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Let's Build A Dam

from A Place to Call Home by dana

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Timber! Busy beavers are hard at work on Dana’s rock & roll salute to “nature’s engineers.” Children will learn about these wetland creatures as they help the beavers gather sticks and stones, logs and mud to “boom, boom, bam… build a dam!”

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LET’S BUILD A DAM
By Dana Cohenour © Dana Cohenour; 2020

When the sun sinks low, it’s time to get up and go
That water wants to move, we gotta stop the flow
We all work together in this beaver colony
To make a lodge a home for our friends and family

We need sticks and stones
Leaves and logs
Mud, mud, mud to build a dam
We use our iron teeth
To chew, chew, chew
Through big tall trees… they fall and

Timber! We’re busy beavers hard at work
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!
We know how to get things done, we’re nature’s engineers
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!

We sleep all day and we work all night
Our home is a construction site
We can hide inside our dam, safely in our den
But if we hear a leak has sprung, it’s back to work again!

We need sticks and stones
Leaves and logs
Mud, mud, mud to build a dam
We use our iron teeth
To chew, chew, chew
Through big tall trees… they fall and
Timber! We’re busy beavers hard at work
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!
We know how to get things done, we’re nature’s engineers
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!

Dams can stop a stream and make a water habitat
For fish & ducks & frogs… yeah, they’re happy about that!
We share our beaver pond and make a neighborhood for all
Watch out for falling trees if you ever hear us call…

Timber! We’re busy beavers hard at work
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!
We know how to get things done, we’re nature’s engineers
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!

Timber! We’re busy beavers hard at work
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!
We know how to get things done, we’re nature’s engineers
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!
Boom, boom, bam! Boom, boom, bam!
Boom, boom, bam! Let’s build a dam!

credits

from A Place to Call Home, track released June 6, 2020
Written by Dana Cohenour (BMI) ©2020 Dana Cohenour
Produced and Engineered by EJ Ouellette
Recorded at EJO Whole Music Studios; Byfield, MA
Dana Cohenour: Lead and background vocals, piano
EJ Ouellette: Bass, electric guitar, violin, viola
Dave Mattacks: Drums & percussion
Steve Baker: Saxophone
Children's Background Vocals: Samantha Bender, Benji Lochtefeld, Marissa O'Connor, Aylin Jurta, Sam Wellehan, Jaye Nichols, Ana Knapczyk
Associate/Assistant Engineer: Shane Pender
Mastered by Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Cover Art: Emily Zimmerman
Photography: Jack Cohenour

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dana Bellingham, Washington

Dana’s music introduces children to a wide range of genres from jazz & country to pop, rock, reggae & bossa nova. Winner of 27 national awards and wide critical acclaim, Dana's songs are interactive fun for young children.

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