Children's Song Lyrics and Sound Clip
Bobby Susser

    1. The child/children may sing the last line of each verse or the entire song.
    2. If the setting is appropriate and safe, the child/children may dance and/or clap hands to the song.
    3. The parent/teacher may discuss with the child/children the need we all have for friends.
    4. The child/children may draw a picture of his/her/their friends.

I ought to be good friends with you
I ought to be good friends with you
Why shouldn’t I be
Why shouldn’t I be
I ought to be good friends with you
You ought to be good friends with me
You ought to be good friends with me
Why shouldn’t you be
Why shouldn’t you be
You ought to be good friends with me

We ought to be good friends with him
We ought to be good friends with him
Why shouldn’t we be
Why shouldn’t we be
We ought to be good friends with him

We ought to be good friends with her
We ought to be good friends with her
Why shouldn’t we be
Why shouldn’t we be
We ought to be good friends with her

We ought to be each other’s friend
We ought to be each other’s friend
Why shouldn’t we be
Why shouldn’t we be
We ought to be each other’s friend

We ought to be each other’s friend
We ought to be each other’s friend
Why shouldn’t we be
Why shouldn’t we be
We ought to be each other’s friend

We ought to be each other’s friend
We ought to be each other’s friend
Why shouldn’t we be
Why shouldn’t we be
We ought to be each other’s friend

 

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