Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Introducing the minor seventh (m7) So/Fa
while extending the vocal range.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Germany – Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCA
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti | ta (ti) ti | ti ti ta |
| ta/a |
Pitches: advanced: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: advanced: So/Mi, So/Fa (m7), Fa\Re, Re/So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; running eighth notes, minor seventh So/Fa
Key Words: world geography: Germany; lullaby, sheep, dreams, dreamland, father, mother

1.Sleep, baby, sleep
Thy father tends the sheep.
Thy mother shakes the dreamland tree
And down come all the dreams for thee.
Sleep, baby, sleep

2.

Sleep, baby, sleep
Your cottage vale is deep.
The little lamb is on the green
With snowy fleece so soft and clean.
Sleep, baby, sleep

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Sing All Along the Way

Introducing syncopation with sixteenth notes while
moving to a steady beat.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: E flat Major
Time: 2/2 – counted in 4/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, |
| ta/a (ta) ta |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So, La\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, fermata, ending the first phrase on the third (Mi)
Key Words: USA history, African American history, singing and moving to music, along, dance, clap, skip, spin; contraction: gonna (going to), I’m (I am)

“Sing All Along the Way”

1.Oh, I’m gonna sing, gonna sing, gonna sing,
Gonna sing all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna sing, gonna sing, gonna sing,
Gonna sing all along the way!

2.

Oh, I’m gonna dance, gonna dance, gonna dance,
Gonna dance all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna dance, gonna dance, gonna dance,
Gonna dance all along the way!  3.Oh, I’m gonna clap, gonna clap, gonna clap,
Gonna clap all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna clap, gonna clap, gonna clap,
Gonna clap all along the way!   4.Oh, I’m gonna skip, gonna skip, gonna skip,
Gonna skip all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna skip, gonna skip, gonna skip,
Gonna skip all along the way!   5.Oh, I’m gonna spin, gonna spin, gonna spin,
Gonna spin all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna spin, gonna spin, gonna spin,
Gonna spin all along the way!

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Skip to My Lou

Developing the independent voice.
Skipping to the steady beat.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – Western Play Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: verse: AaAB – refrain: AaAB – song: AB (verse/refrain)
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta ti ti ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Re, Re\Ti, Ti/Re, Re/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; verse/refrain
Key Words: United States geography, Western United States, Texas, play song, dance song, playground song, early square dance song, buttermilk, flies, partner, cream, jar, prettier, another, Texas, two by two, jay bird, off to; contractions: what’ll (what will), I’ll (I will), bird’ll (bird will), cat’s (cat is), can’t (cannot); abbreviation: darlin’ (darling)
Keyboard: intermediate: upper grades, five finger exercise; right, left, and two hands together

“Skip to My Lou”


	Version One		Version two
1.	Flies in the buttermilk, Shoo fly, shoo, Flies in the buttermilk, Shoo fly, shoo, Flies in the buttermilk, Shoo fly, shoo, Skip to my lou, my darlin’.	1.	Lost my partner, What’ll I do? Lost my partner, What’ll I do? Lost my partner, What’ll I do? Skip to my lou, my darlin’.
	Refrain:		Refrain:
	Skip, skip, skip to mu lou, Skip, skip, skip to mu lou, Skip, skip, skip to mu lou, Skip to my lou, my darlin’.		Skip, skip, skip to mu lou, Skip, skip, skip to mu lou, Skip, skip, skip to mu lou, Skip to my lou, my darlin’.
2.	Cat’s in the cream jar, Ooh, ooh, ooh, Cat’s in the cream jar, Ooh, ooh, ooh, Cat’s in the cream jar, Ooh, ooh, ooh, Skip to my lou, my darlin’.		I’ll get another one Prettier than you, I’ll get another one Prettier than you, I’ll get another one Prettier than you, Skip to my lou, my darlin’.
	Refrain		Refrain
3.	Off to Texas, Two by two, Off to Texas, Two by two, Off to Texas, Two by two, Skip to my lou, my darlin’.		Can’t get a red bird, Jay bird’ll do, Can’t get a red bird, Jay bird’ll do, Can’t get a red bird, Jay bird’ll do, Skip to my lou, my darlin’.
	Refrain		Refrain

Game Instructions:
“Skip to My Lou” is a simple game of swapping partners. Students choose partners, form a ring and while holding hands skip around. A student in the center of the moving circle of couple sings, “Lost my partner what’ll I do?” as the circle whirls past him. The moving circle of couples responds singing the refrain. The student in the center sings, “I’ll get another one prettier than you.” The moving circle of couples responds singing the refrain. The student chooses taking the hand of their new partner, their partner takes the student’s place in the center of the ring and the game continues.

