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When my children were very young, were were watching Sesame Street once when Ernie came on to sing this song:
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I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
Words and Music by Jeff Moss
Illustrated by Dagmar Fehlau
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I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
Words and Music by Jeff Moss
Pictures Coordinated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home, or library use only.
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Find the music to “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon,” in
The Sesame Street Songbook (64 Favorite Songs Featuring Jim Henson’s Sesame Street Puppets)
Words, music, and arrangements by various artists
Illustrations by David Prebenna
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Ernie sings on Sesame Street:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeNO56xNlZo
I love the version by these two guys!
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtt1hmcJgn8
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Muppet Wiki about the song:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/I_Don’t_Want_to_Live_on_the_Moon
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“I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon” seems to lend itself nicely to jazz artists and I’ve run across some inspiring recordings.
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I like this recording and amazing jazz arrangement by Ben Darwish:
http://bendarwish.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont-want-to-live-on-the-moon
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This is a jazz instrumental by Brooklyn Soul Organization:
http://www.amazon.com/I-Dont-want-live-Moon/dp/B000QL6ZS4/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331850577&sr=8-1-fkmr0
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Another terrific arrangement and jazz vocal by The Skye Steele Quintet
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Want-Live-On-Moon/dp/B001BRRCJS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331850828&sr=8-1
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I DON’T WANT TO LIVE ON THE MOON
Music and Lyrics by Jeffrey Moss
Well, I’d like to visit the moon
On a rocket ship high in the air
Yes, I’d like to visit the moon
But I don’t think I’d like to live there
Though I’d like to look down at the earth from above
I would miss all the places and people I love
So although I might like it for one afternoon
I don’t want to live on the moon
I’d like to travel under the sea
I could meet all the fish everywhere
Yes, I’d travel under the sea
But I don’t think I’d like to live there
I might stay for a day there if I had my wish
But there’s not much to do when your friends are all fish
And an oyster and clam aren’t real family
So I don’t want to live in the sea
I’d like to visit the jungle, hear the lions roar
Go back in time and meet a dinosaur
There’s so many strange places I’d like to be
But none of them permanently
So if I should visit the moon
Well, I’ll dance on a moonbeam and then
I will make a wish on a star
And I’ll wish I was home once again
Though I’d like to look down at the earth from above
I would miss all the places and people I love
So although I may go I’ll be coming home soon
‘Cause I don’t want to live on the moon
No, I don’t want to live on the moon
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Related Posts
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Sing Books, its own reward (over the moon for a little girl and “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon”)
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/sing-books-its-own-reward-over-the-moon-for-a-little-girl-and-i-dont-want-to-live-on-the-moon/
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SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS OF SESAME STREET
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SING ALONG RESOURCES AND PRINTABLE MATERIALS
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/sing-along-resources-2/
Sing Books, its own reward (over the moon for a little girl and “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon”)
Posted on: March 17, 2012
Every class I get to visit reveals its own, unique personality. One aspect of this is that each class has its own favorite songs and I love it when the children make requests.
In Ms. Anctil’s class last week, the most darling girl (with curly hair) asked me to bring “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon,” for the next visit. I was excited for this request because “Moon” is one of my personal top favorite songs, but it doesn’t receive that many requests, I imagine, because it is a ballad. Mostly the most requested songs are lively.
So I made this note to myself to remember and the curly hair on the smiley face helped me remember who asked:
This is all to express my delight in getting the Sing Books with kids. Today’s little experience is truly an example that the work is its own reward. The look on this little girls face charmed me all the way over the moon. I made eye contact with her a couple times during the song and I will never forget her smile and how glad she was that I remembered her and the song she wanted to hear. Nothing could have bought that and I am grateful to have had the honor of being there in that moment.
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I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
Words and Music by Jeff Moss
Pictures Coordinated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home, or library use only.
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Relates Posts
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SING ALONG RESOURCES AND PRINTABLE MATERIALS
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/sing-along-resources-2/
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I DON’T WANT TO LIVE ON THE MOON, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/i-dont-want-to-live-on-the-moon-a-singable-picture-book-2/
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SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS OF SESAME STREET
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INFO ABOUT SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS (this post was added to the “Emily’s Thoughtful Meanderings” section)
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/resources-for-inspiration-and-information/
I can easily say that Sesame Street is one of my Top 10 greatest cultural influences.
I was born in Würzburg, Germany in 1968, when my parents were stationed there with the US Army. My parents brought me to the USA when I was one, just in time for the first episode of Sesame Street in 1969. I know the songs, the sets, original characters, and sketches like I know a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Sesame Street was show made for city kids, but it spoke to me (influenced and shaped me) just the same in my home town of Indianapolis.
Stopping in Target (a surprisingly good source of Singable Picture Books!) this morning, I found,
Sesame Street Treasury (Celebrating 40 years)
Published by Publications International, Ltd.
Written by Various Artists
Illustrated by Various Artists
The book’s first chapter is an illustration of the song, “People in Your Neighborhood”
The People in Your Neighborhood
Words and Music by Jeffrey Moss
Illustrated by Leon Jason Studios
Sung by Bob, here’s a link to the tune:
http://www.amazon.com/The-People-In-Your-Neighborhood/dp/B000QNMNQ0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1271087520&sr=8-2
Another Singable entry is,
The House That Biff Built
Words Adapted by Janet Campbell
Traditional Tune
Illustrated by Tom Cooke
Many sung versions of this rhyme are annoying. My favorite Singable Version of this song is found on a CD which accompanies,
This is the House that Jack Built
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Pam Adams
If you get the tune in your head, it works perfectly with “The House that Biff Built.”
You can also hear a version of the tune here,
http://www.amazon.com/This-House-That-Jack-Built/dp/B002JF7YHG/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&qid=1271087678&sr=1-41
A book of poetry is included in the treasury,
I Think That it is Wonderful
Written by David Koor
Illustrated by A. Delaney
(I’ve not yet gone through the book to determine a tunes that fit the poetry, but poetry is SINGABLE and I look forward to discovering how some of these charming poems can be sung.)
The last pages of the book offer a brief history of Sesame Street. I am particularly amazed to read that Caroll Spinney has provided the voices for Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird since the very first episode in 1969. That amounts to over 4, 000 episodes.
Read a quick, yet inspiring biography of Caroll Spinney: http://www.greatertalent.com/CarollSpinney
