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“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
In the Garden

"Choosing a Flower" Lyrics, Text Format

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Description

  • Grade: First
  • Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ta/a ti ti |
    |ta ti ta_ ti ti | ta/a (ti) (ti) | (_=fermata)
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa/Do, Do\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: allegretto; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo; fermata, repeat
  • Key Words: gardening, earth science, pansy, lily, tulip, flow’rs (flowers), choice

 

“Choosing a Flower” 

If among the garden flow’rs
A choice I had to make,
I would look a this,
I would look at that,
But a pansy I would take.

If among the garden flow’rs
A choice I had to make,
I would look a this,
I would look at that,
But a lily I would take.

If among the garden flow’rs
A choice I had to make,
I would look a this,
I would look at that,
But a tulip I would take.

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