This one's all about using your imagination.
This funky song is full of fun images to help you get your imagination machine running at full speed.
All of the ideas for the words in the verses were sent to me by my fans.
Enjoy!

Imagination

A vocal-free version of my song 'Imagination'.
Enjoy!

'Imagination' Instrumental version

Life IS better on a bicycle! Ska music for children and families

Life Is Better On A Bicycle

Robin Hood was a forward thinking man.
Robin Hood was a forward thinking man.      
He had a radical solution to wealth redistribution.
Yes, Robin Hood was a forward thinking man.

Robin Hood was way ahead of the game
Sustainability was his middle name.
He recycled and reused.
If it wasn’t green, it was refused.
His carbon footprint puts the rest of us to shame.

So take you arrow and your bow. Aim it high. Now let it go.
And keep a little bit of Robin in your soul.
Hit the bull’s eye. Win the gold. Live your dreams. Score your goal.
And keep a little bit of Robin in your soul.

Robin Hood was the greatest boss to work for.
He was an equal opportunities employer.
With a priest, a giant, and a musician.
A woman in a top position.
With generous sick pay, holidays, a pension scheme and more.

So take you arrow and your bow. Aim it high. Now let it go.
And keep a little bit of Robin in your soul.
Hit the bull’s eye. Win the gold. Live your dreams. Score your goal.
And keep a little bit of Robin in your soul.

Take you arrow and your bow. Aim it high. Now let it go
Take you arrow and your bow. Aim it high. Now let it go. [actions]

So take you arrow and your bow. Aim it high. Now let it go.
And keep a little bit of Robin in your soul.
Hit the bull’s eye. Win the gold. Live your dreams. Score your goal.
And keep a little bit of Robin in your soul.

Keep a little bit of Robin in your soul

Keep A Little Bit Of Robin in your soul (Demo)

I am a cactus
I am a cactus
I am a cactus
And I’ll spike you with my spikes [repeat chorus]

I’m hard on the outside
But soft on the inside
I’m green … and I grow
Very very slow

Chorus

I love hot weather
I’ll live forever
When you’re grey and old
I’ll still be here to hold (not too tightly)

So make a fuss of your cactus
Get on the bus with your cactus 
So make a fuss of your cactus
Get on the bus with your cactus 

I am a cactus
I am a cactus
I am a cactus
And I’ll spike you with my spikes [repeat chorus twice]

I am a cactus (Demo)

A Song Full Of Hope (Demo)

Let Mummy Dance (Demo)

When I'm Older (Demo)

Washing Machine (New version Demo)

I Follow My Dream (Demo)

Witches 123

You don’t scare me.
Cool rock'n'roll song for kids on Halloween.
Dance along! Easy to sing and shout! Call-and-response!

 (Words and Music by Liam Maloy © 2019)

Skeletons like to shake their bones but …
They don’t scare me
Zombies like to moan and groan but …
They don’t scare me

Dracula turns into a bat but
He don’t scare me
Witches fly up high with a cat but
	They don’t scare me

You don’t scare me. You don’t scare me.
You’re the spookiest thing I’ve ever seem but …
You don’t scare me.

Ghosts like to float through the door but
They don’t scare me
Pumpkins like to roll on the floor but
They don’t scare me

Werewolves bark and werewolves howl but
They don’t scare me
Wizards   keep a spooky owl
They don’t scare me

You don’t scare me. You don’t scare me.
You’re the spookiest thing I’ve ever seem but …
You don’t scare me.

You Don't Scare Me

Be Yourself (Demo)

Walking In The Woods (Demo)

You have a voice (Demo)

New song from our Halloween Album
Touching, melancholic, uplifting, joyful.
We are all a bat with a broken wing at times.

Bat With A Broken Wing

Johnny and the Raindrops play inspiring, dynamic, life-affirming original music for children and families. 

All of our gigs for the Spring and Summer have been cancelled. Autumn ones may follow. Feel free to drop us a tip via the link. Many thanks.

The Nottingham-based foursome have been thrilling audiences since 2008 with their 'gigs for cool kids'. Songs from band’s seven albums are brought to life with costumes, props and a whole heap of help from the audience. Kids with a knack for punk-rock pogoing can rock out onstage with wooden guitars. Others can get dressed as fruit, vegetables, cats and superheroes. Everyone can learn a few things at Pirate School. Watch out for the flying teddy bears during ‘I’m in the washing machine’.

Johnny and the Raindrops have performed highly acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Wheee! International Children’s Festival and at hundreds of festivals, theatres and schools in the East Midlands and beyond.
 
The band’s lovingly-crafted songs have been played on radio and TV all over the world. Songs such as ‘Everybody’s Body is Different’, ‘What’s the Time?’ and ‘Be Yourself’ carefully balance entertainment with positive social and personal themes of hope, respect and diversity. 

‘Lend a Friend a Hand’ was nominated for a Roundglass songwriting award in New York. ‘Animals in Danger’ and ‘Shine a Light’ have been sung by schools in the Arctic Circle, New Zealand and elsewhere.

Singer and songwriter Johnny (AKA Dr Liam Maloy) has a PhD in music made for children. His publications and presentations make him one of the leading scholars in the field of children’s music.


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perfect for a family audience’. BBC Radio.

'‘Intelligent, funny, catchy songs with children’s themes and adult twists. 
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