Lyrics
(Folk song)
Up and down the center we go,
Up and down the center we go,
Up and down the center we go
This cold and frosty morning.
Now’s the time to chase that squirrel,
Now’s the time to chase that squirrel,
Now’s the time to chase that squirrel
This cold and frosty morning.
Movement
Formation: Students stand in two lines facing partners.
Verse 1 = The two partners (A & B) at the top of the lines dance down the middle between the two lines.
Verse 2 = Each partner runs around the line where they were standing and back down between the lines again. Partner B tries to catch (tap) Partner A.
Recorder Notes D, G, A, B, D'
See also
- Subject: squirrels
- Activities: movement
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: tonic triad / D,G,A,B,D’
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: tetratonic
- Tones: drms
- Source / source
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
