Boom Boom Go Away!
When his parents tell him it’s time for bed, a little boy enlists the help of his bedroom toys, one by one, to noisily emphasize his retort: GO AWAY! Definitely not your typical lullaby, the books repetitive beat of booms and dings and clinks and blings forms a rhythm all its own that will have kids joining in and marching right off to dreamland.
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Excerpt
“There was a little gnome,
Who lived in his little home,
Playing on his big bass drum,
Boom, boom.
And when his mama said,
“You had better go to bed,”
He said, “Hush!
Don’t spoil the rhythm
Of my drum.”
Boom, boom.
“Go away.”
Boom, boom.
“Go away!”
Author’s Note
My son came home one day from a Dalcroze music class singing “the little gnome song.” It had only one verse—and he sang it over and over again. For fun, he and I made up new verses and sang them together, changing them each time. We never wrote them down, but we shared the little gnome song so many times that certain verses became favorites and the song grew longer and longer—and longer! And each time, it got louder too. This book was made in gratitude to the Dalcroze method which encourages children to share their love of music and their gift for making music with others. Please join in and add your own verses and sounds to ours. —LGB