Crystol Woods Poet Ballad

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I teach Pre school age children and wrote this song I sing with them each year. I play my ukulele and they seem to enjoy it!

Squirm the Germ

Squirm the Germ 

Vs.1
There’s a germ, his name is Squirm, he lives inside our head, and when we cough or sneeze or wheeze, he jumps right out instead! So…..
(Point to your head, then use both hands wide open to show how the germs will jump out)


Chorus
Cover your cough! (make cough noise into the crook of your arm.)
Cover your sneeze! (make sneeze noise into crook of your arm)
There’s no need to make others get sick!(waggle your index finger back and forth in a “no,no” gesture)
Cover your cough! Cover your sneeze!
It’s a really cool, stay healthy, tip! Yea! (hold two thumbs up)


Vs2.
Well, when that germ gets on my hands, no matter what I do, The only way to make him go is water and soap too! (use hand motions that mimik hand washing)
     That squirmy germ just hates it! He thinks it’s such a pain! He squirms and gags and jumps right off, and washes down the drain!(Make funny “yuk” faces and twirling motion with your finger as if going down the drain)

Chorus
Sooo...Cover your cough! Cover your sneeze! There’s no need to make others get sick. Cover your cough! Cover your sneeze!
It’s a really cool, stay healthy, tip! Yea!

Vs3.
And when that germ gets in my nose, yes, right inside my snout…(point to your nose) I want to use my finger, to dig that germie out! ( mimic nose picking) But, I really shouldn’t do that, it will spread that germ about, so I will grab a tissue, and blow that booger out!(mimic blowing your nose into a tissue)

Chorus
sooo...Cover your cough! Cover your sneeze!
There’s no need to make others get sick. Cover your cough! Cover your sneeze! It’s a really cool…..stay healthy….TIP! YEA MAN!

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Benjamin Bartley January 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM I used to be a preschool music teacher (way back when I was younger). Mostly circle sing a longs. Like to hear you sing this. Maybe record it for us soupers some time. Crystol Woods January 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM I write little finger plays for them as well. Here's one for getting 20, 3 and 4 yr.olds from the classroom down the hallways. ( cup hands as if holding something in them and whisper) I have a little mousie, here inside my hands. I have to be so quiet! As quiet as I can! I have to walk so carefully when going down the hall, and use my walking feet so Mousie doesn't fall. Then we all hold our mice and walk quietly down the hall! Works everytime!:)xo Crystol Woods January 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM That's awesome...we don't see enough male prek teachers. I have a puppet video with this song on my Facebook... if you look me up I'll add you! But I'll also try to put a recording with this. Thanks for your interest! Xo