Lyrics
(Folk song from Australia)
The little red engine was chugging along
When he came to a great big hill.
He said, “I must chug and never stop,
I must chug, chug, chug till I get to the top.
I think I can, I think I can,
I know I can, I know I can!”
And he chugged right over the hill!
Recorder Notes G, A, B, C, D'
See also
- Country: Australia
- Subjects: color / trains
- Type: drama (The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper)
- Harmony: I, V
- Melody: low so / high & low / tonic triad / D,G,A,B,C’,D’
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis / steady beat /

- Scale: pentachord
- Tempo: fast & slow
- Tones: s,drmfs
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody