Tom Dooley

Limited range, syncopated rhythms, and submediant
arpeggios (vi, Dm) using the pentatonic scale.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Ballad – 1866
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA – chorus/verse/chorus
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a | ta/a/a ta |
| ti ta/ ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta/a ta | ta ta ti ta/ | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do/Mi ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Dm), Mi\So (M6), Re\So (P5), Mi\Do\La descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Dm), Do\So (P4), La/Do (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, chorus/verse/chorus, D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines; note: use of the minor arpeggio (vi, Dm) and ending with a minor third gives the tune a minor quality using the pentatonic scale
Key Words: USA history; USA geography: Wilkes County, North Carolina, Tennessee; murder of Laura Foster by Tom Dula (Dooley); hanging, tomorrow, Grayson (Tom’s boss who turned him in), lonesome, white oak tree; contractions: I’ll (I will), hadn’t (had not), I’d (I would); abbreviation: hangin’ (hanging);
southern USA vocabulary: reckon (thought)
Recorder: intermediate: playing in F Major, syncopation, ascending and descending submediant arpeggios (vi, Dm), pentatonic scale, practicing pitches in the lower register

Based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Col. James Grayson, a Tennessee politician, had hired Tom Dula (Dooley) on his farm when he fled North Carolina.

**“Tom Dooley”**

			Chorus:
			Hang down your head Tom Dooley, Hang down your head and cry. Hang down your head Tom Dooley, Poor boy, you’re bound to die.
		1.	I met her on the mountain, And there I took her life. I met her on the mountain, And stabbed her with my knife.
			Chorus
		2.	Come this time tomorrow, Reckon where I’ll be? Hadn’t a-been for Grayson, I’d a-been in Tennessee.
			Chorus
		3.	Come this time tomorrow, Reckon where I’ll be? Down in some lonesome valley, Hangin’ from a white oak tree.
			Chorus

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To Market, To Market

Advanced rhythms using all the pitches of the C Major scale.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: Traditional Rhyme
Key: C Major
Time:6/8
Form: ABAB
Rhythm: advanced: | ti/ ri ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ti/ ri ti ti/ ri ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do8\So, Do/So, Do/La, So\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, 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: farming, market, fat, pig, home, hog, jog

To market, to market to buy a fat pig.
Home again, home again, jiggety jig,
To market, to market to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

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To London Town

Singing the C Major scale; ascending and descending.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Scale Song
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: AA
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, C Major scale
Intervals: none
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; rests: quarter; ascending/descending C Major scale, notes moving by steps up/down the staff
Key Words: world geography: England; castles, kings, thousands, pray
Recorder: upper grades – intermediate: playing the C Major scale; forward and back; after mastering the beginning five recorder tunes
Keyboard: upper grades – intermediate: playing the C Major scale; forward and back; after mastering the C Major Scale Fingering Chart

1.What is the distance to London Town Pray?
You could not walk there in many a day.

2.

There they have castles and there they have kings;
There they have thousands of wonderful things.

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To A Snowflake

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
Fair Days and Stormy

Introducing poco ritardando and a tempo.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta ta |
| ta/a/a ta | ta ta ta/ ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: advanced: Mi/La, So/Do, Do\La, La\Fa, Do/Do (ascending tonic octave skip)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tempo: lightly, poco ritardando, dynamics: crescendo, decrescendo
Key Words: weather, earth science, seasons, winter, frosty, snowflake, lightly, floating, travel, sky, window, far, children, love, filmy, star
Recorder: intermediate: upper grades: excellent tune following the five Beginning Recorder Songs

**“To A Snowflake”**

		1.	Oh little frosty snowflake, So lightly floating by, A long, long way you travel In coming from the sky.

		2.	Come rest upon our window; How could you float so far? We children love to see you, You pretty filmy star!

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The Titanic

Advanced syncopation, two tonic arpeggios and a tonic octave skip.

