Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Alice Mole and Grandpa’s Bus-Stop Promise
Promise: Grandpa gives Alice the same complete loving sendoff each school morning; Alice answers in short echoes, boards the bus, and carries the remembered rhythm into her day.
The part everyone joins: “Your words walk with me all day.”
Lyrics
Walking Hum
Grandpa: Morning path and morning sky.
Alice: Walk beside me while I try.
Past the orchard, leaves move light.
Alice holds her backpack tight.
Grandpa matches every pace:
“We have time to reach our place.”
Short Response
Alice: Step by step, the words begin.
By the pond, they stay on land.
Alice loosens one small hand.
Grandpa says, “The bus comes soon.”
Alice taps the walking tune.
Your words walk with me all day.
I can hear them on my way.
One small wave, one steady start;
I can carry them in heart.
When the morning bus pulls through,
I remember: I love you.
Grandpa’s Complete Sendoff — Old Oak Bus Stop
Grandpa: Be good for the bus driver,
good for the teacher,
study hard,
learn a lot,
play hard,
have fun,
be safe,
come home in one piece,
and I love you.
Alice’s Echo
Alice: Good for the driver,
good for the teacher,
learn and play,
have fun today,
be safe,
come home in one piece—
and I love you too.
Your words ride with me today.
I can hear them on my way.
One small wave, one steady start;
I can carry them in heart.
When the school-day road comes through,
I remember: I love you.
About This Song
Age lane: S5 — Mixed-Age Family Song.
Theme: Website freebie song for Family & School Rituals; loving words make a brave sendoff.
Energy: Warm, steady, affectionate, and confidence-building; approximately 84 BPM.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 20 seconds.
Participation: Walk together, echo short pieces of Grandpa’s familiar sendoff, then let Alice carry the full rhythm into her day. Children may wave, tap, echo, sign, hum, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/response: Grandpa delivers each sendoff phrase; Alice or the group echoes only the shorter response lines.
- Participation choices: Children may walk in place, tap a knee, wave once, echo selected phrases, sign “I love you,” hum, or listen.
- Child ownership: A child may choose one loving phrase to carry into the day, echo the complete short response, or pass.
- Bus-stop safety: Performers remain in a stable designated waiting area with a trusted grown-up. No child approaches, boards, or moves around a real bus except under actual driver and adult direction.