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"St. Paul's Steeple"
       
     
"St. Paul's Steeple"
 


"St. Paul's Steeple" Lyrics, Text Format



Singing the descending C Major scale, with arpeggios
built on the tonic I7, second II7, and fourth IV7.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Third

  • Origin: England - Folk Song

  • Key: C Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: ABC

  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
    | ta/a (ta) ta |

  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do - singing the descending C Major scale

  • Intervals: advanced: Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Do\La\Fa\Re descending II7 (Dm7) arpeggio, Re/Ti, Ti\So\Mi\Do descending I7 (CM7) arpeggio, Do/Mi, La\Re, Do\So\Mi descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/Fa/La ascending IV7 (FM7)

  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; rest: quarter; pickup beat, stepping down the C Major scale, ascending tonic octave skip, I7, II7, and IV7 arpeggios

  • Key Words: world geography, London, England, Steeple of St Paul, Catholic Church, English rhyme, apples, tree, hooks, hedge, London Bridge, harvesting apples, picking apples, apple picking

  • Recorder: advanced: practicing the descending C Major scale, ascending tonic octave skip C/C, and arpeggios: I7, II7, and IV7

 
 

"St. Paul's Steeple"


Upon Paul's steeple stands a tree,
As full of apples as can be.
The little boys of London Town
They run with hooks to pull them down;
And then they run from hedge to hedge
Until they come to London Bridge.

 

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