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I have a record (33 1/3 rpm) of Josie Carey's Children's Corner. Who can forget such lovely tunes (sung by Fred Rogers) as "Meow meow meow meow beautiful, meow meow telephone," or "I give a hoot for you, 'cause golly, golly, you're neat"?

LOL! Well some of those classics by Henrietta Cat and X the Owl survived for many years in Mister Rogers neighborhood. Right now I'm nostalgicly wracking the cobwebs in my feeble old brain trying to recall all the words to the closing theme "Good Night, God." It was such a lovely and simple tune, but I can't find much of anything about it on the Internet. While I can still distinctly hear the music in my head, I can barely recall the last few lines:

.....
Keep us safe and healthy God,
(Da da da da da...???)
Good night, God...
And Thank-you, God...
For letting us love You.

It is REALLY bugging me that I can't come up with more.
I absolutely loved that show when I was 3~4 years old, and I NEVER missed an episode.

Willie Green mentioned a song from "The Children's Corner," a program on PBS which began in 1954 and was produced at the Pittsburgh PBS station. Josie Carey and Fred Rogers were the stars of the show and they wrote all the songs, including those featured at the beginning and end of the program each day. The characters they created later turned up on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, e.g., King Friday the Thirteenth.

As noted, they are songs you'd never see on today's left-wing version of PBS, but at WG's request, I'll post the words here, so we can remember what children watched on TV before WWF, Jackass and the like!

Goodnight, God

Goodnight, God, and thank you
For this special day.

Thank you, too, for helping us
at work and at our play.

Thank you for our family,
for each and every friend.

Forgive us, please, for everything
we've done that might offend.

Keep us safe and happy, God.
Tell us what to do.

Goodnight, God and thank you, God
for letting us love you.

Good Morning, God

The sun is up and so are we,
all set to start the day.

We're wide awake and ready now,
will you please show the way?

You've kept us safe the whole night through;
please guide us all day long.

Give us a smile for every one,
a word of cheer, a song.

Is there a job for us to do?
A special task, a test?

With help from you we hope we, too
can make this day our best.

Good morning, sun
Good morning, sky,
we greet you with a nod.

This day will be
our special day.
A good, good morning, God!