Tot Rock

• Coming in Classical: Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are entering at the start of class. Allow them to explore with an instrument not used in the rest of class.

  Historical information:

  The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. For more information see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals

  
  

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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: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping.
  Then sing the song and do a different action every time.

  Lyrics:
  

  It’s raining, its pouring, the little boy is snoring
  He went to bed, happy and fed,
  after mommy read him a story
  Rain rain, go away, come again another day
  It’s raining, it’s pouring, I want to see sun in the morning.

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• Lapride: Riding on the Yellow School Bus

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children sit in parents laps. Bounce, bump, etc during song. Bouncing to the beat of the music helps children feel the rhythm with their bodies.

  Lyrics:
  

  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus

  We’re bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Bouncing, bouncing up and down
  Bouncing up and down

  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the school bus

  We’re rocking, rocking side to side
  rocking, rocking side to side
  rocking, rocking side to side
  rocking side to side

  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the school bus

  Going Up and down and up and down,
  Bumping, bumping, all around
  Up and down and up and down,
  Bumping, bumping, all around

  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus
  Riding on the yellow school bus

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• Color or Shape Song w/Instrument: Rainbow Colors

  Activity Instructions:

  Post construction paper on the wall before class. Have children identify the color in the rainbow. Then sing song, and have children run and touch the color on the wall when you sing about the color.

  Lyrics:
  

  Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple – 533442312 low5
  These are the colors of the Rainbow 112332132
  Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple 533442312 low5
  Will you find me the color [COLOR] 13222255 1

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• Song w/Instrument: Shake my Cage Bells

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out cage bells. Allow children to explore shaking them high and low, tapping them on the ground, and making them hide. Then sing song several times.

  Lyrics:
  

  (to the tune of Wheels on the Bus)
  I shake and I shake and shake and shake,
  Shake and Shake, Shake and Shake,
  Shake them high and shake them low
  Tap the ground then where’d they go

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• Body Awareness: Dancing to our ABCs

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  ABCD, come along and dance with me
  EFGH, hands up high then touch your face
  IJKL, look around, you’re doing swell
  MNOP, clap your hands and play with me

  QRST, Quickly quickly stomp your feet
  UVW, Jump up and down like kangaroos
  It’s time to end, but then we will start again
  XYandZ, We’re dancing to our ABCs

  (repeat)

  ends with ABC song w/regular melody

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• Solfege Song: Mary had a Little Lamb

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
  Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.

  Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi,
  Re Re Re, Mi Sol Sol
  Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi  
  Mi Re Re Mi Re Do

  Mary had a little lamb,
  little lamb, little lamb
  Mary had a little lamb
  Whose fleece was white as snow

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• Song w/Ball: Grab a Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  CHORUS
  C’mon my friends and grab your ball
  C’mon my friends come one and all

  V1) We’re tapping with our hands
  V2) We’re rolling to a friend
  V3) We’re tossing in the air
  V4) We’re bouncing up and down

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• World Music Dance: France – Tap Tap Dans Le Mains

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: Note Monster

  Activity Instructions:

  Dump out printables or foam pieces with different note values drawn onto them. Ask children to feed the monster the different note values.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ta says the quarter note
  a circle with a line
  Ta says the quarter note
  a circle with a line

  Ti-ti says the eighth note
  a circle line and a flag
  Ti-ti says the eighth notes
  a circle line and a flag

  Too says the half note
  a letter o with a stem
  Too says the half note
  a letter o with a stem

  Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
  circle, line and double flags
  Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
  circle, line and double flags

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• Puppet: Hello Rainbow Fishies

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Brightly colored, bony,
  You’re a verterbrate
  You start out silver then transform
  You like to live in schools of 5 or more
  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Thanks for coming to play!

  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Brightly colored, bony,
  You’re a verterbrate
  Freshwater is what’s best for you
  You like your tank around seventy-two
  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Thanks for coming to play!
  Thanks for coming to play!

