Tidying up Verses

While cleaning up toys in general...
(to the tune of "The Paw Paw Patch)
Where, o where, is dear little Brooklyn,
Where, o where, is dear little Brooklyn,
Where, o where, is dear little Brooklyn,
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch!

Picking up blocks and putting them in the basket,
Picking up blocks and putting them in the basket,
Picking up blocks and putting them in the basket,
Way down yonder in the paw paw patch!

(to the tune of "The Mulberry Bush")
This is the way we... (wash the dishes, fold baby's clothes, clean up
silks, put away crayons, etc)

While cleaning up bath toys...
The big ship sails on the alley alley ooh,
The alley alley ooh,
The alley alley ooh,
The big ship sails on the alley alley ooh
On the last day of September!

While cleaning up toy cars...
Open your gates as wide as the sky
And let the king and his men pass by!

While cleaning up baby dolls...
Rock a bye baby on the tree top (or any other familiar lullaby)


Look, look, do you spy a toy ?
Does it go here?
Does it go there?


Look, look Do you spy a toy?
one by one the goes into the basket
thank you for helping pick up




A little toy here
A little toy there
put them in their place


when we clean up 
we have some space
for prancing and playing all day






come one, come all it is time to clean up
come help your mama clean up


come one, come all it's time to clean up
come help your mama clean up


sweet dear thank you 
thank you so much 
for helping your mama clean up.