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One More River

"One More River," Lyrics, Text Format
"One More River," Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopation and feeling duple meter in 6/8 time
with a pentatonic scale.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Traditional Spiritual
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: AB – verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ta ti |
    syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ (ta) ti | syncopation,
    | ta/ ta/ | ti ta (ta) ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti (ti) ti |
    syncopation, | ta/a ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Mi\So (M6), Mi/So (m3), So\Mi (m3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, melodic rhythm patterns, tied notes, rhythmic changes to match verse syllables, verse/refrain; 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: USA history, spiritual, scared, Bible story: “Noah and the Ark”; world geography: Jordan, Jordan River; animals: crocodile, kangaroo, giraffe, flea, hippopotamus, honey bee, monkey, bear, elephant; caraway bun, dancing, hive, stuck, build, tricks, marched, sing, numbers one through ten; contractions: there’s (there is), we’ll (we will); abbreviations: hick’ry (hickory), shovin’ (shoving)
  • Recorder: intermediate: syncopation in 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

“One More Rver” 
1. Old Noah, he built himself an ark;
There’s one more river to cross.
He built it out of hick’ry bark;
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain:
There’s one more river,
And that wide river is Jordan,
There’s one more river,
There’s one more river to cross.
2.
 The animals went in one by one,
There’s one more river to cross.
The elephant chewing a caraway bun.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
3. The animals went in two by two,
There’s one more river to cross.
The crocodile and the kangaroo.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
4. The animals went in three by three,
There’s one more river to cross.
The giraffe and a dancing and flea.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
5. The animals went in four by four,
There’s one more river to cross.
The hippos, they got stuck at the door.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
6. The animals went in five by five,
There’s one more river to cross.
The honey bees to build their hive.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
7. The animals went in six by six,
There’s one more river to cross.
The monkey, he was up to his tricks.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
8. The animals went in seven by seven,
There’s one more river to cross.
Said the bear to the elephant “Who are you shovin’?”
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
9. The animals went in eight by eight,
There’s one more river to cross.
Some were early and some were late.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
10. The animals went in nine by nine,
There’s one more river to cross.
They all joined up and marched in a line.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
11. The animals went in ten by ten,
There’s one more river to cross.
If you want more then we’ll sing it again.
There’s one more river to cross.
Refrain
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One Little Brown Bird

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Teaching the dotted half note, ascending octave skip,
and a diminished fourth Ti\Mi.

 

Description

  • Grade: First
  • Origin: England – Folk Song
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
    | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta | ta/a ta ta | ta/a/a/a |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Do, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, So\Mi, Ti\Mi (diminished fourth, d4)
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter; tonic octave skip, diminished fourth (Ti\Mi)
  • Key Words: world geography: England; counting from one to ten, number rhyming words (hint for next number), one, flew/two, tree/three, more/four, alive/five, sticks/six, heaven/seven, gate/eight, line/nine, men/ten; sitting, noise, about, another, flying, sat, mother, father, home, flew; possessive: mother’s

 


“One Little Brown Bird” 
1.
 One little brown bird, up and down he flew,
Along came another one and that made two.
2.
 Two little brown birds, sitting on a tree,
Along came another one and that made three.
3. Three little brown birds, then up came one more,
What’s all the noise about? That made four.
4. Four little brown birds, all alive, alive,
Along came another one and that made five.
5. Five little brown birds, sitting on some sticks,
Along came another one and that made six.
6. Six little brown birds, flying up to heaven,
Along came another one and that made seven.
7. Seven little brown birds, sitting on a gate,
Along came another one and that made eight.
8. Eight little brown birds sat on mother’s line,
Along came another one and that made nine.
9. Nine little brown birds saw a lot of men,
So home they flew to father, and that made ten.
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One Bottle of Pop

"One Bottle of Pop" Lyrics, Text Format

Three part round which practices the perfect fourth (P4)
Do\So/Do with triplets.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: England – Traditional Round
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: ABC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti-ti-ti ta | ti ti ti-ti-ti ta |
    | ta (ta) (ta) | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ta ta | ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta (ta) | ti ti ta ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: beginners: Do\So/Do, So\Mi, Fa\Re, Re/So
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; eighth triplets, three part round, singing in three parts, syncopation, dividing a beat into three equal parts
  • Key Words: world geography: England; fish and chips, pop (soda), backyard, chuck, muck, vinegar; abbreviation: o’ (of)
  • Recorder: intermediate: playing in G major, playing as an ensemble with three parts, playing triplets


“One Bottle of Pop” 


One bottle o’ pop,
Two bottles o’ pop,
Three bottles o’ pop,
Four bottles o’ pop,
Five bottles o’ pop,
Six bottles o’ pop,
Seven bottles o’ pop, pop!

