This song was co-written by the Centennial Elementary School Cultural Music Club and Park Ranger Jeff Wolin. It is about Bent's Old Fort National Historic site.
On the border of Mexico there was a trading post looked like a castle, Bent's Fort was its name to make a fort so tall, they had to have strong walls made bricks from a mix they called adobe They had a recipe, the ingredients came to be The Castillo de Lodo, the Castle of Mud, Castillo de Lodo they mixed up the mud and added el agua, zacate, la arena, El sol y tiempo, Castillo de Lodo Trappers and traders, hunters and freighters servants and cooks and a blacksmith or too Mexican laborers, Native Americans cultures combined like a buffalo stew They were the recipe to build a community at the Castillo de Lodo, the Castle of Mud, Castillo de Lodo they mixed up the mud and added el agua, zacate, la arena, El sol y tiempo, Castillo de Lodo Baile Juntos Mezcla Castillo de Lodo, the Castle of Mud, Castillo de Lodo they mixed up the mud and added el agua, zacate, la arena, El sol y tiempo, Castillo de Lodo Castillo de Lodo, Castillo de Lodo, Castillo de Lodo Baile
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La Gran Garza Azul
A song about visiting the Everglades and watching the Great Blue Heron
La Gran Garza Azul Jeff Wolin yo fui a los Everglades con mi familia para ver caimanes y cocodrilos pero yo vi algo mas extrano un ave cavadora con un pico largo chorus: La Gran Garza Azul, La Gran Garza Azul wait patiently, for that fish, spear it with your beak it’s a tasty dish I went to the Everglades with my family to see alligators and crocodiles but I saw something more exciting a hunting bird with a big long mouth chorus flip it up flip it up way up in the air lanzalo arriba para comer cabeza primera es el modo eat it head first it’s the way to go… yo fui a los Everglades con mi familia para ver caimanes Y cocodrilos pero yo vi algo mas extrano una ave cavadora con un pico largo chorus wait patiently, for that fish, spear it with your beak it’s a tasty dish
Four Presidents Jeff Wolin chorus: four presidents on a hill in South Dakota presidents of the United States four presidents on a hill in South Dakota do you know their names? first president head on a hill in South Dakota first president of the United States some call him the Father of the country George Washington was his name. chorus Second president on a hill in South Dakota Third president of the United States he helped us to declare our independence Thomas Jefferson was his name chorus third president on a hill in South Dakota twenty-sixth of the United States a friend of National Parks and conservation Teddy Roosevelt was his name chorus fourth president on a hill in South Dakota sixteenth of the United States he helped us to preserve the Union Abe Lincoln was his name Four presidents on a hill called Mount Rushmore now you know their names
Spelunca Funka Jeff Wolin grab your light, and your helmet too, find three friends to go with you ya gonna need kneepads, ya gotta have a map, put all your gear in a little backpack we’re going down, way underground, we’re going spelunkin’ crawlin’ through a tunnel, on your hands and knees, 3D textbook in geology squeezing through the layers, of Earth’s deep time, you got fun and learnin’ at the same time we’re going down, way underground, we’re going spelunkin’ let’s go down, down underground, that’s where the adventure is found we’ll see lots of cave formations… stalactites, stalagmites, and cave bacon Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, longest cave that you’re ever gonna see now that’s a lot of dark, it’s a national park, set aside for us all to see we’re going down, way underground, we’re going spelunkin’ Wind and Jewel Cave out in Dakota, now that’s a great place to fill your fun quota Timpanogos, up on a hill, and the bats at Carlsbad will give you a thrill, we’re going down, way underground, we’re going spelunkin’ let’s go down, down underground, that’s where the adventure is found we’ll see lots of cave formations… stalactites, stalagmites, and cave bacon cave bacon…it’s not good to eat…it’ll break your teeth…cave bacon… cave bacon…cave bacon…cave bacon…
Run Fish Run
A song about salmon and restoring rivers by Ranger Jeff Wolin.
Run Fish Run Jeff Wolin here come the salmon, in from the sea on their way to spawn, swimming up stream salmon got eggs, a tasty dish, packed with nutrients, it’s nature’ s gift chorus run, fish, run run, run, fish, run, run, run, run, fish, run, and feed the ecosystem animals and plants, connected by a web depending on the fish, to keep them all fed bears, eagles, dippers, and streamside trees, aquatic bugs, beavers and mink chorus a long time ago, the rivers did flow hundreds of thousands of fish yeah, fins and tails go swish cultures and traditions time to renew restore the river, come on and let those fish through chorus (2X)
Down on the Mall
A song about the National Mall by Ranger Jeff Wolin.
Down on the Mall Jeff Wolin in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King stood on the Lincoln steps and said he had a dream he said one day, we’d all come together and play and treat each other like sister and brother and here we are today and now were… Chorus: down on the Mall, we’re standing tall down on the Mall, we’re standing tall it’s for us all, we’re standing tall down on the Mall, we’re standing tall presidents and soldiers, they paved the way so we could enjoy the freedoms that we’re thankful for today let’s not forget the sacrifice that they made so visit a memorial and remember what they gave and we’re… Chorus look into that reflecting pool, and I hope that you will see you are the future, you’ve got the answers that our country needs as you walk along and pass all your history let’s learn the lessons and make a better world it’s up to you and me…let’s start now chorus
Skyscraper Plants
A song about the mighty redwoods by Ranger Jeff Wolin.
