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Songs with Half, Dotted Half & Whole Rests
Songs with Half Rests Armenian Lullaby Backwater Blues Black Snake Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train (recorder part) Come and Go With Me to that Land Darkness There (adapted version) Hop Old Squirrel...
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Songs with Eighth & Sixteenth Rests
Songs with Eighth Rests Aloha Nu’uanu BINGO Cat Came Fiddling Dayenu Dreidel Song Dva Pivnyky El yiv’neh hagalil Every Time I Feel the Spirit Father Abraham Good Morning Goodbye Julie Gut Shabbes Euch...
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There Was a Great Big Moose
Lyrics 1. There was a great big moose (repeat) He liked to drink a lot of juice. (repeat) (Repeat) Refrain Singing oh way oh, (repeat) Way oh, way oh, way oh, way oh, (repeat) Way oh, way oh, (repeat)...
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My Dame Hath a Lame Tame Crane
Lyrics My dame hath a lame tame crane,My dame hath a crane that is lame,Pray gentle Jane, let my dame’s lame tame craneFeed and come home again. Motions “Dame” = Curtsy (or, if sitting, put both hands...
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Here is the Sea
Lyrics (Australian folk song) Here is the sea, the wavy sea,Here is a boat and here is me.Here are the fishes way down below,Wiggle their tails and away they go. See also Australian folk songssongs...
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Rhythmic Dictation
Visuals & Assessment (See downloads at bottom of page. Each number has a corresponding button.) Other Worksheets / Assessments (Available on other pages. Click each image to access.) See also...
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Weather Song
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. This is the way sunshine comes down,Sweetly, sweetly falling,So it chases the clouds away,So it wakes the beautiful day,This is the way sunshine comes down,Sweetly, sweetly...
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Peas and the Rice
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Peas and the rice, peas and the rice,Peas and the rice, done, done, done, done,Peas and the rice, Peas and the rice, done, done, done, done,New rice and okra, eat some and...
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Johnny’s My Boy
Lyrics (Folk song from Ghana & Cameroon) Johnny’s my boy, I sent him to schoolTo learn how to spell John Bull,Johnny, Johnny, Johnny See also folk songs from Ghanafolk songs from Cameroonsongs...
View ArticleBow-Wow Says the Dog
Lyrics (Traditional Nursery Rhyme) Bow-wow, says the dog,Meow, meow, says the cat,Grunt, grunt, goes the frog,And a-squeak goes the rat.Tu-whu, says the owl,Caw, caw, says the crow,Quack, quack, says...
View ArticleTape des Mains
Excerpt Info What a super-fun rhythm piece from the Congo! The best way to experience this is to play the YouTube video (below) and have the students play along. (You could also play any 4/4 rhythm...
View ArticleEverybody’s Welcome
Lyrics (American folk song) Everybody’s welcome, yes, yes, welcome!Everybody’s welcome, come along and go. Oh glory, hallelujah!Oh glory come along and go. See also welcome songs name songs songs for...
View ArticleLet Me Fly
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) 1. Way down yonder in the middle of the field,Angel workin’ on the chariot wheel.Not so particular ‘bout workin’ at the wheel,But I just want-a see how the chariot...
View ArticleVindum vindum vefjum band
Lyrics – Icelandic (Folk song from Iceland) Vindum, vindum, vefjum band,vefjum fallegt húfuband,fyrir Önnu höfuð hneigja,fyrir Önnu hné sín beygja.Svo skal Anna snúa sér. English Translation – Wind,...
View ArticleLittle White Daisies
Lyrics (African American folk song) 1. (Person 1) is her first name, first name, first name(Person 1) is her first name among the little white daisies. 2. (Person 1) is her second name… 3. (Person 2)...
View ArticleBig Fat Biscuit
Lyrics (Folk song) Big fat biscuit, chew-ba-loo, Just from the oven, chew-ba-loo, Jump over yonder, chew-ba-loo. Game Formation: Small group of students stand in a line. On the last word of the song or...
View ArticleSong of the Snowflakes
Info Song of the Snowflakes was performed by Molly Pomona, a basket weaver of the Mono Tribe in North Folk, California (USA). It was recorded by Albert Pietroforte in 1959. Lyrics (Native American folk...
View ArticleJeremiah Blow the Fire
Lyrics (Folk song) Jeremiah, blow the fire,Puff, puff, puff!First you blow it very gently,Then you blow it rough! Circle Singing Game Formation: Students hold hands while standing in a circle. Measures...
View ArticleCan You Walk on Tiptoe
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Can you walk on tiptoe,As softly as a cat?And can you stamp along the road,Stamp, stamp, just like that? Can you take some great big strides,Just like a giant can?Or walk...
View ArticleSounds of the Singing School
Lyrics Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876) Part INow for a song of the singing school,And the sounds you there may hear,Of the do re mi and the G A Band the voices ringing clear. Part IILa la la la la la la la...
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