Version 1
Lyrics
(Folk song)
No robbers out today,
No robbers out today,
We are singing on our way,
For there’s no robbers out today.
Version 2
Lyrics
(Folk song)
No robbers out today,
No robbers out today,
For we are dancing on our way,
For there are no robbers out today.
Circle Game
Formation: Students sit in a circle. One student, who is “It” sits in the middle of the circle with eyes closed (or blindfolded). There are three instruments on the floor behind “It.”
While students sing, teacher taps one student in the circle, who becomes the “Robber.”
The Robber stands behind “It’s” back and picks up an instrument. When the song is over, the Robber plays the instrument. “It” must guess which instrument was played.
See also
- Activity: circle game / guessing game
- Harmony: one chord
- Melody: so-mi songs / mi so la songs / E,G,A
- Meter: 2 (version 1) / 6/8 (version 2)
- Rhythm:
(version 1) - Scales: bitonic (version 1) / tritonic (version 2)
- Tones: ms (version 1) / msl (version 2)
- Kodaly-based interactive curriculum with this song
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
