Coming up on The Children's Hour, it's that time of year when we honor our mothers. Today on the show, we're going to hear some of the greatest music that we love that celebrates Moms and Mother's Day. We'll hear poetry as well. And it's a musical Mother's Day special to get us all in the mood to remember how much our moms mean to us, how much they do for us, and how much we love them. To all the moms listening, this episode is for you. And to
all the kids listening, we've got ideas for how you can celebrate your mom. Happy Mother's Day from all of us on the Children's Hour. The Children's Hour is an independent production of the Children's Hour Incorporated, a New Mexico based nonprofit. We're distributed by Native Voice One, the Native American radio network. It's time for the Children's Hour. Kids Public Radio Why don't they have Mother's Day sales? I don't know why. Because mothers are priceless.
It's time for the children's hour. Kids Public Radio Strong and Keen and wise Light bright eyes It's no surprise That's my mom, yeah That's her That's my mom, yeah That's my mom That's my mom, yeah Yeah, yeah That's my mom, yeah My mom's the best She got a big ol' heart Makes life look like art Slows down time Reads my mind That's my mom, yeah That's my mom, yeah How about breakfast in bed? That's my mom, yeah Yeah, yeah That's my mom, yeah
Makes work feel like play She makes fun today. Still this song understates how cool she is. Let's celebrate. That's my mom, yeah. That's my mom. That's my mom, yeah. That's her. That's my mom, yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's my mom, yeah. That's my mom, yeah. uh That's my mom, yeah, yeah, yeah That's my mom, yeah, yeah, yeah That's my mom, yeah, yeah, yeah That's my mom To say it simply, ah That's Michael and the Rock Ness Monsters right here on The Children's Hour. I'm Katie Stone
and today it's a musical special honoring our mothers. We all love our moms here on The Children's Hour and I'm no exception. I love my mom and I am a mom and it's Mother's Day and we hope you're honoring your mom. Here's a mom and son. It's Grammy winners Pierce Freelon and Nina Freelon. Their title track off of Ancestors right here on the Children's Hour. So high from above. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. An ancestor song delight delight delight
face to the sun. Yeah, yeah, yeah, come from a Ancestors Ancestors So far away for you Yeah because So far So far Not so far oh So You know I really, really love you.
Of the cream of the crop Your hugs are gold and your kisses are free Your love is endless, it's the same with me You pick me up when I'm feeling down I'm so happy when you're around I said, hey baby You know I really, really love ya Baby, you're the cream of the crop Your smiles are gold and your giggles are free Your joy is endless, it's the same with me You pick me up when I'm feeling down I'm so happy when you're around I said, hey, papa Yeah
The gold in your snuggles are free Your love is endless, it's the same with me You pick me up when I'm feeling down I'm so happy when you're around I said, Hey, Mama You know I really, really love you You're the cream of the crop. Yeah, you're the cream of the crop. Hey, you're the cream of the crop. You might have a mom, might be the bomb But ain't nobody got a mom She's my best friend Ain't nobody got a mom like mine She's my world She's my heart Go.
She lovin' me She'll have me like an I'm telling you telling you telling you telling you all she taught me how to love myself She taught me how to love myself oh call you to tell you I love you. uh I miss you already. Got a mom To the edge Say hi mummy and show me the way so that I can go out in the big world one day. Teach me the basics and then let me learn. Should I ever get stuck I will know where to turn.
Cheer me up mummy when I'm feeling blue. I can always rely on a kind word from you. Dry my tears mummy when I'm feeling sad. Let me know it's okay and I won't feel so bad. Show me the sunshine and then set me free to be the brilliant person that you raised me to be. poem for mom on Mother's Day is Miss Moam. In the background, Pottington Bear. And before that, you heard Megan and Kelly Traynor from her Thank You Release with Mom. Sylvia Chave
brought us Hey Mama. Today on the show, we have a Mother's Day musical special. You can follow along on our playlist at ChildrensHour.org. This is Angie Hu, right here on the Children's
Hour. Bees and flowers and trees and I love honey and things that are funny but I love and I love to travel on airplanes but I love you the most I love I love the bit where they see me land by you flowers oh i you the most I'm on the make different you hug from my mama, a hug from my mom That's what makes me feel alright when everything is wrong It makes me feel good and it makes me feel strong A hug from my mama, a hug from my
kiss from my mommy, a kiss from my mom That's what makes me feel alright when everything is wrong It makes me feel good and it makes me feel strong A kiss from my mommy, a kiss from my mom And all the things you do And all the things you say Let me know that you love me even more Every day And I love you the very same way, so A present for my mother, a present for my mom. We'll show her that she makes it right when everything is wrong.
