Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Gentle Market Basket Beat
The chorus turns choosing and thanking into a musical exchange rather than a manners lesson. Haylee and Emmitt notice what is available, choose only what they can use, pass it carefully, and send appreciation back through the same basket beat.
The part everyone joins: “Choose one, tap two, thank you through and through!”
Lyrics
Count-In
Haylee: Tap the rim!
Emmitt: Tap it light!
All: Choose with care and thank just right!
By Carlisle Farm creek that day,
silver drizzle tapped away.
At the old stump school they found
two small baskets keeping sound.
Leader: Choose one!
Everyone: What will do?
Leader: Tap two!
Everyone: One and two!
All: Take what helps, then send it through—
“Please” to choose and “thank you,” too!
Up the barn lane, puddles shone.
Haylee chose a pear to take.
By the pond stones, Emmitt said,
“I’ll take one round loaf of bread.”
Leader: Choose one!
Everyone: What will do?
Leader: Tap two!
Everyone: One and two!
All: Take what helps, then send it through—
“Please” to choose and “thank you,” too!
Haylee: Need a pear?
Everyone: Choose with care!
Emmitt: Take the bread?
Everyone: Pass it there!
Haylee: When it’s shared—
Emmitt: What do we do?
All: Look or gesture, smile, or say, “Thank you!”
At the riverside bend,
their basket beat met breeze and rain.
On the quiet bench they sat,
pear and bread upon a mat.
Leader: Choose one!
Everyone: What will do?
Leader: Tap two!
Everyone: One and two!
All: Take what helps, then send it through—
“Please” to choose and “thank you,” too!
Tap it softly, pass it true—
kindness keeps the basket groove!
Closing Tag: Choose with care, and when you’re through,
share a warm and gentle thank-you.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Song, approximately ages 5–8
Theme: Food & Community
Emotional hook: Choosing and thanking
Cast: Haylee and Emmitt
Weather: 58°F, silver morning, light drizzle, puddle-pat wind, silly rainy-day weather
Route: Carlisle Farm creek → barn lane → quiet bench, with old stump school, pond stones, and riverside-bend details
Energy: Gentle basket-percussion groove with a playful rainy swing
Participation: Tap a basket beat, compare two choices, pass one item carefully, and sing a thank-you response
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 40 seconds
Ways to Join In
- Tap a basket rim, knee, table, hand drum, or the air twice on “tap two.”
- Hold up one finger or point to one choice on “choose one.”
- Pass a safe pretend item, gesture toward another person, or simply watch the exchange.
- A thank-you may be spoken, sung, signed, gestured, smiled, or shown with attentive eye direction.
- Participants may stand, sit, roll, sway, tap, sing, gesture, or watch.
- Keep all objects light and dry enough to handle safely; no child needs to approach the creek or pond stones.