Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Introducing the grace note.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Traditional American, US Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti | ta ta | ti ti ta | ta/ ti |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: Re/Fa, Do/So, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, grace note (a musical note printed in small type and not counted in rhythm)
Key Words: goose, aunt, feather, bed, died, mill pond, head, goslings, goslin’s (goslings), scratch, bread, crying, gander, weeping
Keyboard: beginners: wonderful five finger exercise for left, right, and two hands together

**“Go Tell Aunt Rhody”**

		1.	Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go tell Aunt Rhody, The old gray goose is dead.

		2.	The one she’s been saving, The one she’s been saving, The one she’s been saving, To make a feather bed.

		3.	She died in the mill pond, She died in the mill pond, She died in the mill pond, Standing on her head.

		4.	She left nine little goslin’s, She left nine little goslin’s, She left nine little goslin’s, To scratch for their own bread.

		5.	The goslings are crying, The goslings are crying, The goslings are crying, Because their mother’s dead.

		6.	The gander is weeping, The gander is weeping, The gander is weeping, Because his wife is dead.

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Good Weather

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Fair Days and Stormy

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AaB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Fa/La, La\Ti, Do/Mi, Do/La, Fa\Re, Re\La
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; tempo: allegretto giocoso/moderately quick, merrily/funny; dynamics: forte/loud, crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: weather, earth science, yellow, sunbeams, noisy, raindrops, snowflakes, float, fly, wind, roaring, rain, snow, joy

**“Good Weather”**

		1.	When the yellow sunbeams come, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby; When the noisy raindrops drum, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby. Sun and wind and rain and snow, Joy in all does Baby know.

		2.	When the snowflakes float and fly, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby; When the wind goes roaring by, “Ha, ha, ha!” laughs Baby. Sun and wind and rain and snow, Joy in all does Baby know.

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Goodnight to You All

A three part round in 3/4 time stepping down from La to Do.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: English Round
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/La, Mi\Do, Do\So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; stepping down from 6 (La) to 1 (Do), singing in parts, round/canon
Key Words: round, canon, lullaby, goodnight, sweet, sleep, silence, surround, slumber, deep

**“Goodnight to You All”**
Goodnight to you all and sweet be your sleep; May silence surround you, your slumber be deep, Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

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Ghost of John

Centered around the supertonic (Re) makes
this a perfect tune for the season.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Traditional
Key: G Major – the melody is centered around the 2nd pitch (Re)
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ta_ ti ti ti ti | ta/a/a ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do Re
Intervals: intermediate: Re/Fa, Fa/La, La/Re, Do\La
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; fermata, poco ritardando, singing in parts
Key Words: Halloween, ghost, bones, skeleton, scary songs

Round/Canon: Each part begins when the previous part begins the second staff, omitting the fermatas and poco ritardando.

“Ghost of John”

Have you seen the ghost of John?
Long white bones and the rest all gone,
Ooh, ooh,
Wouldn’t it be chilly with no skin on?

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Freres Jacues

Traditional round/canon in 32 languages!

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Traditional French Melody
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, So\Mi, Do/So, Do\So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; 2,3,4 part round/canon, singing in parts
Key Words: singing in parts, singing a round, singing a canon, geography, world languages

Partner song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

**“Freres Jacues”**
French: Freres Jacques, Freres Jacques, Dormez vous? Dormez Vous? Sonnez les matines Sonnez les matines, Din dan don, Din dan don. English: Are you sleeping, Are you sleeping, Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing! Morning bells are ringing! Ding, dang, dong, Ding, dang, dong.

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French Cradle Song

Introducing a dotted quarter in 6/8; ritardando and fermata,
with a new interval So\Re.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: French Folk Song (French Cradle Song)
Key: G Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AaBbAa
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta ti |
| ti ti ti ta/ | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do, So\Re
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; ritardando, fermata
Key Words: lullaby, France, sleep, brother, mother, tenderly, evening, Pierrot (a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes)
Keyboard: intermediate: excellent five finger exercise for left/right and two hands at the same time.
Recorder: intermediate: wonderful exercise for mastering left hand pitches, following the color coded Beginning Recorder Songs.

