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.
Motions
Do the motions of the lyrics.
See also
- Subjects: spring / trees
- Activities: motions (see below)
- Type: chant
- Form: AB
- Melody: so-mi
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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/ steady beat / beat vs. rhythm - Scale: bitonic
- Tones: ms
- Source: Round and Round the Garden and Other Action Songs, Caroline Repchuk, Parragon, 2000
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