Monty Harper and Mr. Billy - Don't Look, I'm Making a Book
from Reading Songs Volume II: Catch the Reading Bug by Monty Harper
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From the CD Let's Get Creative
lyrics
Her dad got up one Saturday
and went to check on Evalyn.
He found her in the middle of
a scrap heap on her bed.
And when she saw him at the door,
she dove to cover something up.
He asked her what she had to hide.
She turned around and said,
“Don't look! Don't look!
I'm making a book.
My illustrations are colorful creations of
paper and glue.
My story is oh so clever.
This is gonna be the best book ever!
I bet you can't wait ‘til I'm ready to read it to
you!”
By afternoon her floor was piled
with pencil stubs and paper balls.
She cut and wrote and wadded up.
She worked all through the night.
And every time her parents came
with trays of food or beverage.
They heard a repetition of
the rhyme she would recite.
Chorus
On Monday morning six o’clock
her mother came to wake her up.
The door was blocked from opening
by an eight foot paper wall.
She ran to dial 911.
The firemen chopped the door away.
All day they dug for Evalyn
but never heard her call.
Evalyn’s parents were sobbing for fear she might never be found.
The firemen dug into the night without taking a rest.
Then one joyful shovel broke through to the cavity under her desk.
A pale face peeked out and voiced this request.
Chorus
and went to check on Evalyn.
He found her in the middle of
a scrap heap on her bed.
And when she saw him at the door,
she dove to cover something up.
He asked her what she had to hide.
She turned around and said,
“Don't look! Don't look!
I'm making a book.
My illustrations are colorful creations of
paper and glue.
My story is oh so clever.
This is gonna be the best book ever!
I bet you can't wait ‘til I'm ready to read it to
you!”
By afternoon her floor was piled
with pencil stubs and paper balls.
She cut and wrote and wadded up.
She worked all through the night.
And every time her parents came
with trays of food or beverage.
They heard a repetition of
the rhyme she would recite.
Chorus
On Monday morning six o’clock
her mother came to wake her up.
The door was blocked from opening
by an eight foot paper wall.
She ran to dial 911.
The firemen chopped the door away.
All day they dug for Evalyn
but never heard her call.
Evalyn’s parents were sobbing for fear she might never be found.
The firemen dug into the night without taking a rest.
Then one joyful shovel broke through to the cavity under her desk.
A pale face peeked out and voiced this request.
Chorus
credits
from Reading Songs Volume II: Catch the Reading Bug,
released November 27, 2013
by Monty Harper and Mr. Billy. Kid vocal by Evalyn Harper.
by Monty Harper and Mr. Billy. Kid vocal by Evalyn Harper.
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Monty Harper Stillwater, Oklahoma
Monty Harper is a children's musician in Stillwater, OK. He performs for elementary schools and libraries, helps kids write their own songs in workshops and residencies, does informal science education, and writes songs for clients.
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Nov 2011
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