rise and shine

I LOVE listening to the kiddos sing.  And I really love hearing them sing songs that others have taught them.  I suppose it's not as exciting when I teach them, but I continue to be amazed that they learn things I haven't witnessed them learning.  Which shouldn't be a huge surprise because at least half of what they know and can do, I didn't witness them learning. 

Rafa wanted to sing a song for me and broke into Rise and Shine.  If you don't know the kiddo version of the song, this is it:

chorus
Rise and shine
And give God the glory, glory
Rise and shine
And give God the glory, glory
Rise and shine
And give God the glory, glory
Children of the Lord

The lord said to Noah: there's gonna be a floody, floody
Lord said to Noah: there's gonna be a floody, floody
Get those children out of the muddy, muddy
Children of the Lord

chorus

So Noah he built him an arky, arky, arky
Noah he built him an arky, arky
Made it strong with cedar barky, barky
Children of the Lord

chorus

 

The animals, they came in by twosies, twosies, twosies
Animals, they came in by twosies, twosies, twosies
Elephants, giraffes and kangaroosies, roosies
Children of the Lord

chorus

 

It rained and rained for forty daysie, daysies
Rained and rained for forty daysie, daysies
Almost drove those animals crazy, crazies,
Children of the Lord

chorus

 

Then Noah he sent out a dovey dovey dovey
Noah he sent out a dovey dovey dovey
Dovey said "There's clear skies abovey-bovey"
Children of the Lord

chorus

 

The sun, came out and dried up the landy landy
The sun, came out and dried up the landy landy
Everything was fine and dandy, dandy
Children of the Lord

chorus

 

The animals they came off by three-sies three-sies
Animals they came off by three-sies three-sies
Must have been those birds and beezies- beezies
Children of the Lord

chorus

 

This is the end of my story, story
This is the end of my story, story
Everything is hunky dory, dory
Children of the Lord

chorus

 

 

So, Rafa sang the first verse and did some hand motions that mimic, sort of, what I think his teachers have taught him.  Then, he said:

R: now, the bloody children of the Lord!
R: Ri-ise, and shi-ine, and give God the bloody, bloody children of the Lord!
R: Now, the muddy children of the Lord!
R: Ri-ise, and shi-ine, and give God the muddy, muddy children of the Lord!

He was very excited and proud of himself.  And I encouraged him.  

I'm grateful God loves and accepts all the bloody and muddy children.