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Songs with Orff Arrangements
Alphabetical List
- A la puerta del cielo
- A Mince Pie or a Pudding
- A Pumpkin
- A Ram Sam Sam
- A Tisket A Tasket
- Abalone
- ABC Die Katze lief im Schnee
- Abiyoyo
- Acadian Lullaby
- Acka Backa
- Aeolian Lullaby
- African Noel
- Ah Poor Bird
- Ain’t Gonna Ring No More
- Al pavo pavito
- Alabama Gal
- Albuquerque Turkey
- All Around the Buttercup
- All Around the Daffodils
- All Around the Green Apple Tree
- All Night All Day
- All Through the Night – BAG song
- Allee Allee O
- Alouette
- Ama Lama
- Amasee
- Amazing Grace
- Angel Band
- Animal Fair
- Armenian Lullaby
- Arre mi burrito
- As I Came Over Yonders Hill
- Au clair de la lune
- Babylon’s Falling
- Backe backe Kuchen
- Backwater Blues
- Baker, The
- Balooloo My Lammie
- Banaha
- Barnacle Bill
- Bassez Down
- Bat Bat Come Under My Hat
- Bees’ Party
- Bickle Bockle
- Bigi kaiman
- Bill Grogan’s Goat
- Black Socks
- Bobby Shafto
- Boomba
- Bow Belinda
- Brother Rabbit
- Bump Up Tomato
- Campana sobre campana
- Caney mi macaro
- Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train
- Cat’s Got the Measles
- Charlie Over the Ocean
- Chatter With the Angels
- Chicken on the Fence Post
- Christmas Bells
- Christmas Bells (ring)
- Christmas Day
- Christmas is Coming
- Christopher Columbus
- Chumbara
- Cindy
- Clap Clap Clap Your Hands
- Clap With Me
- Come and Go With Me to that Land
- Come Come Come
- Crawdad Song
- Crocodile Song
- Crocodile Song (Canada)
- Dancer in the Moonlight
- Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
- Dayenu
- Dear Old Santa Claus
- December
- Did You Go to the Barney?
- Diddle Diddle Dumpling
- Do As I’m Doing
- Doctor Foster
- Doggie Doggie Where’s Your Bone
- Dollar Dollar
- Dona Nobis Pacem
- Donkey Donkey Old and Gray
- Donkeys and Carrots
- Down By the Bay
- Down Came a Lady
- Down in the Valley
- Down the River / Down the Ohio
- Down to the Baker’s Shop
- Dreidel Song
- Drill Ye Tarriers
- Drunken Sailor
- Dry Bones
- Ducks in the Millpond
- Duerme mi tesoro
- Dulce dulce
- Early to Bed
- Eh Soom Boo Kawaya
- El florón
- Em Pom Pee
- Everybody’s Welcome
- Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
- Fais dodo Colas mon p’tit frère
- Father Abraham
- Fed My Horse
- Fishpole Song
- Five Elephants in the Bathtub
- Flower Ghosts
- Free at Last
- Freight Train Blues
- Frère Jacques/Three Blue Pigeons
- Frog in the Meadow
- Frog Pond
- Frogs
- Fruit Bending Down
- Fruit Canon
- Fudge Fudge
- Funga Alafia
- Git on Board
- Glad Christmas is Coming
- Go Round
- Go to Sleepy
- Gobble Gobble
- Goin’ Down to Cairo
- Goin’ To Boston
- Good News
- Goodbye Julie
- Goodbye Old Paint
- Grand Old Duke of York
- Great Big House in New Orleans
- Great Mornin’
- Griz-ze-ly Bear
- Gut Shabbes Euch
- Ha’Sukkah Mah Yafah
- Haida
- Hail, Hail! The Gang’s All Here
- Halloween’s Coming
- Hammer Ring
- Hanukkah Hanukkah
- Happy New Year (Hark, Hark)
- Hato Popo
- Have You Seen the Ghost of Tom
- Here’s a String (Vindum Vindum)
- Hevenu Shalom Aleichem
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- Hey Ho Nobody Home
- Hey Lolly Lolly
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Hill and Gully Rider
- Himmel und Erde
- Hiya Hiya
- Hop Up and Jump Up
- Hot Cross Buns
- How Do You Do?
