Lyrics
(Folk song)
- The farmer sows the seeds,
The farmer sows the seeds,
Heigh ho the derry-o,
The farmer sows the seeds. - The wind begins to blow…
- The rain begins to fall…
- The sun begins to shine…
- The seeds begin to grow…
- The farmer cuts his grain…
- The farmer binds his sheaves…
- And now the harvest’s in…
Motions / Movement
Formation: One student is the Farmer. The rest of the students are divided into four groups: Seed/Grain, Wind, Rain, and Sun.
- Seed/Grain students curl up on the ground.
- Wind students walk around and wave arms.
- Rain students walk around and move arms to pantomime rain falling.
- Sun students stand still with arms overhead and fingers touching.
- Seed/Grain students start to stand slowly and become Grain.
- Farmer makes cutting motions as the Seed/Grain students falls to the ground in a sitting position.
- Farmer pantomimes binding two or Seed/Grain students together with their backs against each other.
- All stand and skip around happily.
See also
- Subject: farming
- Activities: motions / movement
- Harmony: I, V
- Meter: 6/8
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: s,drmsl
- Source: Twice 55 games with music: The red book, Peter William Dykema, 1924
- Same tune: The Farmer in the Dell
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
