While looking ahead to 2011 Summer Reading, "One world, many stories", I remembered a rhyme I wrote called, "The Bedtime Train." I had some unusual felt & had cut a train using dies, then decided that it looked like a bedtime train. I couldn't find a story to fit so I wrote this:
THE BEDTIME TRAIN
(tune: The wheels on the bus)
The bedtime train comes chugging along,
Chugging along, chugging along.
The bedtime train comes chugging along,
Hauling sleep and dreams.
Here is the tank car filled with yawns,
Filled with yawns, filled with yawns.
Here is the tank car filled with yawns,
On the bedtime train.
Here is the boxcar filled with dreams,
Filled with dreams, filled with dreams,
Here is the boxcar filled with dreams,
On the bedtime train.
Here is the caboose to carry you away,
Carry you away, carry you away.
Here is the caboose to carry you away,
To the land of dreams.
The bedtime train comes chugging along,
Chugging along, chugging along.
The bedtime train comes chugging along,
Hauling sleep and dreams.
Sandra Wallick c. 11-2-10
I plan to use this in a bedtime storytime with bedtime stories from around the world.
