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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