Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
No Reprise at Lantern Porch with the Water Marked Trail Card
The part everyone joins: “Four, three, two, one—leave one beat for a new choice.” The hook teaches the shrinking form while making the final silence a place for participation.
Lyrics
Opening — Four Sounds
At lantern porch, the trail card gleamed,
four wet marks in a windowed seam.
Spencer tapped; Brandon brushed.
Austin clapped; Kaydence hushed.
All: Four sounds travel, one by one—
tap, brush, clap, hush: begin.
Round Two — Three Sounds
The card showed quilt lawn, pale and wide.
They tried the pattern side by side.
Tap, brush, clap—the hush stayed free.
“What changed for you?” asked Kaydence quietly.
Round Three — Two Sounds
Brandon brushed; Austin clapped.
The tap was gone; the card edge dripped.
Spencer watched the audience near:
“Choose the sound you still can hear.”
Round Four — One Sound
One soft clap crossed lantern porch.
No one filled the empty fourth.
An audience hand held one silent count;
the watcher joined without making sound.
The Irreversible Turn
Four, three, two, one—then none.
The opening pattern could not be redone.
They folded the quilt-lawn window away
and turned through blackberry arch that day.
Cleanup Coda — No Reprise
Spencer stacked the dry sound tiles.
Brandon wiped the card-edge clean.
Austin folded one sorting cloth.
Kaydence left one center space between.
Yes on blue. Not yet on gold.
Change-my-mind stayed open and unfilled.
They did not rebuild the four-sound start;
cleanup kept the changing part.
Final Lines
Four, three, two, one—room remains.
The board can change when a choice changes.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Songs, ages 5–8
Theme: Creativity & Play — checking impact before celebrating intent.
Energy: Patient building with a bright four-beat start, shrinking texture, and an open cleanup groove.
Estimated duration: About 1 minute 55 seconds.
Participation: Layered body percussion, sound-count choices, one silent final beat, cleanup sorting, and optional audience entry.
Ways to Join In
- Assign tap, brush, clap, and hush to four performers or groups.
- Remove exactly one sound each round.
- The audience participant may hold up one finger silently rather than making sound.
- During cleanup, sort the used sound cues into yes, not yet, or leave the center open.