Nancy Stewart

Children's Music  ·  Seattle, Washington

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Five Coyotes

This is one of my favorite and most popular songs. I use five laminated coyotes (shown here), included in the lyric sheet. There is also a pattern for rabbits which many librarians pull out at the end of the song. Kids love to howl and say the word 'carnivore' I always start with saying 'coyotes are carnivores," and they are off and running! Of course you can sing this any time of year, but it's especially fun in the summer when you're doing camping songs, and in the fall when you're talking about nocturnal animals.

Lyrics

Five Coyotes

Five coyotes up on the hill,

Just a sittin' and a'howlin' at the moon

One coyote said, "I'm gettin' kinda hungry,

I'm off to find some rabbit stew!"

(Repeat with FOUR, THREE, TWO, and ONE)

LAST VERSE:

Then down in the valley five little rabbits

Hop into a hole in the ground

The said, "We hear the coyotes are gettin' kinda' hungry,

And we don't plan to be around!"

(Spoken) The End!

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