Don’t chuck your muck in my backyard,
My backyard, my backyard.
Don’t chuck your muck in my backyard,
My backyard’s full.

Fish and chips and vinegar,
Vinegar, vinegar.
Fish and chips and vinegar,
Vinegar and pop!
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Oliver Cromwell

"Oliver Cromwell" Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopation and a descending tonic octave skip.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: England – Folk Song
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: AA
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
    | ti ti ti ta (ti) | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Mi Fa So La Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do8\So, So\Mi, So\Do, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Do/La
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth, syncopation
  • Key Words: world geography, England, buried, dead, grew, apple tree, ripe, fall, gather, rose, drop, hippety hop, saddle, bridle, lie, shelf, want, yourself, hee haw

 

“Oliver Cromwell” 
1. Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead,
Hee haw, buried and dead.
There grew an old apple tree over his head,
Hee haw, over his head.
2.
 The apples were ripe and ready to fall,
Hee haw, ready to fall.
There came an old woman to gather them all,
Hee haw, gather them all.
3. Oliver rose and he gave her a drop,
Hee-haw, gave her a drop,
Which made the old woman go hippety hop,
Hee-haw, hippety hop.
4. The saddle and bridle, they lie on the shelf,
Hee haw, lie on the shelf.
If you want any more you can sing it yourself,
Hee haw, sing it yourself.
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O Little Town of Bethlehem

"O Little Town of Bethlehem" Lyrics, Text Format

Beginning syncopation, sharp supertonic (Ra),
and ascending submediant octave skip (La/La).

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Christmas Hymn, 1868 – words: Rector Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), music: organist Lewis Redner* (1831-1908)
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta |
    | ta/a/a ta | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Ra Re Mi Fa So La
    – raised/sharp supertonic (Ra)
  • Intervals: intermediate: m2: Mi\Ra/Mi; m3: Mi/So;
    M3    : Do/Mi; P4: La/Re, Mi/La; P5: Re\So; m6: Fa\La; M6: So/Mi; P8: La/La ascending submediant octave skip
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, sharp supertonic (Ra), submediant octave skip, syncopation
  • Key Words: USA geography: Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; world geography: Bethlehem; Bible story, Christmas Hymn, Christmas carol, sacred, birth of Jesus, thee (you), dreamless, stars, shineth (shine), everlasting, hopes and fears, Christ, Mother Mary, gathered, mortals, angels, wondering, morning, proclaim, holy birth, praises, God or King, silently, wondrous, imparts, blessings, heaven, meek, souls, receive, misery, charity, watching, faith, wakes, breaks, Christmas, holy child, descend, pray, cast, sin, tidings, abide, Lord Emmanuel

*original tune was titled: “St. Louis”


“O Little Town of Bethlehem” 
1.
 O little town of Bethlehem how still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light:
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
2.
 For Christ is born of Mary: and gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wond’ring love.
O morning stars together proclaim the holy birth!
And praises sing to God our King, and Peace to men on earth.
3. How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in.
4. Where children pure and happy pray to the blessed Child,
Where misery cries out to Thee, Son of the mother mild;
Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door,
The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, and Christmas comes once more.
5. O holy Child of Bethlehem descend to us, we pray,
Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born to us today.
We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell,
O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.
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Old Woman and the Pig

"Old Woman and the Pig" Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopation and two tonic arpeggios.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA – Folk Song
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABA
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta ti ti ti ti |
    | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a ta |
    | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation | ti ti ta ta ti ti |
    | ta/a/a |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La Do – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/So/Do8 ascending tonic arpeggio, Do8\So, Mi/So
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, arpeggio, syncopation, vocal slur
  • Key Words: farming, farm animals, pig, pig sounds: oink, heap, harm, rooting, barn, died, want, breath, awful, death, grief; contractions: didn’t (did not), wasn’t (was not); abbreviation: ’cause (because)

