Christmastime is Come Again

December 9, 2020, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

1. Christmas time is come again,
Christmas pleasures bringing;
Let us join our voices now,
And Christmas songs be singing.
Years ago, one starry night,
Thus the story’s given,
Angel bands o’er Bethlehem’s plains,
Sang the songs of heaven.

Refrain
Glory be to God on high!
Peace, good will to mortals!
Christ the Lord is born tonight,
Heav’n throws wide its portals.

2. Angels sang, let men reply,
And children raise their voices;
Raise the chorus loud and high,
Earth and Heav’n rejoices.
When we reach that happy place
Joyous praises bringing,
Then, before our Father’s face,
We shall still be singing. Refrain

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Cat Came Fiddling

December 19, 2016, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

A cat came fiddling out of a barn,
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm.
She could sing nothing but fiddle dee dee,
The mouse has married the bumblebee.
Pipe, cat; dance, mouse;
We’ll have a wedding at our good house.

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Little Peter Rabbit

March 7, 2016, 11:19 pm

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Lyrics

Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose, (repeat twice)
And he flicked it ’til it flew away.

Motions

rabbit = hands up on head like rabbit ears
nose = point to nose
flicked = flicking motion with fingers
flew = flap hands like wings

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Spring’s Message

May 8, 2016, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

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!”

Recorder Notes G,A,B,C,D’

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Three Blue Pigeons

October 27, 2016, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

1. Three blue pigeons
Sitting on a wall
Three blue pigeons
Sitting on a wall.

(Spoken) One flew away! Oooooooh!

2. Two blue pigeons…
3. One blue pigeon…
4. No blue pigeons… (Spoken) One flew back! Wheeeee!
5. One blue pigeon…

Continue adding and subtracting as desired…

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Three Chartreuse Buzzards

Three chartreuse buzzards, three chartreuse buzzards,
Sitting on a dead tree, sitting on a dead tree.

(Spoken) Oh Look! One has flown away! What a shame!

(Repeat song and either subtract another buzzard or add one – see below)

Two chartreuse buzzards…

(Spoken) Oh Look! One has returned! Let us rejoice!

Motions

Three (hold up 3 fingers)
Chartreuse (fingers curled up by mouth as teeth)
Buzzards (hunch shoulders, look mean)
Sitting on a dead tree (arms out like branches, head off to side)
Oh look! (shade eyes with hand)
One has flown away! (point to distance)
What a shame! (one hand at forehead in dramatic gesture)
One has returned! (beckoning motion)
Let us rejoice! (arms up in joy)

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Red are Strawberries

February 13, 2018, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

Red are strawberries, redder than red roses
Heigh ho tra-la-la, redder than red roses
Red are strawberries, redder than red roses
Green the leaves are falling

Deep in forests, deeper than the ocean
Heigh ho tra-la-la, deeper than the ocean
Deep in forests, deeper than the ocean
Green the leaves are falling

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Ame Ame (Amefuri)

December 29, 2018, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics – Transliteration

Ame ame fure fure kaasan ga
Janome de o-mukai ureshii na
Pitchi pitchi chappu chappu ran ran ran

Translation – Rain Rain

Rain, rain, fall fall, Mom
will meet me with an umbrella, it will be fun
Syllables imitate the sounds of rain.
(source)

Japanese – あめふり

あめあめふれふれかあさんが
じゃのめでおむかえうれしいな
ピッチピッチチャップチャップ
ランランラン

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Hippity Hop

August 12, 2021, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

Hippity hop to the barber shop
To get a stick of candy
One for you and one for me,
And one for brother Andy.

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That’s a Mighty Pretty Motion

August 24, 2021, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

That’s a mighty pretty motion, Dee di dee,
That’s a mighty pretty motion, Dee di dee,
That’s a mighty pretty motion, Dee di dee,
Rise sugar rise.

That’s a mighty poor motion, Dee di dee,
That’s a mighty poor motion, Dee di dee,
That’s a mighty poor motion, Dee di dee,
Rise sugar rise.

