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"Pease Porridge Hot" Lyrics, Text Format

Clapping game introducing the half note.

 

Description

  • Grade: Kindergarten
  • Origin: England, Nursery Rhyme Game
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABAB
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ti ti ta |
    | ta ta ta (ta) |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re So La
  • Intervals: beginners: Do/So, So\Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter
  • Key Words: world geography: England, porridge, hot, cold, pot, nine, days, old, clapping song, Mother Goose

“Pease Porridge Hot” 

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

Game Instructions
Rhyme
Movements
Pease
clap both hands to thighs
porridge
clap own hands together
hot,
clap partner’s hands
pease
clap both hands to thighs
porridge
clap own hands together
cold,
clap partner’s hands
Pease
clap thighs
porridge
clap own hands
in the
clap right hands only
pot
clap own hands
nine
clap left hands only
days
clap own hands
old.
clap partner’s hands
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