Muskrat Rap: Song Lyrics and Sound Clip

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Muskrat Rap
Song Lyrics and Sound Clip
Marla Lewis and Bob Strander

This song is available on Marla Lewis' We All Laugh in the Same Language.

See below for activities that accompany this song.

James: Look at that funny, furry creature over there. What IS that?
Rebecca: I don’t know. Wanna go over and introduce ourselves?
James: You mean it TALKS?
Rebecca: Let’s go find out!

Two buck teeth, paddlin’ feet
Lakes and marshes, that’s my beat!
Fat and round, my fur is brown,
I burrow ‘way down underground
In my lodge I’m safe and sound
I swim for miles and dive with style

I’m a muskrat
Livin’ in my habitat!
Just a muskrat
In my fresh water habitat!

I wake up hungry, search for food
Breakfast, lunch, I’m in the mood
For lush, aquatic vegetation
Frogs and fish on rare occasion
Stayin’ alive’s my occupation
I don’t have time to take vacation!

Chorus

Help! There’s predators on my trail!
Snappin’ Turtle just missed my tail!
Mink, Coyote, Owl and Pike
And Humans, it’s my fur they like1
Trappers, don’t be greedy and cruel!
I need my fur coat more than you!

Chorus

I’m waterproof, yeah, that’s the truth!
I’m waterproof! I speak the truth!
Love my cattails – Horsetails – Pondweeds – Willows
Dee-licious! Vegetables! Yeah!

Chorus

This lodge is sagging a little bit. It’s time for some Home Improvement!
Can you bring me over some bulrushes?…Yeah, right over there. Thanks!
Did you know I could stay underwater for fifteen minutes at a time?
Comes in handy, lemme tell ya!

Chorus

Who’s that??? Uh-oh!
Here comes Mr. Mink!
He looks a little bit hungry… for ME!
I gotta go. I’ll see ya later….Bye!

The "Muskrat Rap" Contest!

Write your own Animal Rap. Use the Muskrat Rap to help you get started. Take the point of view of your animal. For example, you might be any of these critters, because they rhyme with habitat:

I’m a tiny gnat livin’ in my habitat! (Or)
I’m a wombat livin’ in my habitat! (Or)
I’m a bobcat livin’ in my habitat! (Or)
I’m a fat rat livin’ in my habitat!

First verse: What I look like and where I live:

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Second verse: What or whom I eat:

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Third verse: Who eats me! (My natural enemies):

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You can find out all that info online. That’s how I wrote the Muskrat Rap! Try it!

New York State Learning Standards Addressed

Language Arts
     1. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language for self-expression and artistic creation.
     2. Students will select and use strategies they have been taught for note taking, organizing, and categorizing information.
Science – Living Environment
     1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how plants and animals depend on each other for their physical environment.
     2. Students will describe the functions of living specimens.
     3. Students will describe survival behaviors of common living species.
Science – Information Systems
     1. Students will use computers to enter, process, display and communicate information in different forms using text, tables, pictures and sound.

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