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Alphabet Poem
Lyrics (Traditional chant / nursery rhyme) A was an angler went out in a fog,Who fished all the day and caught only a frog. B was cook Betty a-baking a pie,With ten or twelve apples all piled up on high. …
Weather Song
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. This is the way sunshine comes down,Sweetly, sweetly falling,So it chases the clouds away,So it wakes the beautiful day,This is the way sunshine comes down,Sweetly, sweetly falling. 2. This is the way the clouds come down,Darkly, …
I Saw a Slippery Slithery Snake
Lyrics (Traditional chant) I saw a slippery slithery snakeSlide through the grasses,Making them shake.He looked at me with his beady eye.“Go away from my pretty garden,” said I.“Sssss,” said the slippery slithery snakeAs he slid through the grasses,Making them shake. …
Jack-o’-lantern
Lyrics (Folk tune, Lyrics by Lois Holt, 1921) Jack-o’-lantern, Jack-o’-lanternYou are such a funny sight.As you sit there, at the windowGlowing on at the night. You were once a yellow pumpkinGrowing on a sturdy vine.Now you are a jack-o’-lanternGlowing on …
The Cat’s Got the Measles
Lyrics (Traditional chant) The cat’s got the measles, the measles, the measles,The cat’s got the measles, whatever shall we do? We’ll send for the doctor, the doctor, the doctor,We’ll send for the doctor, and he’ll know what to do! See …
May Song (Spring is Coming)
Lyrics (Melody by Charles L. Minturn, 1914, Lyrics Traditional) Spring is coming, spring is coming,Birdies build your nest.Weave together straw and feather,Doing each your best. Spring is coming, spring is coming,Flowers are waking, too.Daisies, lilies, daffo-dilliesNow are coming through. Spring …
Meter / Time Signature
Songs with Meter in… Songs with Meter lesson ideas Asymmetrical Meter Gerakina / Yerakina Højt på en gren en krage Duple Meter Abiyoyo Land of the Silver Birch My Paddle’s Keen and Bright O …
Cornish Wassail Song
Lyrics (Folk song) The mistress and master our wassail beginPray open your door and let us come in. RefrainWith our wassail, wassail, wassail,And joy come with our jolly wassail! Now Christmas is comen and New Year begin,Pray open your door …
Instrument Song
Lyrics (German folk song) Part 1The violin’s ringing like lovely singing,The violin’s ringing like lovely song. Part 2The clarinet, the clarinet makes doo-dle, doo-dle, dood-le, doo-dle det,The clarinet, the clarinet makes doo-dle, doo-dle, dood-le, det. Part 3The horn, the horn, …
All Around the Daffodils
Lyrics (Folk song) All around the daffodils,1,2,3If you want to find a friend,Just choose me! Game Version 1 – Formation: The children stand in a circle and hold hands up high to form “windows.” Choose one student as “It” (optional: …
