Lyrics
(English folk song, adapted by Beth Thompson)
If the evening’s red and the morning’s gray,
It’s a sign of a bonny bonny day.
If the evening’s gray and the morning’s red,
The ewe and the lamb will go right to bed.
See also
- Country: England
- Subject: weather
- Harmony: I, V / Orff
- Melody: paper xylophones / skips / tonic triad
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: s,drmfs
- Source: The Music Hour, One-Book Course, Silver Burdett Company, publ 1932
- Printable & Digital Visuals
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
