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Join Andy Day and Rebecca Keatley to sing about the West African folk-tale character Anansi. The song is part of our KS1 Music series 'Traditional Tales'.
Anansi went walking
Anansi and Snake went walking, talking
Into the forest, walking, talking
All at once Anansi stopped
‘What’s this?’ he cried
Snake replied: ‘Sss! Sss! Sss!
Isn’t this a strange, moss-covered rock!’
Crash! Bang! Poor old Snake!
Crash! Bang! Down he flopped!
He slept all day and he slept all night
Under the spell of the moss-covered rock!
2 Anansi and Lion went walking, talking
Into the forest, walking, talking
All at once Anansi stopped
‘What’s this?’ he cried
Lion replied: ‘Grr! Grr! Grr!
Isn’t this a strange, moss-covered rock!’
Crash! Bang! Poor old Lion!
Crash! Bang! Down she flopped!
She slept all day and she slept all night
Under the spell of the moss-covered rock!
Anansi and Deer went walking, talking
Into the forest, walking, talking
All at once Anansi stopped
‘What’s this?’ he cried
Deer replied: ‘I don’t know!’
‘Yes, you do!’
‘No, I don’t!’
‘Yes, you do! Isn’t this a strange, moss-covered rock!’
Crash! Bang! Poor Anansi!
Crash! Bang! Down he flopped!
He slept all day and he slept all night
Under the spell of the moss-covered rock!
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