John McCutcheon 1988
John McCutcheon: Kindergarten Wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKudhXikMd0
When I was a little kid not so long ago I had to learn a lot of stuff I didn’t even know How to dress myself, tie my shoes, how to jump a rope How to smile for a picture without looking like a dope But of all the things I learned my favorite of them all Was a little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall Chorus: Of all you learn here remember this the best: Don’t hurt each other and clean up your mess Take a nap everyday, wash before you eat Hold hands, stick together, look before you cross the street And remember the seed in the little paper cup: First the root goes down and then the plant grows up! Well, it was first, second, third grade, fourth grade, too Where I had to learn the big things the big kids do To add, subtract, and multiply, read and write and play How to sit in a little uncomfortable desk for nearly half a day But of all they taught me my favorite of them all Was the little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall But lately I’ve been worried as I look around and see An awful lot of grown-ups acting foolish as can be Now I know there’s lots of things to know I haven’t mastered yet But it seems there’s real important stuff that grown-ups soon forget So I’m sure we’d all be better off if we would just recall That little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall