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Kokoleoko
“Kokoleoko” is like “cock-a-doodle-doo.” Lyrics Kokoleoko, Mama, Kokoleoko. Kokoleoko, chicken crowing for day. Song pdf & Orff Arrangement below...
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O Lebisibiyo
I once heard at an Orff conference that “O Lebisibiyo” means “spoiled child.” Lyrics Mumukata, mukatama, O Lebisibiyo Ye ye ye ye, O Lebisibiyo. (repeat) Song pdf, Lesson ideas and Orff Arrangement...
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I Pick Up My Hoe
Lyrics 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. more folk...
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Take Time in Life
Lyrics 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. Chords, Visual aid ostinato &...
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Here Sits a Monkey
Lyrics 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...
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Mulberry Bush
Lyrics 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...
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Upward Trail
Lyrics 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...
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Santy Maloney
Lyrics 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… Song pdf & My adapted version for...
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Old Woman and the Pig
Lyrics 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...
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Follow the Leader
Lyrics 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...
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Spring’s Message
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...
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My Little Rooster
Lyrics 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...
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Village Watchman
Lyrics 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...
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Links Colored Rhythm Cards Note Cards Note Pizzas Upper Elementary Rhythm Practice Cards Songs with Sixteenth Notes Sixteenth Note Rhythm Patterns Sixteenth Note Game Songs with Sixteenth Note...
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Rain
Lyrics 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,...
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The Clocks of Rondaine
Lyrics 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? Links more steady beat songs more songs for...
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Black and White Rhythm Note Cards
Links colored rhythm cards rhythm note cards rhythm flash cards note pizzas Below: Printable (pdf) and digital (ppt) visuals Log In Register The post Black and White...
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Music Math Rhythm Cards
Music Math Links note cards colored note cards note flash cards black and white note cards Music Math Worksheets / Assessments Rhythmic Content index Below:...
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Music Math Worksheets / Assessments
How Many Beats? Worksheet / Assessment Music Math Worksheet / Assessment 1 Music Math Worksheet / Assessment 2 Links music math rhythm cards 3rd Grade Rhythm Lessons & Resources 4th Grade...
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Beat vs. No Beat
Beat vs. No Beat Play keyboard examples of songs with an obvious steady beat (i.e. march) and long, sustained tones for examples with “no beat.” Or… play recordings while students circle...
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