Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Haydn – Surprise Symphony, 2nd Movement

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

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• Tot Rock Hello

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 01, Tempo 5

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my Tots
  Rock, rock rock with my Tots
  Rock, rock rock with my Tots
  in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

  Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
  Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
  Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
  in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

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• Song w/Instrument: Egg Shaker

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out the egg shakers. Explore shaking side to side, up and down, in a circle, and rolling and tapping on the ground. Then sing song while using the egg shaker.

  Lyrics:
  

  Side to side, side to side
  Shaking my egg side to side [repeat]

  Up and down, up and down
  Shaking my egg up and down [repeat]

  All around, all around
  Shaking my egg all around [repeat]

  On the ground, on the ground
  Rolling my egg on the ground [repeat]

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• Lapride: Itsy Bitsy Spider Lapride

  Activity Instructions:

  Have grownups sit children in their lap. Introduce the lap ride. Go up the spout and down the spout wash out by tipping to the side.
  Then start music, repeat if desired.

  Lyrics:
  

  The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
  Down came the rain and washed the spider out
  Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
  And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again

  The itsy bitsy spider is dancing in his web
  The itsy bitsy spider is rockin’ with the band
  The itsy bitsy spider is playin’ his guitar
  The itsy bitsy spider’s makin’ music for us all

  The great big giant spider went up the water spout
  Down came the rain and washed the spider out
  Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
  And the great big giant spider went up the spout again

  The great big giant spider is dancing in his web
  The great big giant spider is rockin’ with the band
  The great big giant spider is playin’ his guitar
  The great big giant spider’s makin’ music for us all

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Square Where

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out beanbags to the children, one per child. Count the corners, and sides, notice that all four sides are equal. Then introduce song, sing along with demo. You may have children pass the beanbag back and forth between them and their parent, pass their beanbags around the circle, or pass it back and forth between their hands.

  Lyrics:
  

  Square Square Where Where
  Square Square Where Where
  Square Square Where Where
  Square Square…

  Four cor-ners, Four sides
  All e-qual, All the same height
  just as tall as it is wide
  Four cor-ners, four sides

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• Song w/Instrument: Rhythm Stick Arpeggio

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out Rhythm Sticks. Allow children to explore the different ways they can hit the rhythm sticks together or hit them on the ground. Then introduce song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap…
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  Tap my Rhythm Sticks
  11111

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• Body Awareness: Everybody Dance with Me

  Activity Instructions:

  Practice running, spinning, and stomping. Then turn on the music and follow the directions in the song. 

  Lyrics:
  

  CHORUS
  Everybody, Everybody, Everybody dance with me
  Everybody, Everybody, Everbody dance with me

  VERSE1
  We’re gonna run and run and run and run and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  VERSE 2
  We’re gonna spin and spin and spin and spin and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  VERSE3
  We’re gonna stomp and stomp and stomp and stomp  and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  BRIDGE (x2)
  Show me your moves, Show me your moves
  Show me your moves, get in the groove
  Show me your moves, show me your moves
  get in the groove, everybody dance now

  CHORUS x2

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• Solfege Song: Happy Birthday

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

  Lyrics:
  

  Sol Sol La Sol Do Ti
  Sol Sol La Sol Re Do
  Sol Sol Sol(8va) Mi Do Ti La
  Fa Fa Mi Do Re Do

  Happy Birthday to you
  Happy Birthday to you
  Happy Birthday Dear Students
  Happy Birthday to you

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• Song w/Ball: Tap and Stop

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls, practice tapping, bouncing, rolling between own hands, rolling to friend.

  Lyrics:
  

  I tap the ball with my hands x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball between my hands x3 and then I stop
  I bounce my ball up and down x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball to my friends x3 and then I stop

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• World Music Dance: India – Apna Sangeet Vaje Apna Sangeet – Amarjit Sidhu -Bhangra

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

  Historical information:

  Bhangra is a type of upbeat popular music associated with Punjabi culture. It was developed in England starting in the 1970s by people from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

  
  

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• Musical Exploration

  Activity Instructions:

  Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

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• Musical Game: Feelings Identification

  Activity Instructions:

  Tape three emojis to the wall for happy, sad, and angry. Have children identify the emotion. Then sing something happy (light and bouncy), angry (stacatto, fast, may be on same note), and sad (downward moving, with chromatic notes, in a minor key)

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• Puppet: Mr. Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  The itsy bitsy spider is building his web
  He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
  He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
  Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

  Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
  I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

  The great big giant spider is building his web
  He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
  He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
  Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

  Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
  I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

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• Goodbye Song

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 12, Tempo 8

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

  Lyrics:
  

  Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
  Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
  au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
  Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

  |: Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      We’ll rock again next time :|

Kid Rock

• Coming In Classical: Haydn – Surprise Symphony, 2nd Movement

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

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• Kid Rock Hello Song

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 01, Tempo 5

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my big kids
  Rock, rock rock with my big kids
  Rock, rock rock with my big kids
  in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

  Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
  Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
  Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
  in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

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• Song w/Instrument: Rhythm Stick Arpeggio

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out Rhythm Sticks. Allow children to explore the different ways they can hit the rhythm sticks together or hit them on the ground. Then introduce song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap…
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  Tap my Rhythm Sticks
  11111

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• Body Awareness: Everybody Dance with Me

  Activity Instructions:

  Practice running, spinning, and stomping. Then turn on the music and follow the directions in the song. 

