THE DANCING UMBRELLA
written by Shirley Higginson and Connie Kaldor
"Mister Piano Man, please?... ooh, we have a little drums... and how 'bout a little bass and guitar?"
As I walked down the street
The oddest thing that I did meet
Extraordinary, but really true
A dancing umbrella striped red and blue
Tap tap, tap tap tap
It went tap tap, tap tap tap
One, two, three, it tapped away
Tap, tap, tap, it went that day
And then it stopped and asked, "by chance
Would you care to join this dance?"
Yes, yes, yes, I said, "okay"
And we were up, up, up and away
We scaled the trees and we went so high
It's hard to tap dance in the sky
We had to clap clap clap, clap clap clap
Clap clap clap, clap clap clap
I want to drop down to the street!
I want to try my feet!
Tap tap, tap tap tap
Tap tap tap, tap tap tap
The umbrella danced -- what a sight!
It tap-tap-tapped with all it's might
And then it said, "I'll take my cane
And tap indoors 'cause it's starting to rain"
"Oh no you don't, umbrella, you got to stay outside in the rain! C'mon..."
Splash splash splash, splash splash
Splash splash splash, splash splash...
"See that puddle over there? I'm gonna get my rubbers. I'm getting all wet..."
from Ice Cream Sneakers
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