Lyrics
(Traditional chant)
Betty Botter
bought some butter.
“But,” she said,
”the butter’s bitter.
If I put it
in my batter,
it will make
my batter bitter.
But a bit
of better butter–
that would make
my batter better.”
So she bought
a bit of butter,
better than
her bitter butter.
And she put it
in her batter,
And the batter
was not bitter.
So ’twas better
Betty Botter
bought a bit
of better butter!
See also
- Subjects: nursery rhymes / tongue twisters / food
- Form: AB (see below)
- Harmony: ostinati / Orff arrangements
- Melody: mi so la / steps, skips & repeats
- Rhythm:
- Scale: tritonic (see version below)
- Timbre: chants / voices
- Tones: msl
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- Melody Handout
- Chant, New tune, Lesson ideas for Form AB, Rhythm (ostinato parts, quarter notes & rests), Voices, Expression, Melody (mi-so-la & steps, skips, repeats)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
