Kid came home from kindergarten today singing this song:
we’re going to Kentucky,
we’re going to the fair,
to see a senorita
with roses in her hair.
so shake it, baby, shake it,
shake it all you can,
shake it like a milkshake,
and drink it if you can.
so one more to the bottom,
and one more to the top,
turn around, turn around,
until you make it stop.
WTF??
Do you know this song? To me, it sounds like some guy going to….”visit” his “girl” for some “quality time.” Maybe Kid got the words wrong? Or, maybe I’m just watching too much porn online filthy-minded?
Is Mr. Musicteacher having a nice little chuckle to himself? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
What does this song mean to you?
And what’s the next song for the kindergarteners…..? Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall….
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I would ask for the lyrics from the teacher. Otherwise, this song is wrong on a number of levels if it is one song. Did she at least have a name for the song?
Ok, I’m sorry, but ROFLMAO!!!! I’ll bet the teacher is teaching them some great moves to go along with the “shake it shake it!”
I try not to listen too closely to the lyrics my kid comes home with. An administrator has to approve the songs, so they aren’t going to be downright pornographic or encourage drugs and drinking. I stopped listening too closely when she came home singing all kinds of religious-based songs. We live in a very, very Methodist community, we even have a Christian community college. There isn’t a single bar in town, but a church on every corner.
We’re not Methodist.
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ooookaaaay…neither one of my kids ever came home from Kindergarden singing this song.
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I can say it’s definitely NOT an oldie!! In the 1st grade in the 60′s we taught songs & danced to “Bingo.” As for administrators’ approval, — these days you certainly cannot rely on them any more!! As for practicing Methodists — they are pretty harmless. (No, I’m not one of them, but I’ve known many for years.)
are there a lot of senoritas at the fair in kentucky anyway?
this song sounds like a drinking song. shake some martinis, down some shots — good times for the kiddies!
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Oh, we’re gonna have a fun parent-teacher conference this week!!
Just realized I should have titled this post “Name that tune!”
GL…I know Methodists are harmless, I have nothing against them at all, but I find it highly offensive to have some else’s religion forced down our throats in a PUBLIC SCHOOL.
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Sounds like MR. Music teacher might be taking a swig between classes. At least he’s probably a jolly man?
I sang a song like that as a child, ‘cept there was something about pointing to the east then pointing to the west – pointing to the one we love the best….
Gasp! It’s a drinking song! No, it’s spin the bottle! Mr. Teachy-boy might be givin’ the lil’ ones a jump on them drinking games. I’m sure he just give them apple juice though.
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“shake it like a milkshake,
and drink it if you can.”
Are you kidding me?
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Ummm l am fourty and yes we l hate to say this sang this in kindergarden.It’s been a around a long time and my kindergarden teacher was a female.What l guess was okay then (or so the teacher thought)is not okay now.
Yay! Someone knows this song!!
Lest you think Mr. Music made this song up…I found the lyrics on a kids music site…
http://www.richmondfamilyplace.ca/parent/ct_songs.html#W
Actually, this song is called “Going To Kentucky”.
You can find it on the Nancy Cassidy’s “Hullabaloo” cassette tape. It’s out of print now, but when I observed children in toddler preschool at my local state university about 12 years ago, I heard this all the time. It’s a very catchy song actually. I’ve been trying to get the tape, but it’s not very easy to find. Saw it one time on EBay, but I haven’t seen it since then. They have about 17 songs on the tape, for a total of 37 minutes. I love the song, and I’ve been singing it ever since (and I’m almost 33). I also happen to have high functioning Autism among other things, so I’m still like a kid myself, in a lot of ways. Socially and emotionally, I’m like a 4 1/2 year old, and getting through my life has been hard as heck, and I can tell you it’s not easy having Autism. But, that aside, “Going to Kentucky” is a great song.
I have a different version of this song. I am 46 and I remember singing this song totally different.
We learned this on the streets on NY and I guess the words just change with time.
Exactly what Nereida said! I’m 45, and I learned it on the streets of Brooklyn with slightly different words. My 8 year old just taught it to her class.
am 26,n i remembr singin dis myself wen i ws small..lol
(and 2 years later…)
I heard this song while watching Babar. I was interested to hearing the rest so I searched for it. That is when I came across this.
I can see why you would think “dirty” but
the second time I read the lyrics over I just started imagining someone dancing.
Oh for heaven’s sake people! This is an old song for children during dance/music/movement time in elementary school. I am 55 yrs old and remember this as a young child, my children and grandchildren all know it and through the years the words have been changed slightly. The “shake it” refers to getting the children to move their bodies back and forth in rhythm- Nothing more. Get your minds out of the gutters and get a life.
HA! I’m 26 and learned this when I was in grade school and lived in the Bronx, but the words were different:
We’re going to Kentucky
We’re going to the fair
To see the senorita
With the flowers in her hair
OH, shake is senorita,
Shake it if you care,
So all the boys around the block
Can see your underwear
OH rumble to the bottom,
rumble to the top,
And turn around and turn around
Until you make a stop.
ahhh memories.