Inspiring, participatory, life-affirming, heart-warming songs for children.
Videos. Lyrics. Chords. Notation.
Created with love by Dr Liam Maloy, singer & songwriter of Johnny & the Raindrops.
Author of book on music for children 'Spinning the Child: Musical Constructions of Childhood through Records, Radio and Television' .
International award-nominated songs used in schools in USA, UK & around the world.
RSC Associate Artist (Music) - Shakespeare-through-music specialist.
Inspiring, participatory, life-affirming, heart-warming songs for children.
Videos. Lyrics. Chords. Notation.
Created with love by Dr Liam Maloy, singer & songwriter of Johnny & the Raindrops.
Author of book on music for children 'Spinning the Child: Musical Constructions of Childhood through Records, Radio and Television' .
International award-nominated songs used in schools in USA, UK & around the world.
RSC Associate Artist (Music) - Shakespeare-through-music specialist.
Time is a notoriously difficult concept for children to grasp.
This simple and fun song will help them to learn about quarter past, half past, quarter to and o'clock.
Words are included on the sheet.
Catchy Halloween song.
Perfect for children of all ages.
Sing along with the call-and-response choruses!
Do the actions: hop like a frog, flap like a bat, squirm like a worm!
Lyrics included.
Great song to help learn the names of the days of the week.
The song also explains the origins of the names of the days (in English).
One of them is named after THOR!
The last part of the song is a test to see if children can remember the seven days.
They start dropping off and the children have to fill them in by shouting them out.
Lyrics are embedded in the video.
Lyrics sheet is included
Everybody’s body is different. It’s true! Celebrate your difference with this lively, fun song all about the bits of the body. Grab your knees - give them a squeeze! Touch your chin - give me a grin! That’s the idea. This is a great song to get children moving and doing actions.
Raise the energy levels!
Ask the children if that are any parts of the body that do not have a name.
See if they can make their own body rhymes (knees/squeeze. chin/grin, etc).
Lyrics, video and mp3 for this catchy Halloween song. Perfect for children of all ages.
Sing along with the simple call-and-response choruses. Easy to add actions.
Do the actions to the bodily transformations in the verses: hop like a frog, flap like a bat, wiggle like a worm!
Check out my simple catchy Xmas song ‘LITTLE SPIDERS’, perfect for young children to learn and sing.
It’s all about how spiders helped a widow and her poor family by spinning webs on Xmas night to make tinsel.
This folk tale is popular in the Ukraine, Poland, Germany and other countries in Eastern Europe.
Merry Christmas. Wesołych Świąt. щасливого Різдва. Fröhliche Weihnachten.
Clap your Vampire hands and stomp your Monster feet to ‘Let’s have Fun this Halloween’, my new rockin’ and rollin’, jumpin’ and jivin’ new Halloween song and sing-along video.
Every line is a spooky new dance move!
Fun, interactive song for young children.
The lyrics encourage participation, e.g. howling like a Werewolf, flying like a Witch, crawling like a spider, etc. Feel free to make up your own actions for other spooky characters!
‘When I’m Older’ is all about hoping, wishing, growing up and having birthdays.
Ultimately, it’s about looking to the future with optimism.
It’s a list song that details what the narrator wants to happen ‘when I’m older’.
It works just as well for the child as it does for the adult.
What do the children in your life want to do when they are older?
It starts sensible: ‘I’m gonna reach up and turn on the light’.
It gets a bit wilder as it goes on: ‘I’m gonna go to work with my robot friends. Take a trip ‘round the Moon again. Climb up Big Ben’.
The music is upbeat, danceable, mid-‘60s Motown.
The plot of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ in one song!
A great way to teach you and your class the basics of the play.
Introduces the main characters!
Covers the main parts of the plot.
Easy to sing for primary and secondary children at Key Stages 2 and 3.
Words and music by me, Liam Maloy, with a few words and phrases from the original text.
This song, and the others I have written for this play, have been used in school productions of ‘The Tempest’ in the East Midlands over the past 4 years.
The words are embedded in the video.
