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The Tattenhall Time Machine Song – from Our Village, Our Future 2025

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Songs for schools

It’s 2025 – and what better way to make a fantastic start to the year than with another musical extravaganza!

Daphodil Music are proud to have been commissioned to compose an original song for the film Our Village Our Future: “a film by Tattenhall Park Primary and the community of Tattenhall village – exploring there amazing history and biodiversity of our beautiful village”. Our song The Tattenhall Time Machine, sung by the amazing Tattenhall Park Primary school children as well as the incredible Tattenhall Singers, takes the listeners on a journey through time to visit all the wonders of Tattenhall throughout time – history past, wishful future and our truest gift – the present.

Keep your ears peeled for the SWOOSHING, WHOOSHING WHIRRING and SWIRLING sounds of the time machine, as we travel through the ages!

We hope you love singing along to The Tattenhall Time Machine song!

Songwriting for schools

Click here to watch the film Our Village, Our Future.

Watch these gorgeous live performances of The Tattenhall Time Machine:

Watch these early rehearsals by the Tattenhall Park Primary school children:

The Tattenhall Time Machine – the song

Listen to our song The Tattenhall Time Machine and sing along using the lyrics below.

Production, arrangement and guitars by the infinitely talented Udi Glaser

Performance Track:

Backing Track:

The Tattenhall Time Machine – Lyrics:

Verse 1:

I would sit around your fire,
I would sail on your boat
I would gather in your fields
I would travel in your coach.

Pre-Chorus:

I wish that I could visit all the times there were before
And see the wonders of this land that led to me being born.
With a past so rich and our future bright
My present is a gift where I reside, my home my pride.

Chorus:

You give me roots to grow
And wings to fly
History is mine
With the Tattenhall Time Machine and I.

Verse 2:

I would watch you tend the flock
I would see the market stall
I would join you in a prayer
I would help you build a wall.

Pre-Chorus:

I wish that I could visit all the times there were before
And see the wonders of this land that led to me being born.
With a past so rich and our future bright
My present is a gift where I reside, my home my pride.

Chorus:

You give me roots to grow
And wings to fly
History is mine
With the Tattenhall Time Machine and I.

You give me roots to grow
And wings to fly
The future’s mine
With the Tattenhall Time Machine and I.

You give me roots to grow
And wings to fly
This world is mine
With the Tattenhall Time Machine and I!

Daphne,
Daphodil Music

Looking for songs for your school? Get in touch! daphodilmusic@gmail.com

Watch my previous songs I wrote and composed of schools:

A World Full Of Wildlife 2023
A Climate In Chaos 2022
Winter Music

A World Full Of Wildlife 2023

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Hello musics and nature adorers!

Daphodil Music are proud to have collaborated on another exciting musical project with Deeside Schools on their excellent 2023 eco film titled — ‘A World Full Of Wildlife (and how you can protect it)’, inspired by another of ultimate climate warrior author Neal Layton‘s books, of the same title.

Watch the film A World Full Of Wildlife here:

A World Full of Wildlife was another Wirral Film Premier, we have been so fortunate to once again be part of a fantastic echo-film collaboration between Deeside Schools, bringing Neal Layton’s book of same title to life. Explore the amazing web of life on Earth, biodiversity in all its form and what you can do to protect it!

Composing the theme song for A World Full of Wildlife was enormous fun! Neal Leyton’s book has so much information in it, it is always a challenge to convey it all in song form, but we are so happy with how it turned out and the children sang it so beautifully and joyfully, which is what Daphodil Music is all about!

Our favourite way of raising awareness, creating change and mobilising people into action is through music and song, and we hope you enjoy singing along and thinking about the important message of this song.

A World Full of Wildlife – the song

Listen to our song A World Full of Wildlife and sing along using the lyrics below. Save the planet by singing and making music! What could be more fantastic than that?

Musical production by the brilliantly talented Udi Glaser

Vocal Track:

Backing Track:

Playlist:

A World Full of Wildlife – Lyrics:

Verse 1:

We are all part of something bigger In a world full of wildlife,
We are like blocks building a tower Of life.

