Bluebird, bluebird, through my window.
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window.
Bluebird, bluebird, through my window.
Oh, Johnny aren’t you tired?
Choose a little girl/boy and tap her/him on the shoulder
Choose a little girl/boy and tap her/him on the shoulder
Choose a little girl/boy and tap her/him on the shoulder
Oh, Johnny aren’t you tired?
Directions:
All but one student form a circle holding hands with arms held high to make windows.
All sing “Bluebird..” as the one student flies in and out of the windows.
All sing “”Choose…” as the one student goes around the circle before choosing a partner.
They run around the circle, returning to the own window.
Easy intervals and words help to introduce complex rhythms with syncopation.
Description
Grade: First
Origin: American Jump Rope Song/Rhyme
Key: E Major
Time: 2/4
Form: Through Composed
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
| ti ri ti ri | ta ti ri (ti) | ta ti (ri) ri | ta ti ri (ri) ri |
| ti ri (ri) ri ti ri (ri) ri | ti ri (ri) ri ti ti |
Key Words: months of the year, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, cockle shells
“Bluebells”
Bluebells, cockle shells, eevy, ivy overhead.
My mother said that I was born in
January, February, March, April,
May, June, July, August,
April, May, June, July,
August, October, November, December.
Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?
I have been to seek a wife,
She’s the joy of my life,
She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
2.
Did she bid you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
Did she bid you to come in, charming Billy?
Yes, she bade me to come in,
There’s a dimple in her chin,
She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
3.
Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
Can she make a cherry pie, charming Billy?
She can make a cherry pie,
Quick’s a cat can wink her eye,
She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
4.
How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
How old is she, charming Billy?
Three times six, four times seven,
Twenty-eight and eleven,
She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.
Biddy, Biddy, hol’ fas’ los’ my gold ring,
Carry me to London, come back again.
Biddy, Biddy, hol’ fas’ los’ my gold ring,
Carry me to London, come back again.
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: whole; dynamics: forte, mezzo forte, decrescendo, crescendo, accent marks (marcato)
Key Words: sounds of a clock, time for bed, gaily, flock, doll, block, bids, jacket, frock, eyelids, tick-tock, names: Amy, Jamie, Jo, Jock
“Bed-Time”
Tick-tock! Tick-tock!
Amy, Jamie, Jo, and Jock,
Off to bed they gaily flock,
Leaving book and doll and block,
Ev’ry night when bids the clock,
Tick-tock! Tick-tock!
Tick-tock! Tick-tock!
Off with jacket, off with frock!
Amy, Jamie, Jo and Jock,
Not a frown among the flock,
Soon will sleep their eyelids lock,
Tick-tock! Tick-tock!
1.With whistle and shout,
The wind hurried out
And called to the leaves on the trees:
“Come down from the bough,
I’ll dance with you now,
And whirl you as fast as you please!”
2.
The wind sang aloud
Where birds in a crowd
Were ling’ring before their long flight;
“Away, little friends,
Till wintertime ends;
There may be a snowman tonight.”
3.
The wind gave a roar,
And shook the house door.
“I hear you!” the good mother said:
“Bring cold or bring storm,
My children are warm,
Tucked under thick blankets in bed!”
