Version 1
Info
The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose’s Melody, published in London in around 1765. (source)
Lyrics
(Folk song)
Seesaw Margery Daw,
Jack shall have a new master;
He shall earn but a penny a day,
Because he can’t work any faster.
Recorder Notes: E, G, A
Version 2
See also
- Type: nursery rhyme
- Harmony: one chord (version 1) / I, V (version 2) / Orff / partner song
- Melody: mi so la / E,G,A
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: tritonic
- Tones: msl
- Source of version 2: Book of a Thousand Songs, Albert Ernest Wier, 1918
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- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
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