Lyrics
(Folk song)
1. Oh I stuck my head in the little skunk’s hole,
and the little skunk said, “Well, bless my soul!
Take it out! Take it out! Take it out! Remove it!”
2. Oh, I didn’t take it out, and the little skunk said,
“If you don’t take it out, you’ll wish you had!
Take it out! Take it out!” Pheew! I removed it!
Rhythm: This fun song could be used to teach quarter rest and half note.
- Add claps on the quarter rests. Add woodblocks.
- Find the long note: the half note. Over-exaggerate the long sound and add a motion that demonstrates the long sound, such as pretending to push someone away with both hands.
See also
- Subjects: silly / miscellaneous animals
- Harmony: chords I V
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: hexachord
- Timbre: voices
- Tones: mfsld’r’m’
- Source: Wee Sing Silly Songs, Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1982
YouTube
- Song with chords, Adapted version with different voices
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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2 thoughts on “Little Skunk’s Hole”
I have written a children’s book and a variety form of this song is included in the book. I learned it aay girl scout camp and am wondering about the copy right status of this song and what I need to do to have permission to use it.
To the best of my knowledge, this song is a folk song in the public domain.