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This sweet song is a sing-a-long favorite with little children. Can you say, "Blurp ah pa-shoosh rumbly pound"?

It evem inspired the picture book by the same title.

lyrics

It happened one day on the mountain so high
A river was born from out of the sky
The rain and the snow came falling down
And started to run as they hit the ground

(Chorus)
Blurp ah pa-shoosh rumbly pound
A white rapid river makes a wonderful sound

In the short days of winter this river still flows
Under the ice and the silence of snow
As the sun rises higher the ice it wears thin
Like a raft it floats down as the spring thaw begins.

(Chorus)

Over beds made of granite it sweeps and it rolls
It is narrow and steep and so icy cold
It carries small rocks and it grinds them to sand
It carves out a valley and gouges the land

(Chorus)

It rushes along past steep canyon walls
That echo the song (sound) of a canyon wren’s call
Through a rainbow of flowers it bubbles and sings
Feeding green meadows and the new life of spring

(Chorus)

Over flat colored stones it riffles along
Kingfishers and frogs join in with its songs
With rapids and falls, spray bursting in air
This river brings life to salmon and bear
(Chorus)

A strider it glides where an eddy has turned
Into dark pools in the shade of green ferns
A dragonfly’s wings shine in the sun
While a dipper bobs by a swift rocky run

(Chorus)

It meanders past farms and past a small town
Where on warm summer days the children come down
They tie an old rope to the limb of a tree
And swing into the river feeling wild and free

(Chorus)

Their parents float in an afternoon dream
Where orange lilies cling to the side of the stream
In the shallows the toddlers splash as they wade
While grandparents cool their feet in the shade

(Chorus)

Deer come to drink at the end of day’s light
In the soft muddy banks are the footprints of night
The current divides where a small creek comes in
Around a rock bar it’s united again

(Chorus)

It fills up a lake and is still for a day
But soon the wide river goes along on its way
It rolls past rocks and banks lined with trees
It carries small boats of fall covered leaves

(Chorus)

It rolls and it rolls ‘til it rolls past me
It makes me smile for it’s wild and free
I know it is happy for it’s wild and free
But I wave it good bye as it enters the sea

(Chorus)

The water in the sea rises up to the sky
And the wind blows a cloud to the mountain so high
The rain and the snow come falling down
And flow to the river as they hit the ground

Blurp ah pa-shoosh rumbly pound
A white rapid river makes a wonderful sound!

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from Dirt Made My Lunch, released January 1, 1989

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Banana Slug String Band Santa Cruz

Booty-shakin' music for kids ... or anyone 'young' enough to love this precious Earth!

"The best thing about Banana Slug String Band albums? An adult can listen to them [i]almost[/i] as many times as the kids want them played and not experience an urge to strangle a purple dinosaur.
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