Billy B. - The Natural Science Song and Dance Man

Plants will grow in it; farmers make rows in it;
ants go high and low in it. Healthy soil.
Minerals store in it; beetles will bore in it;
worms make more of it. Healthy soil.
Put your fingers in it, and move them all around.

Pigs will wallow in it; worms will swallow in it;
snakes will follow in it. Healthy soil.
Farmers till with it; termites build with it;
forests are filled with it. Healthy soil.
Put your toes right in it, and move them all around.

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Soil, topsoil, in it so many things thrive.
Soil, topsoil, if it’s healthy, it’s alive.
Soil lives. Soil gives. Soil is what life’s built on.
Big wind blows. Rainwater flows.
Erosion shows when the soil’s gone.
To build it back takes too long.

Spring tails spring on it; little birds sing on it;
kids flop and fling on it. Healthy soil.
Moles make tunnels in it; spiders make funnels in it;
roots make bundles in it. Healthy soil.
Put your face right in it, move it all around.

Prairie dogs hop on it; marmots stop on it;
eagles drop on it. Healthy soil.
Roots have hair in it; people put care in it;
everybody shares in it. Healthy soil.
Put your bottom in it, move it all around.

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