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"Looby Loo" Lyrics, Text Format

Practicing tonic intervals, stepping down from the 6th (La) to the tonic (Do), and stepping up with syncopation.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: English Singing Game
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD (4 measure phrases) ABA (8 measure phrases)
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/a/a |
    | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/_a ti | ta ti ta ti | ta (ti) ta/ |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, So/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; tied notes, refrain/verse, D.C. al Fine, Fine
  • Key Words: learning left and right, physical science, parts of the body, hand, foot, Saturday, whole self, body, shake, turn about

“Looby Loo” 

Refrain
Here we go looby loo,
Here we go looby light,
Here we go looby loo,
All on a Saturday night.
1. I put my right hand in,
I take my right hand out,
I give my head a shake, shake, shake,
And turn myself about. Oh,
Refrain
2.
I put my left hand in,
I take my left hand out,
I give my head a shake, shake, shake,
And turn myself about. Oh,
Refrain
3. I put my right foot in,
I take my right foot out,
I give my head a shake, shake, shake,
And turn myself about. Oh,
Refrain
4. I put my left hand in,
I take my left hand out,
I give my head a shake, shake, shake,
And turn myself about. Oh,
Refrain
5. I put my whole self in,
I take my whole self out,
I give my head a shake, shake, shake,
And turn myself about. Oh,
Refrain
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