Hungry Little Owl

I wrote this song 3 or 4 years ago when Springwatch featured a tawny owl chick whose parents had a predilection for feeding it slugs. Poor thing got all slimed up but did all right in the end and fledged. It works very well with a hand puppet owl and little ones bringing it slugs and frogs to eat.

Hungry little owl in a hole in a tree.
Hungry little owl, won’t somebody feed me.
A bar’s pause here for Mummy Owl to bring in some food. You can count 4 quietly, or use the puppet to communicate with the children and cue the second part.
That’s more like it.
Along comes Mummy with a slimy little slug
To fill my tummy.

Other prey ideas:
Along comes Mummy with a juicy little frog
Along comes Mummy with a lovely, juicy worm
Along comes Mummy with a juicy little vole
Along comes Mummy with another slimy slug
Along comes Mummy with another juicy worm
Along comes Mummy with a long and lovely slow worm
Along comes Mummy with a lovely, crunchy moth
Along comes Mummy with a lovely little mouse

 

Sheet music (PDF)

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