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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: Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are entering at the start of class. Allow them to explore with an instrument not used in the rest of class.

  Historical information:

  The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. For more information see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals

  
  

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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: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping.
  Then sing the song and do a different action every time.

  Lyrics:
  

  It’s raining, its pouring, the little boy is snoring
  He went to bed, happy and fed,
  after mommy read him a story
  Rain rain, go away, come again another day
  It’s raining, it’s pouring, I want to see sun in the morning.

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• Body Awareness: Dancing to our ABCs

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  ABCD, come along and dance with me
  EFGH, hands up high then touch your face
  IJKL, look around, you’re doing swell
  MNOP, clap your hands and play with me

  QRST, Quickly quickly stomp your feet
  UVW, Jump up and down like kangaroos
  It’s time to end, but then we will start again
  XYandZ, We’re dancing to our ABCs

  (repeat)

  ends with ABC song w/regular melody

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• Alphabet Song w/Instrument: What’s my number?

  Activity Instructions:

  One of the things that is on the preschool readiness list here in KY is knowing the phone number to call your parent.
  This song is something each parent should customize with their own number and sing with their child.

  Lyrics:
  

  What’s my number?
  What’s my number?
  What’s my number to call home?
  123
  -456
  -78
  9 and 1

  (loosely Darling Clementine)

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• Solfege Song: Mary had a Little Lamb

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
  Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.

  Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi,
  Re Re Re, Mi Sol Sol
  Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi  
  Mi Re Re Mi Re Do

  Mary had a little lamb,
  little lamb, little lamb
  Mary had a little lamb
  Whose fleece was white as snow

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Frere Jacques

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  C D E C
  C D E C
  E F G E F G
  G A G F E C
  G A G F E C
  C G C
  C G C

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• Composing Activity: Moving Melody

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children put hands or feet on different color poly spots, or paper plates with note letters on them, to create a melody, which you play on the xylophone or glockenspiel.

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• Song w/Ball: Grab a Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  CHORUS
  C’mon my friends and grab your ball
  C’mon my friends come one and all

  V1) We’re tapping with our hands
  V2) We’re rolling to a friend
  V3) We’re tossing in the air
  V4) We’re bouncing up and down

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• World Music Dance: France – Tap Tap Dans Le Mains

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: Note Monster

  Activity Instructions:

  Dump out printables or foam pieces with different note values drawn onto them. Ask children to feed the monster the different note values.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ta says the quarter note
  a circle with a line
  Ta says the quarter note
  a circle with a line

  Ti-ti says the eighth note
  a circle line and a flag
  Ti-ti says the eighth notes
  a circle line and a flag

  Too says the half note
  a letter o with a stem
  Too says the half note
  a letter o with a stem

  Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
  circle, line and double flags
  Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
  circle, line and double flags

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• Puppet: Hello Rainbow Fishies

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Brightly colored, bony,
  You’re a verterbrate
  You start out silver then transform
  You like to live in schools of 5 or more
  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Thanks for coming to play!

  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Brightly colored, bony,
  You’re a verterbrate
  Freshwater is what’s best for you
  You like your tank around seventy-two
  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Thanks for coming to play!
  Thanks for coming to play!

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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 :|

Family Rock

• Coming In Classical: Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals

  Activity Instructions:

  Play music as children are entering at the start of class. Allow them to explore with an instrument not used in the rest of class.

  Historical information:

  The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. For more information see Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals

  
  

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• Family 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 families
  Rock, rock rock with my families
  Rock, rock rock with my families
  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: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out rainsticks. Explore turning over, shaking, rolling, tapping.
  Then sing the song and do a different action every time.

  Lyrics:
  

  It’s raining, its pouring, the little boy is snoring
  He went to bed, happy and fed,
  after mommy read him a story
  Rain rain, go away, come again another day
  It’s raining, it’s pouring, I want to see sun in the morning.

