slow down, don’t you know that you’re walking on sacred ground?

Oh my my, the sweetest sounds, can’t you feel your wild heart growing?

I want to paddle on a glassy lake

When the water’s still just before daybreak

Know the sound that the sweet loon makes

As I pass gently rowing

I want to sit by a crackling fire

And sing until our voices tire

Tell me all your stories and your heart’s desires

There’s beauty in the knowing

Hold up, slow down, don’t you know that you’re walking on sacred ground?

Oh my my, the sweetest sounds, can’t you feel your wild heart growing?

I want to lie in the pitch-black dark

And hear the beat of my own heart

I want to count to a thousand stars

And see that full moon glowing

Hold up, slow down, don’t you know that you’re walking on sacred ground?

Oh my my, the sweetest sounds, can’t you feel your wild heart growing?

That’s mother nature’s potion

Feel your wild heart glowing

LITTLE BEES

Did you know that little bees help apples grow on apple trees?

Watermelon, pumpkin seeds, we owe so much to little bees

Did you know that little bees help pollinate your strawberries?

From north to south and west to east, we owe so much to little bees

Saviez-vous que les petites abeilles aident les amandes à pousser?

Même les concombres! Oui, c’est vrai! On remercient les petites abeilles. 

While you might know that little bees are the creators of sweet honey

They help grow lots of what we eat, we owe so much to little bees

They do a lot for you and me, we owe so much to little bees

CAMPING IN ONTARIO

Birds singing in an old pine tree

Nothing in the world is troubling me

Wilderness far as the eye can see

I’m camping in Tamagami

High cliffs beside a turquoise lake

Look out for the rattlesnake

Is there a porcupine in that spruce?

I’m camping on the Bruce

I walk along singing my little camping song

Feet step in time, a sweet percussion on the ground and the woods resound

A dragon fly just landed on my nose

And it tickles me down to my toes

A hawk flies high into the air

I’m camping in Killbear

I walk along singing my little camping song

Feet step in time, a sweet percussion on the ground and the woods resound

Loon call across the quiet bay

Squirrels running to and fro all day

A warm fire as soon as it gets dark

I’m camping in Algonquin Park

I walk along singing my little camping song

Feet step in time, a sweet percussion on the ground and the woods resound

I wanna prance just like a white-tailed deer

See me grinning ear to ear

The owls hoot and the fireflies glow

I’m camping in Ontario

I’m camping in Ontario 

THE WEATHER SONG

I see dark clouds rolling in

I hear thunder, I feel wind

I can taste a raindrop on my chin

Storm is coming, let’s go in!

I see sunshine peaking through

Clouds are parting, sky is blue

I think I see a rainbow too

I wanna go back outside with you 

I’M A TREE

I’m a tree, won’t you look at me

My branches reach up high, I really touch the sky

I’ve got roots that stretch deep into the ground

And spread out far and wide and all around

I start out my life as a nut or seed

A root emerges and soon a stem and baby leaves

I begin to grow up toward the sun

And create oxygen for everyone

It takes many years to grow this tall and wide

A great big tree you see needs a lot of time

My lovely leaves rustle in the wind

If you close your eyes it sounds like I’m whispering

I help cool the world and clean the air

And I give shelter to the birds and bees and bears

My rough brown bark is kind of like your skin

It keeps the bad stuff out and the good stuff in

Sit by my trunk and rest but please be kind to me

And pass that kindness on to all the other trees

A DRESS ON TOP OF PANTS

I know a kid from the mountains of Western Canada

With two parents who are the outdoorsy type

They want to see the country as a family

But most unfortunately, Ozni doesn’t like to hike

So every time they want to explore

They’ve got to strap on sparkly dancing shoes before they head out the door

Because Ozni, Ozni, she loves to dance

Ozni, Ozni, she wears a dress on top of pants

If her folks get lucky, Ozni will dance up the mountainside

Those shiny shoes are her mamma’s only hope for family time

That fluffy tutu may appear cumbersome 

But Ozni, Ozni wears that gear with pride

Ozni, Ozni, she loves to dance

Ozni, Ozni, she wears a dress on top of pants

If you’re in the woods and you see a kid with a crown

Dressed like a princess about to take a coach into town

And if her footwear seems completely inappropriate

Well, if she were wearing hiking boots she’s probably be lying down! 

Ozni, Ozni, she loves to dance

Ozni, Ozni, she wears a dress on top of pants

She wears a dress on top of pants

She wears a dress on top of pants

THE BIRD SONG

Hello Chickadee, you come to my window every day

In search of little seeds, and I love to watch you play

Until you go home, to a hole in a tree

Sing to me, little Chickadee

Red Robin out in the grass

Looking for juicy worms to take home to your nest

For you babies who are calling

Sing a little, red Robin

Pileated Woodpecker, I hear you tapping at a tree

Looking for larvae, does not sound tasty to me

You search through rotting wood, hunting for something good

Drum for me, Woodpecker

Hello bluejay, cousin to the crow

You’re no Celine Dion, but you sing everywhere you go

Brightly coloured, winter and summer

You do you, bluejay

Mourning Dove, you have a gentle cooing song

In open spaces, you’ll forage all day long

For grains and seeds, from wild grasses and weeds

Sing me a lullaby, Mourning Dove

WHAT’S IN THE SOIL

What’s in the soil under your feet? 

What kind of life are you likely to meet?

If you look, if you dig down deep

What’s in the soil under your feet? 

Is that a wiggly, squiggly, jiggly earthworm?

A quiggly, wiggly, not-too-giggly earthworm? 

Is that an earthworm that I see? 

That earthworm looks like a friend to me!

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Is that a munching, crunching, lunching arthropod?

A crawling, sprawling, manny-legged arthropod?

Is that an arthropod that I see? 

That bug looks like a friend to me! 

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Is that a teeny, tiny, beneficial nematode

An amending, defending, pest-ending nematode?

Is that a nematode that I see?

That nematode looks like a friend to me! 

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Is that some reaching, stretching, spreading fungi? 

Exploring, connecting, root-caressing fungi? 

Is that fungi that I see? 

That fungi looks like a friend to me!

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Is that some slimy, sticky, healthy bacteria?

Some gloopy, goopy, great bacteria?

There’s a lot going on that we can’t see!

That bacteria sounds like a friend to me! 

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I KNOW HOW TO PLANT A SEED

I know how to plant a seed 

Give it everything that it needs

Rich damp soil and bright warm sun

Grow a little food for everyone

I know how to plant a seed 

Give it everything that it needs

I can plant a garden row by row

I know how to make it grow

I know how to plant a seed 

Give it everything that it needs

I can help my community

‘Cause I know how to plant a seed