- How Old Are You
- Hullabaloo Belay
- Hush Little Baby
- Hush-a-Bye
- I Caught a Rabbit
- I Don’t Care if the Rain
- I Love a Sausage
- I Pick Up My Hoe
- I Saw Three Ships
- I Want to Rise
- I’m a Nut
- I’m Gonna Sing
- I’s the B’y
- If a Fish
- In Some Lady’s Garden
- Inuit Lullaby
- It Rained a Mist
- It’s Almost Day
- It’s Already December
- It’s Raining
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Jack Sprat
- Jack-o’-Lantern
- Jing-Ga-Ring
- John the Rabbit
- Jolly Miller
- Jolly Old St Nicholas
- Jubilee
- Kagome Kagome
- Kangaroo
- Kitty Cat (Te Uru)
- Kokoleoko
- Kolyada
- La cucaracha
- Lady Come
- Land of Silver Birch/My Paddle
- Lark in the Morning
- Le forgeron
- Leak Kanseng
- Let Us Sing Together
- Li’l Liza Jane
- Limerick Song
- Linstead Market
- List to the Bells
- Listen Listen Here I Come
- Little Birch Tree
- Little Cabin in the Wood
- Little Green Frog
- Little Red Caboose
- Little White Daisies
- London Bridge
- Lone Star Trail
- Long-Legged Sailor
- Look Away to Bethlehem
- Los esqueletos
- Lost My Gold Ring
- Lucy Locket
- Lullaby
- Lullaby-Sioux
- Lullaby-Thailand
- Macoway
- Make New Friends
- Mama Bake That Johnny Cake
- Mangoes
- Mary Ann
- Mary Had…Lamb
- May Song (Spring is Coming)
- Merrily Merrily
- Michael Finnegan
- Miss Maggie
- Mister Rabbit
- Music Alone Shall Live
- My Aunt Came Back
- My Aunt Jane
- My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
- My Dame Hath a Lame Tame Crane
- My Good Old Man
- My Paddle’s Keen and Bright
- Naughty Kitty Cat
- North Wind Doth Blow
- O Christmas Tree/Tannenbaum
- O Lebisibiyo
- Obwisana
- Oh How Lovely is the Evening
- Oh I’m Goin’ to Sing
- Oh Mary and the Baby
- Oh Watch the Stars
- Oh Won’t You Sit Down
- Okki Tokki Unga
- Old Ark’s a-Moverin’
- Old Betty Larkin
- Old Brass Wagon
- Old House
- Old Jeremiah
- Old Man Daisy
- Old Mister Rabbit
- Old Ship of Zion
- Old Zion’s Children
- Oliver Twist
- On a Log Mister Frog
- One Two Three
- Oy Chanukah oy Chanukah
- Page’s Train
- Pallet on the Floor
- Patapan
- Paw Paw Patch
- Pay Me My Money Down
- Peace Like a River
- Picoulet
- Pin Pon
- Poor Old Crow
- Pray God Bless
- Pumpkin Pumpkin
- Purple Stew
- Rabbit Who Was Afraid
- Rain Come Wet Me
- Rain Dance
- Rain, Rain
- Raindrops Song
- Raining Again Today
- Reveille
- Riding in the Buggy
- Rock Island Line
- Rocky Mountain
- Rosie Darling Rosie
- Round and Round the Earth is Turning
- Round and Round the Garden
- Row Row Row Your Boat
- Ruach
- Rub-a-Dub-Dub
- Sailing in the Boat
- Sailing on the Ocean
- Sailor Sailor on the Sea
- Sakura
- Sally Go Round the Sun
- Sally on the Seesaw
- Sambalele
- Sandie Toy
- Sandman Comes
- Sandy McNab
- Sarasponda
- Scarborough Fair
- Scotland’s Burning
- Scraping Up Sand
- See the Pony Galloping
- Seesaw Margery Daw
- Seesaw Sacradown
- Shake Them ‘Simmons Down
- Shalom Chaverim
- Shoheen Sho
- Si me dan pasteles
- Silver Moon Boat
- Simple Gifts
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- Sing Together
- Sing Your Way Home
- Skip to My Lou
- Sleep Baby Sleep
- Sleepy Sailor (adapted)
- Sleigh Ride
- SMILE
- Soft Music is Stealing
- Solas Market
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless…
- Song of the Dragon
- Song of the Snowflakes
- Song to the Sun
- Songaji
- Sourwood Mountain
- Spring’s Message
- St. Ives
- Standin’ on the Platform
- Star Light Star Bright
- Stirring My Brew
- Sugar Bowl
- Sun Don’t Set in the Mornin’
- Sur le Pont d’Avignon
- Sussex Carol
- Sweet Water Rolling
- Sweetly Sings the Donkey
- Swing Low
- Take Time in Life
- Tambores (O ba ba)
- Te Uru
- Tennessee
- Thank You For This Chris’mus
- Thanksgiving Round
- That’s a Mighty Pretty Motion
- The More We Get Together
- The Other Day I Met a Bear
