Parents, do you have trouble getting your kids on board for tick checks? Not even sure how to do a tick check? I wrote this song to make tick checks fun at our house, and it works! Just play it, and sing or follow along for a thorough tick check in under two minutes. If you live in tick prone areas, tick checks after every hike area very important to prevent Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. If you find a tick within the first few hours of exposure, the risks is dramatically reduced. So turn it up the Tick Check Song, and make tick checks a fun part of your family life instead of a hassle!

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Written and performed by ComposerDad aka Jonathon Roberts
Special thanks to Ms. Ilana for "Peek under your arms, cause your well aware"!

Tick Safety Pro-Tips from Our Family

1. Put your clothes in the dryer on high, ten minutes to wave those ticks bye bye!
2. Get a set of permethrin-treated hiking clothes
3. Sing the Tick Check Song after every hike, of course!
4. Take a quick shower after a hike to wash away unattached ticks.
5. Stay on the trail! No high grass/brush.
6. Keep lawn short, remove brush/leave/stick piles, no mice playhouses (stone walls etc.)
7. Monthly lawn spraying of highly-rated organic insecticide.
8. We like The Tick Key for nymph tick removal and some adult ticks. We use the Tick Ease (special tick tweezers), often, too, especially for adults. Start at mouth parts and remove whole ticks. Try not to mangle.
9. Put tick in baggie, write name of lucky person, date, and where you found it on person. Write info on calendar too and a note to check location two weeks after. Keep tabs on odd symptoms (not always rash, note anything peculiar). Update doctor.
10. Mail off tick to lab if you suspect anything.

Tick Check Song Lyrics

It’s time for a tick check
It’s time for a tick check
Follow along while you sing this song
It’s time for a tick check

Start at your feet, look between every toe
Up to the ankles, and around we go
Follow me now to the back of your knees
The right one, left one, if you please

Down the calves, and up to your thighs
We’re looking around with our wide eyes
For a tiny little dot that could sit on a pin
Find a tick, you win!

CHORUS

Under the undies and on each hip
We double check there, then we take a trip
Up to the belly button, anybody home?
Just a little piece of lint talking on the phone–Hello?

Hop on over to the elbow pits
Ride to the shoulders, don’t call it quits
Throw your hands up in the air
Peek under your arms, ‘cause you’re well aware

CHORUS

Hey there friend will you check my back
And my neck, and around my ears
I’ll be doing fine if you look at my hair line

If you find a tick here’s what you gotta do
Grab a tick key and a tweezers, too
Carefully remove and put ‘em in a baggy
Write the date, now celebrate

‘Cause you’re done with your tick check
You’re done with your tick check
It’s not so long when you sing a song
You’re done with your tick check

Tick Check Song Chords

B C
It’s time for a tick check
D G E/G#
It’s time for a tick check
Am D
Follow along while you sing this song
F C G
It’s time for a tick check

C D
Start at your feet, look between every toe,
Am D/F#
Up to the ankles, and around we go
G Em
Follow me now to the back of your knees
Am B7
The right one, left one, if you please
C D
Down the calves, and up to our thighs
Am D/F#
We’re looking around with our wide eyes
G Em
for a tiny little dot that could sit on a pin
Am B7
Find a tick: You win!

CHORUS

C D
Under the undies and on each hip
Am D/F#
We double check there, then we take a trip
G Em
Up to the belly button, anybody home?
Am B7
Just a little piece of lint talking on the phone
C D
Hop on over to the elbow pits
Am D/F#
Ride to the shoulders, don’t call it quits
G Em
Throw your hands up in the air
Am B7
Peek under your arms, ‘cause you’re well aware

CHORUS

E7 A7
Hey there, friend, will you check my back
A7
And my neck, and around my ears?
D7 G7
I’ll be doing fine if you look at my hair line

C D
If you find a tick, here’s what you gotta do
Am D/F#
Grab a tick key and a tweezers, too
G Em
Carefully remove and put ‘em in a baggy
Am B7
Write the date, now celebrate

B C
‘Cause you’re done with your tick check
D G E/G#
You’re done with your tick check
Am D
It’s not so long when you sing a song
F C G
You’re done with your tick check