Down by the creek, down by the creek

Where the grass is high and the water is sweet

Ripple, babble, babble, bubble, down by the creek

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With a stick and a rock and a skip and a walk

Scramble down the bank, kick off your shoes and socks

Straight from the spring, water cold and clear as anything

Down by the creek, down by the creek.

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Stick your feet in the water hole, can you catch a tadpole?

Then make a mud pie. Don’t get it in your eye.

Watch out for snakes! Lay in the sun and bake.

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Down by the creek, down by the creek

Where the grass is high and the water is sweet

Ripple, babble, babble, bubble, down by the creek

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Climb around the rocks and moss, skip a stone with a toss

Count the skips until they stop, climb until you reach the top

Slip down a slimy side, current takes you for a ride.

Down by the creek, down by the creek.

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Splash around with your friends and wish the day would never end

Shoo away a horse fly, pale moon in the blue sky. 

Soon it will be getting dark, fireflies take a lark.

Down by the creek, down by the creek.

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Wind in your hair and mud on your feet 

Hungry and tired and feelin’ complete.

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Down by the creek, down by the creek

Where the grass is high and the water is sweet

Ripple, babble, babble, bubble, down by the creek

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