Red Yarn's 'Backyard Bop' CD comes in a brightly-colored gatefold wallet with elaborate photography & design (by Jason Quigley & Heather Lin) featuring Red Yarn, Miss Jessie, 13 newly built critter puppets (by Faerin Millington, Summer Olsson & more), elaborate backyard set-pieces (by Ryan Bruce & James Cook), and full credits. Children will spend hours studying the critter characters & backyard spaces they inhabit!
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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
'Backyard Bop' 12" vinyl record comes in a full color jacket with beautiful photography & design featuring Red Yarn, Miss Jessie, 13 critter puppets & elaborate backyard set-pieces. A full color insert features a poster of Red, Jessie & the Critters on one side & full credits on the others. Children will spend hours studying the critter characters & backyard spaces they inhabit! Vinyl record comes with a digital download card.
Includes unlimited streaming of Backyard Bop
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 7 days
$20USDor more
about
Written by Andy Furgeson/Red Yarn. Produced by Dean Jones.
lyrics
CHORUS:
There's some critters in my garden and I want 'em to get out
I got some starters starting and I got some veggie sprouts
I got a guard dog guarding but he's a lazy lout
Critters, I beg your pardon but you really must stay out
First the rabbits came a-hopping through that hole there in the fence
I tried my best to stop them, I put up my best defense
I tried booby traps and barbed wire, so it doesn't make no sense
Dagnabbit, little rabbits keep on hopping through my fence!
Next a groundhog came a-digging from her burrow underground
She came silently a-wriggling, no she didn't make a sound
Now she's whistling and pigging out and putting on the pounds
Stealing vegetables and vittles for her kitchen underground
CHORUS
So I held a public meeting for to set those critters straight
And soon they all came streaming through that hole there in the gate
They brought veggie stew, boiled cabbage too, it's filling up my plate
And now I stand corrected, yes those critters are pretty great!
There's some critters in my garden and they're welcome any time
We've got a farm-stand starting and we're putting up a sign
Take what you need, then plant a seed to feed the next in line
Critters, I beg your pardon, you are welcome any time
Critters, I beg your pardon, what's mine is yours & yours is mine
Critters, I beg your pardon, you are welcome any time
credits
from Backyard Bop,
released August 7, 2020
Engineered & mixed by Dean Jones at No Parking Studios, with additional engineering by Adam Selzer.
Music performed by...
Andy Furgeson/Red Yarn on vocals & acoustic guitar.
Dean Jones on drums, balafon, percussion & vocals.
Mark Murphy on upright bass.
Jessie Eller-Isaacs on vocals.
Red Yarn is a Texas-born, Oregon-based family performer who weaves folksongs & puppetry into engaging shows for all ages. With his energetic performances and lush folk-rock recordings, Red Yarn reinvigorates American folklore for younger generations.
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