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – Alabama, Folk Song – 1915
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB – verse/chorus
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ti ri ti ti ri ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a (ta) ti ti | ta/a/a ti ti |
| ta ti/ ri ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a/a/a |
| ti ta ti ta ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi (m3), Do\La/Do (m3), Mi/So (m3), La8\Re (P5), Re/So (P4), So\Mi\Do descending tonic (I) arpeggio (D), Re/Fa (m3), Do/Do8 ascending tonic octave skip, Do8\La/Do8 (m3), Do8\So\Mi descending tonic (I) arpeggio (D)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, two double bars, two tonic arpeggios, tonic octave skip, syncopation
Key Words: USA history, USA geography: Alabama, world geography: England, camp song, scout song, story of the Titanic, ship, sail, ocean, thought, through, water, Lord, almighty hand, great ship, husbands, women, wives, children, England, thousand, miles, rich, poor, sin, burst, shouted, tried, wire, raging, sea, band, struck refused, associate, down below, captain, sad, fire, swung, lifeboats, “Nearer, My God to Thee,” wept, cried, waves, swept; abbreviations: ’bout (about), o’er (over), contractions: they’d (they would)

**“The Titanic”**

	1.	Oh, they built the ship, Titanic To sail the ocean blue, And they thought they had a ship That the water never go through, But the Lord’s almighty hand said the ship would never land, It was sad when the great ship went down.
		Chorus:
		It was sad, it was sad, It was sad when the great ship went down. Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives. It was sad when the great ship went down.
	2.	Oh, they sailed from England’s shore ‘Bout a thousand miles or more, When the rich refused to associate with the poor So, they sent them down below, Where they’d be the first to go, It was sad when the great ship went down.
		Chorus
	3.	Oh, the boat was full of sin, And the side about to burst, When the captain shouted, “Women and children first!” Oh, the captain tried to wire, But the lines were all on fire, It was sad when the great ship went down.
		Refrain
	4.	Oh, they swung the lifeboats out O’er the deep and raging sea, And the band struck up with “Nearer, My God to Thee.” Little children wept and cried, As the waves swept o’er the side, It was sad when the great ship went down.
		Refrain

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Tinker, Tailor

Introducing the beginning Orff interval So\Mi/So.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Button Counting Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AAAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ta | ta (ta) |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter
Key Words: world geography: England; math, addition, 1+1+1=3+1=4, buttons, homonyms: four/for
Keyboard: beginners: two finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together

1.Tinker, tailor,
Soldier, sailor,
Rich man, poor man,
Begger man, thief.

2.

One plus one
Plus one is three
And one more make
Four buttons for me.

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Throw it Out the Window

A vocabulary builder with challenging rhythm changes to words most students will recognize.

Description

• Third (3)

• Origin: United States: Nursery Rhyme Parody

• Key: F Major

• Time: 6/8

• Form: ABCB

• Pitches: beginners: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So

• Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do/Mi (M3), Re\Ti/Re (m3), Re/So (P4), Fa\Re (m3)

• Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: none; feeling duple meter in 6/8 where each beat is a dotted quarter, rhythmic changes with each verse’s lyrics, running eighth notes, syncopation

• Key Words: Nursery Rhymes: Old Mother Hubbard, Old King Cole, Little Bo Peep, Little Back Horner, Little Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble, Humpty Dumpty, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, Oh where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone, Yankee Doodle, A-tisket, A-tasket

**“Throw it Out the Window”**

	1.	Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To fetch her poor dog a bone, But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, So she threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window. But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, So she threw it out the window.

	2.	Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And threw them out the window. The window, the second-story window, He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And threw them out the window.

	3.	Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep, And doesn’t know where to find them; But leave them alone; when they come home, She’ll throw them out the window. The window, the second-story window, But leave them alone; when they come home, She’ll throw them out the window.

	4.	Little Jack Horner sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie; He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And threw it out the window.

	5.	Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; When along came a spider, who sat right down beside her, She threw him out the window. The window, the second-story window, When along came a spider, who sat right down beside her, She threw him out the window.

	6.	Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill threw it out the window.

