Lyrics
(Folk song)
John Brown’s baby had a cold upon his chest, (repeat three times)
And they rubbed it with camphorated oil.
Motions
Repeat the same lyrics, but remove a word each time you sing another verse, and replace it with its corresponding motion.
John Brown = salute (I skip this one with younger students)
baby = motion of rocking baby in arms
cold = pretend to cough
chest = pat chest
rubbed = rub chest
camphorated oil = hold nose and make sour face
See also
- Subject: family
- Form: cumulative
- Harmony: chords I, ii, V, vi
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: major
- Source: Wee Sing Silly Songs, Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1982
- Same tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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