Lyrics
Macoway, cowetana, Way cowetana
Recorder Notes GABCD’
Links
- more Maori folk songs (from New Zealand)
- more songs in 3
- more recorder DEF#AB songs
- more recorder GABCD’ songs
- more songs with Orff arrangements
- more songs with dotted eighth note – sixteenth note patterns
- Meter / Time Signature resources
Macoway from Beth Thompson
The following content is available below to Plus Members:
- PDF includes:
- Song with chords
- Orff arrangement
- Lesson ideas – Meter in 3
- MIDI file
- MP3
Beth,
Do you happen to know what this song means? That is a question my students usually ask! Thanks! –Sarah
Sarah, honestly I don’t know with this one. Sometimes I tell my kids it means, “Mrs. Thompson is the best music teacher in the whole world!” And, of course, they don’t believe me.
Tell them you don’t know, but sometimes the words are nonsense words just to keep the beat while rowing (which a lot of these New Zealand songs were used for). Ask THEM what THEY think the words mean. If they were rowing a boat and all trying to keep their actions synchronized. 🙂