Version 1
Lyrics
(Traditional chant)
Diddle diddle dumpling my son John
Went to bed with his stockings (trousers) on
One shoe off and one shoe on
Diddle diddle dumpling my son John
See also
- Subject:Â nursery rhymes
- Form: ABC (see below)
- Harmony: Orff arrangements / one chord
- Melody: mi so la / E,G,A /Â descending major scale (see version below)
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:Â
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  / steady beat - Scale: tritonic (see version below)
- Timbre:Â chants
- Tones: msl
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4 thoughts on “Diddle Diddle Dumpling”
I LOVE this chant/poem and I do a song with it and a shoe passing game. I had to chuckly because the powerpoint that I made for this song has the exact same image!!! Lol, great minds think alike!!
And great ideas, as always! You are amazing Beth!
Can you share your shoe passing game? That sounds cute!
I’m doing this song with my 1st graders this week by chance. Using Boomwhackers. I was wondering what grade you do it with. I liked your lesson plan very much. I love your website. This is very exciting to have found.
The melody lesson I have used with 5th grade, but I like your idea of using it with 1st graders and Boomwhackers!