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Old Dan Tucker

This song has roots in oppression. See also Blackface minstrel songs Minstrel show Decolonizing the Music Classroom article Info about the song Taking Racist Songs Out of Music Education Find different songs

Recorder Songs DEF#A

Songs Echoes Mary Had a Little Lamb Matarile See also Recorder Songs & Resources Melody: tetrachord & tetratonic

The Train’s Off the Track

Lyrics (Folk song) Oh the train’s off the trackAnd I can’t get it backAnd I can’t get a letter to my home.To my home, to my home,And I can’t get a letter to my home. See also Subject: train Harmony: ...

Three Blind Mice

Lyrics (Folk song) Three blind mice (repeat)See how they run (repeat)The all ran after the farmer’s wifeWho cut of their tails with a carving knifeDid you ever see such a sight in your life asThree blind mice. See also Subjects: ...

Recorder Songs EF#GAB

Songs Dulce dulce La rama When the Train Comes Along See also Recorder Songs & Resources Melody: pentascale/pentachord

Three Little Muffins

Lyrics (Traditional chant) Spoken: Three little muffins in the bakery shopWhispered: You know the kind with the honey and the nuts on the top.Spoken: Along came a boy with a penny to pay,Bought one muffin and ran away. Spoken: And there were two ...

Sakura

Info This song is based on the “Sakura Pentatonic scale,” also called the “In scale.” (source) Lyrics – Rōmaji (Japanese folk song) Sakura, sakurayayoi no sora wami-watasu kagirikasumi ka kumo kanioi zo izuruizaya izayamini yukan English Translation – Cherry blossoms ...

Hickory Dickory Dock

Lyrics (Folk song / Nursery rhyme) Hickory Dickory Dock,The mouse went up the clock,The clock struck one,The mouse ran down,Hickory Dickory Dock. Melody – Version 1 Melody – Version 2 See also Type: nursery rhyme Harmony: Orff arrangement / chords ...

Recorder Songs F#GAB

Song Atadwe See also Recorder Songs & Resources Melody: tetrachord & tetratonic

Doggie Doggie Where’s Your Bone?

Lyrics (Folk song) Doggie doggieWhere’s your bone?Somebody stole it from your home. Game One student plays the “Doggie” and sits in a chair facing away from the rest of the students. As the students sing the song (it might help ...
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