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I Had a Little Rooster

"I Had a Little Rooster" Lyrics, Text Format
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Intermediate syncopation in 6/8, practicing the major
sixth Do/La, with repeated melodic rhythm patterns.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: USA – Folk Song
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti ri ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ta ti ri ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ri ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/La (M6), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi, Do/Fa, Do8\La, La\Fa
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, tonic arpeggio, syncopation
  • Key Words: USA, farm animals, animal science, farm animal sounds, rooster, hen (cluck), duck (quack), pig (oink), lamb (baa), turkey (goggle), cow (moo); barnyard, playmate


“I Had a Little Rooster” 
1.
 I had a little rooster by the barnyard gate,
And that little rooster is my playmate,
And that little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo,
Doo doo, doo-doo, doo–doodle-doo!
2.
 I have a little hen by the barnyard gate,
And that little hen is my playmate,
And that little hen goes cluck-a-cluck-a-cluck,
Cluck-cluck, cluck-cluck, cluck-cluck-a-cluck.
3. I have a little duck by the barnyard gate,
And that little duck is my playmate,
And that little duck goes quack-a-quack-a-quack,
Quack-quack, quack-quack, quack-quack-a-quack.
4. I have a little pig by the barnyard gate,
And that little pig is my playmate,
And that little pig goes oink-a-oink-a-oink,
Oink-oink, oink-oink, oink-oink-a-oink.
5. I have a little lamb by the barnyard gate,
And that little lamb is my playmate,
And that little lamb goes baa-baa-baa-baa.
Baa-baa, baa-baa, baa-baa, baa-baa.
6. I have a little turkey by the barnyard gate,
And that little turkey is my playmate,
And that little turkey goes gobble, gobble, gob.
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gob-gob.
7. I have a little cow by the barnyard gate,
And that little cow is my playmate,
And that little cow goes moo-moo-moo-moo,
Moo-moo, moo-moo, moo-moo, moo-moo.
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