Mademoiselle From Armentieres

Syncopation, dominate octave skip, dominate arpeggio,
and feeling duple meter in 6/8 time.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: England – Traditional, tune dates from 1830’s (French Army), popular during the Franco-Prussian war (1870), and in World War I (1914)
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: rhythm: AABC – pitches: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/a ti | syncopation, | ta/a/a | ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ | ta/ ta/ |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So (m3), Fa\Re, (m3), Mi\Do (M3), Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio (V, C), So/So ascending dominate octave skip
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; tied notes, syncopation, dominate arpeggio, melodic rhythm patterns, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
Key Words: world history: World War I, world geography: Armentieres, France; language: French: mademoiselle (unmarried woman), Parley voo (respelling of the French – parlez-vous, meaning: do you speak?), Hinky Dinky (person/place of questionable quality), forty years, steady beat; contraction: she’s (she was), she’ll (she will)
Recorder: intermediate: practicing B flat, descending dominate arpeggio, and ascending dominate octave skip

Armentières: Dutch: Armentiers) is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

“Mademoiselle From Armentieres”

Mademoiselle from Armentiers Parley voo,
Mademoiselle from Armentiers Parley voo,
Mademoiselle from Armentiers
She hasn’t been kissed in forty years,
Hinky Dinky Parley Voo.

Challenge students to compose new lyrics.

Example:

Mademoiselle from Armentiers Parley voo,
Mademoiselle from Armentiers Parley voo,
They say she’s born with two left feet
She’ll never keep a steady beat,
Hinky Dinky Parley Voo.

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Lovely Evening

Three part German round introducing harmony and singing in parts.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: Germany – Traditional Round, cir. 1917
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: rhythm: AAB – pitches: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta | ta ta ta | ta/a/a |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do/Fa, Do/Mi, So\Mi, Mi/La
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; vocal slurs, three part round, harmony
Key Words: world geography, Germany, lovely, evening, bells, ringing; imitation of bells ringing

**“Lovely Evening”**
Oh, how lovely is the evening, is the evening, When the bells are sweetly ringing, sweetly ringing! Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong.

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Lukey’s Boat – NEW

Descending dominate triad (D Major), 2 perfect 4ths, and a major 6th.

Description

Grade: Fourth (4)
Origin: Newfoundland Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta | ta ta ti ti ta |
Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Mi\Do (M3), Re\La (P4), So/Mi (M6), Mi/So8\Mi (m3), Re\Ti (M3), Ti\So (m3), Re\Ti\So descending dominate triad (D Major)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: none; walking quarter notes, pickup beat
Key Words: Newfoundland, sea shanty, seam, chinked, putty, planted copper nails, split pea, ten pound, riddle-i-day, patent, block, grub, tub, parts of a boat: fore cuddy, (forward cabin), high-topped sails, sheet (sails), jib (triangular sail), foremost (front) head

**“Lukey’s Boat”**

	1.	Oh, Lukey’s boat is painted green, Ah-ha, me boys! Oh, Lukey’s boat is painted green, The finest boat that you’ve ever seen. Ah-ha, Aha me riddle-i-day!

	2.	Well, oh, Lukey’s boat’s got a fine fore cuddy, Ah-ha, me boys! Lukey’s boat’s got a fine fore cuddy, And every seam is chinked with put

	3.	Well, Lukey’s boat’s got high-topped sails, Ah-ha, me boys! Lukey’s boat’s got high-topped sails, The sheet was planted with copper nails. Ah-ha, Ah-ha, me a-riddle-i-day!

	4.	Oh, Lukey’s rolling out his grub, Ah-ha, me boys! Lukey’s rolling out his grub, One split pea and a ten pound tub. Ah-ha, Ah-ha, me a-riddle-i-day!

	5.	Lukey’s boat got a high-stopped jib, Ah-ha, me boys! Lukey’s boat got a high-stopped jib And a patent block to her foremast head. Ah-ha, Ah-ha, me a-riddle-i-day!

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Lucy Locket

Adding the sixth (La) to the beginning Orff interval (So\Mi).

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So La
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; beginning Orff interval
Key Words: world geography: England; nursery rhyme, locket, penny, lost, found, ribbon
Keyboard: beginners: three finger exercise for the right, left, and two hands together

**“Lucy Locket”**
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. Not a penny was there in it, Only ribbon round it.

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Lucy

Introducing the sharp sixth, Li.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta (ta) ta |
| ta/a (ta) ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Mi Fa So La Li Ti Do – raised 6th (Li)
Intervals: intermediate: Do\So, Mi/So, So/Do, Ti\So, So/Ti
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, rest: quarter; raised/sharp sixth (Li)
Key Words: hand jive tune, doctor, nurse, alligator, purse, throat, bathtub, swim, soap, followed, walked, lady, mumps, nothing, ate, named, tiny, called, water, coming, contractions: wouldn’t (would not), I’m (I am)

**“Lucy”**

		1.	Lucy had a baby, She named him Tiny Tim. She put him in the bathtub, To see if he could swim.

		2.	He drank up all the water. He ate up all the soap. He tried to eat the bathtub, But it wouldn’t go down his throat.

		3.	Lucy called the doctor. The doctor called the nurse. The nurse then called the lady With the alligator purse.

		4.	I’m here called out the doctor, I’m coming said the nurse, All followed by the lady With the alligator purse.

		5.	Mumps called out the doctor, Measles called out the nurse, But, nothing said the lady With the alligator purse.

		6.	So, out then walked the doctor, Then followed by the nurse, All followed by the lady With the alligator purse.

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Love Somebody – NEW

Three perfect fourths, syncopated rhythms with sixteenths, and an inverted tonic triad.

