I remember this song form pre-school called Sammy (or something like that) and I really didn’t think much about it until I met like 3 different people who went to different pre-schools who knew that record so I was wondering if anyone else knew this song.

Sammy:

This is a story 'bout Sammy
His father sent him out to buy bread
But Sammy didn't feel like walkin'
He wished he could fly instead, and he said,
"If I were a bird I would fly to the store,
Fly to the store, fly to the store
If I were a bird I would fly to the store
Fly to the store for my father."

This is a story 'bout Clara
Her father sent her out to buy bread
But Clara didn't feel like walkin'
She wished she could gallop instead, and she said,
"If I were a pony I would gallop to the store,
Gallop to the store, gallop to the store
If I were a pony I would gallop to the store
Gallop to the store for my father."

This is a story 'bout Lucinda and Jose
Their father sent them out to buy bread
But Lucinda and Jose didn't feel like walkin'
They wished they could jump instead, and they said,
"If we were kangaroos we would jump to the store,
Jump to the store, jump to the store
If we were kangaroos we would jump to the store
Jump to the store for our father."

Then Sammy and his friends remembered the bread
And knew they better move along
And as they walked, each one smiled
And made up a brand new song,
"I'm glad I'm me and I'm walking to the store
Walking to the store, walking to the store
I'm glad I'm me and I'm walking to the store
Walking to the store for my father."

Thank you for that one! Awesome. We sang that in Kindergarten or so, circa 1978-79. Oddly I recall the whole song being about Sammy. Didn't recall anyone else in it. At the time I lived in N.C. Thought I'd mention that as a lot of elementary school songs I recall seem to be localized to certain regions. If anyone can recall "Pop-bottle Ho-down", I'd love'em long time!

COOL!! someone and I do mean ONE remembers Sammy!!. Yeah when I heard it in like 83 it was all about Sammy but it has been changed to use other kids I guess as a get to know your calss mates thing. Sorry, no pop bottle ho-down :)

OH MY GOD....I can't believe someone remembered that song!!!!

hahaha I really thought I was the only one :)