“Song of a Little Child’s Day”
Fair Days and Stormy
Fair Days and Stormy
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Advanced intervals and an excellent vocabulary builder!
Description
- Grade: First
- Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
- Key: G Major
- Time: 3/8
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti | ti ti ti | ti/ ri ti | ta/ |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Ti/Re, Do/Mi, Re/Fa, Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do, Re\La, La/Re, Do/So, So\Re, Do/La
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rests: whole, quarter; tempo: with spirit; dynamics: piano/soft, crescendo, decrescendo, accent, repeat, multiple endings, pickup beat
- Key Words: earth science, seasons, blew, worker, treetops, to and fro, spread, sails, miller, haste, logger, windmill, grind, grain, kites, frolic, ev’ry (every), aloft
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The wind blew low, the wind blew high, And sang “a worker strong am I! I sway the treetops to and fro, I dry the clothes as I blow, blow, blow.” |
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| 2. | “The ships are waiting on the sea, They spread their big white sails for me! For I, the wind, make ships to go Across the waves as I blow, blow, blow.” |
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| 3. | “Good Miller, haste to start your mill! No logger need the wheels stand still, I’ll push the windmill’s sails and go We’ll grind the grain as I blow, blow, blow.” |
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| 4. | “Come children bring your kites to fly! We’ll have a frolic you and I. For ev’ry kite aloft shall go, And sail and sail as I blow, blow, blow” |
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