Throw it Out the Window -

A vocabulary builder with challenging rhythm changes to words most students will recognize.

Description

• Third (3)

• Origin: United States: Nursery Rhyme Parody

• Key: F Major

• Time: 6/8

• Form: ABCB

• Pitches: beginners: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So

• Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do/Mi (M3), Re\Ti/Re (m3), Re/So (P4), Fa\Re (m3)

• Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: none; feeling duple meter in 6/8 where each beat is a dotted quarter, rhythmic changes with each verse’s lyrics, running eighth notes, syncopation

• Key Words: Nursery Rhymes: Old Mother Hubbard, Old King Cole, Little Bo Peep, Little Back Horner, Little Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble, Humpty Dumpty, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, Oh where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone, Yankee Doodle, A-tisket, A-tasket

**“Throw it Out the Window”**

	1.	Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To fetch her poor dog a bone, But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, So she threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window. But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, So she threw it out the window.

	2.	Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And threw them out the window. The window, the second-story window, He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And threw them out the window.

	3.	Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep, And doesn’t know where to find them; But leave them alone; when they come home, She’ll throw them out the window. The window, the second-story window, But leave them alone; when they come home, She’ll throw them out the window.

	4.	Little Jack Horner sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie; He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And threw it out the window.

	5.	Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; When along came a spider, who sat right down beside her, She threw him out the window. The window, the second-story window, When along came a spider, who sat right down beside her, She threw him out the window.

	6.	Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill threw it out the window.

	7.	Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack jumped over the candle stick. Jack jumped high, Jack jumped low. Jack jumped out the window! The window, the second-story window, Jack jumped high, Jack jumped low, Jack jumped out the window!

	8.	Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men… Threw him out the window! The window, the second-story window, All the King’s horses and all the King’s men… Threw him out the window!

	9.	Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater. Had a wife and couldn’t keep her, Put her in a pumpkin shell, And threw her out the window. The window, the second-story window, Put her in a pumpkin shell, And threw her out the window.

	10.	Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone Oh where, oh where can he be? With his ears cut short and his tail cut long, I’ll throw him out the window. The window, the second-story window, With his ears cut short and his tail cut long, I’ll throw him out the window.

	11.	Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, He stuck a feather in his cap, And he threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, He stuck a feather in his cap. And threw it out the window.

	12.	A-tisket, a-tasket, A green and yellow basket, I wrote a letter to my love, And threw it out the window. The window, the second-story window, I wrote a letter to my love, And threw it out the window.

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