"Barnyard Melodies" 70s classroom film Jill Croston (16mm)

I'm happy golucky today. So come along my way. We'll listen to sounds all around on a musical country day. Come along with me. We've got a lot to see. Tune up your ears. You will hear how magical it can be. And the sounds of country music. Let us be in tune with nature's perfect harmony. So open your heart. You're a very big part of a natural symphony. Hello, Mr. Son. The day has just begun. It's easy to see. You and me, you'll have some regular country fun. We're happy golucky today, so come along my way. We'll listen to sounds all around on a musical country day. We'll listen to sounds all around on a musical country day. Well, hi. I've been waiting for you. This is a special day and I've got something to tell you. Come on. You know, I could show you pictures or talk a lot, but the best way I know is with music. So, I'm going to do a little singing for you. My friends here, the animal critters, like to sing, too. Maybe we can get them to join us. They sing the best country music of all. It's like that in the country all the time. Everybody wants to sing. Knicker, nicker, winny, winny. Hey, that's what Nelly said to me today. Hi there, Nelly. Would you like some hay? Nicker Nick Winny Winny. Okay. Nickerick nicker winny winny. Somebody's feeling the roads I see. You're a real good friend to me. Nicker nicker winny winny. He he he nicker nicker winny winny. Wa! You can sure put on a show. Would you like to be on the radio? Nicker nicker Winny Winny. No, stage fright, huh? Feeling a little bit shy. Nickor nicker winny winny. You two sing sweet. I listen from the fence ready to swinging my feet. Nickerick winny winny. Ain't this neat? Cop go cop go cop go. Busy beast buzzing on the honey. Gathering nectar and bringing it home. Got to have honey for the baby bees with a lot left over for you and me. It's work, work, work for the old queen bee. She never sleeps like you and me. Laser eggs all night and day. Queen bees don't have time to play. Look at the little drone. He never leaves. He keeps house for the other bees. See him there? He's the biggest bee. I like the drone cuz he don't sting me. The worker bees fly around the fields gathering nectar that the flowers yield. Pollin sticks to the worker's feet and he takes it home for the rest to eat. Bees are some of the best country singers I know. Did you see the queen? She was the really big bee. Do you know she can lay 1,500 eggs a day? And it takes the worker bees 64 trips to the flowers to make just one little spoonful of honey. There are many things we hear each day. We just don't listen. Sounds seem to mush together. Here, sit down beside me. Hello, Woolly. Hello, Blackberry. Hello, mouse. Well, you're all well, I see. >> And a bit excited, I might add. Have you heard the song Ba Black Sheep? I'll bet you have. The sheep in that song reminds me of these fat and woolly friends of mine. Baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. One for my master and one for my dame, and one for the little boy who lives in the lane. Ba ba black sheep, can we hear your song? Ba ba all day long. Ba ba black sheep, what a funny sound. People hear your b for miles around. Ba ba blackberry looks so fine. He's another good friend of mine. Blackberry sings so sweet to me. Prettiest woolly I ever did see. Prettiest woolly I ever did see. That's not just a tractor I hear. It's the sound of a man working. I can see he's ready for a break. So now you get to listen to the sounds of lunch. The sounds of milk hitting the bucket remind me of the only time I ever saw my grandpa get excited was when old Cleo kicked over a full bucket of milk. Now, ordinarily that wouldn't have bothered old grandpa too much, but that particular bucket of milk was the one he was counting on to enter that morning in the county fair. Well, that was many years ago, and those days and those sounds are sure gone. That's how milking cows sounds today. Cleo's milk tastes mighty good. I hope you drink all the milk you should. To make the milk, the cows eat hay. And here's old Cleo crunching away. Hang in there, Cleo. Listen again. Did you hear that crunch? That's crazy Cleo crunching her lunch. She stomps her feet and flips her tail and sometimes kicks the milk and pale. Spills the milk. You know that starts the farmer's day all wrong. Better not listen to the farmer's song. Contented cows don't talk too much. They sit around and chew their cut and such. But every now and then she'll let out a moon. That's how the old girl talks to you. She's a cow of few words. There's the rooster. Hear him crow. He's telling us it's time to go. This big rooster sings so fine. He keeps all the hands in line. He's a high stepper, a real smooth talker. But we're going over to the chicken pen. Going to meet his match. The little red hen. And right now I'm telling you, it'll blow your mind what she can do. She's a gogetter. Beat to the grindstoneone, if you know what I mean. She's just as busy as the old queen bee, pumping out eggs for you and me, popping them just like a cat's eye boulder off of your thumb on a hot August day. Now I hear ruckus in the chicken pen. Well, I bet you dollar. It's our little red friend. Peck, peck, peck, pecking the ground, scattering the dirt and the dust around. Laying in a dust hole, flapping her wings. Red head does the strangest things. Weird, you know. Has to contend with that rooster. Probably tired. Chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chicky won't you come to me you're so fluff fluff fluff fluffy you're as soft as soft can be my friend is a beautiful bird and I know it sounds kind of absurd heard that we've talked together of wonderful things. These are some of his words. Life and music go around in a circle. And the circle needs both you and me. When you surrender and open your heart, the music you hear sets you free. If I'm going round in a circle and I don't know where I want to be. I open my ears and I open my heart and the music I hear sets me free. If I need a way to get started and I feel so lonely and blue. I open mind and I open my heart and the music around comes on through. Life and music go around in a circle. And the circle needs both you and me. When you surrender and open your heart, the music you hear set you free. When you feel a little bit lonely and you want to feel you belong, just open your ears and open your heart and sing your part of this song. Life and music around this circle. And the circle needs both you and me. When you surrender and open your heart, the music you hear set you free. When you surrender and open your heart, the music you hear set you free.