I love her so much that I'll sing her this song. A present for my mother, a present for my mom. I love you, mama. G!
No remaking, yoga taking, homemade and organic baking There is no mistaking, she's my hippie mom Flowers grow in garden, planting peace and love and understanding And she'll take me camping, she's my hippie mom But it's not peaceful all the time Sometimes we make her lose her mind I love to watch her twirl and sing When I get hurt she'll teach me stuff She made this shirt, care if I get dirty She's my hippie
mom All her creative artist friends, fill me up They take me in, I feel at home with them Just like my hippie mom My hippie mom With pretty flowers in her head My hippie mom She'll let me pick the clothes I wear My hippie can watch her twirl and sing She loves me more than anything sometimes lose themselves worries come along Some have changed but you've held on Cause you're my hippie mom Point out every bead or bus You see there's room for all of us Let's smell the incense
in the air And tapas trees hang everywhere So it's fun to scream and shout Bye! Happy Mom is an old favorite on the Children's Hour by Big Bang Boom. Lori Berkner before that from waiting for the elevator in the background, Ketse. This is the Children's Hour Mother's Day special. Happy Mother's Day to all who are celebrating. We'll be back right after this. You're listening to the Children's Hour Kids Public Radio. We'll be right back. The Children's
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or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Look for the Children's Hour. Your children are not your children They are the sons and the daughters of life Longing for itself, they come through you But they are not from you And though they are with you, they belong not to you You can give them your love but not your thoughts They have their own thoughts They have their own thoughts You can house their bodies but not their souls For their souls dwell in a place
of tomorrow Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams You can strive to be like them but you cannot make them just like you Strive to be like them but you cannot make them just like you Your children are not your children They are the sons and the daughters of lives Longing for itself They come through you But they are not from you And though they are with you They belong not to you You can give them your love But not your thoughts They
have their own thoughts They have their own thoughts You can house their bodies but not their souls For their souls dwell in a place of tomorrow Which you cannot visit, even in your dreams You can strive to be like them but you cannot make them just like you Strive to be like them but you cannot make them just like you Nyangubonga, nyangubonga minanshe, nyangubonga minawwe, nyangubonga mamawami. Oh hey mama, oh hey mama, oh hey mama, oh hey mama, now oh Hey mama, hey mama.
I'm the you uh That uh was in Singazi with Mama and before that Sweet Honey in the Rock with On Children. uh You're listening to the Children's Hour Mother's Day special. We're celebrating our moms. What are you doing for Mother's Day? Tom Chapin has an idea. Early Sunday morning, Dad came into our room and said, shh. Let's not wake Mommy. We're gonna make Mommy breakfast in bed. Mother's Day. Mother's Day Our old mommy's special day is here Went down to the kitchen,
opened up the cupboard door. Let's see, what would she like? Granola? No. Hot oatmeal? No. Pancakes? Yeah. With syrup? Yeah. And bacon? Mommy won't eat bacon. She will on Mother's Day. Go get the cookbook. Mother's Day. We'll eat some aprons. Our own mommy special day is here. Let's see. Pancakes. Page 215 in the Joy of Cooking. Eggs, flour, wheat germ, lots of other stuff. Kids, see if you can find the baking powder. How about baking soda?
Close enough. Mother's Day I'll make the OJ Mother's Day I'll fold the napkins Our own mommy special day is here Okay, everything ready? Showtime! Oh my goodness, is this for me? What are all these lovely things you brought me? Did you really make it all yourselves? Buckwheat chocolate chip apple raisin pancakes. I can't wait to taste them mmm Mmm! Mother's
Day Do you like it, Mom? Mother's Day It's indescribable Our old Mommy Special Day is Mother's Day Have another one Mother's Day They're very filling Our old Mommy Special Day is here What a shame it's only once a year Just one month till Father's Day is here!
