SPIDER RAP

LACHLAN IRVINE (ADAPTED FROM “THE INCEY-WINCEY SPIDER”)

Note: as in the rap tradition, the words are chanted, not sung. The only accompaniment needed is regular clapping on the on beat. The third verse is a “call and response.”

SPIDER CLIMBED THE WATER SPOUT

RAIN COME DOWN, WASHED THE SPIDER OUT

SUN COME UP, NO MORE RAIN

SPIDER CLIMBED UP THE SPOUT AGAIN

SECOND VERSE, SAME AS THE FIRST

SPIDER CLIMBED THE WATER SPOUT

RAIN COME DOWN, WASHED THE SPIDER OUT

SUN COME UP, NO MORE RAIN

SPIDER CLIMBED UP THE SPOUT AGAIN

WHERE DID THE SPIDER GO?

[UP THE SPOUT]

WHAT DID THE RAIN DO?

[WASHED HIM OUT]

WHAT DID THE SUN DO?

[DRIED THE RAIN]

SO WHERE DID THE SPIDER GO?

[UP AGAIN]

REPEAT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE.