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Melody Review: Re
Rhythm Review: Eighth notes and half notes
Other Song Background
Other info:
2
4
Bye, bye, ba by, ba by, bye;
Background Information
Mrs. Thomas, the singer, who was 85 years old, lived by herself in a small log cabin in the woods.
When we came upon her she was singing to sleep her grand-niece, a little baby of 2 months old.
It made a lovely picture, and the crooning song, though very simple, sounded very beautiful.
Song Analysis Table:
Tone Set M, L, DRM, L
Range P11
Rhythm Set
Melody Review: Mi
Rhythm Review: Syncopation
Other Can be sung in a 4-part canon
My Paddle
Words and music: Source:
Margaret Embers McGee, 1918 Edward Bolkovac and Judith Johnson
150 Rounds for Singing and Teaching
New York: Boosey and Hawkes, 1996
2
4
My pad dle's keen and bright, flash ing with sil ver,
Fol low the wild goose flight, dip, dip, and swing.
Melody Review: D – T – L
Rhythm Review: Sixteenth note with eighth note
Other Spiritual
I Got a Letter
Source:
Nicholas G.J. Ballanta-Taylor
St. Helena Island Spirituals
Boston, Mass.: G. Schirmer, 1925
Solo
2
Group
4
I got a let ter this morn in', Oh, yes,
Solo
Group
Melody Review: La
Rhythm Review: Rests
Other Can be performed as a game
4
Solo Group Solo Group (etc.)
4
Is this door locked?_ No, child, no! Is this door locked?_ No, child, no.
Won't you let the bird ie out? No, child, no. Won't you let your bird ie out?_ No, child, no.
I'll give you a piece of sweet bread, No, child, no. I'll give you a piece of bis cuit, No, child, no.
Won't you let the bird ie out? No, child, no. Won't you let your bird ie out?_ No, child, no.
Game Directions
Formation: A ring of children stand holding hands tightly, with one (the "birdie") in the center
Action: The Birdie sings the call while going around the circle, testing the grip of each pair of hands, then
trying to break through the hands on the downbeat of each question.
All in the circle sing response.
The lead should be sung vigorously and ad lib, with any phrases or questions that come to mind,
throughout the whole game; the answering chant is crisp.
When the birdie finds a weak spot, he just breaks out.
Song Analysis Table:
Tone Set Do (Pentatonic Scale)
Range M6 (Do-La)
Rhythm Set
Melody Review: Re
Rhythm Review: Half notes and dotted-eighth sixteenth notes
Other Can be performed as a game
Wall Flowers
Informant/Performer: Source:
The Clancy children So Early In the Morning
Carrick-on-Sur, Tipperary, Ireland, 1980s Tradition Records TR 1034
Collected by Diane Hamilton
2
4
Wall flo wers, wall flo wers, grow ing up so high,
3
4
Call to Jean nie But ler's house, she has no re la tions,
[student's name] [he]
2
4
She may tick and tack and turn her back and kiss the con gre ga tion.
[He] [wave to]
Game Directions
Children move in a circle, holding hands. Each player is "named" in succession. The named player drops
hands and turns outward in circle and takes hands again, and so on until all are turned outward.
Song Analysis Table:
Tone Set Do (Major Scale)
Range P8 (Do-Do)
Rhythm Set
Melody Review: Ti
Rhythm Review: Sixteenth note rhythms
Other Background: Folk Song from Puerto Rico
Other info:
El Gato y el Ratón
Source:
Monserrate Deliz.
Renadío del Cantar Folklórico
de Puerto Rico
San Juan, P.R.: Instituto de
Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1985
Andante q = 76
2
4
Ahí vie nen el ga to y_el ra tón, a dar le com ba te_al ti bu rón.
* Created by Arwen Lawrence with children of Melrose Leadership Academy (dual immersion school), Oakland, CA
Game Instructions
The cat chases the mouse, entering and exiting the circle. The circle contracts and expands,
favoring the mouse, keeping the cat from catching the mouse.
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