The Kid Who Ate A Bug
from Jungle Junk by Monty Harper
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lyrics
Once upon a time there was a kid who found a bug
while running round in silly circles in his bare feet on the rug.
He picked it up and licked it and he gave a little shrug.
There was a slightly slurpy sound and no more bug.
Yes, I know a kid who ate a bug.
He slurped it up and swallowed it;
it tickled and it scratched a bit.
Yes, it's true. He ate a living bug.
Now here's what happened to the kid who ate a bug.
The kid was feeling fine for just about a day or two or three.
Then suddenly his tummy started feeling very tickley.
His mother took his temperature and it was only 93.
She said, "You never should have ate that bug!"
She took him to the doctor and the doctor got his x-ray out.
He put the kid inside and looked him upside down and inside out.
He cleared his throat and hummed a note and scratched his head and turned about.
He said, "You know, I think he ate a bug."
"Yes, I think he might have ate a bug.
Let me look into my microscope and listen with my stethoscope.
Why, it's true! He ate a living bug!"
Now here's what happened to the kid who ate a bug.
As the week wore on his turning tummy felt more tickley.
The doctor took a look; the bug was multiplying rapidly.
The count was up to 59 then 64 then 83,
then 97 tummy tickling bugs.
The doc prescribed a pesticide and bathed him in formaldehyde,
but everything he tried the bugs defied, and still they multiplied.
That night the kid could never get to sleep; he was too terrified
because he heard the voices of the bugs.
They were singing: "Join our band of merry little bugs
marching up your spine and down your spleen
and all the places in between."
Yes, he heard the sound of singing bugs,
and here's what happened to the kid who ate a bug.
The kid was going crazy now; the tickling was everywhere.
The thousand bugs inside him were a thousand more than he could bear.
He threw himself upon the floor and kicked and screamed and pulled his hair,
but still he heard the voices of the bugs.
Finally the kid wore out and lay there thinking miserably
of something that his dad had said when he was only two or three
about the proper thing to do when you can't beat your enemy,
and so he joined the band of merry bugs.
Singing, "Join our band of merry little bugs.
We are marching in and out your nose and in between your dirty toes.
Join our band of merry little bugs.
We are marching through your tangled hair and in and out your underwear."
"Join our band of merry little bugs!"
So he joined the band of merry little bugs.
That's what happened to the kid who ate a bug!
while running round in silly circles in his bare feet on the rug.
He picked it up and licked it and he gave a little shrug.
There was a slightly slurpy sound and no more bug.
Yes, I know a kid who ate a bug.
He slurped it up and swallowed it;
it tickled and it scratched a bit.
Yes, it's true. He ate a living bug.
Now here's what happened to the kid who ate a bug.
The kid was feeling fine for just about a day or two or three.
Then suddenly his tummy started feeling very tickley.
His mother took his temperature and it was only 93.
She said, "You never should have ate that bug!"
She took him to the doctor and the doctor got his x-ray out.
He put the kid inside and looked him upside down and inside out.
He cleared his throat and hummed a note and scratched his head and turned about.
He said, "You know, I think he ate a bug."
"Yes, I think he might have ate a bug.
Let me look into my microscope and listen with my stethoscope.
Why, it's true! He ate a living bug!"
Now here's what happened to the kid who ate a bug.
As the week wore on his turning tummy felt more tickley.
The doctor took a look; the bug was multiplying rapidly.
The count was up to 59 then 64 then 83,
then 97 tummy tickling bugs.
The doc prescribed a pesticide and bathed him in formaldehyde,
but everything he tried the bugs defied, and still they multiplied.
That night the kid could never get to sleep; he was too terrified
because he heard the voices of the bugs.
They were singing: "Join our band of merry little bugs
marching up your spine and down your spleen
and all the places in between."
Yes, he heard the sound of singing bugs,
and here's what happened to the kid who ate a bug.
The kid was going crazy now; the tickling was everywhere.
The thousand bugs inside him were a thousand more than he could bear.
He threw himself upon the floor and kicked and screamed and pulled his hair,
but still he heard the voices of the bugs.
Finally the kid wore out and lay there thinking miserably
of something that his dad had said when he was only two or three
about the proper thing to do when you can't beat your enemy,
and so he joined the band of merry bugs.
Singing, "Join our band of merry little bugs.
We are marching in and out your nose and in between your dirty toes.
Join our band of merry little bugs.
We are marching through your tangled hair and in and out your underwear."
"Join our band of merry little bugs!"
So he joined the band of merry little bugs.
That's what happened to the kid who ate a bug!
credits
from Jungle Junk,
released January 1, 2000
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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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