	7.	Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack jumped over the candle stick. Jack jumped high, Jack jumped low. Jack jumped out the window! The window, the second-story window, Jack jumped high, Jack jumped low, Jack jumped out the window!

	8.	Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men… Threw him out the window! The window, the second-story window, All the King’s horses and all the King’s men… Threw him out the window!

	9.	Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater. Had a wife and couldn’t keep her, Put her in a pumpkin shell, And threw her out the window. The window, the second-story window, Put her in a pumpkin shell, And threw her out the window.

	10.	Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone Oh where, oh where can he be? With his ears cut short and his tail cut long, I’ll throw him out the window. The window, the second-story window, With his ears cut short and his tail cut long, I’ll throw him out the window.

	11.	Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, He stuck a feather in his cap, And he threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, He stuck a feather in his cap. And threw it out the window.

	12.	A-tisket, a-tasket, A green and yellow basket, I wrote a letter to my love, And threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, I wrote a letter to my love, And threw it out the window.

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Three Little Pigs

Singing octave harmonies.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta | ta/a/a |
| ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta/a ta | ta/a ti ti |
| ti ti ta/ |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do (So8 Fa8 Mi8 Re8 Do8 – octave harmony)
Intervals: advanced: So\Mi, Re/So, So\Do, Do/So, La/Do, So\Mi, So/So ascending dominate octave skip, octave harmonies
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; singing in octaves, tied notes, syncopation, pickup beat
Key Words: animal science, farming, character education, sow, pigs, piggies, animal sounds, pig sounds, oink, wee, skinny, lean, died, sad, sight, ought; contraction: oughta (ought to)

**“Three Little Pigs”**

	1.	Oh there was a sow who had three little pigs, There little piggies had she. The old sow always went “oink, oink, oink,” and the piggies went “wee, wee, wee-ee-ee.”
	2.	Now one day one of the three little pigs To the other two piggies said he, “Why don’t we always go oink, oink, oink? It’s so childish to go wee, wee, wee-ee-ee!”
	3.	These three piggies grew skinny and lean, Skinny they well should be, For they always would try to go “oink, oink, oink,” And they wouldn’t go “wee, wee, wee-ee-ee.”
	4.	Now there three piggies they up and they died. A very sad sight to see. So don’t ever try to go “oink, oink, oink,” When you oughta go “wee, wee, wee-ee-ee!”

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Three Blind Mice

Intermediate four part round with 6/8 syncopation,
multiple repeated signs, repeated melodic rhythm patterns,
and mastering the perfect fourth (P4) Do\So/Do.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: England – Traditional Round
Key: D Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCccA
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ta/ | ta/a (ti) (ti) |
| ta/ ti (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta/ (ta) ti | syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi/So, So/Do8,
Do8\So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; four part round, singing in parts, two repeated phrases (repeat signs), first and second endings, syncopation in 6/8, 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 geography: England; carving knife, such a sight; possessive: farmer’s wife
Recorder: intermediate: grades 3,4,5 – 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

**“Three Blind Mice”**
Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run, see how they run. They all ran after the farmer’s wife. She cut off their tails with the carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?

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Three Blind Mice

Four part round with advanced syncopation, a dotted eighth rest, triplets, and mastering the perfect fourth (P4) So/Do\So.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: England – Traditional Round
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCcca
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ta ta (ta) | ta ti/ ri ta (ta) | syncopation, | ta ti/ ri ta (ti/) ri | syncopation,
| ti/ ri ti-ti-ti ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti-ti-ti ti-ti-ti ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti-ti-ti ti-ti-ti ti-ti-ti ti/ ri | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi/So, So/Do8,
Do8\So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, dotted eighth; triplets, syncopation, four part round, singing in four parts, melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: world geography: England; carving knife, such a sight; possessive: farmer’s wife
Recorder: intermediate: grades 3,4,5 – dotted eighth rest, triplets, mastering the perfect fourth: tonic\dominate/tonic (C\G/C)

**“Three Blind Mice”**
Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run, see how they run. They all ran after the farmer’s wife. She cut off their tails with the carving knife, Did ever you see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?

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