Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Creekside Thank-You Table Song A
Name the helper, name the care—thank-you travels when we share. Families hear the real-world rhythm, sing the feeling together, then repeat one helpful action: name a helper, pass carefully, or help clear one place.
Lyrics
[Two soft table taps, then a breath.]
Creek water hushes, evening turns blue;
A little shared table has helpers in view.
Before the first taste and after we sit,
We name who helped make every bit.
Near old stump school, Spencer set down
One small basket, simple and brown.
Austin placed two cups side by side;
Both left room on the table wide.
“Who grew the apples?” Spencer began.
“Who carried them gently in careful hands?”
Name the helper, name the care;
Thank-you travels when we share.
Grow it, carry, wash, prepare—
Every kind of help is there.
Name the helper, name the care;
Thank-you travels when we share.
At the pond stones, listen—tap, tap;
A leaf in the breeze made a tiny clap.
Austin said, “Thanks to the hands that grew.”
Spencer said, “Thanks to the hands that carried too.”
No names were guessed and no faces shown;
They thanked the real kinds of help they had known.
Leader: Who helped the meal arrive right here?
All: Growers and carriers—thank you right here!
Leader: What helpful action can we share?
All: Pass it gently; help with care.
All: Name the helper, name the care;
Thank-you travels when we share.
[The second voice enters one line later.]
Along orchard path, the echoes grew;
“Thank the rain,” sang the evening blue.
Beneath old oak branch, leaves kept time;
“Thank the sun,” hummed the answering rhyme.
The sky and leaves are song-play here;
Real thanks still names the helpers near.
At riverside bend, the snack was done;
Two empty cups caught the last warm sun.
Austin held the basket steady and low;
Spencer cleared one place before they would go.
They named one more helper, then hummed instead—
“Thanks to the hands that prepared what we shared.”
Final Round
Voice 1: Name the helper, name the care;
Voice 2: Thank-you travels when we share.
All: Grow it, carry, wash, prepare—
Every kind of help is there.
Name one helper, choose one care;
Pass it gently, clear, or share.
Mmm-mm-mm, the thanks goes round;
Kind help gives our table sound.
About This Song
Age lane: S5 — Mixed-Age Family Song. The chorus offers younger listeners a simple name-and-thank pattern, while the verses give older children and adults a layered view of growing, preparing, carrying, setting, and sharing a meal.
Theme: Website freebie song that lets families practice gratitude by naming real kinds of help rather than offering a vague or compulsory thank-you.
Energy: Soft evening blue, rocking-chair breeze, calm settle-down weather, and a warm round-song pulse.
Estimated duration: Approximately 2–2½ minutes.
Participation: Call-and-response naming, gentle table taps, open-hand gestures, and a child-owned repeat of one helpful action.
Ways to Join In
- Name: say, sign, gesture, or point to one kind of helper—grower, carrier, washer, preparer, setter, or clearer.
- Table taps: tap twice on knees or a nearby surface; table contact is optional.
- Pass carefully: move empty hands slowly toward another participant without requiring an object.
- Clear one place: mime one small clearing action or rest hands.
- Child ownership: in later choruses, children choose and supply one helper category or helpful action.
- Participation may be standing or seated, voiced or gestured, moving or watching. Gratitude is specific and invited; children are not required to perform thanks or identify an unknown individual.