Description

Grade: Third (3)
Origin: American Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ri ti/ | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ri ti ri | ti ti ti ti ri | ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa So Do Re Mi – extended range
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic triad, So\Re (P4), Fa\Do (P4), Do/Mi\Do (M3), So\Mi/So (m3), Mi/So/Do inverted tonic triad, Do8\So (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; rests: none; tonic triad, inverted tonic triad, three perfect fourths, syncopation
Key Words: United States history, courting song, Valentine’s Day, love; contraction: can’t (cannot)

**“Love Somebody”**

	Love somebody, yes I do. Love somebody, yes I do. Love somebody, yes I do. Love somebody but I won’t tell who.

	Love somebody, yes I do. Love somebody, yes I do. Love somebody, yes I do. And I hope somebody loves me too.

	Love somebody, can’t tell who. Love somebody, can’t tell who Love somebody, can’t tell who Love somebody but I won’t tell who.

	Love somebody, yes I do. Love somebody, yes I do. Love somebody, yes I do. And I hope somebody loves me too.

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Lost My Gold Ring

A syncopated singing game fostering the independent voice.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Jamaica – Children’s Game Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta|
| ti ta ti ta/a | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, So\Do, Do/Mi, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; eighth notes flaged and beemed, syncopation, independent singing, developing the independent voice, singing alone and with others
Key Words: world geography: Kingston, Jamaican; singing song, game song, gold, ring, hold, again, back, come
Keyboard: beginners: five finger keyboard exercise for the right, left, and two hands together

**“Lost My Gold Ring”**
Biddy, Biddy, hold on, Lost my gold ring. I go to Kingston, Come back again. GAME Children sit in circle, with hands and eyes closed: one takes the ring/stick, walking around tapping the closed hands of the players while singing the first line of the song. While singing: “I go to Kingston,” player places ring/stick in another student’s hand, that student sings, “come back again.” Students guess who has the ring. The correct student becomes the next player.

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The Lordly Cock

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
At the Farm

Short, fun, and quite challenging!
Singing octaves leaps and octaves that step down.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AaBCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri ta ta | ti/ ri ta ta ta |
| ta ti/ ri ta (ta) | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) |
| ti/ ri ti/ ri ti ti ti (ti) |
Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa So La Te Ti Do Re
Intervals: advanced: Do\Do descending tonic octave leap, Mi\Do, Do/Do ascending tonic octave leap, La\Fa, Fa/La, Do\La, La/Re, Do/Do descending tonic octave by steps, lowered 7th
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; lowered 7th (Te), tempo: pomposo/grand dignified, dynamics: forte/loud, mezzo forte/medium loud, fortissimo/very loud, decrescendo; poco ritardando, ad libitum (make-up cockle)
Key Words: barnyard, farming, strutting, struts, proud, to and fro, farmyard, farmer, chickens, chicken coop

**“The Lordly Cock”**
Out in he farmyard Proud Cock-a-doo-dle Lifts his feet high and struts to and fro. Let the world listen! Proud Cock-a-doo-dle Flaps his big wings and gives a loud crow: Cock-a-doo-dle-doo!

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Looby Loo

Practicing tonic intervals, stepping down from the 6th (La) to the tonic (Do), and stepping up with syncopation.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: English Singing Game
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD (4 measure phrases) ABA (8 measure phrases)
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/a/a |
| ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/_a ti | ta ti ta ti | ta (ti) ta/ |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; tied notes, refrain/verse, D.C. al Fine, Fine
Key Words: learning left and right, physical science, parts of the body, hand, foot, Saturday, whole self, body, shake, turn about

**“Looby Loo”**

			Refrain
			Here we go looby loo, Here we go looby light, Here we go looby loo, All on a Saturday night.
		1.	I put my right hand in, I take my right hand out, I give my head a shake, shake, shake, And turn myself about. Oh,
			Refrain
		2.	I put my left hand in, I take my left hand out, I give my head a shake, shake, shake, And turn myself about. Oh,
			Refrain
		3.	I put my right foot in, I take my right foot out, I give my head a shake, shake, shake, And turn myself about. Oh,
			Refrain
		4.	I put my left hand in, I take my left hand out, I give my head a shake, shake, shake, And turn myself about. Oh,
			Refrain
		5.	I put my whole self in, I take my whole self out, I give my head a shake, shake, shake, And turn myself about. Oh,
			Refrain

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Long Come Uncle Jessie

Advanced syncopation with natural/lowered third (Me) and seventh (Te), and advanced intervals.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA – African Amreican Folk Song
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: advanced: ta_|_ ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ti_|_ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti | ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta ta | ti ti (ta) |
Pitches: advanced: La Do Re Me Mi So La Te So – extended range
Intervals: advanced: Do\So, La\Mi, Mi/So, La/Te,
Te\So, La\Do, Do/Me, Me/So\Me, Do\La/Do, Me\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, natural/lowered 3rd (Me), natural/lowered seventh (Te), syncopation, advanced intervals
Key Words: USA history, African American history, uncle, relatives, riding, through, horse and buggy, shake, jump rope song; abbreviations: ‘long (along); colloquialism: g’wan (go on)

“‘Long Come Uncle Jessie”

‘Long come Uncle Jessie
Riding through the fields,
With his horse and buggy,
And, I know just how he feels.

Oh, q’wan, girl, shake it,
G’wan, girl, shake it,
G’wan, girl, shake it.

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