Sarasponda

Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret-set-set!

Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret-set-set!

Adoray-o. Adoray-boomday-o.

Adoray-boomday-ret-set-set,

ahsay, pahsay O!

Boomda, boomde, boomde, boomda...

Carol of the Bells SSA

First Favorite Christmas Duets

Recommended:    Easy reading! Two people, even without a lot of experience, will be happy to plunk out these satisfying pieces.  Laurel G. says they are ALL RIGHT!!!

link to order:      First Favorite Christmas Duets

REALLY Make it Rain. (Large group)

Whistle and chirp:  Make bird sounds and calls.

Breeze starts to rustle: Swish hands together, slowly, then faster.

Raindrops start to fall: Snap (or flick) fingers.  Birdsound stops.

Rain increases:  Tap 2 fingers into palm of other hand, then 3, then 4.

Thunder:  Stamp on floor while tapping fingers.

Thunder claps:  Small groups of 3 leap together and land feet together.

Reverse order until the birds come out again.

White Sands and Grey Sands

White sands and grey sands. 
Who'll buy my white sands? 
Who'll buy my grey sands? 


(I wonder where this one came from? -m)

score with Orff instruments

tune with Orff accompaniment

Sure as the Wind

Sure as the wind, my sisters, and
    Sure as the rain,
Sure as the sun does shine,
    We will raise our song again.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17743750/Sure%20As%20the%20Wind.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17743750/Sure%20As%20the%20Wind.pdf

Sure As The Wind

Unknown Artist - Unknown Album

Sure As The Wind

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You And Me, We're Gonna Be Partners

You and me we're going to be partners.
    You and me we're going to be pals.
You and me we are going to be partners,
     buddies, and pals.

Bye'n Bye

Bye'n bye, by'n bye.
Stars shining, number, number one,
number two, number three,
O Lord, bye'n bye, bye'n bye,
O Lord, bye'n bye.

Bye'n Bye

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Here We Go Round the Mountain

Sugar's on the floor!!

Here we go round the mountain, two by two. 
Here we go round the mountain, two by two. 
Here we go round the mountain, two by two. 

Rise up, sugar, rise!

Give us a little motion, two by two.
Give us a little motion, two by two.
Give us a little motion, two by two.
Rise up, sugar, rise!

That's a fine motion, two by two.
That's a fine motion, two by two.
That's a fine motion, two by two.
Rise up sugar, rise!.

Circle game.
Vs 1: Partners promenade around IT couple.
Vs 2: IT couple does a motion.
Vs 3: Everyone does the motion.
Vs. 1 again: Everyone promenades, IT couple slips into the circle behind another couple, and that couple becomes IT, goes to the center and decides what the next motion will be.

Tune: 3331335- 3331332- 3331335- 54321----

Source: Richard Spalding

Singing game for smart kids.

Ride, Sally Ride

(Circle game, standing, holding hands.  The circle moves to the right.
 IT jams in the center, uses hand to portray "shooting thru the atmosphere and home in a glide.")

Ride, Sally Ride!   Ride, Sally Ride!       535-- 535--

   Shooting thru the atmosphere, and home in a glide!  5353535--

(Stop, hold the circle taut.)

Ride, Sally Ride!   Ride, Sally Ride!        535-- 535--

   Shooting thru the atmosphere, and home in a glide!    

  (On the second "glide," IT glides toward someone in the circle, breaks thru their arms,  and the circle explodes outward.)

IT taps one of the two people whose arms IT went between, who becomes the new IT, who runs to the center shouting:

      "10 (pause), 9(pause), 8 (pause), 7 (pause), 6…"

The circle reforms around the new IT, continuing:

        "...5, 4, 3, 2, 1,  Liftoff! Give us a law!" 

The new IT shouts "Isaac Newton's first (or second or third) law!"

 The group chants the appropriate law, pumping hands :

(1) An object at rest wants to stay at rest.  (ta ta titi ta)

          An object in motion will stay in motion.     (ta ta titi ta)

or

(2) Force equals mass times acceleration.     (ta ta titi ta)

           Force equals mass times acceleration.      (ta ta titi ta)

or

(3) Action/reaction! action/reaction!     (ta ta ta ta)

          Equal and opposite, action/reaction.    (ta ta ta ta)

Then the circle moves to the right and the game starts again.

In the glowing embers

In the glowing embers, by the fireside.
  I can see the fairies in their spritely ride.
In the glowing embers, mingling with the flames,
  I can see the fairies in their spritely games.

Louise Robyn

Little Cabin in the Woods

Little cabin in the woods
A little man by the window stood,
Saw a rabbit hopping by
Frightened as could be.

“Help me! Help me! Sir!” he said
“Or the hunter will shoot me dead!”
“Come little rabbit, come with me,
Happy we will be.”

Here We Go Looby Loo

Here we go looby loo. 
Here we go looby light.
Here we go looby loo.
All on a Saturday night.

I put my right hand in.
I take my right hand out.
I give my hand a shake, shake, shake
and I turn myself about.

(Hold hands, walk around a circle, then stop and do motions.)

America the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies, 
For amber waves of grain, 
For purple mountain majesties 
Above the fruited plain! 
America! America! 
God shed his grace on thee 

And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Words by Katharine Lee Bates,
Melody by Samuel Ward

Oh, McTavish is dead and his brother don't know it.
   His brother is dead and McTavish don't know it.
They're both of them dead and they're in the same bed.
   And neither one knows that the other is dead.

(Tune: Irish Washerwoman)  Start slowly, repeat faster until silly.

November

"November comes
And November goes,
With the last red berries
And the first white snows.

