Saturday, 5 December 2015

In search of that perfect Christmas Tree

I have used the traditional American version of the much loved "We're all going on a bear hunt" rather than that by Michael Rosen in anticipation of our quest today to find that perfect Christmas Tree for our living room. It may be difficult as the Garden Centre we have used for the last 20 years has shut down and is now a housing estate. We are to embark on new territory, setting off in the car in a westerly direction out of the city to a country-type setting- are we scared?

We're goin' on a Christmas Tree hunt
(We're goin' on a Tree hunt)
We're going to buy a big one,
(We're going to buy a big one,)we're not scared
(We're not scared)
What a beautiful day!
(What a beautiful day!)

Uh-oh!
Road Works!
Long stretch of road works.
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no!
We've got to go through it!
Clunk, boing! , Clunk, boing!, Clunk, boing!

Chorus: We're going on a tree hunt...

Uh-oh!
A pothole!
A deep cold pothole.
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no!
We've got to go through it!
Crash, plonk, Crash, plonk, Crash, plonk

Chorus: We're going on a tree hunt...

Uh-oh!
Windscreen Glass!
Thick pile of it
We can't go over it,
We can't go under it.
Oh no!
We've got to go through it!
Crunch, hiss, Crunch, hiss, Crunch, Pop

Chorus: We're going on a tree hunt...

Uh-oh!
Traffic calming!
big traffic calming.
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no!
We've got to go through it!
Zig-Zag, wait, Zig-Zag-wait, Zig-Zag-go


Chorus: We're going on a tree hunt...

Uh-oh!
A car wash! (Does the car need washing?)
A swirling whirling car wash.
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
Oh no!
We've got to go through it!
Sudsy-Wudsy, Sudsy-Wudsy, Sudsy-wudsy

Chorus: We're going on a tree hunt...

Uh-oh!
A Farm Shop!
A mucky gloomy Farm shop.
We can't go over it.
We can't go under it.
We've got to go through it!
Hello, Hello, Hello
WHAT’S THAT!
One shiny wet trunk,
Big furry boughs
Two metres tall!
IT’S A CHRISTMAS TREE !

Quick!
Back through the Farm Shop!
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye!
Back through the car wash!
Sudsy, Wudsy,Sudsy, Wudsy, Sudsy, Wudsy!
Back through the traffic calming!
Zig-Zag-wait, Zig-Zag-wait, Zig-Zag- go!
Back through the windscreen glass
Crunch-hiss, Crunch-hiss, Crunch-pop!
Back through the pothole!
Crash-Plonk, Crash-Plonk, Crash-Plonk!
Back through the road works!
Clunk-boing, Clunk-boing, Clunk-boing!
Get to our front door.
Open the door.
Up the stairs
Oh no! Forgot to pay for the tree!
(Police just pulling up outside with an angry farmer. uh-oh)

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