Feeling 2 beats in 6/8 time, changing rhythms to match syllables in each verse, and learning the days of the week.
Description
- Grade: First
- Origin: Traditional English Game Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti |syncopation,
| ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta ti ta ti | ta/ ta/ | - Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi So
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio (V, C), So/Do, Re\So
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; common ending: 5-6-7-1, So-La-Ti-Do, vocal slur
- Key Words: sacred, days of the week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, play song, mulberry bush, daily chores, washing clothes, ironing clothes, mending clothes, sweep, scrub, bake bread, church
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Here we go round the mulberry bush, |
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This is the way we wash our clothes, |
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3. | This is the way we iron our clothes, iron our clothes, iron our clothes. This is the way we iron our clothes, So early Tuesday morning. |
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4. | This is the way we mend our clothes, mend our clothes, mend our clothes. This is the way we mend our clothes, So early Wednesday morning. |
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5. | This is the way we sweep the floor, sweep the floor, sweep the floor. This is the way we sweep the floor, So early Thursday morning. |
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6. | This is the way we scrub the floor, scrub the floor, scrub the floor. This is the way we scrub the floor, So early Friday morning. |
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7. | This is the way we bake our bread, bake our bread, bake our bread. This is the way we bake our bread, So early Saturday morning. |
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8. | This is the way we go to church, go to church, go to church. This is the way we go to church, So early Sunday morning. |
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