Lyrics
(English folk song)
Up was I on my father’s farm,
On a Mayday morning early,
Feeding of my father’s cows
On a Mayday morning early.
With a moo, moo, here,
And a moo, moo, there,
Here a moo, there a moo,
Here a pretty moo.
Six pretty maids come and gang along o’ me,*
To the merry green fields and the farmyard.
Up was I on my father’s farm,
On a Mayday morning early,
Feeding of my father’s goats
On a Mayday morning early.
With a nan, nan, here,
And a nan, nan, there,
Here a nan, there a nan,
Here a pretty nan.
Six pretty maids come and gang along o’ me,*
To the merry green fields and the farmyard.
Add more animals with their sounds…
*Optional: Sing, “All my friends, come and go along with me”
See also
- Country: England
- Subject: multiple animals
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: descending major pentascale / dominant triad / melodic contour / repeated tones
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: half notes
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmfst
- Source: The Progressive Music Series for Basal Use in Primary, Intermediate, and Grammar Grades, McConathy, Parker, Miessner, Birge, 1920
- Similar song: Old McDonald
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