I dreamed last night...

I dreamed last night that I was a tiger, in the jungle. 

But I was a big, bad tiger. 

So a lion killed me. 

and then I was an elephant; a great big elephant. 

There wasn't anything I couldn't do 

Till they caught me and they brought me to the zoo. 

And then I was an alligator. Crocodile? No... alligator! 

With a great big mouth. 

And 4 very tiny little legs.... 

{pretending your fingers are alligator legs you make this sound "dododododo"} 

.... that were no good for dancing. 

And then I was a dancing bear - I was doing my dancing where the bears dance. 

But I was sneezing "achoo!" 
..... Cuz I was a dancing polar bear. 
..... and it was freezing "brrrrrr"

And then I was a tall giraffe. I looked so ridiculous I wanted to laugh, 

but giraffes can't talk, so how can they laugh. Whoever saw a giraffe laugh?! 

And then I, woke up! 

and I was not a tiger or an elephant. 

I was not an alligator... Crocodile? no.... alligator! 

I was not a dancing bear or a tall giraffe, 

I was only ME! and... that's the way I'll be, oh, that's the way I'll be, 

I enjoy being an oyster -- raaaawk! 

It was sung to me when I was little and now I get to enjoy seeing the looks on my kid's faces when I sing it to them. I do my best to be just as animated as my Mom was when she sang it to us... working my way from a soft, small voice, to a sudden loud voice, adding so much drama to the song, it keeps Rachel on the edge of her bed. I wonder if they'll sing it to their kids someday. 

Funny how we pass these little things on.