  Lyrics:
  

  CHORUS
  Everybody, Everybody, Everybody dance with me
  Everybody, Everybody, Everbody dance with me

  VERSE1
  We’re gonna run and run and run and run and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  VERSE 2
  We’re gonna spin and spin and spin and spin and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  VERSE3
  We’re gonna stomp and stomp and stomp and stomp  and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  BRIDGE (x2)
  Show me your moves, Show me your moves
  Show me your moves, get in the groove
  Show me your moves, show me your moves
  get in the groove, everybody dance now

  CHORUS x2

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: Letter L – Ladybug

  Activity Instructions:

  Show the children a picture of the letter L and talk about the sound it makes. Then prompt the children to guess the things that start with the letter L in the song. Sing several times while tapping the beat.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ladybug is Laying on a Leaf
  Ladybug is Looking for her Love
  Ladybug is Laughing
  as she’s Leaping through the trees
  Ladybug is Lunching with a slug

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• Solfege Song: Happy Birthday

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

  Lyrics:
  

  Sol Sol La Sol Do Ti
  Sol Sol La Sol Re Do
  Sol Sol Sol(8va) Mi Do Ti La
  Fa Fa Mi Do Re Do

  Happy Birthday to you
  Happy Birthday to you
  Happy Birthday Dear Students
  Happy Birthday to you

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Muffin Man

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out handbells. Allow children to explore ringing them. Then call out colors and have children practice ringing bells when their color is called. Then call out colors and help children play the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Yellow Orange Turquoise Turquoise,
  Green yellow red red

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Green Turqoise Turquoise
  Green Yellow Green

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• Composing Activity: Color Composing 2

  Activity Instructions:

  Before class, print out color composing sheets, and pull crayons that match whatever instrument you are going to play the student compositions on.
  (Boomwhackers, handbells, or xylophone)

  Have students color the squares, and then play their compositions.

   

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• Song w/Ball: Tap and Stop

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls, practice tapping, bouncing, rolling between own hands, rolling to friend.

  Lyrics:
  

  I tap the ball with my hands x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball between my hands x3 and then I stop
  I bounce my ball up and down x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball to my friends x3 and then I stop

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• World Music Dance: India – Apna Sangeet Vaje Apna Sangeet – Amarjit Sidhu -Bhangra

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

  Historical information:

  Bhangra is a type of upbeat popular music associated with Punjabi culture. It was developed in England starting in the 1970s by people from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

  
  

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• Musical Exploration

  Activity Instructions:

  Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

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• Musical Game: Feelings Identification

  Activity Instructions:

  Tape three emojis to the wall for happy, sad, and angry. Have children identify the emotion. Then sing something happy (light and bouncy), angry (stacatto, fast, may be on same note), and sad (downward moving, with chromatic notes, in a minor key)

---

• Puppet: Mr. Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  The itsy bitsy spider is building his web
  He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
  He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
  Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

  Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
  I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

  The great big giant spider is building his web
  He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
  He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
  Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

  Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
  I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

---

• Goodbye Song

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 12, Tempo 8

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

  Lyrics:
  

  Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
  Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
  au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
  Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

  |: Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      We’ll rock again next time :|

Family Rock

• Coming In Classical: Haydn – Surprise Symphony, 2nd Movement

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song as children are entering the room, allow them to play with an instrument not used in today’s lesson plan.

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• Kid Rock Hello Song

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 01, Tempo 5

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Call children to circle. Start rhythm on Keyboard, and use each child’s name in the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m gonna rock rock rock with with my big kids
  Rock, rock rock with my big kids
  Rock, rock rock with my big kids
  in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

  Let’s all rock with [Name Here]
  Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “together”]
  Let’s all rock with [Name Here or “and have fun”]
  in Rockin’ Rhythms music class

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• Song w/Instrument: Rhythm Stick Arpeggio

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out Rhythm Sticks. Allow children to explore the different ways they can hit the rhythm sticks together or hit them on the ground. Then introduce song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Tap…
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  Tap my Rhythm Sticks
  11111

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• Peek-a-boo: Ants Go Marching

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, explore, playing peek-a-boo. Then begin singing the song as you play. Sing several times. You may also substitute the child’s name for “you.”

  Lyrics:
  

  I’m playing peek-a-boo with you hoorah, hooray!
  I’m playing peek-a-boo with you hoorah, hooray!
  I’m playing peek-a-boo with you
  Playing peek-a-boo with you
  Playing peek-a-boo with you hooray! Boo!

