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Lyrics to HERE WE GO!, our song about baby sea turtles

Category: Animal Songs- Ocean

Published: Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Dear Friends,

When I heard the story of how baby sea turtles spend the first days of their lives, I knew I wanted to write a song about them to add to my collection of animal songs for kids. I was fascinated by the fact that the first babies to hatch from their eggs would wait for the rest of their brothers and sisters to hatch before running to the sea. By dashing to the ocean in a group, there is a better chance that some of the baby sea turtles will get there without being eaten by their predators. (New sea turtles hatchlings are a favorite food of marine birds and raccoons!)
   

I learned this interesting fact about sea turtles in a class taught by my friend, Ranger Winter Bonnin, at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Coast, California. While I was sitting in her class, the words "Here we go. Wish us luck." popped into my head, and I began to write my song.  Of course I named it "Here We Go! "  "Here We Go!" is one of the more lively songs in my collection of animal songs for kids and is on our CD "IF I WERE A FISH and Other Ocean Songs for Kids" by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders.  My fans love to sing along and echo the words "go" "luck" "hatched" and "eggs". Here are the lyrics, or words, to Here We Go!:

  Chorus

Here we go, go, go. 
Wish us luck, luck, luck 
As we make our way across the sand to the sea.
We've just hatched, hatched, hatched
From our eggs, eggs, eggs.
And the ocean water world is where we need to be.

 We are baby sea turtles. We've been growing in our eggs
That our mother laid in a nest in the warm, dry sand.
And now that all of us are hatched it's time to begin
To dash together to the sea to have our first swim.

(to Chorus)

 When we scramble to the sea in the middle of the night,
We find our way with the help of the moon and starlight.
It's our first big adventure since we've left our turtle nest.
And we must find a safe place in the sea before we rest.

(to Chorus)

       If we are lucky we will grow up in the sea
     Eating tiny shrimp, sea jellies and seaweed.
     And maybe one day some of us will find our way back 
      To lay our own eggs on this beach where we were hatched.

     (to Chorus)

 

You can also watch a fun kids video of  HERE WE GO!  that includes photos of baby and adult sea turtles and performances by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders in Ambergris Caye, Belize and in Orange County, California. Click here to watch.

If you have ever seen an adult or baby sea turtle, we’d love to hear about it. Who knows? Maybe you will write your own sea turtle song (or add a verse to mine).  In the meantime, good luck sea turtles!

~Birdsong

 

 

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About this Page: When I first heard the story of how baby sea turtles spend the first days of their lives, I knew I wanted to write a song about them to add to my collection of animal songs for kids. I was fascinated by the fact that the first babies to hatch from their eggs would wait for the rest of their brothers and sisters to hatch before running to the sea. . . You can also watch a fun kids video of HERE WE GO! that includes photos of baby and adult sea turtles and performances by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders in Ambergris Caye, Belize and in Orange County, California.