The Nurturing Nest - March 2025 Music

The Nurturing Nest
Family Child Care & Preschool
March 2025 Music

Dancing in the Desert

Jump, sing and dance along! Explore new rhythms, theme-related lyrics and instruments unique to the featured musical genre of the month. While dancing along to the music, children build coordination and balance as they learn to creatively express ideas through movement.

Track 1 - Giddy-Up Cowboy Have you seen My canteen? Water's inside For my long cowboy ride. Oh giddy-up We've got a long long way Oh giddy-up And yippy yai yay Oh giddy up Cowboys and girls It's round-up day. Where is that Cowboy hat? It was made To give me shade. Cactus fruit, And a cowboy boot, It's what you need In the desert indeed.	Track 7 - Desert Flower Sleep flower, sleep. When the sun is hot Sleep, flower, sleep. Bloom flower, bloom. When the cool rain falls Bloom flower, bloom. Drop seeds, drop. Before the drought comes Drop seeds, drop. You're the flower of the desert, Adding color to the sand. You're the flower of the desert; The beauty of the land.
Track 2 - Tumblin' Tumbleweed I'm a tumblin' weed, a tumblin' weed. I started off as a tiny seed. Then I got big, big and green; Now I'm a tumblin' machine. Tumble, tumble tumbleweed Tumble, tumble tumbleweed Roll in the wind tumbleweed.	Track 8 - Sahara, the Camel She's been walking for a while With a great big smile, Across the land, Filled with sand. Chorus: Sa - ha - ra, the camel I ride. Sa - ha - ra, you're my desert guide. Sa - ha - ra, Sahara Walking over the desert dune, In the midnight moon, Her long legs and flat feet Keep her moving in the heat.
Track 3 - Don't Sit on a Cactus! Well this is the story of how I got hurt, When I traveled through the Mojave Desert. Don't sit on a cactus, It will hurt you bad. No, don't sit on a cactus. It will make you sad. No, don't sit on a cactus! And in the hot and steamy air, I saw a teddy bear. But it was not fuzzy; it was a Cholla tree, so... Well, I ran from the teddy bear, right into a prickly pear. Yikes! Now I have one million spikes, ow! Of course, the moral of the story, is not a joke, The one thing you must do if you don't want a poke is...	Track 9 - Lasso Dance (Instrumental)
Track 4 - Desert in the Shadow In the shadow of the mountain Lives a desert. Plants and animals of all kinds Is the mystery you will find. In the shadow of the mountain Lives a desert. Look, look and you will see Snakes and lizards and a coyote. Grow, grow, before your eyes, Wild flowers and pokey cacti. Listen, listen I've been told You can find desserts both hot and cold.	Track 10 - Burro's Song Jack, he carries a knapsack On his back. With a clippy, clacky, clippy clop clack. And I hear him bray Ee-ay, ee-ay, ay ay. i hear him bray Ee-ay, ee-ay, ay ay ...ay ay. Jenny, stands still, and eats her fill, But refuses to go, No clippy, no clacky, no clippy clap clack. And I hear her bray Ee-ay, ee-ay, ay ay. I hear her bray Ee-ay, ee-ay, ay ay ... ay ay. Sometimes stubborn, sometimes strong, That's the burro's song. Jenny and Jack, a clippy clop clack. And I hear them bray Ee-ay, ee-ay, ay ay. And I hear them bray Ee-ay, ee-ay, ay ay ...ay ay.
Track 5 - Desert Night, Moon Light I see the Road Runner race. Oh - what a crazy place, When a bird would rather walk than fly. Desert night - moon light, Better catch a glimpse before the animals hide. End of the day, the sun goes away, This is the time the animals play. I see the cottontail hop. No, no, no. He won't stop. Shootin' star while I strum my guitar. I hear the coyote howl, And the hoot of the Great Horned Owl, Singin' a call to the nocturnal.	Track 11 - Rattlesnake Shake (Instrumental)
Track 6 - Speak Truth Speak truth. I walk in honesty. Speak truth. I never tell a lie. I speak, speak the truth. Honesty, oh, honesty Oh, oh, honesty	Track 12 - Oasis (Instrumental)