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Lyrics When your heart heart heart heart heart is all a-flutter And you’re panting like a dog dog dog dog dog When your legs are feeling shaky legs are feeling shaky legs are feeling shaky legs are feeling shaky legs are feeling shaky And your mind is in a fog CHORUS It’s time to Put your hand on your tummy hand on your tummy hand on your tummy hand on your tummy hand on your tummy Say “Calm down” Take a deep breath deep breath deep breath deep breath deep breath And count out loud—1, 2, 3, 4 Feel yourself calm down When you’ve just been scared scared scared scared scared by something There’s aching aching aching aching aching in your tummy When you’re really sad sad sad sad sad or worried And your body’s body’s body’s body’s body’s feeling crummy The Calm-Down Song Music by Dennis Westphall Sign language illustrated instructions on pages 2–3 CHORUS When you’re bursting with excitement excitement excitement excitement excitement And you’re spinning spinning spinning spinning spinning like a top When you’ve had a disappointment disappointment disappointment disappointment disappointment And your special plan went flop flop flop flop flop CHORUS Second Step Sing-Along Songs Supplement © 2002 Committee for Children
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Lyrics
When your heartheartheartheartheart is all a-flutterAnd you’re panting like a dogdogdogdogdogWhen your legs are feeling shakylegs are feeling shakylegs are feeling shakylegs are feeling shakylegs are feeling shakyAnd your mind is in a fog
CHORUSIt’s time toPut your hand on your tummyhand on your tummyhand on your tummyhand on your tummyhand on your tummySay “Calm down”Take a deep breathdeep breathdeep breathdeep breathdeep breathAnd count out loud—1, 2, 3, 4Feel yourself calm down
When you’ve just been scaredscaredscaredscaredscared by somethingThere’s achingachingachingachingaching in your tummyWhen you’re really sadsadsadsadsad or worriedAnd your body’sbody’sbody’sbody’sbody’s feeling crummy
The Calm-Down Song
Music by Dennis Westphall
Sign language illustratedinstructions on pages 2–3
CHORUS
When you’re bursting with excitementexcitementexcitementexcitementexcitementAnd you’re spinningspinningspinningspinningspinning like a topWhen you’ve had a disappointmentdisappointmentdisappointmentdisappointmentdisappointmentAnd your special plan went flopflopflopflopflop
CHORUS
Second Step Sing-Along Songs Supplement © 2002 Committee for Children
acheOne shape both hands, palms in,tips facing. Move back and forthtoward one another. (Sometimesmake with H handshapes.)
scaredOpen 5 both hands, palms in,tips facing. Move back and forthseveral times, as if shaking infright.
bodyOpen B shape both hands, palmsin, tips facing. Pat chest, thenstomach.
sadFive shape both hands, palmsin, fingers slightly curved, LH alittle below RH. Hold in front offace and drop slowly.
Verse 2
Chorus
hand on your tummyPlace hand on tummy.
count out loudCount out loud in time withsong.
deep breathTake a deep belly breath.
say “Calm down”Say “Calm down” in time withsong.
Verse 1
heartTrace a “heart” on left upperchest with middle fingers.
legs are feeling shakyShake legs.
dogSnap fingers, then pat rightthigh with RH twice.
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Sign illustrations © 1983 Gallaudet University Second Step Sing-Along Songs Supplement © 2002 Committee for Children
flopLH open B palm up, tips out.Place tips of right V in left palmthen flip forward and out,ending with palm up.
disappointmentPlace tip of right index on chin.
Verse 3
excitementFive shape both hands, palmsin. Alternately brush tips ofmiddle fingers upward on chest.
spinPlace right index finger, palmdown, over left index finger.Rotate fingers quickly.
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Sign illustrations © 1983 Gallaudet University Second Step Sing-Along Songs Supplement © 2002 Committee for Children
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Sign illustrations © 1983 Gallaudet University Second Step Sing-Along Songs Supplement © 2002 Committee for Children
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The Calm-Down Song
