Noises From Under the Rug

By Barry Louis Polisar and Michael G. Stewart

Barry Louis Polisar established a national reputation for his original and satirical songs about real kids and their concerns. From “I Don’t Wanna Go To School” to the classic “Don’t Put Your Finger up Your Nose”, here are Barry’s best-known songs printed in clear, bold type with accompanying sheet music and chords. Also included in this 30th anniversary edition are original line drawings by Michael G. Stewart taken from the original book. Newsweek Magazine reported on its original publication: “These could be the glory days of children’s music.” The Co-Evolution Quarterly declared its author a “clown, minstrel, first-class lunatic and the best kind of hero: outrageous and irreverent all under the license of being irrepressibly funny. Kids–big and little–love him….he’s well worth selling all your child psychology books for.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rainbow Morning Music
• Release date: Apr 1, 2006
• ISBN: 9780938663881

Book preview

He Eats Asparagus, Why Can’t You Be That Way?

He’s never dirty, he always takes a bath,

He loves to do his homework too, especially math.

At school he is an angel, he always sits up straight,

He’s always very helpful and never comes in late.

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He always says, I’m sorry, Excuse me, Thank you, Please,

He always dresses nicely, not like me.

He’s never spilt his milk, lost a glove or slammed a door,

Stuck out his tongue, giggled in school or left things on the floor.

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He goes to bed at nine each night and brushes all his teeth,

And Mommy wishes I was him and that he was