Trout Fishing in America CTTS 2.5yo

[Robyn Kozierok]

Someone here recommended the Trout Fishing in America CD "Mine" a
while back, and we have indeed enjoyed it. Those who know the
"Big Rig" song may appreciate my 2.5yo's rendition:

"Oh, dere's onetwothreefourfive six... seven... eight... nine... Million!
<mumble mumble> BIG RIG!"


--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

[Hillary Israeli]

In >,
Robyn Kozierok > wrote:

*
*Someone here recommended the Trout Fishing in America CD "Mine" a
*while back, and we have indeed enjoyed it. Those who know the
*"Big Rig" song may appreciate my 2.5yo's rendition:
*
*"Oh, dere's onetwothreefourfive six... seven... eight... nine... Million!
*<mumble mumble> BIG RIG!"
*

I have no idea, but a google search turned this up at metrolyrics.com:
Oh, there's 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18
wheels on a big rig;
(OK, everybody now!)
Oh, there's 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18
wheels on a big rig;
And they're rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'.
(Mighty fine, good buddy, let's back the big rig on up now!)
Oh, there's 18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
wheels on a big rig;
(OK, now let's count just the even number wheels.)
Oh, there's 2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18
wheels on a big rig;
And they're rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'.
(OK, let's go to the other side of the truck now and count just
the odd number wheels.)
Oh, there's 1-3-5-7-9-11...13.....15.......17 wheels on a big rig;
(Sounds like you might have a flat...I don't know.)
(OK, since you're so smart, why don't you try doing it in Roman numerals?)
(OK, I will.)
Oh, there's I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII
XVIII
wheels on a big rig,
And they're rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'.
(Top that, will you!)
(I will now attempt to divide the wheels of a big rig by pi.)
Oh, there's 3.1431425679..11...million wheels on a big rig,
And they're rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'.


I imagine that is the song you're talking about...

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[Kevin Karplus]

In article >, mountainspring wrote:
> Robyn Kozierok > wrote:
>
>> Someone here recommended the Trout Fishing in America CD "Mine" a
>> while back, and we have indeed enjoyed it. Those who know the
>> "Big Rig" song may appreciate my 2.5yo's rendition:
>>
>> "Oh, dere's onetwothreefourfive six... seven... eight... nine... Million!
>> <mumble mumble> BIG RIG!"
>>
>>
>> --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)
>
> LOL....I don't remember if I was the one who recommended them or not (I
> don't recall doing so recently, but I've been a fan of theirs for over
> 10 years) but I'm glad to hear your son enjoys that one so much. My son
> just turned 3, and that's one his favorite songs too. His other
> favorite songs are on the CD "Big Trouble", and include the title track
> (which my son refers to as "the Monster Song") and "When I was a
> Dinosaur" (complete with Keith and Ezra making dino-type sounds which
> initially sort of frightened my son) and a beautifully written Lullabye.
>
> If you ever get the chance, see them live at one of their family
> shows.....they're a lot of fun for kids and adults alike. I was
> attending their family shows long before I had kids of my own.

I think I was the one who recommended Trout Fishing in America.
You should also look into Gunnar Madsen's CDs, particularly "Old
Mr. Mackle Hackle", though "Ants in my Pants" is also pretty good.

Kid's music that adults can listen to with pleasure is far too rare
these days---support the artists who produce it!


--
Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus
life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels)
Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed)
Professor of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz
Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics
Affiliations for identification only.

[Robyn Kozierok]

In article >,
mountainspring > wrote:
>
>LOL....I don't remember if I was the one who recommended them or not (I
>don't recall doing so recently, but I've been a fan of theirs for over
>10 years) but I'm glad to hear your son enjoys that one so much. My son
>just turned 3, and that's one his favorite songs too. His other
>favorite songs are on the CD "Big Trouble", and include the title track
>(which my son refers to as "the Monster Song") and "When I was a
>Dinosaur" (complete with Keith and Ezra making dino-type sounds which
>initially sort of frightened my son) and a beautifully written Lullabye.

That's the other CD we got :) I think on balance my boys like that one
a little better than "Mine" but we enjoy both.


--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

[Robyn Kozierok]

In article >,
Kevin Karplus > wrote:
>
>I think I was the one who recommended Trout Fishing in America.
>You should also look into Gunnar Madsen's CDs, particularly "Old
>Mr. Mackle Hackle", though "Ants in my Pants" is also pretty good.
>
>Kid's music that adults can listen to with pleasure is far too rare
>these days---support the artists who produce it!

I'll suggest another in this vein -- Bill Harley does some hilarious
kids' songs that the adults around here also enjoy. Our favorites
are "There's a Pea on my Plate" and "You're in Trouble". Similar
sense of humor to Trout Fishing in America, though without the
audience interaction schtick. (He has some recordings which are
just stories, which are also really funny, but we like the musical
recordings best.)

--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

[Robyn Kozierok]

In article >,
Hillary Israeli > wrote:
>In >,
>Robyn Kozierok > wrote:
>
>*
>*Someone here recommended the Trout Fishing in America CD "Mine" a
>*while back, and we have indeed enjoyed it. Those who know the
>*"Big Rig" song may appreciate my 2.5yo's rendition:
>*
>*"Oh, dere's onetwothreefourfive six... seven... eight... nine... Million!
>*<mumble mumble> BIG RIG!"
>*
>
>I have no idea, but a google search turned this up at metrolyrics.com:
>Oh, there's 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18
>wheels on a big rig;

<snip>

>(I will now attempt to divide the wheels of a big rig by pi.)
>Oh, there's 3.1431425679..11...million wheels on a big rig,
>And they're rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'.
>
>
>I imagine that is the song you're talking about...

Yup, that's the one :)

--Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)