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"My Aunt Came Back"
       
     
"Oh, My Aunt Came Back"
 


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Introducing the ascending dominant octave skip, So/So.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Kindergarten

  • Origin: USA - Traditional

  • Key: F Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: ABAC

  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta |
    | ta/a/a/a |

  • Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So

  • Intervals: advanced: So/Do, So/So ascending dominant octave skip, Re\So, So\Mi, So/Ti, So/Mi, Do\So

  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, quarter, beamed eighths; rest: quarter; echo song, ascending dominant octave skip

  • Key Words: world geography: Japan, Holland, Algiers, Guadeloupe, New York; City Zoo, waving fan, shears, rocking chair, monkey, fair, wooden shoe

 
 

"Oh, My Aunt Came Back"

       
  1. Oh, my aunt came back, from old Japan.
And she brought with her a waving fan.
 
       
 
2.
Oh, my aunt came back, from Holland too.
And she brought with her a wooden shoe.
 
       
 
3.
Oh, my aunt came back, from old Algiers.
And she brought with her a pair of shears.
 
       
 
4.

Oh, my aunt came back, from Guadeloupe.
And she brought with her a Hula-Hoop.

 
       
  5. Oh, my aunt came back, from the New York fair.
And she brought with her a rocking chair
 
       
  6.

Oh, my aunt came back, from the City Zoo.
And she brought with her a monkey like you!

 
       

 

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