Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Gentle Market Basket Song 031
Song promise: Haylee, Emmitt, and Lillian make listening visible by taking turns with one clear sound pattern.
The part everyone joins: “Hear it once; send it back.”
Lyrics
Haylee hears the creek go ripple.
Emmitt hears a pebble knock.
Haylee taps the sounds together:
“Ripple, knock—now stop and watch.”
Hear it once; send it back.
Tap-tap, pause, then match the track.
Your turn, my turn, pass it on.
Hear it once; send it back.
Down the lane, a basket handle
bumps three times against its side.
Emmitt calls, “I heard that pattern!”
Haylee says, “Let’s match the ride.”
Hear it once; send it back.
Tap-tap, pause, then match the track.
Your turn, my turn, pass it on.
Hear it once; send it back.
Butterfly wings seem to whisper;
sunlit patches blink in time.
Make-believe basket beats go skipping
down the lane in one bright line.
At the quiet bench, Lillian
taps three sounds: slow, quick, slow.
Haylee listens. Emmitt listens.
Then they tap the same three sounds.
Hear it once; send it back.
Tap-tap, pause, then match the track.
Your turn, my turn, pass it on.
Hear it once; send it back.
Listening Tag
One clear sound, then room to hear it.
One kind turn, then give it back.
Every voice can lead or listen
in our little basket track.
About This Song
Age lane: S5 — Mixed-Age Family Songs, with a short echo chorus for young children and a three-part listening pattern for older listeners and caregivers.
Theme: Website freebie song for Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs; help families listen for a short sound pattern, repeat it, and pass the lead to someone else.
Energy: Warm, bright, gently active; 74°F with warm afternoon light, no rain or mist, and a butterfly breeze.
Estimated duration: Approximately 2–3 minutes.
Participation: Hear the real-world rhythm, sing or tap it together, then repeat one helpful listening action as a chorus. Children may circle or sit, tap or watch, echo or listen.
Ways to Join In
- On “hear it once,” pause and listen.
- On “send it back,” echo with two taps, a hum, a spoken sound, a gesture, or silence followed by a nod.
- For Lillian’s call, use three sounds in the order slow, quick, slow; the group repeats only after the call finishes.
- Children may circle, sit, tap a surface or wheelchair tray, gesture, watch, or join only the final line.