“Old Woman and the Pig” 
1. There was an old woman and she had a little pig,
Oink, oink, oink.
There was an old woman and she had a little pig,
He didn’t cost much ’cause he wasn’t very big.
Oink, oink, oink.
2.
 This little pig did a heap of harm,
Oink, oink, oink.
This little pig did a heap of harm,
Rooting around in the old woman’s barn.
Oink, oink, oink.
3. The little old pig, she up and she died,
Oink, oink, oink.
The little old pig, she up and she died,
The old woman, she cried and she cried.
Oink, oink, oink.
4. The old man died for want of breath,
Oink, oink, oink.
The old man died for want of breath,
And wasn’t that an awful death?
Oink, oink, oink.
5. The old woman died for want of grief,
Oink, oink, oink.
The old woman died for want of grief,
And wasn’t that a great relief?
Oink, oink, oink.
6. So there they lay all one, two, three,
Oink, oink, oink.
So there they lay all one, two, three,
The woman, the man, and the little piggie.
Oink, oink, oink.
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Ole Tar River

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Syncopation, descending arpeggio So8\Mi\Do\La, with each staff ending on an eighth rest after whistling on pitch.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA – Folk Song
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: rhythm: AAaA – pitches: ABCc
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ri ti/ | syncopation, | ta ti ti ri | ti ti ti (ti) | ti ti ri ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Do\La/Do, Mi/So8, So8\Mi\Do\La descending arpeggio, Do\So/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth, syncopation, arpeggio, all staves end with an eighth rest
  • Key Words: USA geography, North Carolina, Alabama, Southern USA, ole (old), parting, grieve, leave, sing, sorrow, dance, sometime, tomorrow; abbreviation: Car’lina (Carolina); contraction: I’ll (I will)


“Ole Tar River” 
1. Way down in North Car’lina,
On the banks of the Ole Tar River,
I go from there to Alabama,
For to see my ole Aunt Hannah.
2.
 Now Nancy, I must leave you,
Do not let our parting grieve you,
Dance and sing, forget your sorrow,
I’ll be back sometime tomorrow.
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The Old Sow’s Hide

"The Old Sow's Hide" Lyrics, Text Format

Mastering the intervals of the tonic arpeggio.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: USA – Folk Song
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
    | ta ta ta/a | ti ti ta ti ti ta | ti ti ta ta/a |
    | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | ta ta ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta/a |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, So\Mi, So\Re, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi, Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio 1st position, So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio 1st position, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth
  • Key Words: farming, pig farming, sow, hide, cushion, measles, spring, feet, pickled pig’s feet, meat, bacon, tail, whip, sail; possessive: sow’s

“The Old Sow’s Hide” 
1. What shall we do with the old sow’s hide?
Make a good cushion as ever did ride.
Course cushion, fine cushion, any such a thing,
the old sow died of the measles in the spring!
2.
 What shall we do with the old sow’s feet?
Make a good pickles as ever was eat.
Course pickles, fine pickles, any such a thing,
the old sow died of the measles in the spring!
3. What shall we do with the old sow’s meat?
Make a good bacon as ever was eat.
Course bacon, fine bacon, any such a thing,
the old sow died of the measles in the spring!
4. What shall we do with the old sow’s tail?
Make a good whip as ever did sail.
Course whip, fine whip, any such a thing,
the old sow died of the measles in the spring!
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Old Round

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EXCELLENT first round selection, using only the intervals of the tonic triad, where the lyrics explain the process.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: Unknown
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Mi So Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So/Do\So, So\Mi, Mi\Do – skipping up, then down, the tonic triad
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; three (3) part round
  • Key Words: text explains what is happening when singing a round, catch, start, hear, say, saying, on (go on), together
  • Recorder: intermediate: excellent for practicing the intervals to the tonic, following the Beginning Recorder Songs

 

 


“Old Round” 

Now come on, you cannot catch us,
For we have the start you know.
Hear them say what we are saying,
As we on together go.
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Old Molly Hare

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Introducing the dotted quarter note.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: USA – American Folk Song
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ta/ ti | ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: Fa\Re, Re/So, Mi\Do, Do/Fa, Ti\So
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; verse/refrain, vocal slur
  • Key Words: Easter, farming, gardening, life of a rabbit, rabbit food, hare, cotton, through, tear, apples, pear, nibbling, garden, prickly pear, briar, haystack, bear, picking; hyphenated: a-shooting


“Old Molly Hare”
Refrain
Old Molly Hare,
What you doing there?
1. Running through the cotton
Just as fast as I can tear.
Refrain
2.
 Eating up the apples
And a looking for a pear
Refrain
3.

Nibbling in the garden,
Just as often as I dare.
Refrain
4. Picking out a briar,
Sitting on a prickly pear.
Refrain
5. Sitting on a haystack,
And a-shooting at a bear.
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