Category: Orff
A Tisket A Tasket
Lyrics (Folk song) A tisket, a tasket,A green and yellow basket.I wrote a letter to my love (friend)And on the way I dropped it. Game Formation: Students sit in a circle on the floor. One student (“It”) carries a basket ...
Ah Poor Bird
Lyrics (Folk song) Ah poor bird,Take your flight,Up above the sorrowOf this dark night. Ah poor bird,As you fly,Can you see the dawnOf tomorrow’s sky? See also Subject: birds Type: choral Harmony: rounds / partner song with Hey Ho Nobody Home & Joshua Fit ...
Acka Backa
Lyrics (Folk song) Acka backa soda crackerAcka backa booAcka backa soda crackerOut goes you See also Activity: circle singing game Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I IV V / one chord Melody: mi so la / E,G,A Meter: 4 Rhythm: steady beat ...
Bow Belinda
Lyrics (Folk song) Bow bow bow Belinda,Bow bow bow Belinda,Bow bow bow Belinda,You’re the one my darling. Dance Formation: Two lines (Line A & Line B) of partners facing each other. Head couple is at one end and Foot couple ...
Sugar Bowl (Draw a Bucket of Water)
Lyrics (Folk song) Draw a bucket of waterFor my only daughter,One rack-a-shack-a-shack-a, two rack…, three…, four,Let this old lady under,Let this old man under,Four in the sugar bowl, hop hop hop (repeat) One, two, three, four! Movement Formation: Four students ...
Do As I’m Doing
Lyrics (Folk song) RefrainDo as I’m doing, follow follow me (repeat) If I do it high or low,If I do it fast or slow… Refrain Motions One student is “It.” Other students copy the motions “It” is doing. See also ...
Limerick Song
Lyrics (Mexican folk tune, Traditional lyrics) RefrainI, yi, yi, yi,In China they never grow chili (chilly).So sing me another verse that’s worse than the first verse,Make sure that it’s foolish and silly. (The verses can be any limericks. Here are ...
Skip to My Lou
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Lou lou, skip to my lou,Lou lou, skip to my lou,Lou lou, skip to my lou,Skip to my lou, my darling. 2. Lost my partner, what’ll I do?Lost my partner, what’ll I do?Lost my partner, what’ll ...
Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train
Lyrics (Folk song) Captain, go sidetrack your train,Captain, go sidetrack your train.Number three in line,Coming in on time,Captain go sidetrack your train. See also Subject: train Form: call & response Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords i, iv, v Melody: mi, ...
This Train
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) This train is bound for glory, this train. (repeat)This train is bound for gloryIf you ride it you must be holyThis train is bound for glory, this train. See also Culture: African American Spirituals Subject: trains Form: ...