Bye, Baby Bunting

Counting eighth notes, syncopation, feeling 2/4. while reading 6/8,
introducing the raised fourth, Fi, and, practicing three perfect fourths.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: C Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABBA
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ta/ | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La – introducing the raised subdominant (Fi)
Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, So\Re (P4), Re/Fa, Do/Mi, Do/Mi/La ascending submediant arpeggio, Re/So (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; vocal slur, dotted quarter, raised fourth (Fi), accidental (sharp-#), counting eighth notes, syncopation, grouping three eighths into a dotted quarter, feeling duple meter in 6/8 time
Key Words: world geography: England; nursery rhyme, family members, father, mother, sister, brother, hunting, silking, milking rabbit, lamb, baby, bunting (lightweight worsted wool fabric generically known as tammy, made in the 1800’s)

**“Bye, Baby Bunting “**

		1.	Bye, bye, Baby Bunting Father’s gone a-hunting, To buy a little rabbit skin, To wrap the Baby Bunting in.

		2.	Bye, Baby Bunting. Daddy’s gone a hunting, To get a little lambie skin, To wrap his Baby Bunting in.

		3.	Bye, Baby Bunting. Daddy’s gone a hunting, A rosy wisp of cloud to win, To wrap his Baby Bunting in.

			Longer Version
			Bye, baby Bunting, Father’s gone a-hunting, Mother’s gone a-milking, Sister’s gone a-silking, Brother’s gone to buy a skin To wrap the baby Bunting in.

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By’m Bye

Ritardando, syncopation, and reinforcing the descending
tonic octave skip, Do\Do.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Texas, Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCDE
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ta/a ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So Do
Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Do\So, So\Mi, Do\Do descending octave
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, ritardando, octave
Key Words: USA geography: Texas, counting 1 to 10, stars, shinning, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

“By’m Bye”

1.

By’m bye, By’m bye.
Stars shinning, number one,
Number two, number three,
Number four, number five.

Refrain

Oh, my! By’m bye, by’m bye,
Oh, my! By’m bye, by’m bye.

2.By’m bye, By’m bye.
Stars shinning, number six,
Number seven, number eight,
Number nine, number ten.

(refrain)

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The Bus

Reinforcing the ascending tonic triad while adding sounds to music.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Play Song
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/ ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/So, Re\Ti, Ti\So, Re\So, reinforces tonic pitches: So\Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, tonic triad pitches
Key Words: bus, up, down, people, town, wheels, horn, wipers, signals, motor, babies, parents

**“The Bus”**

		1.	The people on the bus go up and down, Up and down, up and down. The people on the bus go up and down, All through the town.

		2.	The wheels…go round and round….

		3.	The horn…goes beep, beep, beep…

		4.	The wipers…go swish, swish, swish…

		5.	The signals…go blink, blink, blink…

		6.	The motor…goes zoom, zoom, zoom…

		7.	The babies…go waa, waa, waa…

		8.	The parents…go shh, shh, shh…

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Bow, Wow, Wow!

Introducing and reinforcing the tonic triad.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCA
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; reinforces tonic triad
Key Words: Old English: art (are), thou (you), dog sounds, lost and found

Partner song: “Hot Cross Buns”

“Bow, Wow, Wow!”

Bow, wow, wow!
Who’s dog art thou?
Little Tommy Tucker’s dog,
Bow, wow, wow!

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Bossy Cow

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
The Farm

Introducing intervals Fa\Re and Re\Ti.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten, First Grade
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
| ta (ta) |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do, Re\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tempo: allegretto; dynamics: mezzo forte, crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: bell sounds, milkman, cow, bossy, milk, strolling, lane, fresh

**“Bossy Cow”**

		1.	Ting! ting! tinkle ting! Tinkle ting again. Here comes Bossy Cow Strolling down the lane.

		2.	Good old Bossy Cow! What does Bossy bring? Fresh milk for us all, Tinkle, tinkle, ting!

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Bingo

A fun tune for clapping melodic rhythms and improving memory.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Traditional Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCCcD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ta ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\So, Mi\Do, Fa\Re, Ti\So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, clapping melodic rhythm
Key Words: farmer, dog

**“Bingo”**
There was a farmer, had a dog, And Bingo was his name-o. B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, And Bingo was his name-o.

