Music at the Museum - Come Sing with the Saguaros!
Celebrate the Sonoran Desert with monsoon music and more! Sing along and serenade the saguaros as you learn more about this beautiful region’s biodiversity. Select the plus sign (+) for song lyrics, chords, and links to related activities and information.
Music Album recorded with love at Hanner House Records
In the Shade of the Saguaro
Monsoon Season
Lyrics PDF for Monsoon Season (opens in new window)
Verse 1
A Winter seems so far away
Been so long since E it has rained
So A hot and dry I just wanted to cry
E Hooray! Look, there’s some A water
Chorus
A ‘Cause it’s monsoon season in the desert
It’s D monsoon season in the desert
Feels A like it hasn’t rained in forever
But now it’s E monsoon season in the A desert
Verse 2
A Animals hiding underground
Come to the surface to E look around
It A finally rained, time to celebrate
The E desert comes to A life again!
Chorus
Verse 3
A Toads and frogs dig out of the ground
To lay some eggs and E find some food
A Centipedes, millipedes, & beetles, too
E All come up — it’s a A critter zoo
Chorus
Verse 4
A Thirsty cactus is in luck
When there’s water E to drink up
To A save for later when they need it most
So the E sun doesn’t burn them — like A saguaro toast
Chorus
Bridge
D Termites and ants come out for mating A flights — oh, yeah!
E Hoping they don’t get eaten by velvet A mites — yum, yum!
D Gila monsters emerge, what a special A sight — wow!
B7 Vinegaroons love a good shower too
These E storms are a delight! Oh…
Chorus
OUTRO repeat 2x:
E Monsoon season in the A desert
Guitar Chords
Ukulele Chords
Syndenn dressed as a saguaro
with a double bass.
Artists on this song
Michelle Miner — vocals & acoustic guitar
Syndenn Sweet — vocals, banjo guitar, & electric bass
Brian Hanner — drums & percussion
Explore water related information and activities!
I Think I Pan Experiment (PDF)
Gila Monster Coloring Page (PDF)
Make Your Own Rain Gauge (PDF)
Wildlife and Water Information (PDF)
Monsoon storm photos
I L O V E this D E S E R T
Verse 1
C Going on a trip, where F will it G be?
C Driving through the mountains, such F majesG ty
A C forest of saguaros inF stead of G trees
ToF day I have a feeling we’ll make G memories
Chorus
F I L O C V E this G D E S E R T
Yeah, F I L O C V E this G place I like to roam
F I L O C V E this G D E S E R T
And F I L O C V E our SonF oran G Desert C home
Verse 2
C Now we’re at the entrance, I F see the G sign:
The C Desert Museum, gonna F have a great G time
ExC plore the outdoors, how the F paths do G wind
How F many plants and animals G will we find?
Chorus
Verse 3
C If we’re really lucky we F might see G Cruz
C Up on his rock just F takin’ a G snooze
C Yawnin’ or playin’ like a F giant house G cat
A F rescued mountain lion in his G habitat
Bridge
A F rattler with a tail brown, white, and black
C Javelina snortin’ while they're eatin’ a snack
A F bear, a wolf, a fox, a spotted ocelot
G I enjoy today an awful lot
Chorus
OUTRO
F I L O C V E our SoF noran G Desert C home
Ukulele Chords
Artists on this song
Michelle Miner — vocals & ukulele
Syndenn Sweet — vibraphone
Explore Desert Museum related information and activities!
Cruz the Mountain Lion
Connect the dots (PDF)
So many things to explore!
Javelina vs. Wild Boar (PDF)
I Am A Packrat
Verse 1
C I am a packrat
G7 I live in the desert
C Searching for treasure
To G7 take back home
C I’m important
BeG7 cause you see
C I help plants
G7 Spread their seeds
Chorus
G7 I am a little desert packrat
C Looking for anything I can find
G7 I am a little desert packrat
C Looking for treasures G7 all the C time
Verse 2
C I collect cactus
With G7 pokey spines
To C help me protect
This G7 nest of mine
C I collect all
G7 Kinds of goodies
C Toys that are lost
G7 Jewelry that’s shiny
Chorus
Verse 3
C Humans might sigh
When I G7 chew things they like
But my C pee is like glue
And G7 preserves things too
So C thanks to my midden
My G7 collection that’s hidden
Humans C learn what was here
Back G7 thousands of years
Chorus
Verse 4
I C better be careful
G7 While I travel
Don’t C wanna get caught
By a G7 hungry owl — Aaahhhh!!!
Chorus
Outro
…C Looking for treasures G all the C time
Guitar Chords
Artists on this song
Mr. Nature — vocals
Michelle Miner — vocals & guitar
Syndenn Sweet — vocals & shaker
Brother Bear Eli — vocals & packrat puppet
Explore Packrat related information and activities!
Packrat House Coloring/Craft Page (PDF)
Virtual Packrat Party feat. Mr. Nature
Visit the Packrat Playhouse
Animal Fact Sheet: White-throated woodrat
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