1st grade
Mister Sun
Lyrics (Folk song) Oh Mister Sun, SunMister Golden Sun,Please shine down on me.Oh Mister Sun, SunMister Golden Sun,Hiding behind a tree. These little children are asking you,Please come out so we can play with you, Oh Mister Sun, SunMister Golden …
Rain, Rain
Lyrics (Folk song) Rain, rain go awayCome again some other day.Little Johnny wants to play.Rain, rain go away. Recorder Notes B, D’ See also nursery rhymes songs about rain so-mi songs quarter and eighth notes EG recorder songs BD’ recorder …
Walk and Stop
Lyrics Now you walk and you walk and you stop See also movement / dance songs steady beat songs recorder DEGAB songs songs with dotted eighth note – sixteenth note patterns Song with chords, Lesson ideas MIDI file Listen to the …
Oliver Twist
Lyrics (Folk song) Oliver Twist, you can’t do this,So what’s the use of trying?Touch your knees, touch your toes,Clap your hands and away you go. Recorder Notes E, G, A See also mi, so, la songs EGA recorder songs steady …
Goodbye Julie (Miss Julie Ann Johnson)
Lyrics (American folk song) 1. Miss Julie Ann Johnson, Oh ho. (repeat)Goodbye Julie, Oh ho. (repeat) 2. Oh where’s my Julie? Oh ho. (repeat)She’s gone to Dallas. Oh ho. (repeat) 3. Gonna catch that train boys, oh ho. (repeat)Gonna find …
Down Down Baby
Lyrics (Folk song) Down down baby, down by the roller coaster,Sweet sweet baby, I’ll never let you go.Shimmy shimmy coco pop, shimmmy shimmy pow!Shimmy shimmy coco pop, shimmy shimmy break down!I like coffee, I like tea.I like my friends and my …
Andy Pandy
Lyrics (Folk song) Andy Pandy fine and dandy, all sing high.Andy Pandy fine and dandy, all sing low. See also songs with high & low songs in 6/8 songs with high and low do in the melody Song with chords, Lesson …
Orchestra – 1st grade
Lesson ideas In 1st grade we begin to name orchestra instruments. I refer to the “orchestra” and mention the 4 families, but students are only required to recognize a few of the instruments in the context of: 1. Peter & …
Nursery Rhymes
Songs / Chants 1,2,3,4,5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive A Dillar a Dollar Aiken Drum As I Was Walking A Tisket A Tasket Alphabet Poem Baa Baa Black Sheep Baa Baa Wandiga Betty Botter Billy Boy BINGO Bluebells Bobby …
Humpty Dumpty
Version 1 Lyrics (Folk song) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the king’s horses and all the king’s menCouldn’t put Humpty together again. Version 2 See also nursery rhymes songs in 6/8 songs with repeated …
