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Black Socks

  • Found in: Monsters in the Bathroom and Play it Again

(Writer unknown)

I learned this round years ago – I can’t remember when or where. It’s a good song to sing when you don’t want to do the laundry.

Black socks, they never get dirty
The longer you wear them, the stronger they get
Sometimes I think I should wash them
But something inside me keeps saying
Not yet, not yet, not yet, not yet

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50 Ways to Fool Your Mother

Already Someplace Warm

Big Big World

Come On Out and Play

Cool in School

Coyote

Dinosaurs Never Say Please

Down in the Backpack

Elijah – Single

First Bird Call

From the Back of the Bus

Grownups Are Strange

High Dive

I Wanna Play

It’s Not Fair to Me

Lunchroom Tales: A Natural History of the Cafetorium

Mistakes Were Made

Monsters in the Bathroom

One More Time

Play it Again

The Best Candy in the Whole World

The Town Around the Bend

There’s a Pea on My Plate

Wacka Wacka Woo

Walking Each Other Home

Walking Each Other Home – Single

Wash Your Hands

Well…I’m Sorry – Single

Yes to Running!

You’re in Trouble

Bill’s Rules of the Universe
“Sometimes a plate of spaghetti is the best thing in the world.”
“Everything takes longer than you think.”
“It’s always harder to put something back together than it is to take it apart.”
“If you spend all your time cleaning your desk, all you’ll have is a clean desk. That’s not enough.”
“Listen—you’re missing something cool.”
“All children should be given a ukulele when they’re born.”
“We’re more alike than we are different.”
“If you are older than two and can’t sing a song and tell a story, you’re in trouble.”

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