Lyrics
(Traditional chant)
Two little blackbirds sitting on the wall
One named Peter, and one named Paul.
Fly away Peter, fly away Paul,
Come back Peter, come back Paul.
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill.
Come back Jack, come back Jill.
Motions
- Blackbirds sitting = pointer fingers up
- Peter = one hand forward
- Paul = other hand forward
- Fly Peter = one hand behind back
- Fly Paul = other hand behind back
- Back Peter = return one hand
- Back Paul = return other hand
See also
- Subjects: birds / colors
- Activities: hand motions
- Harmony: one chord
- Melody: tonic triad / so-mi
- Source: Wee Sing Children’s Songs and Fingerplays,Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1979
- Downloadable chant, Original melody with chords (PDF)
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