Where Does the River Go?
Where Does the River Go? is one of the very first felt animations I created, and the longer version can be seen on my Sukey’s Circle! Volume 2 DVD. The video is set to a song I wrote while sitting next to a stream in Vermont with my son. As the water gently rushed by, carrying fish, twigs and leaves along with it, I couldn’t help but wonder where all the water was going? And as I looked up at the sky, with birds and clouds flying and floating by, I had the impression that the water and birds and clouds and fish were all ‘on their way home’.
For the felt animation, as with the song, I wanted to re-create the feeling of gentleness and safety and wonder that came to me while sitting by the stream. And I wanted to convey that quality of reassurance and peacefulness with the children and families who would later on listen, and watch.
I hope you enjoy the video, and I hope you’ll share my new coloring page (below) with your children at home! Click here to download, or click on the image below.
You can also download Where Does the River Go? (from my I Like to Sing album) on iTunes, and you can purchase all my Sukey’s Circle! videos on amazon.com and at www.sukeymolloy.com.
Where Does the River Go? Copyright 2007
Where does the river go, winding, winding,
Where does the river go, winding so?
Where do the birds go, flying, flying,
Where do the birds go, flying so?
The birds go flying, the river goes winding,
Winding and flying, all the way home.
Where do the clouds go, floating, floating,
Where do the clouds go, floating so?
Where do the leaves go, turning, turning,
Where do the leaves go, turning so?
Where do the fish go, swimming, swimming,
Where do the fish go, swimming so?
The fish go swimming, the leaves go turning,
Turning and swimming, on their way home.
The birds go flying, the river goes winding,
Winding and flying, all the way home.
Where do the stars go, twinkling, twinkling,
Where do the stars go, twinkling so?
The stars go twinkling, the clouds go floating,
The leaves go turning, all the way home.
The fish go swimming, the birds go flying,
The river goes winding, all the way home,
All the way home.