The horse fired from the preschool for obscenity!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205767)
Walnut Creek, California
August 5, 2017 1:36pm CST
The other day, I think it was Thursday, one of my little buddies, who is transitioning from diapers to underpants, decided to walk around the preschool "commando" after forgetting that he had been wearing underpants, not a diaper.
A brief battle ensued, but I got some underpants on him and, without thinking about it, said, "Now you've got your mojo working." Of course, this led me to start singing the Muddy Waters song, "Got My Mojo Working," and my young friend, who is quite musically inclined, started singing along with me.
Within 10 minutes, I had shown him the call and response pattern of the chorus, and we were playing merrily away in the sand box singing Muddy Waters. We replaced "but it just ain't workin' on you" with "gonna play with my friends all day long. "
That evening, I listened to Muddy Waters doing the song, and I realized that the song is a bit racy for an early 3-year-old. But I still told his mother yesterday morning we were working on "Got My Mojo Working."
She and his dad are well aware that their kid loves music, and they have a little uke for him at home. He picks it up and sings like he's been performing for years. She laughed and said "That's perfect!" So I didn't get fired after all.
Thank goodness for cool parents! Have you ever let a kid learn a song that might be a bit much for them if they really knew what it was about? By the way, this version absolutely rocks. If it don' make you smile and tap yo' feet, you dead.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
5 Aug 17
Umm. My friend listens to a bunch of songs she shouldnt around her kids, and her 5 year old daughter is posing and dancing like her now too. Sad
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 17
@Courtlynn It's amazing to me that parents don't understand how kids imitate everything that happens around them. One of my kid clients curses a lot, and his mom's boyfriend is saying "f*cking this" and "f*cking that" all around the house. I don't even bother teaching such kids not to curse. I just teach them when it's appropriate and when it's not. They get it.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Aug 17
I love these tunes from that ear. One I like too is the one about the Fuschia hair. Can't remember the name.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
5 Aug 17
One of my aunts did that with us. We always went for the summer vacations with her. And she was always teaching us borderline naughty songs and poems.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
5 Aug 17
There are some songs my children know that they probably shouldn't. I love music and listen to the songs that I love to sing. One being "Picture" by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow-not great for little ones but their young. 
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
5 Aug 17
@TheHorse It's a good song, to me anyway. Lol. You should listen to it.
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
5 Aug 17
Hahaha, thank god for cool parents indeed, something I was blessed with with my parents for playing naughty music, and now I pass the torch down to my kids. My kids are avid Green Day, Blink 182 and U2 fans. Lol. Funny story, my 13 year old would belt out Linkin Park when he was a 4 year old! Lol, proud mommy right here 
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 17
Hard to go wrong with Green Day and U2. Some of my co-teachers like to teach the kids Beatles songs. I like to write down the kids' lyrics when they play my mandolin and start "writing" their own songs. Usually it's something like, "I love Rafi, and I love Noah, and I love playing dress-up, and it's a happy day..."
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 17
@librarygeek1980 I'm ready! My 8-year-old neighbor friend's mom recorded us singing "The Pirate Song," but I want us to do an even better version.
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
5 Aug 17
@TheHorse lol, throw in some I love mommy and cookies in there and you've got a hit!
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
6 Aug 17
I think that music is usually objective. If you have a naughty mind you will find it naughty, If you are well adjusted you see just the music. I don't think a 3 year old is able to understand the implication of the words of a song. I think you will be safe for a while.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
5 Aug 17
So weird to see him so young! Great song, great musician! Glad you introduced the young 'un to him, it's never too early to appreciate the classics!
I, too, have changed lyrics when teaching music to little ones. I do it when I read, too, I've gotten good at it with all the practice I've had!
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
6 Aug 17
@TheHorse I usually read the horrid parts like when Cinderella's stepmother cuts off her daughter's heel in order to fit the slipper. This came as a surprise to me when I was reading it to my granddaughter, I did not remember it so graphic or maybe my mom also improvised!! Anyway, I finished the story and inserted a disclaimer that was very child friendly that she can do any thing she wants to--she just has to make sure that she is paid for it.
@LadyDuck (458122)
• Switzerland
6 Aug 17
As you should know I do not interact with kids, for sure my Mother would have never allowed me to listen or sing a song that was not something for my age. Kids are like sponges, once they have learned dirty words or bad phrases, they use them.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Aug 17
Nope never had that problem but I bet that little tyke is going to grow up to be some really serious rocker.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
6 Aug 17
Singing and dancing has always been in my house, all size kids and if the parents do not like it they can find a new free babysitter.
What funny I used to have a mirror propped up by the closet door an I would hear the little ones singing and I would peep and they were dancing in front of the mirror too.
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Aug 17
Yep, little ones can be real hams. But there's some stuff that I simply don't want them imitating. Some of the prison parents I worked with thought it was funny the first time their baby said "f*ck" or "b*tch," and they reinforced it by laughing and asking them to say it again. I modeled a different kind of language, different kinds if music, and even different kinds of dance for the kids. I played this over and over four a 4-year-old who had been over-exposed to MTV, and she was able to do every move within a few weeks, including the finger wag. I don't speak Hindi, so I have no idea what the song is actually about.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
6 Aug 17
My grandson loved "The Joker" by The Steve Miller Band. I laughed when he would get into it as he came upon the lyrics "I'm a Midnight Toker." Wonder if his grandparents knew what he was truly singing.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
7 Aug 17
@TheHorse some of the music their parents listen to is quite eye opening too. The lyrics are offensive and to hear a little one sing along to them is a little disturbing. I would rather listen to them singing about being a midnight toker.
@FourWalls (62147)
• United States
7 Aug 17
At least it wasn't "Mister mojo rising" from the Doors......
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Aug 17
I'll have to go back and listen to that one. And it certainly wasn't this old Lucille Bogan Song. I'll wait until they are about 25 for that one. (real obscenity alert)
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