I used to like this when I was about her age. There are versions about that don't mention tobacco or alcohol if you look around. I prefer the original and it can stimulate debate about drugs in general.
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
On a summer day
In the month of May
A burly bum came hiking
Down a shady lane
Through the sugar cane
He was looking for his liking
As he strolled along
He hummed a song
Of a land of milk and honey
Where a bum can stay
For many a day
And he won't need any money
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
Oh the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
And the rockin-right springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alkyhol
Come a-trickling down the rocks
Where the brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railway bulls are blind
There's lakes of stew
And the whiskey too
You can paddle all round
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain,
The jails are made of tin.
You can walk right out, boys,
As soon as you walk in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
No axes, saws or picks,
Oh, I'm going to stay
Where you sleep all day,
Where they boiled in oil
The inventors of toil
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
The cops have wooden legs
The bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit
The barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall
And the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Oh come with me, and we'll go see
the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
http://www.bluegrasslyrics.com/bluegras ... s29253.htm
The Ugly Bug Ball is another fun childrens song.
The Ugly Bug Ball Lyrics
Once a lonely caterpillar sat and cried,
to a sympathetic beetle by his side.
"I've got nobody to hug,
I'm such an ugly bug."
Then a spider and a dragon fly replied,
"If you're serious and want to win a bride,
come along with us,
to the glorious
annual ugly bug ball."
Come on let's crawl
gotta crawl, gotta crawl
to the ugly bug ball
to the ball, to the ball
and a happy time we'll have there
one and all
at the ugly bug ball
While the crickets clicked their tricky melodies
all the ants were fancy-dancing with the fleas
then up from under the ground
the worms came squirming around
Oh they danced until there legs were nearly lame
every little crawling creature you could name
everyone was glad
what a time they had
they were so happy they came
Everyone was glad! What a time they had!
they were so happy they came!
Come on let's crawl
gotta crawl, gotta crawl
to the ugly bug ball
to the ball, to the ball
and a happy time we'll have there
one and all!
at the ugly bug ball.
Then our caterpillar saw a pretty queen
she was beautiful in yellow, black and green
he said, "Would you care to dance?"
their dancing led to romance.
and she sat upon his caterpillar knees
and he gave his caterpillar queen a squeeze
soon they'll honeymoon
build a big cocoon
thanks to the ugly bug ball
Come on let's crawl
Gotta crawl, gotta crawl,
to the ugly bug ball
to the ball, to the ball
and a happy time we'll have there
one and all!
at the ugly bug ball!
http://www.getsomenoise.com/!/printLyri ... =Burl+Ives
Both the above were released by Burl Ives many years ago. Hope this helps. BTW "Froggie went a courtin" is also on that last link.
I found this vid which is interesting in the context of the Uglybug ball - it isn't the same song however.
http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~csc561/MMLab/media/