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The Old Man’s Goat

Also known as: “Bill Grogan’s Goat”

Concentrating on the dominant, submediant, and leading tone.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Traditional*
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCAABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | – walking quarter notes
Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: advanced: La\Mi, Mi/So, Do\La, So/Do, La/Do, Ti\So
Musical Elements: note: quarter note; echo song, singing in parts
Key Words: vocabulary builder, goat, kid (homonym), red, shirts, railroad, railroad track, whistle, train, shrieks, coughed, green, fright, indeed, note, frisk, right (homonym), pain, flagged

* Also known as Bill Grogan’s Goat

**“The Old Man’s Goat”**
“Bill Grogan’s Goat”

	1.	There was a man (There was a man) Now please take note (Now please take note) There was a man (There was a man) Who had a goat. (Who had a goat.)

	2.	He loved that goat (He loved that goat) Indeed he did (Indeed he did) He loved that goat (He loved that goat) Just like a kid. (Just like a kid.)

	3.	One day that goat (One day that goat) Felt frisk and fine (Felt frisk and fine) Ate three red shirts (Ate three red shirts) Right off the line. (Right off the line.)

	4.	The man, he grabbed (The man, he grabbed) Him by the back (Him by the back) And tied him to (And tied him to) A railroad track .(A railroad track)

	5.	Now, when that train (Now, when that train) Hove into sight (Hove into sight) That goat grew pale (That goat grew pale) And green with fright. (And green with fright.)

	6.	He heaved a sigh (He heaved a sigh) As if in pain (As if in pain) Coughed up those shirts (Coughed up those shirts) And flagged the train! (And flagged the train!)

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Bell Horses

Beginning Orff interval So\Mi.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABaB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti | ti ti ta |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So La
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; D.C. al Fine, Fine, beginning Orff interval
Key Words: world geography: England; time of day, clock

**“Bell Horses”**

			Refrain
			Bell horses, bell horses, What’s the time of day?

		1.	One o’clock, teo o’clock, Time to away.
			(refrain)

		2.	Two o’clock, three o’clock, Four, and away!
			(refrain)

		3.	Five o’clock, six o’clock, Now time to staty!
			(refrain)

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Barnyard Song

Introducing syncopation while increasing memory skills.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Kentucky Mountain Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta | ta/ ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi La Do – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, So/Do, Do\So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; pick-up beat, dotted quarter, tied notes
Key Words: USA geography, culture: Kentucky; farm animals hen, duck, cat, goose, sheep, cow, horse, farm animal sounds

**“Barnyard Song”**

		1.	I had a a cat and the cat pleased me. I fed my cat under yonder tree. Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.

		2.	I had a hen… Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.

		3.	I had a duck… Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.

		4.	I had a goose… Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.

		5.	I had a sheep… Sheep goes Baa, Baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.

		6.	I had a cow… Cow goes moo, moo, Sheep goes Baa, Baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.

		7.	I had a horse… Horse goes neigh, neigh, Cow goes moo, moo, Sheep goes Baa, Baa, Goose goes hissy, hissy, Duck goes quack, quack, Hen goes chimmy chuck, chimmy chuck, Cat goes fiddle-i-fee.

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Babylon’s Fallin’

Perfect for adding music literacy to your church, homeschool, or classroom.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Spiritual
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABaB verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta | ta ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi
Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; repeat sign, D.C. al Fine, Fine
Key Words: Jesus, sacred, Babylon, Bible story, peace, sin
Keyboard: beginners: three finger exercise for left, right and two hands together
Recorder: beginners: B, A, G, three finger exercise for the left hand

**“Babylon’s Fallin'”**

			Refrain
			Babylon’s fallin’, fallin’, fallin’ Babylon’s fallin’ to rise no more.

		1.	Oh, Jesus, tell you once before Babylon’s fallin’ to rise no more.
			(refrain)

		2.	To go in peace and sin no more. Babylon’s fallin’ to rise no more.
			(refrain)

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Kindergarten