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Apples and Plums
Lyrics (Melody by Percy Jackman, Lyrics by M.C. Gillington) RefrainApples and plums are red, apples and plums are green,Apples and plums are red and we’re the king and queen.1. Nod your head like this, nod your head like that,All in a row ...
The Airplane
Lyrics (Melody by Helen S. Leavitt, Lyrics by Celia Standish) Humming, steadily humming,Far overhead in the sky the airplane goes by,It’s coming, nearer it’s coming!Just like a wonderful dragonfly. See also Subject: airplanes Harmony: chords I, IV, V Meter: 3 ...
Musical Mouse
Lyrics (Melody by Adolf Weidig, Lyrics by May Morgan) Part II dreamt when I was practicing my exercises o’erA little mouse came creeping out and dancing on the floor,I thought his taste was very strange, I’d never caper so,For such ...
Down on Smiley’s Farm
Lyrics (Helen Howarth Lemmel) What says the dog, now, tell me, say,Down on Smiley’s farm?“Bow wow wow wow wow,” says the dog,Down on Smiley’s farm. What says the turkey, tell me pray,Down on Smiley’s farm?“Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble,” says ...
Major-General’s Song
Lyrics (Music by Arthur Sullivan, Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert in Pirates of Penzance) 1. SoloI am the very model of a modern Major-General,I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historicalFrom ...
The Cobbler (Tapping Tapping)
Lyrics (Melody by E. W. Newton, Lyrics by Celia Standish) Tapping tapping ‘tis the cobbler,There’s his shop across the way.Tapping tapping goes the hammer,I can hear it all the day. Tapping tapping when I ask him,“Please, sir, will you mend ...
Lady Come Down and See
Lyrics (Thomas Ravenscroft, 1609) Lady come down and see,The cat sits in the plum tree. See also Subject: cat Harmony: rounds / chords I & V Melody: do / re Meter: 4 Scale: tetratonic Tones: s,drms Source: Pammelia, Thomas Ravenscroft, ...
Mister Clock
Lyrics (Folk tune, Lyrics by Nixon Waterman) When I said to Mister Clock,“All you say is Tock tick tock.”He replied with mellow click,“Listen now for Tick tock tick.” See also Subject: clocks Harmony: chords I & V Meter: 4 Scale: ...
The Elephant Came
Lyrics (Music by E. W. Newton, Lyrics by Edith Robbins) The elephant came with his trunk one day,The animals said, “Unpack and stay!”The elephant laughed and the elephant said,“I can’t! My trunk is a part of my head!” See also ...
The Zebra
Lyrics (Melody by Fay Wilson, Lyrics by Edith Robbins) Zig-zag Zebra came to town,Striped all over, up and down.Poor old horse said, “I don’t care,All those stripes I would not wear,Stripes I would not wear!” See also Subjects: zebras / ...