Walking Through The Jungle

Join our explorer girl on a journey through the jungle, river, mountains, ocean, arctic and the city of London encountering different animals on the way.
This version of the classic song 'Walking Through the Jungle' follows a girl exploring environments and meeting animals before returning home. Once indoors it is revealed that she is playing with her stuffed animal toys and has been in her garden imagining a trip around the world.

Origin:
This is a traditional British song first published in 1969 in “This Little Puffin” compiled by Elizabeth Matterson who sourced the song from shared oral folk traditional rhymes used in nursery schools and playgroups across Britain.
The first published lyrics were:
Walking through the jungle, What did I see? A big lion roaring, At me, me, me! (then baby monkey laughing and slippery snake hissing).
Walking Through the Jungle is a variation of “Going On A Bear Hunt / Lion Hunt” which shares a similar pattern and call and response structure. “Going on a lion hunt, got my binoculars/ma gun by my side”. Bear/Lion hunt and Walking Through The Jungle originated and spread through British scout camps and USA summer camps in the 1950’s. Jungle songs became more popular in the 1960’s because of the Jungle Book. In 1916 Robert Baden-Powell published the wolf cub’s handbook, basing the young scout’s framework on “The Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling. In 1966 the wolf cubs were renamed the “Cub Scouts” then in 1967 (1968 in the UK) Disney’s “The Jungle Book” animated feature film was released making jungle lore even more popular as a framework in education.

The little woolly vision version features an explorer with a jacket inspired by the iconic outfits of British naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Look out for his picture on the wall of the explorers house at the end.

Lyrics:
Walking through the jungle
(walking through the jungle)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
ROAR
I think I hear a lion
ROAR ROAR ROAR
Roaring at me
Walking through the jungle
(walking through the jungle)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
HISS
I think I hear a snake
HISS HISS HISS
Hissing at me
Walking through the jungle
(walking through the jungle)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
OH AH
I think I hear a monkey
OH AH AH
Laughing at me
Walking through the jungle
(walking through the jungle)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
TOOT
I think I hear an Elephant
TOOT TOOT TOOT
Tooting at me
Swimming in the river
(Swimming in the river)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
SNAP
I think I hear a crocodile
SNAP SNAP SNAP
Snapping at me
Climbing in the mountains
(Climbing in the mountains)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
HOWL
I think I hear a wolf
HOWL HOWL HOWL
Howling at me
Climbing in the mountains
(Climbing in the mountains)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
MEH
I think I hear a goat
MEH MEH MEH
Bleating at me
Climbing in the mountains
(Climbing in the mountains)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
HOO
I think I hear an owl
HOO HOO HOO
Hooting at me
Swimming in the ocean
(Swimming in the ocean)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
SPLASH
I think I hear a whale
SPLISH SPLASH SPISH
Splashing at me
Walking in the acrtic
(Walking in the acrtic)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
GROWL
I think I hear a polar bear
GROWL GROWL GROWL
Growling at me
Walking in the acrtic
(Walking in the acrtic)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
ARF
I think I hear a seal
ARF ARF ARF
Barking at me
Walking in the city
(Walking in the city)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
COO
I think I hear a pigeon
COO COO COO
Cooing at me
Walking in the city
(Walking in the city)
What will we see?
(what will we see?)
If you hear a noise
What could it be?
CHATTER
I think I hear a pigeon
CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER
Chatting with me
Running home for supper
(running home for supper)
Where have you been
(where have you been)
I've been around the world
(I've been around the world)
Now i need a cup of tea
(now i need a cup of tea)

Video Credits:
Produced by Sarah Simi & Ed Hartwell (Woolly Vision)
Animation and Direction: Ed Hartwell
Art Direction: Sarah Simi
Puppets by Leeanne Bell, Ed Hartwell and Sarah Simi
Set elements by Laura Gardener (Little Egg Designs), Leeanne Bell and Sarah Simi
Music performed by Gemma Storr with additional vocals by Steve Pretty and Ed Hartwell
Recorded by Steve Pretty

This animation features some makaton signing.
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