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St. Paul’s Steeple

"St. Paul's Steeple" Lyrics, Text Format


Singing the descending C Major scale, with arpeggios
built on the tonic I7, second II7, and fourth IV7.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: England – Folk Song
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABC
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
    | ta/a (ta) ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do – singing the descending C Major scale
  • Intervals: advanced: Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Do\La\Fa\Re descending II7 (Dm7) arpeggio, Re/Ti, Ti\So\Mi\Do descending I7 (CM7) arpeggio, Do/Mi, La\Re, Do\So\Mi descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/Fa/La ascending IV7 (FM7)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; rest: quarter; pickup beat, stepping down the C Major scale, ascending tonic octave skip, I7, II7, and IV7 arpeggios
  • Key Words: world geography, London, England, Steeple of St Paul, Catholic Church, English rhyme, apples, tree, hooks, hedge, London Bridge, harvesting apples, picking apples, apple picking

  • Recorder: advanced: practicing the descending C Major scale, ascending tonic octave skip C/C, and arpeggios: I7, II7, and IV7


“St. Paul’s Steeple” 

Upon Paul’s steeple stands a tree,
As full of apples as can be.
The little boys of London Town
They run with hooks to pull them down;
And then they run from hedge to hedge
Until they come to London Bridge.
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