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I Am A Young Musician

"I Am A Young Musician," Lyrics, Text Format
"I Am A Young Musician," Lyrics, Text Format

Beginning syncopation, tonic arpeggio,
and making vocal sounds for instruments:
drum, fiddle, French horn, clarinet, guitar, flute.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: Traditional
  • Key: F Major 
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: AABCb
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti | ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta (ti) ti ri | syncopation,
    | ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation
  • Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Mi/So (m3), Do\So/Do (P4), Fa\Re (m3), Do/So8 (P5), Re/So8(P4), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, melodic rhythm patterns, syncopation 
  • Key Words: world geography: London, Berlin (Germany), Paris (France); vocal sounds of instruments, sounding like instruments: drum, fiddle (violin/viola), French horn, clarinet, guitar, flute; instrument families: percussion, strings, brass, woodwinds; skipping, singing, swaying, playing, musician, traveled, toot, silver flute; contraction: you’ve (you have), I’ve (I have)
  • Recorder: intermediate: introducing B flat


“I Am A Young Musician” 
1.
 I am a young musician, from London I have come,
And I can play sweet music upon my little drum.
Trr-um-pum pum, trr-um-pum pum,
Trr-um-pum pum, trr-um-pum pum.
Skipping and playing, singing and swaying,
Trr-um-pum pum, trr-um-pum pum,
Trr-um-pum pum pum pum!
2.
 I am a young musician, I come from old Berlin,
And I can play sweet music upon my violin,
Fiddle-dee-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee-dee,
Fiddle-dee-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee-dee.
Skipping and playing, singing and swaying,
Fiddle-dee-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee-dee,
Fiddle-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
3. I am a young musician, in Paris I was born,
And I can play sweet music upon my big French horn,
Baw-baw-baw-baw-baw, baw-baw-baw-baw-baw,
Baw-baw-baw-baw-baw, baw-baw-baw-baw-baw.
Skipping and playing, singing and swaying,
Baw-baw-baw-baw-baw, baw-baw-baw-baw-baw,
Baw-baw-baw-baw-baw-baw-baw!
4. I am a young musician, the best you’ve ever met,
And I can play sweet music upon my clarinet,
Doodle-doo-doo-doo, doodle-doo-doo-doo,
Doodle-doo-doo-doo, doodle-doo-doo-doo.
Skipping and playing, singing and swaying,
Doodle-doo-doo-doo, doodle-doo-doo-doo,
Doodle-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
5. I am a young musician, I’ve traveled very far,
And I can play sweet music upon my fine guitar,
Plunky-plunk-plunk-plunk, plunky-plunk-plunk-plunk,
Plunky-plunk-plunk-plunk, plunky-plunk-plunk-plunk.
Skipping and playing, singing and swaying,
Plunky-plunk-plunk-plunk, plunky-plunk-plunk-plunk,
Plunky-plunk-plunk-plunk-plunk-plunk!
6. I am a young musician, just listen to me toot,
And I can play sweet music upon my silver flute,
Tooty-toot-toot-toot, tooty-toot-toot-toot,
Tooty-toot-toot-toot, tooty-toot-toot-too.
Skipping and playing, singing and swaying,
Tooty-toot-toot-toot, tooty-toot-toot-toot, Tooty-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot!
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