Songs For You (Children's Album)

by Liam Corcoran

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1.
Traveling Poet 02:51
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Now gather round my friends and folk, I'll tell you who I am I am a man who travels And observes this Appalachian land I'm not alone, oh yes Sometimes I travel with a band And I keep an eye for stories With my guitar in my hand I am a traveling poet A strolling balladeer Oh and don't you know it I've been around the world But now I'm here To sing my songs for you Before I start my stories And move on from this debut I must share with you some wisdom Which I swear to you is true When it comes to animals I've met more than a few And what I've learned is every one Is as meaningful as you Take it from the traveling poet Take it from the strolling balladeer Oh and don't you know it I've been around the world But now I'm here I am a traveling poet A strolling balladeer Oh and don't you know it I've been all around the world But now I'm here To sing my songs for you
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Bug 02:15
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Do you know what it's like to be a bug? Do you know what it's like to be a bug? I know what it's like to be a bug I know what it's like to have my very own hole I dug Yes, I know what it's like to be a bug I have my very own thrown rug My very own pet slug My very special coffee mug When it rains I've got a plug Yes, I'm very snug in my hole as a bug (I am a bug) Do you know what it's like to be a bug? Do you know what it's like to be a bug? I know what it's like to be a bug I know what it's like to be a bug Do you know what it's like to be a bug? Do you know what it's like to be a bug? I don't like Mr. Salamander he's a thug When he comes around I use my rock as a plug And he tugs and tugs and tugs and tugs And while inside my face is smug Cause inside I'm safe and snug With my rug, my mug, my slug Yes I know what it's like to be bug (I'm a bug) I know what it's like to be a bug I know what it's like to have my very own hole I dug Yes, I know what it's like to be a bug I have my very own thrown rug My very own pet slug My very special coffee mug When it rains I've got a plug Yes, I'm very snug in my hole as a bug (I am a bug) Do you know what it's like to be a bug? Do you know what it's like to be a bug? I know what it's like to be a bug I know what it's like to be a bug Do you know what it's like to be a bug? Do you know what it's like to be a bug?
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Everything Eats Everything Else 02:18
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In the rivers hide things so small That only tiny fish eat them at all And then crayfish eat the fish And then fish eat the crayfish And we eat fish dish At the mall Everything eats everything else Everything except for themselves The swallows eat the bees And the termites eat the trees And we eat what we please From the shelf Your dog eats dogfood for lunch Your cat only eats during brunch If you said that they were pampered That would leave questions unanswered Where's the food from?? What's the standard?? I've a hunch It's a world that we are rooting for! A world that's always hungering for more! Everything surviving It's an ecosystem striving Always trying to by thriving To be sure!
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Fossilized! 02:55
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The earth around me shakes The light it is revealed As the rhythmic tremor quakes My capsule is unsealed And I've traveled through a million years My sleep was all I'd known Now I awake and it appears My body's turned to stone I've been fossilized! So many years since I've been alive I've been fossilized! I'm seeing the world now with modern eyes A chisel and a tiny pick Free me from the ground While a brush gently flicks the earth Showing features that astound All the scientists don't know what to think They were looking for the missing link They shake their heads all of them are floored It's another trip back to the drawing board Now I wait from under glass In a small white room And people come and stare and pass Me inside my tomb And the scientist they seem intent On learning all about me They are lost in argument Over theories of my ancestry Wish I could tell 'em but I've been fossilized! So many years since I've been alive Fossilized! I'm seeing the world now with modern eyes
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Terrarium 03:09
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Every day at noon I gather up the pine cones And the bird keeps the tree groomed And we have a picnic and look Out the glass pane at the moon So if you listen close Then I will tell you of my home It's small, no doors at all In fact, it's a glass dome I live in a terrarium Sealed off from the great outdoors Just me, a tree, a bird We three could not need any more Our ecosystem may be small But we know that it won't fail Because the tree makes the air we need And takes in all the air we exhale Just a bird and a tree And a squirrel, that's me We three In our terrarium Sometimes it rains in our terrarium And when it rains it pours Yes, the sun takes the water to the ceiling And dumps it on the floor And I hide in my tree And the bird jumps in the tub And the tree takes a drink And we all think how great it is in our terrarium Our ecosystem may be small But we know that it won't fail Because the tree makes the air we need And takes in all the air we exhale Just a bird and a tree And a squirrel, that's me We three In our terrarium
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Hellgrammite 02:37
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From the river bottom Appears the looming shape The shadow creatures lurks Around the rocky seascape And it waits and waits and waits In fact, that's all it ever does It's waiting for the day it can escape the sea Because It's the hellgrammite A creature of the night A slimy, scary monster bug And quite a grizzly sight With the body of a caterpillar And a beetle for a head He moves with ease on spider knees And fills the seas with dread Along it's side its grizzly gills Keep it swift and strong The fearful beast extends at least A full three inches long But inside the monster's head He thinks no thoughts of hate He is good! Merely...misunderstood With no bug can he relate! I don't want to fight these bugs, I say! They won't give me a chance What can I say? I was born this way! I only want to sing and dance!! No bugs for me, no krill it's true I eat no carrion It's no scam in fact I am A vegetarian!
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Big Red Fire Ants 02:09
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Have you ever seen a colony of big, red fire ants Suddenly exposed from their lair? Never have I seen such panic come From a breath of fresh air What are you doing in there? Should I not have turn over your stone What are you doing in there? All alone Big, red fire ants Your home is a rock It came from the Appalachian mountains And was brought here to mark this trail Your home is rock And before it was yours it belonged to a beetle Or a beehive Or something with a tail Are you aware Of the story of your stone? Do you know the history of your home? Big, red fire ants Big, red fire ants Big, red fire ants Big, red fire ants
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Salamander 02:26
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Why hello there Hey, why hey I am Mr. Salamander My first name is Alexander I eat bugs and coriander And live under a stone that's wedged In the river bank by the river's edge On my resume I say My name is Alex Salamander You can call me Alexander Was in the navy, a commander If you really want to find me By the stream is where I'll be I'm afraid of Owl I'm afraid he'll nibble at me I'm just a salamander Yellow spots, grey body, black eyes and feet If you pick me don't keep me too long 'Cause under my rock is where I belong I'm a salamander Why hello there Hey, why hey My wife is Mrs. Salamander We live right here just me and her Yes that rock there Take a gander And oh yes oh there Hey, why hey Here's my brother Lysander He's the other Mr. Salamander Was in the army, a commander Now he mostly lives alone Underneath a different stone I'm afraid of Owl I'm afraid he'll nibble at me I'm just a salamander Yellow spots, grey body, black eyes and feet If you pick me don't keep me too long 'Cause under my rock is where I belong I'm a salamander

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Album of children's songs I wrote for an exhibit on biodiversity created by the Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Museum outside of Charlottesville, VA

Written and recorded Summer 2014

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released May 17, 2014

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