"Tom, Tom the Piper's Son" Traditional, Lyrics, Music Notes, Inc. Music You Can Read, Kodaly, Orff, Solfeggio, Solfege, Elementary Music Literacy Curriculum, Kindergarten Songs

"Tom, Tom the Piper's Son" Lyrics, Text Format

After a successful completion of one year,
this old rhyme will assess your student's
musical knowledge and skills.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England/USA - Nursery Rhyme
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti (ti) |
| ti ti ti (ri) ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti |
| ti ri ti ti ri ti ri | syncopation
Pitches: advanced: So La Ti Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: advanced: Re\So, So/Do, Do/Mi, So/So ascending dominant octave skip, So\So descending dominant octave skip, La/Do*
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rests: eighth, sixteenth; ascending and descending dominant octave skip
Key Words: world geography: England; 18-century English nursery rhyme, son, pig, eat, beat, crying, street, play, tune

*Practice the ending with the interval So/Do as a reinforcement of the sad feelings associated to the interval La/So, which is more in keeping with the story in the verse.

**"Tom, Tom the Piper's Son"**
Tom, Tom, the piper's son, Stole a pig, and away did run; The pig was eat and Tom was beat, And Tom went crying down the street. Original Verse Tom, Tom, the piper's son, He learned to play when he was young. But all the tune that he could play Was "Over the hills and far away."