There's a tiny caterpillar on a leaf - learn about the life cycle of a butterfly

Words by Sue Nichols to the tune of ‘One finger and thumb keep moving’
From the book published in 1992 by Collins in the book 'Bobby Shaftoe Clap your Hands'
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There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle wiggle ,
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle wiggle,
There’s a tiny caterpillar, tiny caterpillar,
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle wiggle.

He will eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full, munch munch,
He will eat the leaves around him ‘‘til he’s full, munch munch,
He will eat the leaves around, eat the leaves around
He will eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full, munch munch.

A cocoon is what he’s spinning for his home, spin spin ,
A cocoon is what he’s spinning for his home, spin spin,
A cocoon is what he’s spinning, cocoon is what he’s spinning,
A cocoon is what he’s spinning for his home, spin spin.

Then he’ll be a butterfly and fly away, flap flap
Then he’ll be a butterfly and fly away, flap flap
Then he’ll be a butterfly, be a butterfly,
Then he’ll be a butterfly and fly away, flap flap.

So that tiny caterpillar went like this
Wiggle wiggle, munch munch, spin spin, flap flap,
So that tiny caterpillar went like this
Wiggle wiggle, munch munch, spin spin, flap flap,
So that tiny caterpillar, that tiny caterpillar
So that tiny caterpillar went like this
Wiggle wiggle, munch munch, spin spin, flap flap.
munch munch.