- Then Oh Then
- There Once Was a Witch
- There Was a Pig
- Thief
- This Old Hammer
- This Old Man
- Three Little Pigs
- Tideo
- Tingalayo
- To Stop the Train
- Train’s Off the Track
- Trampin’ / Ramblin’
- Troll Troll
- Trot Old Joe
- Tue Tue
- Twenty Four Robbers/Tom Piper
- Two in the Middle
- Uncle Jessie
- Vamos a remar
- Village Watchman
- Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
- Vive la Compagnie
- Wade in the Water
- Waiting for the Dinner Bell
- Wake Me
- Wake Snake
- Walking Walking
- Warm Your Hands
- Wastin’ His Time
- Watah Come a Me Eye
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- We’re Going Round the Mountain
- Weather
- Weather Song
- Wee Willie Winkie
- Weevily Wheat
- Welcome Song
- When Billy was One
- When the Saints Go Marching In
- Who Built the Ark
- Who’s That Tapping
- Witch Witch
- Xīnnián hǎo
- Ya vienen los Reyes Magos
- Ya Ya We
- Yangtze Boatmen’s Chant
- Yoo Hoo
- Zulu Warrior
- Zum Gali Gali
Songs Organized By Type of Accompaniment
Accompaniments are mostly borduns (open fifths) with some octaves
Chord Borduns: One Chord Entire Song
- Abiyoyo
- African Noel
- A Mince Pie or a Pudding
- Acadian Lullaby
- Acka Backa
- Ah Poor Bird
- Alabama Gal
- All Around the Buttercup
- All Night All Day
- All Through the Night – BAG song
- Allee Allee O
- Angel Band
- Armenian Lullaby
- Arre mi burrito
- As I Came Over Yonders Hill
- Babylon’s Falling
- Backe backe Kuchen
- Baker, The
- Balooloo My Lammie
- Barnacle Bill
- Bassez Down
- Bickle Bockle
- Bobby Shafto
- Boomba
- Bump Up Tomato
- Caney mi macaro
- Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train
- Cat’s Got the Measles
- Charlie Over the Ocean
- Chatter With the Angels
- Chicken on the Fence Post
- Christopher Columbus
- Clap Clap Clap Your Hands
- Clap With Me
- Come Come Come
- Diddle Diddle Dumpling
- Do As I’m Doing
- Doctor Foster
- Doggie Doggie Where’s Your Bone
- Donkeys and Carrots
- Down Came a Lady
- Down to the Baker’s Shop
- Ducks in the Millpond
- Duerme mi tesoro
- Dulce dulce
- Early to Bed
- Eh Soom Boo Kawaya
- El florón
- Everybody’s Welcome
- Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
- Fed My Horse
- Fishpole Song
- Frère Jacques/Three Blue Pigeons
- Frog in the Meadow
- Frog Pond
- Fudge Fudge
- Funga Alafia
- Go to Sleepy
- Gobble Gobble
- Goin’ Down to Cairo
- Goodbye Old Paint
- Grand Old Duke of York
- Great Mornin’
- Griz-ze-ly Bear
- Ha’Sukkah Mah Yafah
- Halloween’s Coming
- Happy New Year (Hark, Hark)
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Hill and Gully Rider
- Hop Up and Jump Up
- Hot Cross Buns
- How Old Are You
- Hullabaloo Belay
- I Love a Sausage
- I Saw Three Ships
- I Want to Rise
- I’m a Nut
- If a Fish
- It’s Raining
- John the Rabbit
- Jubilee
- Kagome Kagome
- Kangaroo
- Kitty Cat (Te Uru)
- Kokoleoko
- Lady Come
- Land of Silver Birch
- List to the Bells
- Listen Listen Here I Come
- Little Green Frog
- Little Red Caboose
- London Bridge
- Lone Star Trail
- Long-Legged Sailor
- Los esqueletos
- Lucy Locket
- Lullaby
- Lullaby-Sioux
- Miss Maggie
- My Good Old Man
- Naass naass Blieder
- Naughty Kitty Cat
- North Wind Doth Blow
- O Lebisibiyo
- Obwisana
- Oh Watch the Stars
- Oh Won’t You Sit Down
- Old Ark’s a-Moverin’
- Old House
- Old Mister Rabbit
- Old Zion’s Children
- Oliver Twist
- Oy Chanukah oy Chanukah
- Page’s Train
- Pay Me My Money Down
- Pin Pon
- Poor Old Crow
- Pumpkin Pumpkin
- Purple Stew
- Rain Come Wet Me
- Rain, Rain
- Raindrops Song
- Raining Again Today
- Reveille
- Rocky Mountain
- Rosie Darling Rosie
- Round and Round the Earth is Turning
- Round and Round the Garden
- Sailing in the Boat
- Sally Go Round the Sun
- Sally on the Seesaw
- Sandie Toy
- Sandman Comes
- Sarasponda