Children take care of your grown-ups They're not quite as sure as they seem They're quickly confused, easily bruised They come right apart at the seams Children take care of your grown-ups Who've been there since your life began They stumble and plod and their techniques are flawed But they're doing the best that they can Hey now, they're doing our best Doing the best that we can Children take care of your grown-ups These weird looking people you know They're slow on the
uptake, make lots of mistakes Sometimes their brighter lights glow Children take care of your grown-ups Even when you know that they're wrong They stress and they guess and they're not that well dressed But they're trying so hard to be strong Trying so hard, trying
so hard to be strong. It's a big, big world. We are so small. Sometimes even grown-ups feel like they're not so tall So children take care of your grown-ups Sometimes they're still just like kids Little girls and boys grasping for poise Just like their own parents did Children take care of your grown-ups These disheveled women and men Hold them and keep them Love them and teach them We need you just like you need them Hold them and keep them, love them and teach them We
need you just like you need them oh Hey now, we need you We need you just like you need us Why the length of the damer valley? Three by three with space enough to sing together Hand in hand with time enough to sing another He uh Perish bells chime in like blackbirds Point towards the sky Count the planes as they rise Follow them as they descend again 3x3 with space enough to sing together Hand in hand with time enough to sing another Hee hee, ha ha oooo He
Three by three is Laura Cortese and the dance cards. Before that, take care of your grownups is Alastair Mooke. From singing our way through, Tom Chapin had Mother's Day, off Moonboat. You're listening to the Children's Hour Mother's Day Musical Special. This is Vuch. you You tell me how to shoot a black oh
She dance with me. Lady and I know she's sending prayers for me. oh Put your love in the hood, love in the street I'm so thankful for my mama Never seen a woman that can do it so stronger When it come to a conversation, everything feel great Why you think I my conversations longer?
Look, she like my shining light Never seen nobody else that could shine so bright Did everything for me through the darkest time So on this day I'ma give it to you, celebrate your life, yeah Mama, you brought me into this life Mama, you taught me Your beauty's like a diamond Your wisdom is so timeless I love you mama Blood on my blood, flesh on my flesh Thank you mama I am the man through your ways Yeah, woulda seen another day Got to thank daddy for Spent E-game
And if they cross the line, call them an enemy No foes survives, but God on your side Cause the same God above is the God inside Mama say I be the leader, don't follow the rules She say you run the game, make them follow your rules A virtue for the pieces of wishes she gave The advice she gave became the man she made Now here I am oh You were my guiding light You're beauties like a diamond You're wisdom it's so timeless I
love you my whole life You brought me into this life You taught me wrong from wrong You're listening to The Children's Hour, kids public radio. We'll be right back. The Children's Hour is making weekly learning guides for every episode thanks to the support of the Albuquerque Community Foundation. You can support this effort too. Go to childrenshour.org and click
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I She rest in peace, see she be wild She ain't even show it, she kept me focused Adding them textbooks, now I'm living good Look how them checks look She taught me about love, she taught me about life Showed me what was wrong and taught me what was right Then she let me live my life, but I made mistakes She still showed me love, so I guess she taught me grace She taught me about faith and family And I should be a place of peace even in the calamity She taught me straight this world
is a sanity I make it out of the trap You can see me now I got the world watching cause I'm straight gleaming now I did good, it's cause she did better This is not a song, it's a love C-B-Y-I Your mother's hot, your mother's rough A mother's love when you hungry She put your shirt up, yeah, she slug you down But I always lift you up, never hold you down And when she speak, you always know the sound That every reason she the queen, she forever
hold the crime That's how pretty it was, that's what mine's just like But it's always 2020 when it's on site When she was round, I took up a granny Now she's nowhere to be found on the entire planet But it's all good See the reason why I'm shining in this light I'm Yeah.
