Dancing around the 5th (So) and skipping home to 1 (Do).
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- Grade: First
- Origin: English Singing Game
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti ta |
| ti ti ta ti ti ta
| ta ta ti \ta |
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Re, Re/So, So\Mi, Mi\Do
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; tied notes, centered around the 5th (So) until the last note
- Key Words: geography, Great Britain, England, London, play song, play ground song, science, metals, iron, silver, gold, salutation: my fair lady, Tower of London, arch, arch bridge
Game instructions:
- Two students join hands high to form an arch bridge.
- The remaining students march under the bridge while singing the first verse.
- At the last word, the arms of the bridge are lowered to capture the student passing under the bridge.
- The captured students are kept in an area known as "Tower of London."
- When the last student is caught, the bridge chases all students to capture the students who will build the next bridge.
Also known as "My Fair Lady."
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"London Bridge"
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London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady |
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Build it up with iron bars,
Iron bars, iron bars.
Build it up with iron bars,
My fair lady. |
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Iron bars will bend and break,
Bend and break, bend and break.
Iron bars will bend and break,
My fair lady. |
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Build it up with silver and gold,
Silver and gold, silver and gold,
Build it up with silver and god,
My fair lady. |
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