Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Geese-Going-South Goodbye Round
Promise: Aydin names the sadness of departure, Aleea follows the flock’s movement, and Lillian helps the group choose concrete spring signs to watch for without promising the same flock’s exact return.
The part everyone joins: “Goodbye, geese—travel on; we will watch for spring to come.”
Lyrics
Flock-Call Count-In
Aleea: Hear the geese above the lane?
Aydin: I feel sad they will not stay.
By the lane, the flock draws near.
Wingbeats cross the morning clear.
Aydin says, “I wish they’d stay.”
Aleea answers, “We can wave.”
Goodbye, geese—travel on.
We will watch for spring to come.
I can miss you; I can see
How you cross the sky from me.
Hum one pathway, long and low—
Goodbye, geese; it’s time to go.
In the clover, V-shape wide,
Geese move south across the sky.
Aleea points from front to end:
“Each bird travels with the bend.”
Aydin hums the lower line.
Aleea joins one beat behind.
Two soft parts can travel far:
Goodbye from the field we are.
Layered Chorus
Layer 1: Goodbye, geese—travel on.
Layer 2: We will watch for spring to come.
Leaving now can still feel sad.
Looking forward can feel glad.
Both can fit inside one song:
One says gone; one says look on.
At the hill, the flock grows small.
Lillian hears the final call.
“When spring comes, I’ll watch the ground
For new green clover coming round.”
Aydin says, “I’ll watch the sky.”
Aleea says, “I’ll listen high.”
“Make-believe our waves can fly
Like small notes beside goodbye.”
No real wave can reach the flock;
That is just their looking-forward song.
Final Layered Chorus
Layer 1: Goodbye, geese—travel on.
Layer 2: We will watch for spring to come.
Layer 3: Green clover, open sky—welcome signs when spring is nigh.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary, approximately ages 5–8.
Theme: Website freebie song for Seasons & Change; goodbye can include looking forward.
Energy: Tender, spacious, and gently hopeful; approximately 84 BPM with a layered farewell round.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Participation: Watch the flock gather, sing a traveling farewell, then name what will welcome it back. Children may wave, hum, point, layer a phrase, gesture, or listen.
Ways to Join In
- Leader/round: Aydin leads the goodbye line; Aleea enters one phrase later with the spring-watch line; Lillian adds the future-sign layer.
- Participation choices: Children may hum, wave, point toward the sky or ground, tap three entries, speak, sign, or listen.
- Child ownership: On “watch for spring,” a child may name one local spring sign, say “I do not know yet,” or pass.
- Wildlife boundary: Observe migrating birds from a respectful distance; do not chase, feed, call down, or claim a guaranteed return by the same flock.