Discussion:
Have the kids picture a wagon wheel as tall as they are. Pretend it's stuck in the mud. How would you get it out? You could push it with your hands, but what if that didn't work? Could you turn around and push it with your shoulder and back? What if you were pushing your hardest but the person who was supposed to push the other wheel was goofing off or refusing to work?
Easy actions to teach the chorus:
Put your shoulder (right arm on left shoulder) to the wheel (brace your feet against the pretend wheel)
Push along (pretend to push with your shoulder)
Do your duty with a heart (both hands on heart)
full of song (smile-- to have a heart full of song means to be cheerful while you work)
We all have work (pretend to hammer a nail)
Let no one shirk (shake your head and wag your finger no -- be sure to explain what "shirk" means)
Put your shoulder (right arm on left shoulder) to the wheel (pretend to push with your shoulder)
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