Lyrics
(American folk song)
One cold and frosty morning just as the sun did rise
The possum drew himself up in a knot, with his knees up to his chin,
And everything had to clear the track when he stretched out again.
Refrain
Old Jessie was a gentleman among the olden times.
See also
- Subject: snow / morning
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I IV V
- Melody: high & low / ascending & descending major scale
- Meter: 2
- Scale: major
- Source: Silver Burdett Music, Book 2, Silver Burdett Company, 1981
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3 thoughts on “One Cold and Frosty Morning”
I like this, especially the 2nd version. Do you get children to sing this then play it on xylophones or do they just sing? (I am in the UK BTW) I suppose you may even use keyboards. What age would you aim this at? Are there any more verses???
Colin, you inspired me to add some ideas to this post. 🙂 So, see above.
Also, I only know of this one verse.
I’d quite forgotten Step Bells. Great ideas.