Recorder notes G,A,B,D’

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Formation: Students stand in a circle with one student (“It”) standing in the middle.

As students sing, “It” makes motions / dance steps (to the steady beat) while other students either clap the steady beat or copy It’s motions. On the last phrase, “Rise sugar rise,” It chooses another student to become the new It.

For verse 2, the new It can do silly motions while students sing, “That’s a mighty poor motion.”

Or, you can continue to sing the first verse again.

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Apple Tree chant

September 20, 2020, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

Here is the tree with leaves so green.
Here are the apples that hang between.
When the wind blows the apples fall.
Here is a basket to gather them all.

Motions

Line 1 – Make a tree with arms
Line 2 – Make fists
Line 3 – Wave arms, then let fists fall suddenly
Line 4 – Link hands to make a basket

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My Aunt Jane

December 25, 2016, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

My Aunt Jane, she took me in,
She gave me tea out of her wee tin.
Half a bap with sugar on the top,
Three black lumps out of her wee shop.

My Aunt Jane, she’s awful smart,
She bakes wee rings in an apple tart.
And when Halloween comes around,
For next that tart I’m always found.

My Aunt Jane has a bell on the door,
A white stone step and a clean swept floor.
Candy apples, hard green pears,
Conversation lozenges.

My Aunt Jane, she can dance a jig,
Sing a song ‘round a sweetie pig.
Wee red eyes and a cord for a tail,
Hanging in a bunch from a crooked nail.

My Aunt Jane she never cross,
She paid five shillings for an old wooden horse.
She jumped on its back, the bones let a crack,
You’ll play the fiddle till I get back.

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Los esqueletos

October 3, 2018, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

1. Cuando el reloj marca la una
Los esqueletos salen de su tumba,
Tumba, tumba, tumba, ba
Tumba, tumba, tumba, ba

2. Cuando el reloj marca las dos
Dos esqueletos comen arroz
Tumba…

3. Cuando el reloj marca las tres
Tres esqueletos se vuelven al revés
Tumba…

4. Cuando el reloj marca las cuatro
Cuatro esqueletos van al teatro
Tumba…

5. Cuando el reloj marca las cinco
Cinco esqueletos se pegan un brinco
Tumba…

6. Cuando el reloj marca las seis
Seis esqueletos se ponen el jersey
Tumba…

7. Cuando el reloj marca las siete
Siete esqueletos se montan en cohete
Tumba…

8. Cuando el reloj marca las ocho
Ocho esqueletos comen bizcocho
Tumba…

9. Cuando el reloj marca las nueve
Nueve esqueletos todos se mueven
Tumba…

10. Cuando el reloj marca las diez
Diez esqueletos se duermen otra vez.
Tumba…

Translation

1. When the clock strikes one,
The skeletons come out of their tomb
Tomb, tomb, tomb, ba…

2. When the clock strikes two,
The skeletons eat rice
Tomb…

3. When the clock strikes three,
The skeletons turn upside down
Tomb…

4. When the clock strikes four,
The skeletons go to the theater
Tomb…

5. When the clock strikes five,
The skeletons jump
Tomb…

6. When the clock strikes six,
The skeletons put on a jersey
Tomb…

7. When the clock strikes seven,
The skeletons ride a rocket,
Tomb…

8. When the clock strikes eight,
The skeletons eat a biscuit
Tomb…

9. When the clock strikes nine,
The skeletons all move
Tomb…

10. When the clock strikes ten,
The skeletons to sleep again
Tomb…

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Halloween Rhythms

September 27, 2021, 11:00 pm

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Halloween Rhythm Visuals

Halloween Rhythm Composition

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Naass naass Blieder

May 12, 2020, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

Naass naass Blieder, haut ass elle Wieder.
De Reemännche schläicht ëm d’Haus
A schëtt seng grousseg Eem’ren aus.
Op wien? Op wien? Op dech, dech, dech!

