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Liam Maloy Music

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Inspiring, participatory, life-affirming, heart-warming songs for children. Videos. Lyrics. Chords. Notation. Created with love by Dr Liam Maloy, singer & songwriter of Johnny & the Raindrops. Author of book on music for children 'Spinning the Child: Musical Constructions of Childhood through Records, Radio and Television' . International award-nominated songs used in schools in USA, UK & around the world. RSC Associate Artist (Music) - Shakespeare-through-music specialist.

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Inspiring, participatory, life-affirming, heart-warming songs for children. Videos. Lyrics. Chords. Notation. Created with love by Dr Liam Maloy, singer & songwriter of Johnny & the Raindrops. Author of book on music for children 'Spinning the Child: Musical Constructions of Childhood through Records, Radio and Television' . International award-nominated songs used in schools in USA, UK & around the world. RSC Associate Artist (Music) - Shakespeare-through-music specialist.
Shine a light: The perfect Christmas song. Great for group singing.
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Shine a light: The perfect Christmas song. Great for group singing.

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A joyful Christmas song full of the optimism that light brings to the darkness of winter. ‘Shine a light into every dark corner’ (sing along!). The song is secular, perfect for holiday celebrations across all religions and cultures. It has been sung in many countries around the world. In Germany, Australia, Canada, and in a tiny village in the North Pole. Share the hope that ‘Shine a light’ brings. Chords, sheet music, backing track versions with and without backing vocals are available on the Times Educational Supplement (TES) website.
'Bat with a Broken Wing': Poignant Halloween song. Disability theme
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'Bat with a Broken Wing': Poignant Halloween song. Disability theme

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Poignant and melancholic. Uplifting and touching. ‘Bat with a Broken Wing’ is not only a great Halloween song to listen to or to sing with children. It also aims to highlight issues of disability in a sensitive and empowering way. Ultimately, it’s a song about the power of friendship. Not all damaged little animals get better or win the race of life against all the odds, no matter what most children’s book and films might tell you. Have a listen to what happens to this broken bat and friends. It’s the ‘Fairytale of New York’ of Halloween! This pack contains an mp3 of the song, an mp3 of the instrumental version of the song, a lyrics sheet and a link to the video on YouTube.
Animals in Danger | Backing track
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Animals in Danger | Backing track

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Animals in Danger: Instrumental backing track Vocal free version of the backing music for ‘Animals in Danger’ by Johnny & the Raindrops. Great for children to sing the song in class, assemblies, productions and as part of an endangered animals project. Lyrics and other resources for this song available on my TES shop
'The Halloween Album': 10 original spooky songs for children
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'The Halloween Album': 10 original spooky songs for children

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‘The Halloween Album’: Full of spooky tunes to get you shakin’ like a Skeleton, moanin’ like a Zombie and stompin’ like a Monster. Wiggle along with the five Halloween worms (a finger song) Crawl with the five little spiders. Dance with the monster with 12 belly buttons. Fall in love with the bat with the broken wing. Remember - Witches. Mummies. Ghosts - ‘YOU DON’T SCARE ME!’. Includes the poignant single ‘Bat with a broken wing’ (available as a separate TES resource). It’s the ‘Fairytale of New York’ of Halloween. The album Includes an instrumental sing-along version of ‘Bat with a Broken Wing’
'I wish I was a witch': Video for cool Halloween song for children
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'I wish I was a witch': Video for cool Halloween song for children

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This rocking and rolling Halloween song will get you singing, dancing and doing the actions! Perfect for schools! Nothing scary here. Just some cool witches ready to turn you into a frog, or a bat or a worm. Watch out! Here are the words so get singing. I wish I was a witch. I wish I was a witch. With a big tall hat and a cute black cat. And a big broomstick. I wish I was a witch. One swish of my cloak is gonna make you croak. When I wave my wand you’ll be in my pond. When I tap on a log you’ll turn into a frog. I wish I was a witch … We got spells and potions. We’ve got two-for-one promotions. We got a cauldron too to make a thick green stew And when you drink some of that you’ll turn into a bat We got a bad reputation, but witches are a wonderful creation. Sisters gotta stick together. If men laugh we say ‘whatever’ I’m gonna make you squirm. Turn you into a worm. I wish I was a witch. I wish I was a witch. I wish I was a witch.
'Seven days of the week' |  Lyric video to learn the days and explain the origins of their names
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'Seven days of the week' | Lyric video to learn the days and explain the origins of their names

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Great song to help learn the names of the days of the week. The song also explains the origins of the names of the days (in English). One of them is named after THOR! The last part of the song is a test to see if children can remember the seven days. They start dropping off and the children have to fill them in by shouting them out. Lyrics are embedded in the video. Lyrics sheet is included
Cool Halloween song for children. 'I WISH I WAS A WITCH'
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Cool Halloween song for children. 'I WISH I WAS A WITCH'

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Lyrics, video and mp3 for this catchy Halloween song. Perfect for children of all ages. Sing along with the simple call-and-response choruses. Easy to add actions. Do the actions to the bodily transformations in the verses: hop like a frog, flap like a bat, wiggle like a worm!
Christmas spider song. Little spiders.
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Christmas spider song. Little spiders.

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Check out my simple catchy Xmas song ‘LITTLE SPIDERS’, perfect for young children to learn and sing. It’s all about how spiders helped a widow and her poor family by spinning webs on Xmas night to make tinsel. This folk tale is popular in the Ukraine, Poland, Germany and other countries in Eastern Europe. Merry Christmas. Wesołych Świąt. щасливого Різдва. Fröhliche Weihnachten.
Seasons song - 'Seasons come Seasons Go'
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Seasons song - 'Seasons come Seasons Go'

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This song goes through each season describing what happens to the weather, the animals, etc. Johnny, the male singer, says grumpy things about each season. Sarah, the female singer, is upbeat and says positive things.
'Pirate school'. Lively song with actions. Live video. Watch the band!
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'Pirate school'. Lively song with actions. Live video. Watch the band!

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Every day of the week you will learn an exciting thing about being a pirate. Get ready to do the actions and sing along. Oh, and don’t forget to dance like a pirate! Perfect for sea-themed activity for younger children. Simple enough to teach it for a performance. Great as a mood-changer or to raise the energy level in the classroom.
'Recycling'. Funny and fast song for children. Lyrics included
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'Recycling'. Funny and fast song for children. Lyrics included

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Fun song and video to help children learn about the things that can be recycled or reused. Watch it in class as a fun interlude or as part of a project. I would suggest that most children of 12 or under would enjoy this. Contains clips from a number of recycling videos currently on YouTube including the Peppa Pig episode. I did some research as to what can actually be recycled. Some were surprising. There are also some funny ones in there (‘tunes and notes … daddy’s old jokes’). Look out for a guest appearance by Prof. Brian Cox!
'Home Again (Refugee Song)' | Refugee song for children
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'Home Again (Refugee Song)' | Refugee song for children

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‘Home Again (Refugee Song)’ was written in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to the news reports about millions of people escaping to other countries. The song is sung by a mother to her child. In just a few words, ‘Home Again’ asks the question – how can you return home when your home either does not exist anymore or is just a temporary stay in a new country? The music is soothing. The gently pulsing rhythm is calming and meditative. My hope is that you will find this song a useful way to raise the topic of population displacement with children. If you work with refugee children, I hope it will help them understand that, whatever they might have been through, there is always a possibility to build a new home in a new place. The song has three main chords and can easily be transcribed to suit your children’s voices.