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• Peek-a-boo: I am playing

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out scarves, explore pulling away and saying “boo.” Then sing song using scarves.

  Lyrics:
  

  I am playing, I am playing, Peek a boo with you!
  I am playing, I am playing, Peek a boo with you! Boo!

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• Color or Shape Song: Rainbow Colors

  Activity Instructions:

  Post construction paper on the wall before class. Have children identify the color in the rainbow. Then sing song, and have children run and touch the color on the wall when you sing about the color.

  Lyrics:
  

  Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple – 533442312 low5
  These are the colors of the Rainbow 112332132
  Red Orange Yellow Green Blue and Purple 533442312 low5
  Will you find me the color [COLOR] 13222255 1

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• Body Awareness: Dancing to our ABCs

  Activity Instructions:

  Play song, dance and follow motions/movement in lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  ABCD, come along and dance with me
  EFGH, hands up high then touch your face
  IJKL, look around, you’re doing swell
  MNOP, clap your hands and play with me

  QRST, Quickly quickly stomp your feet
  UVW, Jump up and down like kangaroos
  It’s time to end, but then we will start again
  XYandZ, We’re dancing to our ABCs

  (repeat)

  ends with ABC song w/regular melody

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• Song w/Pitched Instrument: Frere Jacques

  Activity Instructions:

  Lyrics:
  

  C D E C
  C D E C
  E F G E F G
  G A G F E C
  G A G F E C
  C G C
  C G C

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• Solfege Song: Mary had a Little Lamb

  Activity Instructions:

  Pass out echo microphones. Have children explore speaking in the top of them. Then ask for some of the classes favorite songs and sing them.
  Have the children echo solfege syllables, Do-Sol ascending and descending one syllable at a time.

  Teach the song by singing the syllables a little bit at a time and have children echo back. Then sing the song with regular lyrics.

  Lyrics:
  

  Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi,
  Re Re Re, Mi Sol Sol
  Mi Re Do Re Mi Mi Mi  
  Mi Re Re Mi Re Do

  Mary had a little lamb,
  little lamb, little lamb
  Mary had a little lamb
  Whose fleece was white as snow

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• Song w/Ball: Grab a Ball

  Equipment:
  

  Activity Instructions:

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

  Lyrics:
  

  CHORUS
  C’mon my friends and grab your ball
  C’mon my friends come one and all

  V1) We’re tapping with our hands
  V2) We’re rolling to a friend
  V3) We’re tossing in the air
  V4) We’re bouncing up and down

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• World Music Dance: France – Tap Tap Dans Le Mains

  Activity Instructions:

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

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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: Moving Melody

  Activity Instructions:

  Have children put hands or feet on different color poly spots, or paper plates with note letters on them, to create a melody, which you play on the xylophone or glockenspiel.

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• Musical Game: Note Monster

  Activity Instructions:

  Dump out printables or foam pieces with different note values drawn onto them. Ask children to feed the monster the different note values.

  Lyrics:
  

  Ta says the quarter note
  a circle with a line
  Ta says the quarter note
  a circle with a line

  Ti-ti says the eighth note
  a circle line and a flag
  Ti-ti says the eighth notes
  a circle line and a flag

  Too says the half note
  a letter o with a stem
  Too says the half note
  a letter o with a stem

  Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
  circle, line and double flags
  Ti-ka-ti-ka says the sixteenth note
  circle, line and double flags

---

• Puppet: Hello Rainbow Fishies

  Activity Instructions:

  Use puppet to sing song.

  Lyrics:
  

  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Brightly colored, bony,
  You’re a verterbrate
  You start out silver then transform
  You like to live in schools of 5 or more
  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Thanks for coming to play!

  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Brightly colored, bony,
  You’re a verterbrate
  Freshwater is what’s best for you
  You like your tank around seventy-two
  Hello rainbow fishies
  How are you today?
  Thanks for coming to play!
  Thanks for coming to play!

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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 :|