“Gotta Get the Beat” is a sassy, syncopated chant by Pam Donkin from her CD A Hop, Skip and A Jump: Activity Songs for the Very Young.

      Successive verses get longer and longer with the addition of body parts paired with humorous rhymes. This chant can be done in either a sitting or a standing position, with rhythm instruments or body percussion. Pam says, “Feel free to add more body parts.”

Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat,
Gotta get the beat in your feet, sweet
Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat, get the beat
Gotta get the beat in your feet

Beat beat, it’s all about the beat, gotta get the beat in your feet, sweet!

Tap knees with opposite hands so you cross the midline

Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat
Gotta get the beat on your knees please
Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat, get the beat
Gotta get the beat on your knees

Beat beat, it’s all about the beat, gotta get the beat on your knees please, and your feet, sweet!

Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat, get the beat
Gotta get the beat on your tummy honey,
Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat, get the beat
Gotta get the beat on your tummy

Beat beat, it’s all about the beat, gotta get the beat on your tummy honey, on your knees please and your feet, sweet!

Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat
Gotta get the beat on your cheek eek,
Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat, get the beat
Gotta get the beat on your cheek

Beat beat it’s all about the beat gotta get the beat on your cheek eek, on your tummy honey, on your knees please and your feet sweet

Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat,,
Gotta get the beat on your head Red,
Gotta get the beat, gotta get the beat, get the beat,
Gotta get the beat on your head

Beat beat, it’s all about the beat, gotta get the beat on your head, Red!
On your cheek eek, on your tummy honey, on your knees please and your feet sweet

Gotta get a breath, gotta get a breath
Gotta get a breath right now, uh huh

© 2006 words Pam Donkin

Pam Donkin

Pam Donkin is an award-winning children's performer and children's recording artist on the acclaimed children's record label A Gentle Wind and has appeared nationally in concerts, schools, libraries, and on television and radio. Her music has been licensed to various projects including Scholastic, Inc, and video soundtracks and her video Music is Magic has been broadcast on The Learning Channel. She makes her home on the San Francisco Peninsula and is host of the children's television show, Kaleidoscope Kids, airing on Peninsula TV, on 17 cable channels. Adding to her two award-winning CD's for families, with Magical Music Express, "Music is Magic" and "Friendship Stew", she has a solo CD for babies, toddlers, Preschoolers and Kindergartners called "A Hop, Skip and a Jump" released January 2007, that has won 4 national awards including a Parents' Choice Award. In addition to offering interactive and educational school assembly programs, library programs, artist residencies & workshops for teachers, Pam directs "Pam Donkin's Children's Chorus", age 5-8, in Atherton CA, and is a registered Music Together® teacher, and licensed Director, working with caregivers on how to enhance and nurture their child's musical development. Pam is married with three grown children who are all accomplished musicians. Pam's music has received 7 National Awards:      Parents' Choice Approved Award - A Hop, Skip, and a Jump      Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence - A Hop, Skip, and a Jump      Children's Music Web Awards 2007, Best Recording for Babies      and Toddlers - A Hop, Skip, and a Jump      Children's Music Web Awards 2007, Best Recording for Preschoolers      - A Hop, Skip, and a Jump      Children's Music Web Awards 2004, Best Song for Younger Children -      "EWOP" - Friendship Stew      Children's Music Web Awards 2004, Classic Recording for Preschoolers       - Music is Magic      Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence - Friendship Stew
www.pamdonkin.com/