**“French Cradle Song”**
Go to sleep, my dear little brother, Go to sleep, my little Pierrot; Mother will watch, tenderly near, Father will come when the evening is here, Go to sleep, my dear little brother, Go to sleep, my little Pierrot. Pierrot: a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes.

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Five Fat Turkeys

Introducing the ascending interval So/Do and the descending tonic arpeggio So\Mi\Do\So.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: United States of America – Traditional
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ta/a | ta ti ti |
|ta (ti) ti |
Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do, Do\So, So/Do, descending tonic arpeggio: So\Mi\Do\So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; notes: quarter, eighth; tied notes
Key Words: Thanksgiving, holiday, cooking, chef, turkey, hiding, couldn’t (could not)

**“Five Fat Turkeys”**
Five fat turkeys are we, We slept all night in a tree. When the cook came around we couldn’t be found, So that’s why we’re here you see.

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Fishpole Song

Introducing the dotted half note while mastering the pitches of the tonic triad.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Southern, US Singing Game
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta/a/a |
| ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Mi So
Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do\La, So/Do, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter
Key Words: singing game, fishing pole, going fishing, fish-hook, fish-line, fish bait, cricket, outdoor life, country life

1.

Who’s got a fishpole? We do!
Who’s got a fishpole? We do!
Who’s got a fishpole? We do!
Fishpole needs a line.

2.Who’s goat a Fish-line? We do!
Who’s goat a Fish-line? We do!
Who’s goat a Fish-line? We do!
Fish-line needs a hook.

3.Who’s got a fish-hook? We do!
Who’s got a fish-hook? We do!
Who’s got a fish-hook? We do!
Fish-hook needs some bait.

4.

Who’s got a cricket? We do!
Who’s got a cricket? We do!
Who’s got a cricket? We do!
Cricket catch a fish!

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The First Bouquet

“Song of a Little Child’s Day”
In the Garden

Syncopation in 3/4 time, introducing the minor 6th (m6) Do8\Mi,
and two perfect fourths (P4): So\Re, So/Do8.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA – Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 3/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
Intervals: advanced: So\Re (P4), Fa/La, So/Do8(P4), Do\Mi (m6), Re/Fa\Re, Mi\Do/Mi, So\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beats, repeat signs, first and second endings, Expressivo/Expressive
Key Words: earth science, growing plants, seeding the garden, tending the garden, growing flowers, gathering flowers, sowed, seeds, watered, pulled weeds, blossom, gay, mother, bouquet

**“The First Bouquet”**

	1.	He dug his garden, He sowed the seeds; He kept it watered And pulled the weeds.

	2.	And when blossomed With flowers gay, He gave his mother The first bouquet.

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The Farmer in the Dell

Reinforcing tonic intervals.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: German Singing Game
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AABA
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ta/_a ti |
| ta/_a (ti) | ta/ ta ti |
Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: beginners: So/Do, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; pickup beat, tied notes
Key Words: farming, Germany, singing game, animals

Game Instructions: Nine children join hands and dance around the farmer, who stands in the center of the circle as they sing. At the end of the first verse, the farmer chooses his wife, who joins him inside the circle. At the end of the next verse, the wife takes a child, another child is chosen to stand in the middle until the last verse when everyone is in the circle except the cheese, who stands alone.

If you have more than 10 children, you will have more than one Cheese at the end. The teacher can randomly pick one to be the Farmer in the next round.

**“The Farmer in the Dell”**

		1.	The farmer in the dell, The farmer in the dell, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The farmer in the dell.

		2.	The farmer takes a wife, The farmer takes a wife, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The farmer takes a wife.

		3.	The wife takes a child, The wife takes a child, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The wife takes a child.

		4.	The child takes a nurse, The child takes a nurse, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The child takes a nurse.

		5.	The nurse takes a cow, The nurse takes a cow, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The nurse takes a cow.

		6.	The cow takes a dog, The cow takes a dog, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The cow takes a dog.

		7.	The dog takes a cat, The dog takes a cat, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The dog takes a cat.

		8.	The cat takes a rat, The cat takes a rat, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The cat takes a rat.

		9.	The rat takes a cheese, The rat takes a cheese, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The rat takes a cheese.

		10.	The cheese stands alone, The cheese stands alone, Hi-ho, the derry-o, The cheese stands alone.

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