“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
At the Farm
At the Farm
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Sounding sleepy with andantino sostenuto and poco ritardando.
Description
- Grade: First
- Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AAB
- Rhythm: beginners: ti | ta ti ta ti | ( 6 | 1/2 3 4/5 6 |)
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\So, La\Fa, Mi/So, So\Mi, Do/So
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; repeat signs, pickup beat, multiple endings (4), poco ritardando; tempo: andantino sostenuto/sustained (78-83 BPM); dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, piano/soft, crescendo, decrescendo
- Key Words: farm life, animals, animal sounds: dog (bow-wow), chicks (peep-peep), kittens (mew-mew); downy, bedtime, sleep; abbreviation: ’tis (it is)
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‘Tis bedtime for the doggy now. “Good-night” he says with “Bow-wow-wow!” “Good-night” he says with “Bow-wow-wow!” |
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The downy chicks must go to sleep. “Good-night they say with “peep-peep-peep!” “Good-night they say with “peep-peep-peep!” |
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| 3. | To bed must go the kittens too. “Good-night” they say with “Mew-mew-mew!” “Good-night” they say with “Mew-mew-mew!” |
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| 4. | “Good-night,” “Mew-mew,” Good-night,” “Peep-peep,” “Bow-wow,” “Good-night and happy sleep! “Good-night good-night and happy sleep!” |
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