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• Color or Shape Song: Square Where

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out beanbags to the children, one per child. Count the corners, and sides, notice that all four sides are equal. Then introduce song, sing along with demo. You may have children pass the beanbag back and forth between them and their parent, pass their beanbags around the circle, or pass it back and forth between their hands.

  Lyrics:
  

  Square Square Where Where
  Square Square Where Where
  Square Square Where Where
  Square Square…

  Four cor-ners, Four sides
  All e-qual, All the same height
  just as tall as it is wide
  Four cor-ners, four sides

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• Body Awareness: Everybody Dance with Me

  Activity Instructions:

  Practice running, spinning, and stomping. Then turn on the music and follow the directions in the song. 

  Lyrics:
  

  CHORUS
  Everybody, Everybody, Everybody dance with me
  Everybody, Everybody, Everbody dance with me

  VERSE1
  We’re gonna run and run and run and run and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  VERSE 2
  We’re gonna spin and spin and spin and spin and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  VERSE3
  We’re gonna stomp and stomp and stomp and stomp  and stop (x4)

  CHORUS

  BRIDGE (x2)
  Show me your moves, Show me your moves
  Show me your moves, get in the groove
  Show me your moves, show me your moves
  get in the groove, everybody dance now

  CHORUS x2

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Muffin Man

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out handbells. Allow children to explore ringing them. Then call out colors and have children practice ringing bells when their color is called. Then call out colors and help children play the song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Yellow Orange Turquoise Turquoise,
  Green yellow red red

  Red Green Green
  Turquoise Blue Green Green
  Green Turqoise Turquoise
  Green Yellow Green

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• Solfege Song: Happy Birthday

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out microphones to children. Ask for some of their favorite songs, and sing them together. Then sing through solfege syllables, allowing class to echo. Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, Fa, Mi, Re, Do. Then introduce song for the week.

  Lyrics:
  

  Sol Sol La Sol Do Ti
  Sol Sol La Sol Re Do
  Sol Sol Sol(8va) Mi Do Ti La
  Fa Fa Mi Do Re Do

  Happy Birthday to you
  Happy Birthday to you
  Happy Birthday Dear Students
  Happy Birthday to you

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• Song w/Ball: Tap and Stop

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out balls, practice tapping, bouncing, rolling between own hands, rolling to friend.

  Lyrics:
  

  I tap the ball with my hands x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball between my hands x3 and then I stop
  I bounce my ball up and down x3 and then I stop
  I roll the ball to my friends x3 and then I stop

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• World Music Dance: India – Apna Sangeet Vaje Apna Sangeet – Amarjit Sidhu -Bhangra

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, and have children bounce, dance, etc.

  Historical information:

  Bhangra is a type of upbeat popular music associated with Punjabi culture. It was developed in England starting in the 1970s by people from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

  
  

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• Musical Exploration

  Activity Instructions:

  Dump a variety bucket of instruments out for children to play and try different instruments. Teacher’s choice on background music, make sure that the song lyrics are clean and the topic is child-appropriate. You may want to find out some of your participants favorite popular songs and include them here!

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• Musical Composition Activity: Color Composing 2

  Activity Instructions:

  Before class, print out color composing sheets, and pull crayons that match whatever instrument you are going to play the student compositions on.
  (Boomwhackers, handbells, or xylophone)

  Have students color the squares, and then play their compositions.

   

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• Musical Game: Feelings Identification

  Activity Instructions:

  Tape three emojis to the wall for happy, sad, and angry. Have children identify the emotion. Then sing something happy (light and bouncy), angry (stacatto, fast, may be on same note), and sad (downward moving, with chromatic notes, in a minor key)

---

• Puppet: Mr. Spider

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  The itsy bitsy spider is building his web
  He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
  He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
  Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

  Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
  I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

  The great big giant spider is building his web
  He’s not an insect, but he’s an arachnid
  He catches more bugs then the birds and the bats
  Most spider friends are harmless, but a few bite back

  Hey Mr. Spider with eight legs
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  Hey Mr. Spider thanks for catching bugs
  I don’t like bites, but I’ll take a hug

---

• Goodbye Song

  

  CASIO-SA-77:
  Pattern 12, Tempo 8

  
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Start rhythm on keyboard. Then sing song, putting each child’s name in the song. Adjust the ending based on the number of children you have – feel free to repeat or not, and add goodbyes to mommies, daddies, instruments, etc, if needed to finish the musical phrasing, depending upon the size of your class.

  Lyrics:
  

  Goodbye, Cya later, adios my friends
  Our time in Rockin’ Rhythms class has come to an end
  au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bon voyage, chiao
  Until we meet again my friends, I’ll say goodbye for now

  |: Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      Goodbye [Name goes here]
      Goodbye [Name here]
      We’ll rock again next time :|