Hawkins Hollow Kids Songs
Split-Color Turn-Taking
Song promise: A mistake can become useful information, and a funny object turn can open the group’s next move without making any child the joke.
The part everyone joins: “Pass the color, turn the middle, let the odd way start.”
Lyrics
Aralynn:
The gold face shines at feather clearing.
It looks like the answer right away.
Aleea:
The blue edge fits the lower line,
but bright gold points another way.
Emmitt:
I hold the center hinge steady.
Zylar:
I wait for the relay tune.
Relay Melody — Three Jobs Converge
Aralynn:
Blue edge—low.
Aleea:
Gold edge—high.
Emmitt:
Center—turn.
All:
Three jobs meet once:
low, high, turn—align.
All:
Pass the color, turn the middle,
let the odd way start.
If the bright face solves the wrong thing,
keep the useful part.
Zylar:
I receive the token last
and set it backward by mistake.
Aralynn:
The token looks as if its elbow
wants to lead the break.
Aleea:
We laugh at the elbow-first token,
not at Zylar’s turn.
Emmitt:
Its backward window opens
the three-piece clue we need to learn.
All:
Backward means begin again.
Blue edge, gold edge, center clear.
The mistake becomes the opening cue;
the next relay starts from here.
Aralynn:
I remember lantern porch once:
a square held the lower space.
Aleea:
A roof-shape rested above it.
Emmitt:
A clear dot marked the center place.
Zylar:
We do not build a real lantern.
We join three flat pieces on the ground.
All:
Pass the color, turn the middle,
let the odd way start.
Square below, roof-shape above,
clear dot at the heart.
One flat lantern image rests
where four relay voices part.
About This Song
Age lane: S3 — Early Elementary Song, approximately ages 5–8. The premise requires four-role sequencing, relay melody assembly, simultaneous convergence, reinterpretation of a mistake, humor without ridicule, and a three-piece visual result. S2 would flatten the causal turn; S4 would add verbal and emotional density the premise does not need.
Theme: Daily Routines — allowing humor without making anyone the joke.
Energy: Light relay groove with one crisp convergence and a calm visual finish.
Estimated duration: About 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Participation: Token pass, short relay melody fragments, three-job convergence, backward-cue gesture, and three-piece image assembly.
Ways to Join In
- Pass the token on the final beat of each relay phrase.
- Assign blue edge, gold edge, and center turn to three performers; the fourth performer waits to receive the result.
- After the backward placement, restart with the token already reversed.
- Assemble only the flat square, roof-shape, and clear dot; do not mime a real flame or lantern.