Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Helpful Lost-and-Found Blues A
Slow look, clue by clue—rushing runs right past the view. Families hear the real-world rhythm, sing the searching feeling together, then repeat one helpful action: stop, scan, or name the next clue.
Lyrics
[Three soft taps, then one quiet breath.]
Creek-cool breeze and dappled light,
Something blue is out of sight.
Not a race and not a rush—
Hear the meadow settle: hush.
By the meadow gate, Aleea said,
“My blue bandanna is not on my head.”
Aydin answered, “Let’s start where we knew
We saw it last, then follow each clue.”
One slow circle, eyes down low—
A bent grass blade says, “This way—go slow.”
Slow look, clue by clue;
Rushing runs right past the view.
Stop, scan, name what you see—
One small clue for you and me.
Slow look, clue by clue;
Careful looking carries us through.
At the porch steps, berry-red thread
Rested where the breeze had sped.
Aleea stopped; Aydin scanned:
“That is not our blue bandanna strand.”
But a little blue fuzz by the lowest stair
Pointed toward the berry patch there.
Leader: Slow look—what do we do?
All: Stop, scan, name the clue!
All: Slow look, clue by clue;
Rushing runs right past the view.
Stop, scan, name what you see—
One small clue for you and me.
[Brush drum and soft bass answer each line.]
Berry leaves whispered, “Blue went by,”
While cotton clouds crossed the sky.
The whispers are make-believe in the song;
The fluttering blue scrap was real all along.
Aydin watched it lift, then fall;
Aleea named, “Wind—that connects them all.”
Near Dahl Farm lane, the scrap touched down;
They paused before they looked around.
Across the clover, slow eyes found
The blue bandanna safe on the ground.
At Firefly Hill, the breeze hummed low;
Three remembered clue-lights seemed to glow.
Slow look, clue by clue;
Rushing runs right past the view.
Stop, scan, name what you see—
Careful looking found it for me.
Slow look, clue by clue;
Patience helped our thinking through.
Aleea: “Found!”
Aydin: “Clue by clue.”
All: “Slow looking helped us know what to do.”
About This Song
Age lane: S5 — Mixed-Age Family Song. The chorus gives younger listeners an easy action loop, while the verses offer older children and adults a clue sequence, shared reasoning, and a satisfying completed-result ending.
Theme: Website freebie song that lets families sing and move through the idea that slow looking beats rushing.
Energy: Curious, lightly bluesy, cool-breezed, and unhurried; playful investigation rather than worry.
Estimated duration: Approximately 2–2½ minutes.
Participation: Call-and-response, slow scan gestures, three clue taps, pointing, and a child-owned repeat of one helpful action.
Ways to Join In
- Stop: become still for one beat or rest hands.
- Scan: move eyes, head, or one pointing finger slowly from side to side.
- Name: say, sign, gesture, or point to one noticed detail.
- Three clue taps: tap knees or a nearby surface once for grass, once for blue fuzz, and once for the fluttering blue scrap.
- Child ownership: on later choruses, children choose and supply one helpful action—stop, scan, or name the clue.
- Participation may be standing or seated, voiced or gestured, moving or watching. The search stays calm, nearby, and cooperative.