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Skin and Bones

A minor tonality where the 6th (La) is the tonal center
in its relative Major.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – Kentucky Folk Song
Key: A minor – pitched for C Major
And: D minor – pitched for F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: A (through composed)
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta/ |
| ta/ ta ti |
Pitches: beginners: La Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do\La, Re\La, La/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, minor tonality
Key Words: Halloween, spooky songs, All Hallows Eve, All Saints Eve, scary songs, skin, bones, graveyard, broom; contractions: she’d (she would), hyphenated/abbreviation: a-lyin’ (a lying)
Keyboard: intermediate: five finger exercise, left, right, and two hands together

**“Skin and Bones”**

	1.	There was an old woman all skin and bones, Oo-oo-oo-ooh!
	2.	She lived down by the old graveyard, Oo-oo-oo-ooh!
	3.	One night she thought she’d take a walk, Oo-oo-oo-ooh!
	4.	She walked down by the old graveyard, Oo-oo-oo-ooh!
	5.	She saw the bones a-layin’ around, Oo-oo-oo-ooh!
	6.	She went to the closet to get a broom, Oo-oo-oo-ooh!
	7.	She opened the door and BOO!!

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Six Little Ducks

Practicing the ascending and descending major 6th Mi\So/Mi,
changing rhythms for second verse syllables.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA, Maryland – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCDD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\So/Mi (M6), Re\So/Re, Do/Mi, Re/So8, Mi\Do, Do/So8
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; changing rhythms for verse syllables, verse/refrain
Key Words: USA geography, Maryland; ducks, fat, skinny, fair, feather, ruled, animal science, duck sounds: quack

**“Six Little Ducks”**

	1.	Six little ducks that I once knew, Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too,
		Refrain:
		But the one little duck with the feather in his back, He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.
	2.	Down to the river they would go, Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble to and fro,
		Refrain:
		But the one little duck with the feather in his back, He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. He ruled the others with a quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.

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Sing Ivy

Introducing the dotted quarter, the descending dominate
octave skip (So\So), and farming vocabulary from England.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: England – Traditional
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ti ti | ta/ ta ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Do/So, So\Mi, So\So descending dominate octave skip
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, octave skip
Key Words: world geography, earth science, England farming, holly, whistle, ivy, ploughed, morning, rams horn, sowed, peppercorn, bramble brush, reaped, penknife, barn, threshed, goose quill, mill, miller; contraction: he’d (he would)

**“Sing Ivy”**

	1.	My father he left me three acres of land, Sing ivy, sing ivy! My father he left me three acres of land, Sing holly, go whistle and ivy.
	2.	I ploughed it one morning with a rams horn, Sing ivy, sing ivy! And sowed it all over with one peppercorn, Sing holly, go whistle and ivy.
	3.	I harrowed it next with a bramble bush, Sing ivy, sing ivy! And reaped it all with my little penknife, Sing holly, go whistle and ivy.
	4.	The mice for me, carried it into the barn, Sing ivy, sing ivy! And there I threshed it with a goose quill, Sing holly, go whistle and ivy.
	5.	The cat she carried it unto the mill, Sing ivy, sing ivy! And the miller he said that he’d work with a will, Sing holly, go whistle and ivy.

