Lyrics
(Folk song)
Charlie over the ocean, (echo)
Charlie over the sea, (echo)
Charlie catch a big fish (echo)
Can’t catch me. (echo)
Game
Leader (“It”) walks quickly around the circle while singing. On the last word, “It” taps a student. That person becomes the next “It.”
(I use this to assess pitch matching, so I make sure each student gets a turn.)
See also
- Subject: water
- Activity: circle game
- Form: call & response
- Harmony: I, IV, V / Orff
- Melody: low so & low la / low do / melodic contour / repeated tones / solo singing / D,E,G,A,B
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: pentatonic
- Timbre: voices
- Tones: s,l,drm
- Info about the song
- Similar song: Charlie Over the Water
YouTube
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- Melodic Contour Handout + Pitch Matching Performance Assessment Rubric
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