New Orleans Jazz (Jeff Wolin) down in New Orleans near Jackson Square and Bourbon Street there’s a national historical park that’s quite unique it tells the story of a music style that’s American made it’s call jazz and it’s got lots of forms, so let’s promenade it’s Dixieland left, rag to the right, blues on back, swing all night boogie woogie, and Bebop too, second line, let’s rock on through that’s New Orleans, that’s New Orleans, that’s New Orleans Jazz… improvisation, syncopation, African rhythm and blues ragtime and marching bands, European tunes too it’s mixed together melting pot of culture makes a harmonic stew gumbo with a banjo, trumpet or trombone, let’s try a taste or two it’s Dixieland left, rag to the right, blues on back, swing all night boogie woogie, and Bebop too, second line, let’s rock on through that’s New Orleans, that’s New Orleans, that’s New Orleans Jazz…
Wapiti Hoppity (Jeff Wolin) elk really like hip hop music, elk really like hip hop music let’s go walking megafauna stalking out in the forest tip toe and no talking looking for the elk putting on the sneak do not crush the leaves that’s underneath your feet majestic mammals bulls the bulls are the males little baby calves and the cows are the females white patch on the back of their rump, they smell out your scent and they do a jump jump chorus: Wapiti hoppity, there hiding in the trees, forty pound antlers growin’ on top, rub to the tree break it down don’t stop Wapiti hoppity, there hiding in the trees, forty pound antlers growin’ on top, rub to the tree break it down don’t stop they got big ears so they can hear you when you’re coming that’s what they fear alert to the herd and they’re gone in a flash white rump in the forest and they do a deer dash dusk to the dawn the feedings on grazing browsin’ grind the food down digest it later, ruminator they got great guts four stomach chambers Cervus elaphus scientifically, historically they lived sea to sea habitat loss cut their numbers down, through conservation they making a rebound don’t delay the day you get to see one up in the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone or the Tetons in the fall, y’all will hear the call of the wild, elk bugle make me smile chorus
Beach Party at High Altitude
A song about the Great Sand Dunes by Ranger Jeff Wolin.
Beach Party at High Altitude (Jeff Wolin) in southern Colorado there’s a place I know it’s kind of like the beach but there’s peaks with snow I bring my board and skis and a bucket and shovel too play in the waters of Medano Creek, the surge waves are something to see then I climb North America’s tallest dunes to a chorus: beach party at high altitude, let’s all go to the Great Sand Dunes play all day in the sand with my family it’s a beach party at high altitude, let’s all go to the Great Sand Dunes eight thousand feet above the sea three hundred square miles of sand it’s a high desert wonderland with its own unique geohydrology winds carry sand across the valley then it falls down when it hits the peak it gets washed down and it happens all over again…it’s a chorus now I know that sand looks really tough, but the ecosystem is fragile stuff so you gotta have a protection attitude this place really rocks, it’s our national park sand box but we got make sure that others get to see it too…at a chorus
Thaddeus Kosciusko
A song about a Revolutionary War Hero by Ranger Jeff Wolin.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Polka (Jeff Wolin) every town in Poland has a street with his name… Thaddeus Kosciuszko a Polish patriot but he came to our aid… Thaddeus Kosciuszko he helped us win the revolution and fought for liberty I think we owe him some gratitude so come on and polka with me……hey it’s the chorus: Thaddeus Kosciuszko Polka, now we know his name… it’s the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Polka, he's got a national park in PA now he and Thomas Jefferson shared the same views….Thaddeus Kosciuszko were created equal a self evident truth…Thaddeus Kosciuszko the Declaration of Independence spells it very clear and it is said that when Thaddeus read it, he was brought to tears… hey it’s the chorus all across the US, DC to LA….Thaddeus Kosciuszko cities and streets all with that name….Thaddeus Kosciuszko now it’s our turn to carry the torch and follow Thaddeus’ lead fight for freedom and be a son or a daughter of liberty…hey it’s the chorus he's got a national park in PA he's got a national park in PA actually it is a national memorial it’s in Philadelphia
Stumps Y'all
An original song by Ranger Jeff Wolin about the massive petrified tree stumps at Florissant Fossil Beds.
Verse 1: Thirty four millions years ago, in the land we now call Colorado Redwood trees lived with ease in the shadows of a volcano Eruptions from that volcano, made a lahar – a big mudflow and it buried up the bottoms of the trees and they eventually turned to stone now we got Chorus 1 Stumps Y’all Tree Stumps Y’all yeah, they used to be alive now they’re petrified we got Stumps Y’all Tree stumps Y’all, they’re totally fossiliferous we got Stumps Y’all Tree Stumps Y’all yeah, they used to be alive now they’re petrified we got Stumps Y’all Tree stumps Y’all yeah, they’re pretty cool Verse 2: Ten to twelve feet wide, a car could fit inside ten feet tall that’s not so small about a story high They weight 50 tons, ten times an elephant, they got the biggest girth on the Earth these stumps are supersized now we got Chorus 2 Stumps Y’all Tree Stumps Y’all yeah, they used to be alive now they’re petrified we got Stumps Y’all Tree stumps Y’all, they’re totally fossiliferous we got Stumps Y’all Tree Stumps Y’all yeah, they used to be alive now they’re petrified we got Stumps Y’all Tree stumps Y’all yeah, they’re pretty cool