funny in a quiet way likes the garden painting for laundry my wife's a super mom we've got two little boys she works hard as fun with them play sports games and toys my mother-in-law well she is quite a lady drinks Starbucks and always likes to tease me my sister is the mom to all my nieces she's a hero to them all and she loves them to pieces there's lots of moms all across the land hug your mom today and if you can't Give them a smile or send a mirror
of hugs Tell them that you miss them, that you're sending you love Every day for Mommy's Mother's Day Every day for Mommy's Mother's Day Nothing is lost until mom can't find it Got a hole
in your jeans, hey mom can you sew it? Mom's driving Uber all across the land Filling kids in three rows up in their minivan Single mom's putting food on the table to eat Working three jobs just to make ends meet Mom's all making your favorite meal Mid-Jarquahork in the park, know how you feel There's lots of moms all across the land Hug your mom today and if you can Give them a smile or send a mirror hug Tell them that you miss them, that you're sending
you love Every day from Mommy's Mother's Day Every day from Mommy's Mother's Day Beautiful, impatient, lovely and brave. Calm, cool, collected, that's what momma y'all say. Beautiful, except impatient, lovely and brave. Calm, cool, collected, that's what momma y'all say. Moms will always be right there for you. When you were little they would tie your shoe. They love to make soup for you when you feel blue. Sometimes they worry but they're just looking out for you.
Gotta give a shout out to the soccer moms. Snack time, but halftime, keeping all the daps. Some moms like to bake sourdough bread, read, walk, talk, draw, or do crossfit. There's lots of moms all across the land. Hug your mom today and if you can't, give them a smile or send a matter hugs. Tell them that you miss them, that you're sending your love every day for
Momma's Mother's Day. Every day for Momma's Mother's Day Beautiful, accepting, patient, lovely and brave Calm, cool, collected, that's what Momma y'all say Beautiful, accepting, patient, lovely and brave Calm, cool, collected, that's what Momma y'all say you Things went well till the very last drop On your lap with a great big plop Use a napkin, not your mom Use a napkin, not your mom Use a napkin, not your mom Use a napkin, not your mom
China bear up on a shelf way up there way too high to use a chair did you drag your mom and climb her hair use a ladder not your mom use your steps to not your mom get someone taller not your mom use a ladder not your mom winter's fun, here comes a cough and an ache in your tongue, you start to sneeze and your nose to run. Stop! Never wipe your nose on your mom. Use a Kleenex, not your mom. Use a hanky, not your mom. Use a tablecloth, not your mom. Use any old thing, but not your mom. oh
Late in the day, the sky turns red. You start thinking about your bed. Looking for a place to lay your head. You could use a pillow, but instead, you don't need a pillow if you got your mom. You don't need a pillow if you got your mom. You never need a pillow if you got your mom. Lay your head down on your mom. Use napkin, not your mom. Use a napkin, not your mom. Use a napkin, not your mom. Use a napkin, not your mom. That was Kathy Kallick. Use a napkin, not your mom is always a good
idea. Not just on Mother's Day. You're listening to The Children's Hour. Before that, you heard Mr. T and Friends. Every day for mom is Mother's Day. And we opened up that set with Saul Paul, with Mama from We Dream in 3D. You're listening to The Children's Hour and today we have a musical Mother's Day special. This is Kath B right here on The Children's Hour. there to keep us clean, to ask us how our day has been, to wash our face, do up our lace,
protect us if someone is being mean. Well, it's our mom. Who's there to tuck us in? Remind us to use the rubbish bin To cook our tea, to kiss our knee When it got scraped while climbing up a tree? Well, it's our Mum! Who's there to catch us when we fall? Who's there to watch us do a handstand against the wall? Who's there to wipe away our tears? Or to
sew back on our titty, ears? Well, it's our Mum. Who's there to tickle our toes, to wipe our very snotty nose, to make our bed, to keep us fed, to change us when we've chosen our own clothes? Well it's our Mum. Who's there to hurry us, when we are late for the school bus, to teach us things, to make us wings and capes, and other dress up kind of things? Well it's our Mum. Who's there to catch us when we fall? Who's there to watch us do a
handstand against the wall? Who's there to wipe away our tears? Or to sew back on our teddy bears ears? Well it's our Mum. Who's there to remind us to brush our teeth or flush the loo? To eat our tea, to do a wee, to finish our homework when it's nearly due? Well it's our Mum Who's there to catch us when we fall? Who's there to watch us do a handstand against
the wall? Who's there to wipe away our tears Or to sew back on our teddy bears ears? Well it's our Mum We love you Mum Cos you're our Mum Thank you Mum You've been listening to the Children's Hour Mother's Day Musical Special. We've got time for just one more. We're gonna go out with good Charlotte. Thank you, Mom, and thank you to all the moms. Happy Mother's Day. I'm back to the time when I was your This is great, here with downstairs you would sing songs of you you you See you.
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