Author: Beth Thompson

1st Grade Rhythm Lessons 14-23

Each lesson is 30 minutes long. Lesson 14 Opening Song Sing Little Green Frog Students pat the steady beat. Halfway through the song (“But we know frogs go…”), on the quarter rests, put hands out to the side (I don’t ...

Naughty Kitty Cat

Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Naughty kitty cat,You are very fat*,You have butter on your whiskers,Naughty kitty cat. Optional lyric changes: Chasing all the rats You’re a little brat Game One student is the “kitty cat” and sits in the middle ...

Songs in Triple Meter

Songs in Triple Meter A Christmas Carol for Little Folks A ho’e A New Year’s Resolution Å vil du hava meg til å kveda A Virgin Most Pure A Virgin Unspotted Ach bittrer Winter Aeroplane Jelly Song Ai Di Di ...

Macoway

Lyrics (Folk song) Macoway, cowetana, Way cowetana Language & translation unknown Recorder Notes G, A, B, C, D’ See also Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I & V Melody: D,E,F#,A,B / G,A,B,C,D’ Meter: 3 Rhythm: Scale: pentachord Tones: drmfs PDF ...

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Lyrics (Melody by Albert von Tilzer, 1908, Lyrics by Jack Norworth) Take me out to the ballgame,Take me out with the crowd.Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,I don’t care if we ever get back,Let me room, root, root for ...

Ya Ya We

Lyrics (Native American folk song, Wichita) Ya ya we, ya ya we, ya ya weYa ha we See also Culture: Native American Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / chords i & VII Melody: high & low / E,G,A,B Meter: 3 ...

America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)

Lyrics (Traditional melody, Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith) My country tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing.Land where my fathers died!Land of the pilgrims’ pride!From every mountain side,Let freedom ring! My native country, thee,Land of the noble free,Thy ...