Translation – Wet wet Leaves

Wet wet leaves, today is bad weather.
The rain man sneaks around the house
And pours out his big buckets.
On whom? On whom? On you, you, you!

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Down to the Baker’s Shop

November 7, 2021, 11:00 pm

≫ Next: Dva pivnyky (Два півники)

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Lyrics

Down to the baker’s shop, hop hop hop!
For my mother said, “Buy a loaf of bread,”
Down to the baker’s shop, hop hop hop!

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Dva pivnyky (Два півники)

September 6, 2019, 7:50 am

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Lyrics – Transliteration

1. Dva pivnyky, dva pivnyky
Horokh molotyly,
Dvi kurochky-chubarochky
Do mlyna nosyly.

Tsap mele, tsap mele,
Koza pidsypaye,
A malenʹke kozenyatko
Na skripochtsi hraye.

2. Tantsyuy, tantsyuy, kozyulenʹko,
Nizhenʹkamy — tup, tup!
Tatusenʹko z matuseyu
Prynesutʹ nam krup, krup.

A vovchok-siryachok
Z lisu vyhlyadaye
Ta na bile kozenyatko
Pylʹno pohlyadaye.

Translation – Two Roosters

Two roosters, two roosters
Were threshing peas
Two chubby hens
Took it to the mill.

Chicken meal, chicken meal,
The goat is pouring
And a little kid
Playing on the fiddle.

Dance, dance, goat, dance
To the melody
Dad and her mother
Bring us grains and grains.

And the wolf
Looks out of the woods
And on the white goat
He looks good.

Ukrainian – Два півники

1. Два півники, два півники
Горох молотили,
Дві курочки-чубарочки
До млина носили.

Цап меле, цап меле,
Коза підсипає,
А маленьке козенятко
На скріпочці грає.

2. Танцюй, танцюй, козюленько,
Ніженьками — туп, туп!
Татусенько з матусею
Принесуть нам круп, круп.

А вовчок-сірячок
З лісу виглядає
Та на біле козенятко
Пильно поглядає.

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Bigi kaiman

February 17, 2021, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics (Sranan Tongo)

Bigi kaiman, kaiman, kaiman,
Bigi kaiman djomp’a liba bari tjoewe-tjoewe. (repeat)

A bari tjoewe-tjoewe. A bari tjoewe-tjoewe.
Bigi kaiman djomp’a liba bari tjoewe-tjoewe. (repeat)

Translation – Big Caiman*

Big caiman, caiman, caiman,
Big caiman jumped into the river shouting, “Beware, beware!” (repeat)

He shouted “Beware, beware!” He shouted “Beware, beware!”
Big caiman jumped into the river shouting, “Beware, beware!” (repeat)
(source)

*A caiman is similar to an alligator or crocodile.

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The Horse Went Around

February 10, 2021, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground,
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground,
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground,
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the ground.

Refrain (spoken)
Same song, second verse,
A little bit faster and a little bit worse!

Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off the —- Refrain

Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot off — —- Refrain

Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —-
Oh the horse went around with his foot — — —- Refrain

Continue singing each verse (faster) and omitting one more word each time until the whole song is performed silently.

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Backe backe Kuchen

February 3, 2021, 11:00 pm

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Lyrics

Backe, backe Kuchen,
Der Bäcker hat gerufen!
Wer will gute Kuchen backen,
Der muss haben sieben Sachen:
Eier und Schmalz,
Butter und Salz,
Milch und Mehl,
Safran macht den Kuchen gehl (gelb),
Schieb in den Ofen ‘rein.

Translation

Bake, bake a cake
The baker has called!
He who wants to bake good cakes
Must have seven things:
Eggs and lard,
Butter and salt,
Milk and flour,
Saffron makes the cake yellow!
Shove it into the oven.
(source)

Hand-Clapping

Similar to Pat-a-Cake, this song can be clapped on the steady beat.

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