Lyrics
(Traditional chant)
Once I found a cherry stone,
I put it in the ground
And when I came to look at it,
A tiny shoot I found.
The shoot grew up and up each day,
And soon became a tree.
I picked the rosy cherries then
And ate them for my tea.
See also
- Subjects: spring / trees
- Form: AB
- Melody: so-mi
- Rhythm: steady beat / beat vs. rhythm /Â quarter rests / quarter & eighth notes
- Timbre: chants
- Source: Round and Round the Garden and Other Action Songs, Caroline Repchuk, Parragon, 2000
- Printable & Digital Rhythm Cards
- Rhythm & Melody Handouts / Worksheets
- Downloadable chant, Motions, Lesson ideas for Form (AB), Rhythm (Steady Beat, Beat vs. Rhythm, Quarter & Eighth Notes, Melody (so, mi) (PDF)
