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Lyrics to The Tide Pool Song

Category: Animal Songs- Ocean

Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2009

 Dear Friends,

People often ask me how I began to write animal songs for kids. My answer is always the same: "It all began with The Tide Pool Song."  Below  are the lyrics to a song that continues to be one of my favorite ocean animal songs. Click here to learn more about tide pools and how I wrote The Tide Pool Song. And if you've been to the tide pools lately, please write to us and let us know what you saw. Perhaps you can even write your own verse to The Tide Pool Song.

 THE TIDE POOL SONG  

Chorus:
I wonder what I'll see in the tide pool today.
What might crawl by or swim my way.
It could be purple, red, orange, brown or green.
There's so much going on in the tide pool scene.
 
I never knew everything was so alive.
Even tiny shells have living things inside.
I better walk so gently, treat it with care,
So the tide pool life will always be there.
 
 Pointy urchins, hermit crabs and sea anemones
 Are my friends I visit when the tide is low. Oh, oh
 I think I'll make a wish upon a sea star fish
 And hope that it comes true. Oo oo oo oo. 
(to Chorus)
 
Did you know that some of the ocean animals
Hide under rocks and shells so they do not dry up in the sun?
I think that's pretty smart of them.  I guess I'll leave the shells alone,
After all it is their home.  Oh, oh. oh  . . .   
 (to Chorus)
 ©Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders | Little Ones Music (ASCAP)

I am proud to say that "The Tide Pool Song" is used by the California State Parks and Orange County Parks as a teaching song for kids. It is also in an Emmy award-winning film called "Tidepool Scene."   "The Tide Pool Song" is on the CD "IF I WERE A FISH and Other Ocean Songs for Kids" by Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders ®. 

I look forward to writing many more animal songs for kids. All it takes is an interesting animal or ecosystem to inspire me. And that happens all the time.

-Birdsong 

 

 

 

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About this Page: Below are the lyrics to a song that continues to be one of my favorite ocean animal songs. Click here to learn more about tide pools and how I wrote The Tide Pool Song. And if you've been to the tide pools lately, please write to us and let us know what you saw. Perhaps you can even write your own verse to The Tide Pool Song.