Lyrics
(Folk song)
Cherries ripe, cherries ripe,
Who will buy my cherries ripe?
Berries red, berries red,
Who will buy my berries red?
Ripe and rosy cherries,
Fresh and fragrant berries.
Buy and eat, all so sweet,
Berries red! Cherries ripe!
Very fresh and very sweet!
Very fresh and very sweet!
See also
- Subjects: food / occupations
- Harmony: I, IV, V
- Melody: tonic triad
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm: beat vs. rhythm
- Scale: major
- Source: The Child’s Own Music Book, The Largest Collection of Mothers’ and Children’s Songs, Musical Games and Piano Music Ever Published, Covering Completely All Phases of Child Life, Wier, 1918
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- Printable & Digital Visuals
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