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The Singing School

Three part round which steps up and down the staff,
with an extended range, using the C Major scale.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Round
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ti ti | ta/a/a ti ti | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
| ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a | ta ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi – extended range
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do8 (P4), Do/So (P5), Ti\So (M3), Ti/Re8 (m3), Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, C), So\Mi (m3), Fa/La (M3), So\Do (P5), Do/Fa (P4), Re8\So (P5), La/Do8 (m3), Do8\So (P4), Re8\Ti (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, three part round, singing in three parts, syncopation, tonic arpeggio, three (3) double barlines, stepping up and down the C Major scale, harmony, vocal blending
Key Words: USA history: Singing Schools; three part round, C major scale, scale pitches, stepping up and down the scale, pitch letter names (A,B,C), voices, ringing, accent, loud, clear, prolong, common time, double time, triple measures; contraction: ’tis (it is)
Recorder: intermediate: mastering the C Major scale, playing in parts, ensemble for three parts

**“The Singing School”**
	round sections
	1	I will sing you a song of the old Singing School And the sounds you there may hear; Of the do, re, mi and the A, B, C, And the voices ringing clear.
	2	Sing the song with accent strong, Loud and clear the tone prolong.
	3	Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do; ‘Tis the scale of C, you know. Common, double, triple measures too, Are among the many things we do.

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Sing a Song of Sixpence

Dotted sixteenth note, syncopation, tonic arpeggio and octave skip.
This very old rhyme will require your very best readers!

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – 18th-century Nursery Rhyme
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ri ti ti ti ti ti ta |
| ti ti ti ti ti ta/ | ta ti ti ta/a | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
| ti ri ti ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta/a |
| ri ti/ ti ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: advanced: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: advanced: So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Ti\Re, Re\Ti, Ti/La, So\Do, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, dotted sixteenth, sixteenth; ascending tonic octave, running eighth notes, tonic arpeggio, extended vocal range
Key Words: world geography: England; nonsense rhyme, four, twenty, blackbirds, pie, dainty dish, king, counting house, money, queen, parlor (parlour – French), maid

Sixpence: known colloquially as the tanner, or half-shilling, a British pre-decimal coin, worth six pence, or 1/40th of a pound sterling.

1.Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.

2.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Was not that a dainty dish,
To set before the king?

3.

The king was in the counting house,
Counting out his money;
The queen was in the parlour,
Eating bread and honey.

4.The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes;
A long came a blackbird
And snapped off her nose.

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Sing-a-ling-a-ling

Syncopation for beginners, a sharped fourth (Fi), tonic arpeggios, dominate octave skips, and quick sixteenth divisions for FUN!

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AaAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ti ri ti ri ti ti |
| ta/ ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fi So – raised/sharped subdominant (Fi, C#)
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Do/Mi/So ascending tonic (I) arpeggio, So\Mi (m3), Do\La (m3), Mi/Fi (M2), Re/So (P4), So\So descending dominate octave skip, So/So ascending dominate octave skip, So\Mi\Do descending tonic (I) arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, tonic arpeggios, dominate octave skips, raised/sharped fourth (Fi), first and second endings, repeat sign
Key Words: USA holidays: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day; doing good things for others, character education, doing good things all year, hearts, autumn, spring, winter, whole year, through; sacred: blessed, angels, eternity, death, grave, victory, contraction: there’ll (there will)

**“Sing-a-ling-a-ling”**

		1.	On Father’s Day we sing-a-ling-a-ling, With all our hearts for you; We hope there’ll be some thing-a-ling-a-ling That we can do for you.
		2.	In autumn, winter, spring-a-ling-a-ling, All the whole year through; We ring-a-ling-a-ling, And sing-a-ling-a-ling, And ching-a-ling-a-ling for you.

			Sacred Lyrics:
			The bells below go ting-a-ling-a-ling For you, but not for me. The blessed angels sing-a-ling-a-ling Through all eternity. O death, there is no sting-a-ling-a-ling O grave, thy victory? No ting-a-ling-a-ling, No sting-a-ling-a-ling, But sing-a-ling-a-ling for me.

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Simple Simon

Minor key signature: the home pitch is the submediant
(6th, La) of the major scale.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England, Nursery Rhyme – 1764
Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ti | syncopation | ta (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: Mi La Ti Do Re Mi Fa – extended range
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do\La, La\Mi, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter: minor mode, begins in the relative major
Key Words: world geography: England; paying for food, pie-man, fair, ware, penny, fishing, whale, pail, plums, thistle, pricked, whistle

**“Simple Simon”**

	1.	Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware.

	2.	Says the pieman to Simple Simon, Show me first your penny; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Indeed I have not any.

	3.	Simple Simon went a-fishing, For to catch a whale; All the water he had got, Was in his mother’s pail.

	4.	Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle.

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