Lyrics
(Folk song)
Old King Cole was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and his called for his bowl
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler had a fiddle
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Tweedle dee, tweedle dee went the fiddler threes
And so merry we will be.
See also
- Subjects: fiddles / king
- Types: chant / nursery rhyme
- Form: ABA
- Harmony: chords i, V, VII
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: melodic minor
- Source: The Child’s Own Music Book, The Largest Collection of Mothers’ and Children’s Songs, Musical Games and Piano Music Ever Published, Covering Completely All Phases of Child Life, Wier, 1918
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3 thoughts on “Old King Cole”
Thanks, I found it when I added fiddling sticks to the search. You are so unbelievably talented, thank you so much for sharing. I use something from your site almost every day. Although I’m very computer challenged even I can project things from your site. Here’s what you had previously put for lesson idea 1. http://deannastark.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/8/3/23834065/old_king_cole.pdf
Awesome! Thanks!
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