Lyrics - Shona
(Folk song from Zimbabwe)
Guru ndiani jongwe
Ha jongwe guru
Possible English Translation
Who is the biggest/tallest rooster?
I am the biggest/tallest rooster
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Game
Formation: Students stand in a circle, two people (“roosters”) are in the middle of the circle with folded arms standing / hopping on one foot.
Students sing as the two “roosters” try to bump each other off balance. The “rooster” who stays balanced the longest is the winner and another “rooster” is chosen to challenge.
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Recorder Notes G, B, D'
See also
- Country: Zimbabwe
- Subject: chickens
- Activities: circle games
- Harmony: one chord
- Melody: G,B,D’
- Meter: 4
- Scale: tritonic
- Timbre: voices
- Tones: dms
- Source: Music in Childhood: From Preschool Through the Elementary Grades, Campbell, Patricia Shehan., Scott-Kassner, Carol, 2013
YouTube
- PDF of the song with chords
- MIDI file of the melody
- MP3 file of the melody
