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Skipping in 6/8 time with a quarter followed by an eighth.
Description
- Grade: Second
- Origin: England – 17th Century English Rhyme
- Key: C Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: ABCD (4 measures) AB (8 measures)
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ti ti ti ta ti |
ta/ ta ti | ti (ti) (ti) ta ti | ta/ ta/ | - Pitches: advanced: So Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re – wide range
- Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, So\Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, So/Do, Do/La, La\Re, Re/Fa, Do/Do ascending octave skip, Do\La, Ti\So, So/Do8, Ti/Re8, Re8\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; descending tonic arpeggio, ascending tonic octave skip, extending the vocal range
- Key Words: nursery rhyme, cobbler, bench, chased, weasel, monkey, thought, sigh, patience, by and by, nickel, spool, thread, sewing, regal; contractions; I’ve (I have), ’twas (it was); possessive: cobbler’s
A seemingly nonsense rhyme with many interpretations. Excellent for class discussion. In the United States the first verse represents children working in the fabric shops prior to the industrial revolution; chasing yarn balls.
| 1. | All around the cobbler’s bench, The monkey chased the weasel, The monkey thought ’twas all in fun, Pop! goes the weasel! I’ve no time to wait and sigh, No patience to wait till by and by, So kiss me quick, I’m off, goodbye, Pop! goes the weasel! |
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A nickel for a spool of thread, |
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