We Like the Yams

(hold shovel by handle and move it L R L R) We like the yams. (stop moving shovel/set it on floor on “That’s) That’s all we can say. (shovel in 1 hand, other hand in fist on hip) We work so hard out in our backyard (dig/over shoulder/dig/over shoulder) digging yams all day.

(all lions say...) We like to (1 lion yells...) “roar”. (all lions say...) We like to (1 lion steps out, says and does...) “stretch”. We like (grab thigh) leg of lamb.

We like the (sunburst) sun. We like to have (open arms to sky) fun, (switch shovel to other hand and set it on floor with “yam) but we’d rather have a yam.

(Prop shovel on floor at arms length) Anansi the spider, your tricks are well known. You’d rather (pull shovel back to self) steal our yams than find some on your (set shovel down) own.

(hold shovel by handle and move it L R L R) We like the yams. (stop moving shovel/set it on floor on “That’s) That’s all we can say. (shovel in 1 hand, other hand in fist on hip) We work so hard out in our backyard (dig/over shoulder/dig/over shoulder) digging yams all day.

(spoken) This is our yam-digging music ! Oh we like this !

((starburst hands L to R – on “say” put hands down) They like the yams. That’s all they can say.

(turn head L to R – on “work, their, digging” – head front on “day”) They work so hard out in their backyard digging yams all day.

Anansi the spider, your tricks are well known. You’d rather steal their yams than find some on your own.

(hold shovel by handle and move it L R L R) We like the yams. (stop moving shovel/set it on floor on “That’s) That’s all we can say. (shovel in 1 hand, other hand in fist on hip) We work so hard out in our backyard (dig/over shoulder/dig/over shoulder) digging yams all day.

We work so hard out in our backyard digging yams all day.