The Bold Snow-Man -

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

Challenging intervals with all the pitches of the major scale.

Grade: First Grade
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ti ti ta | ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: advanced: So\Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, La\Re, Re/Ti, Do\So, La\Re, Re/So, So\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; dynamics: mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, crescendo, decrescendo; tempo: con expressione (with expression)
Key Words: snowman, sturdy, grand, thro’ (through), frozen, winter, bold, melting, feeble, shrank, sank, limp, lank, ’tis (it is), wept
Recorder: challenging recorder selection once the Beginning Color Coded Recorder Songs are mastered

**“The Bold Snow-Man”**

		1.	There he stood, the snow-man. Oh! the sturdy snowman. Grand and white Thro’ the night, Frozen quite. “I am bold in the cold!” Thought the snowman.

		2.	Melting stood the snowman. Such a feeble snowman! Then he shrank Till he sank Limp and lank. “Bold I’m not when it’s hot!” Wept the snowman.

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