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"Hi! Ho! The Rattlin' Bog"
       
     
"Hi! Ho! The Rattlin' Bog"
 


"Hi! Ho! The Rattlin' Bog" Lyrics, Text Format



Introducing the thirty-second note, three (3) flags/beams with advanced syncopation, a tonic arpeggio and a dominate octave skip.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Third

  • Origin: Ireland - Folk Song

  • Key: G Major

  • Time: 2/4

  • Form: ABA - cumulative song

  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
    | ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti |
    | ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti ri | syncopation

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

  • Intervals: intermediate: Do\La, So/Do, So/So ascending dominate octave skip, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio

  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, dotted sixteenth, thirty-second; cumulative song, fermata, syncopation, arpeggio, octave skip

  • Key Words: world geography, Ireland, animal science, bog, tree, limb, branch, nest, egg, bird; abbreviation: rattlin' (rattling)

 
 


"Hi! Ho! The Rattlin' Bog"

       
    Refrain  
    Hi! Ho! The rattlin' bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
Hi! Ho! The rattlin' bog and the bog down in the valley-o.

 
  1. Now in the bog there was a tree,
a rare tree, a rattlin' tree;
The tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o.
 
    Refrain  
 
2.

Now on this tree there was a limb,
a rare limb, a rattlin' limb;
The limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.

 
    Refrain  
  3. Now on the limb there was a branch,
a rare branch, a rattlin' branch;
The branch on the limb
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
 
    Refrain  
  4. Now on the branch there was a nest,
a rare nest, a rattlin' nest;
The nest on the branch,
and the branch on the limb,
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
 
    Refrain  
  5. Now in the nest there was an egg,
a rare egg, a rattlin' egg;
The egg in the nest,
and nest on the branch,
and the branch on the limb,
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
 
    Refrain  
  6. Now in the egg there was a bird,
a rare bird, a rattlin' bird;
The bird in the egg
and egg in the nest,
and nest on the branch,
and the branch on the limb,
and the limb on the tree
and the the tree in the bog
and the bog down in the valley-o.
 
    Refrain  
       

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