“Kokoleoko” is like “cock-a-doodle-doo.”
Kokoleoko, Mama, Kokoleoko.
Kokoleoko, chicken crowing for day.
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I once heard at an Orff conference that “O Lebisibiyo” means “spoiled child.”
Mumukata, mukatama, O Lebisibiyo
Ye ye ye ye, O Lebisibiyo. (repeat)
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1. I pick up my hoe and I go (repeat twice)
And we’ll hoe and we’ll hoe and we’ll hoe.
2. I hoe where the young cotton grow (repeat twice)
And we’ll hoe and we’ll hoe and we’ll hoe.
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I was passing by
My brother called me in
And he said to me,
You better take time in life.
People take time in life (repeat twice)
‘Cause you got far way to go.
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Oh here sits a monkey in the chair chair chair
He lost all the true friends she had last year
So rise upon your feet and greet the first you meet,
the happiest one I know.
2. Here cries a bear behind a chair chair chair…the fuzziest one I know.
3. Here lies a bug under a rug rug rug…the littlest one I know.
4. Here comes a pup beside the pup pup pup…the cutest one I know.
Add different motions for “sits.”
Video example of adding motions.
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Here we go ’round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go ’round the mulberry bush so early in the morning.
This is the way we wash our face, wash our face, wash our face.
This is the way we comb our hair…
This is the way we brush our teeth…
This is the way we put on our clothes…
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We’re on the upward trail, We’re on the upward trail,
Singing singing, everybody singing as we go.
We’re on the upward trail, We’re on the upward trail,
Singing singing, everybody singing homeward bound.
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1. Can you dance Santy Mahoney (repeat twice)
And turn yourself about?
2. Put both your hands on your shoulders…
3. Bend yourself this way and that way…
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1. There was an old woman and she had a little pig. Oink, oink, oink.
There was an old woman and she had a little pig;
It didn’t cost much ’cause it wasn’t very big. Oink, oink, oink.
2. This little old woman kept the pig in the barn. Oink, oink, oink.
This little old woman kep the pig in the barn,
The prettiest thing she had on the farm. Oink, oink, oink.
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I will follow you, follow you, follow you;
I will follow you, follow you all day.
Motions on the steady beat:
Have students take turns leading the rest of the class in doing a motion on the steady beat.
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1. Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the tree.
“Now let us sing and dance and be merry!”
Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the tree.
2. Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the tree.
“Come to the fields so pleasant to see,
For springtime springtime comes merrily!”
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1. Now I love my little rooster and my rooster loves me.
I’m gonna cherish that rooster ‘neath the green bay tree.
My little rooster goes “cock-a-doodle-doo, doodle-doo, doodle-doo.”
2. And I love my little hen and my little hen loves me.
I’m gonna cherish that hen ‘neath the green bay tree.
My little hen goes “cluck cluck,”
My little rooster goes “cock-a-doodle-doo, doodle-doo, doodle-doo.”
3. And I love my little piggy and my piggy loves me.
I’m gonna cherish that piggy ‘neath the green bay tree.
My little pig goes “oink oink,” My little hen… My little rooster…
4. And I love my little duck and my duckling loves me,
I’m gonna cherish that duckling ‘neath the green bay tree.
My little duck goes “quack, quack,” My little pig… My little hen… My little rooster…
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1. Watchman makes night’s first round. Mother says, “What is that sound?”
Zing, zing, zing. Hear mosquitoes sing. Hear them zing, zing, zing…
2. Watchman makes second round. Father says, “What is that sound?”
Gih, gih, gih, calls the mouse to him.
Hear him gih, gih, gih…
3. Watchman makes night’s third round. Sister says, “What is that sound?”
Mew, mew, mew howls the cat outside.
Hear him mew, mew, mew…
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1. Dripping, dropping, never stopping, Rain, rain, rain!
Running down the windowpane, Little children want to play.
Slipping, sliding, ever gliding, Won’t you please to go away?
2. Dropping, dripping, ever slipping, Rain, rain, rain!
Who has bid you come again? Don’t you hear the children say,
Dropping, dripping, ever slipping, “Come again another day.”
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Clocks in steeps, clocks in towers,
Clocks in houses striking the hours;
Some are too fast, some are too slow,
Who shall say how the clocks shall go?
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For songs with an obvious steady beat, you could use:
For songs with no obvious steady beat, choose something with long, sustained tones:
Steady Beat
No Beat
Steady Beat
No Beat
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