Nature is full of many wonders The world is about variety,
All of the species in our planet Make biodiversity

Chorus:

Does it swim? Does it fly? Grow low or stretch high? With wings or paws? Petals or spores?

Does it sprout from a seed?
Or harch from an egg?
If it lives on our earth
Then it’s a part of this thread called the web of life.

The web of life x4

Verse 2:

We are all part of something bigger, in a world full of wildlife,
We are like blocks building a tower of life.

Animals, plants and all the humans need air, water, food and happy homes. Whether we’re huge or microscopic – we can’t survive alone!

Chorus:

Does it swim? Does it fly? Grow low or stretch high? With wings or paws? Petals or spores?

Does it sprout from a seed?
Or harch from an egg?
If it lives on our earth,
then it’s a part of this thread called the web of life.

The web of life x4 / Biodiversity x4 Repeat Chorus

Listen to all our Earth loving, environmental eco songs and help take care of the only home we have:

Art by Eliya, age 9
Art by Biba, age 6

Click here to watch the brilliant ‘A World Full of Wildlife’ and keep the music and the planet alive by singing, making music and spreading this important message! See you soon for more musical delights!

Daphne,
Daphodil Music

A Climate In Chaos 2022

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Hello music lovers and climate warriors!

Daphodil Music are proud to have collaborated on another exciting musical project with WIRRAL IN THE SUNSHINE on their fantastic 2022 film titled — ‘A Climate In Chaos (and how we can help)’, inspired by the book by the ultimate climate warrior author Neal Layton, of the same title.

climate change songs for kids and children - a climate in chaos book cover

Watch the film A Climate In Chaos here:

Composing the theme song A Climate In Chaos was such a privilege and so much fun.

The verses and the bridge sections are spoken rhythmically, because rap is such a powerful songwriting tool for conveying urgent messages. And climate change is a hugely important and urgent issue! The bridge also has a little nod to recent speeches made by another notable climate activist, can you guess who*? (scroll all the way down to find out)

Our favourite way of raising awareness, creating change and mobilising people into action is through music and song, and we hope you enjoy singing along and thinking about the important message of this song.

A Climate In Chaos – the song

Listen to our song A Climate In Chaos and sing along using the lyrics below. Save the planet by singing and making music! What could be more fantastic than that?

Guitars and production by the brilliantly talented Udi Glaser

Vocal Track:

Performance Track:

Backing Track:

Playlist:

A Climate In Chaos – Lyrics:

Verse 1:

Have you heard of climate change?
We hope this doesn’t sound too strange
It affects all living things
Everything that grows and springs.

Earth has been so good to us
But now the climate’s in chaos
Many gases fill the sky
And temperatures are getting high!

Chorus:

Reduce your waste, reuse your things
Plant a tree and eat your greens
Switch off electricity
Walk or cycle, then you’ll see

It is not too late for us
To save a climate in chaos
We can make a change together
Make our future better!

Verse 2:

Humans sometimes make bad choices
Burning fuels and chopping forests
We’ll run out of food and water
If the Earth keeps getting hotter.

The effects are wide and dire
Heavy winds, and rains and fires
Creatures lose their habitats
Don’t dispute the science stats!

Chorus:

Reduce your waste, reuse your things
Plant a tree and eat your greens
Switch off electricity
Walk or cycle, then you’ll see

It is not too late for us
To save a climate in chaos
We can make a change together
Make our future better!

Bridge:

Yo! Listen up, no more empty words
It’s time to get our message heard
Take care for our planet today
Before our chances melt away

This is more than just the weather
It is whether we’ll survive
Tick tock, it is now or never
Let’s make sure that life on Earth can thrive!

Final Chorus:

Reduce your waste, reuse your things
Plant a tree and eat your greens
Switch off electricity
Walk or cycle, then you’ll see

It’s not too late for us
To save a climate in chaos
We can make a change together
Make our future better!

Art by Eliya, age 8

Click here to watch the brilliant ‘A Climate In Chaos (and how we can help)’ and keep the music and the planet alive by singing, making music and spreading this important message! See you soon for more musical delights!

Daphne,
Daphodil Music

Here’s the answer to the question above:
*Greta Thunberg