Lyrics
My dame hath a lame tame crane,
My dame hath a crane that is lame,
Pray gentle Jane, let my dame’s lame tame crane
Feed and come home again.
Motions
“Dame” = Curtsy (or, if sitting, put both hands under the chin)
“Lame” = Lift one leg and bend (optional: hold the shin with both hands)
“Tame” = Hands out in front of you (waist-high)
“Crane” = Hand up like a beak (or both hands out to the side like wings)
“Feed” = Move “beak” down to pretend to eat (or both hands toward mouth like eating)
“Pray” = Hands together like prayer
“Home” = Hands up, fingertips touching like a roof (or “come home again” – walk in place)
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See also
- English folk songs
- silly songs
- songs about birds
- tongue twisters
- tempo – fast & slow
- songs with dotted half notes
- songs with whole notes
- songs with ostinati
- songs with so-mi (ostinato)
- rounds
- songs with motions
- songs with chords I & V
- teaching ideas
- source: The International Book of Folk Songs, Norman Luboff, Win Stracke, Walton Music Corp, 1965
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- Song with chords, Adapted lyrics, Lesson ideas for Tempo (Fast & Slow), Rhythm (Dotted Half Notes, Whole Notes) Melody (so-mi glockenspiel ostinato)
Orff arrangement (PDF) - MIDI file
- Listen to the song
