100th Day Of School Tunes To Familiar Melodies

Submitted by Erica Davis, Plainview, New York

Idea posted March 28, 2002

Here are two 100th Day songs to familiar melodies. Enjoy.

100th Day of School Songs

(Tune of "Matilda" - Harry Belafonte et. al.)

Chorus:

One hundred (rhythm instruments on rests)
One hundred (rhythm instruments on rests)
One hundred, a nice round number for our celebration.

Verse 1:

1, 2, 3, 4, up to 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, up to 10,
One hundred, a nice round number for our celebration.

Verse 2 (accents on wrong syllables on purpose):

10, 20, 30, 40, and fif-TY,
60, 70, 80, 90, one hun-DRED,
One hundred, a nice round number for our celebration.

Verse 3:

Count by 20's to get ahead,
20, 40, 60, 80, one hun-DRED,
One hundred, a nice round number for our celebration.

(Tune of "Yankee Doodle")

One hundred days of school have passed,
This day in February,
To celebrate this day of note
We sing this song so merry.
__________ School is number ONE!
We work hard and we have fun.
___________, we can count on you
Each day the whole year through.