- Seesaw Sacradown
- Shake Them ‘Simmons Down
- Shalom Chaverim
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- Sleep Baby Sleep
- Song of the Dragon
- Songaji
- Sourwood Mountain
- Star Light Star Bright
- Stirring My Brew
- Sugar Bowl
- Sun Don’t Set in the Mornin’
- Te Uru
- Tennessee
- Then Oh Then
- Tideo
- To Stop the Train
- Train’s Off the Track
- Troll Troll
- Trot Old Joe
- Tue Tue
- Uncle Jessie
- Vive la Compagnie
- Waiting for the Dinner Bell
- Wake Me
- Wake Snake
- Walking Walking
- Wee Willie Winkie
- Weevily Wheat
- Welcome Song
- When Billy was One
- Witch Witch
- Zulu Warrior
- Zum Gali Gali
Chord Borduns: Changing Chords
- A Pumpkin
- A Ram Sam Sam
- A Tisket A Tasket
- Abalone
- ABC Die Katze lief im Schnee
- Aeolian Lullaby
- Ain’t Gonna Ring No More
- Al pavo pavito
- Albuquerque Turkey
- All Around the Daffodils
- All Around the Green Apple Tree
- Alouette
- Amasee
- Amazing Grace
- Animal Fair
- Backwater Blues
- Banaha
- Bees’ Party
- Bigi kaiman
- Bill Grogan’s Goat
- Black Socks
- Bow Belinda
- Brother Rabbit
- Campana sobre campana
- Christmas Day
- Chumbara
- Cindy
- Come and Go With Me to that Land
- Crawdad Song
- Crocodile Song
- Dancer in the Moonlight
- Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
- Dear Old Santa Claus
- December
- Did You Go to the Barney?
- Dona Nobis Pacem
- Donkey Donkey Old and Gray
- Down By the Bay
- Down in the Valley
- Down the River / Down the Ohio
- Dreidel Song
- Drill Ye Tarriers
- Drunken Sailor
- Dry Bones
- Em Pom Pee
- Fais dodo Colas mon p’tit frère
- Father Abraham
- Flower Ghosts
- Free at Last
- Freight Train Blues
- Fruit Bending Down
- Fruit Canon
- Git on Board
- Glad Christmas is Coming
- Go Round
- Good News
- Goodbye Julie
- Gut Shabbes Euch
- Haida
- Hail, Hail! The Gang’s All Here
- Hevenu Shalom Aleichem
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- Hey Lolly Lolly
- Himmel und Erde
- Hiya Hiya
- How Do You Do? I Caught a Rabbit
- I Pick Up My Hoe
- I Saw Three Ships
- I’s the B’y
- Inuit Lullaby
- It Rained a Mist
- It’s Almost Day
- It’s Already December
- Jack-o’-Lantern
- Jing-Ga-Ring
- Jolly Old St Nicholas
- La cucaracha
- Leak Kanseng
- Let Us Sing Together
- Li’l Liza Jane
- Limerick Song
- Linstead Market
- Little Birch Tree
- Little Cabin in the Wood
- Little White Daisies
- Look Away to Bethlehem
- Lost My Gold Ring
- Make New Friends
- Mama Bake That Johnny Cake
- Mangoes
- Mary Ann
- Music Alone Shall Live
- My Aunt Came Back
- My Aunt Jane
- My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
- My Dame Hath a Lame Tame Crane
- My Paddle’s Keen and Bright
- O Christmas Tree/Tannenbaum
- Oh How Lovely is the Evening
- Oh Mary and the Baby
- Okki Tokki Unga
- Old Betty Larkin
- Old Brass Wagon
- Old Ship of Zion
- One Two Three
- Pallet on the Floor
- Patapan
- Paw Paw Patch
- Peace Like a River
- Riding in the Buggy
- Sailing on the Ocean
- Sailor Sailor on the Sea
- Sakura
- Sambalele
- Sandy McNab
- Scarborough Fair
- Simple Gifts
- Sing Your Way Home
- Skip to My Lou
- Sleepy Sailor (adapted)
- SMILE
- Soft Music is Stealing
- Solas Market
- Song of the Snowflakes
- Song to the Sun
- Spring’s Message
- St. Ives
- Standin’ on the Platform
- Sweet Water Rolling
- Take Time in Life
- Tambores (O ba ba)
- Thank You For This Chris’mus
- Thanksgiving Round
- That’s a Mighty Pretty Motion
- The Other Day I Met a Bear
- There Once Was a Witch
- Thief
- This Old Hammer
- This Old Man
Broken Borduns
Level Borduns
Arpeggiated Borduns
Visuals
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Other Visuals
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Books
See also
- Unpitched Percussion Cards – large size (printable & digital)
- Unpitched Percussion Cards – small size