Here they are:
Please let me introduce myself. My name is Prospero.
So sit up in your seat and pay attention.
Open your ears. The hour’s now come to tell you of my woe.
There are many dirty deeds I have to mention.
I’ve been on this stinking island for twelve longs years,
With my lovely teenage daughter Miranda.
But I was once a ‘Prince of power’. It caused me tears.
In fact, I was the Duke of Milan.
So come fire and wind to boil the sea.
I’m whipping up a tempest to set me free.
And from my royal duties I started to rebel.
My personality opposed my position.
I loved reading in my library. I loved books and I learned spells.
And became a very powerful magician.
So my brother did the parties, kissed the babies, met the crowds.
All Milan seemed to love Antonio.
So he called the King of Naples and together they did vow,
That me and Miranda must go.
So come fire and wind to boil the sea.
I’m whipping up a tempest to set me free.
So they stuck us on this ship. A rotten carcass of a butt.
Full of rats but also clothes and books and food.
Then the storm’s mysterious forces seemed to pull us to this spot,
To begin these twelve long years of solitude.
We met a beast called Caliban. I owned him like a slave.
A thing most brutish. I taught him lots of facts.
He cooked and cleaned and fetched the wood. I kept him in a cave.
He was the son of a damned witch called Sycorax.
I also controlled Ariel. A spirit, ghost or sprite.
And he helped me do my magic on a whim.
When by chance my brother and the King came sailing into sight/
Stop this song! Let the tempest begin.
Ooooaaaahhhh!
So come fire and wind to boil the sea.
I’m whipping up a tempest to set me free.
So come fire and wind to boil the sea.
I’m whipping up a tempest to set me free.
So come fire and wind to boil the sea.
I’m whipping up a tempest to set me free.
So come fire and wind to boil the sea.
I’m whipping up a tempest to set me free.
Enjoy this bouncy sing-along song with a wistful twist.
Perfect for New Year Celebrations all around the world, Chinese New Year (1 Feb) for example.
Helps children to think back and remember the things that happened last year.
… and to look forward to the future.
It’s got a very easy sing-along chorus.
Make up your own dance moves!
The words are on the screen.
‘Thank You’ is a gratitude song to say ‘thank you’ to someone who has helped you out.
The video features Owen Brindley, a superstar of song signing.
He’s signing next to me, Johnny, to make sure everyone is included.
Children can learn to sign ‘thank you’ by watching the video.
The song is designed for children to sing along - the lyrics are included.
A simple song perfect for children’s voices to celebrate mothers on Mothering Sunday.
Sing along with the song.
Create you own version using the chords G, C, D and Em.
Lyrics are included.
‘I need space to make mistakes’: Colourful animated video of a groovy song about learning and the three things you need in order to learn - space, time and making mistakes.
It’s about taking that journey from ‘I don’t know’ to ‘Now I understand’
It mentions how you might need some help to learn.
It’s the perfect motivator for anyone trying learn anything.
Get the kids moving and dancing while thinking about their learning journey!
This song goes through each season describing what happens to the weather, the animals, etc.
Johnny, the male singer, says grumpy things about each season.
Sarah, the female singer, is upbeat and says positive things.
A song for young children to learn about rhyme and to sing along with this simple and upbeat rocking and rolling song.
‘Let’s play a game to find words that sound the same. The first letter might change but the sound it stays the same’.
Every day of the week you will learn an exciting thing about being a pirate.
Get ready to do the actions and sing along. Oh, and don’t forget to dance like a pirate!
Perfect for sea-themed activity for younger children.
Simple enough to teach it for a performance.
Great as a mood-changer or to raise the energy level in the classroom.
‘Seven days of the week’: Song to learn the days and the origins of their names
Catchy song for children.
Lyric video plus lyric sheet.
The second half of the song is a challenge for children to fill in the blanks as the days of the week disappear.
Enjoy this and my many other TES resources.
A song to get children to think about the issues of endangered animals. Simple enough for them to sing along, especially on the chorus. Upbeat and lively. Lyric sheet included.