With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.

The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring."
-  Elizabeth Coatsworth

(I would get a quiet beat going with fingers on knees, and then read this, call and response style.)

The Addams Family

Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump,  da da da dump,  da da da dump  (snap) (snap).

They're creepy and they're kooky.
Mysterious and spooky.
They're all together ooky.
The Addams Family.

Their house is a museum
Where people come to see 'em
They really are a scream
The Addams Family.

(Neat) (Sweet) (Petite)
So get a witches shawl on
A broomstick you can crawl on
We're going to pay a call on
The Addams Family.


Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump (snap) (snap).
Da da da dump,  da da da dump,  da da da dump  (snap) (snap).

Queen Queen Caroline

Hands on your lap, lap, lap, clap! Lap, lap, lap, clap! (continue)

Queen Queen Caroline
  Washed her hair in turpentine.
Turpentine made it shine.
  Queen Queen Caroline.

(change clapping pattern and start again.)

Who Has Seen the Wind?

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling,

The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I:

But when the trees bow down their heads,

The wind is passing by.

BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

A ram-sam-sam

A ram-sam-sam, A ram-sam-sam,                                  5  1  1  1    5  1  1  1
    gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli ram-sam-sam. (2x)         11 22 22 22 12 3 1 1

A rah-fi, a rah-fi,                                                            5 5- 3  5 5- 3
        gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli ram-sam-sam. (2x)     33 44 44 44 34 5  3  3

Boom chicka-boom!

I say a boom chicka-boom (I say a boom chicka-boom).
   I say a boom chicka-boom (I say a boom chicka-boom).
I say a boom chicka-rocka, chicka-rocka chicka-boom. (I say a boom chicka-rocka, chicka-rocka chicka-boom. )
All right. (All right.) O-kay. (O-kay) One more time, _______ style.
(British style)
(cowboy style)
(cheerleader style)
(underwater style)

more:
http://boyscouttrail.com/content/song/boom_chicka_boom-27.asp
http://www.makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music_library_songbook/boom_chicka_boom_lyrics.htm
http://bussongs.com/songs/boomachicka.php

Happiness

Happiness runs in a circular motion.
   Love is like a little ship upon the sea.
Everybody is a part of everything, anyway.
   You can be happy if you let yourself be.

--Donovan

I Know an Old Lady

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.

     I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

(Don’t go any further.  Save the rest for tomorrow. One day at a time. Wait for it...)

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

  that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a bird. 

   Oh, how absurd to swallow a bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.

   Imagine that!  She swallowed a cat!

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.

   What a hog!   She swallowed a dog!

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.

   I don’t know how she swallowed the cow!

She swallowed the cow to catch the dog.

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.....

She’s dead, of course.

Zing, zing, zing, Jacqueline! (rhythmic circle game)

Players form a circle.  #1 is leader.
All shout "Zing, zing, zing, Jacqueline!"    On the word "Jacq," jump up and clap hands above heads, which starts a rhythm of touch (hands outstretched on the side of you, fingers up, palms outward), then clap, touch, clap..., continue throughout round.  'Touch' is the beat.
Starting with leader, count off.  Remember your number.
"One!" (clap) "Two!" (clap)...
All: "Who stole the cookies from the (touch) cookie jar?"
All: "Number One stole the cookies from the (touch) cookie jar!"
#1: "Who me?"
All: "Yes, you!"
#1: "Couldn't be."
All: "Well then, who?"
#1 chooses a number.  "Number five stole the cookies from the (touch) cookie jar."
#5: "Who me?"
All: "Yes, you!..."
Continue.   When anyone makes a mistake, stumbles, breaks rhythm, calls a number that's already been called, whatever (according to the skill level of the group), the game stops.  The person who stumbled goes to the end of the line and it all starts over.

(this one came from Richard Spalding in Orff class)

I know an old lady

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider

  that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.  

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.

I don’t know why she swallowed the fly...perhaps she’ll die.

(Don’t go any further.  Save the rest for tomorrow.)

Halloween is coming. Guess what you will spy?

   Jack-o-lanterns dancing, witches in the sky.  

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It seems early to me, but Natalie requested it.   I don't know many Halloween songs.  Maybe a couple more.

Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret, set, set. 
  Sarasponda, sarasponda, sarasponda ret, set, set. 
Ah doh ray oh.  Ah doh ray boomday oh.   
  Ah doh ray boom day ret set set, ah say pah say oh! 
(Boomda, boomda...)

My country, tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. 
 Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride,  from every mountainside let freedom ring!

O Hushed October, Morning Mild--Robert Frost

O Hushed October, Morning Mild

(Walking to the bus stop with Chrissie and Jessie.)

Jump rope chants

Jump rope chants:   Sea shells, cockle shells, easy ivy overhead, 1,2,3,4,...

Cinderella, dressed in yellow, went upstairs to kiss her fella, made a mistake and kissed a snake, how many doctors did it take? 1,2,3,...

Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around. Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground, teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the light, Teddy bear, teddy bear, say good night! (run out)....

Here comes the teacher with the big fat stick. What will you get in arithmetic?  A, B, CD or F? A, B, CD or F...

Teddy bear, TB, turn around, TB, TB touch the ground, TB, TB show your shoe, TB, TB, please skiddoo

Frere Jacques / Are You Sleeping?

Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques, 

dormez vous? dormez vous? 

Sona le matina. sona le matina.  

din din don.   din din don.  /  

Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? 

 Brother John, Brother John, 

Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing, 

 ding dong ding, ding dong ding

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
(clap)-I-N-G-O
(clap)-I-N-G-O
(clap)-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.

etc.