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[powkin]

So after verse 50 of this earlier and DD continuing to say “again” I am in need of your help.

What do you put on your bus?!

(Also need help for if you’re happy and you know it blank your blank)

Every animal you can think of with their relevant sounds.

I was going to say animals too!

I used to get fed up of singing this at work, so I'd get the children to change the vehicle. We had all sorts: car, train, tram, helicopter, plane, submarine, rocket etc. It got them using their brain and was a lot more enjoyable than juat singing about a bus.

Lights go on and off with star fingers for on and fist for off.

The rest I have blanked out. (Did you see what I did there?)

Baby - waaah waaah waaah
Mummies - natter natter natter
Daddies - snore snore snore
Wipers - swish swish swish
Doors - open & shut, open & shut
Driver - tickets please, tickets please
Mumsnetter - LTB, LTB

We used to do the children on the bus stand up, sit down at playgroup, but too many of them missed the chairs when they sat back down and it ended in tears so we changed it to the children on the bus all wave their hands 🤣

In this house the brothers go chatter chatter chatter. Usually about ninjago!

Grannies - knit, knit, knit
Footballers - shoot, shoot, shoot
Dancers - twirl, twirl, twirl
Teachers - say sit down please, sit down please, sit down please
Hairdressers - cut, cut, cut
Dentists - brush, brush, brush

Inspector - off, off, off
Guide dog - woof, woof, woof

All the relatives I can think of - brothers, aunties, whatever - saying hey, hi, hello, how are you, how do you do etc.
Animal noises
Oysters on the bus go beep beep beep (London)

Gearbox goes crunch, crunch crunch
Brakes go squeal, squeal. squeal
GD1 Name goes "are we nearly there yet"
Driver goes "sit down and be quiet"
Conductor (might have to explain that one!) goes "Tickets Please"

All time favourite with DGC
Aardvarks go {anything you like said in a nasal voice}

The wheels on the bus will not go round
...
The driver of the bus calls the breakdown van
...
The passengers on the bus must all walk home...

"Oh dear the bus is broken, we can't sing that again til it's fixed - let's play something else"
It worked for me.

Bell ding
Horn honk
Wipers swish
Mums natter
Dads sit down please
grans knit
Grandads snore
Babies, waaah
Children wriggle
Teens text
Doors open and close
Brakes squeak
Engine brrrrm
Indicators tick or flash
Announcer next stop please
Driver move down please
Lights flicker
Windows rattle

DD once started singing"The driver on the bus say Stop that noise!" whilst someone was trying to preach on the bus.

Thanks everyone! I’ve have cats meowing, bags rustling, Oyster card readers beeping, phones buzzing, mums screaming internally.

@Ellmau aw guide dog! I have written new lyrics to three blind mice as it’s such an awful song.

Three blind mice
Three blind mice
See how they run
See how they run
A guide dog helps them to get about
They go to the shops and they run around
Have you ever seen a such a thing in your life as
Three blind mice.

What a bus to be on

@MenaiMna

The wheels on the bus will not go round ... The driver of the bus calls the breakdown van ... The passengers on the bus must all walk home...

"Oh dear the bus is broken, we can't sing that again til it's fixed - let's play something else"
It worked for me.

I'm so stealing that for when I go back to work.

Sing softly...

If you're tired and you know it, go to sleep.
(yawn, yawn)
If you're tired and you know it, go to sleep.
(yawn, yawn)
If you're tired and you know it, then your yawns will surely show it.
If you're tired and you know it, go to sleep.
(yawn, yawn)

"Goodnight!"

I think you should sing it with a face mask on for authenticity.

The gran’s on the bus text around here!

When your trying to wrap up the song, sing the wheels on the bus go up the hill, up the hill, up the hill, all day long really slowly.
Them do the wheels on the bus. Go down the hill, down the hill, down the hill, all day long really fast. The end!