Key Words: Christmas, holiday songs, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, lean, soul, whisper, striking, twelve, asleep, chimney, broad, creep, stockings, hanging, shortest, know, skates, sled, picture book, yellow, blue, red, leave, rest, choose; contractions: don’t (do not), I’m (I am), you’ll (you will), I’ll (I will)
“Jolly Old Saint Nicholas”
1.
Jolly old Saint Nicholas,
Lean your ear this way!
Don’t you tell a single soul
What I’m going to say;
Christmas eve is coming soon;
Now, you dear old man,
Whisper what you’ll bring to me,
Tell me if you can.
2.
When the clock is striking twelve,
When I’m fast asleep,
Down the chimney broad and black,
With your pack you’ll creep;
All the stockings you will find
Hanging in a row;
Mine will be the shortest one,
You’ll be sure to know.
3.
Johnny wants a pair of skates;
Susy wants a sled;
Nellie wants a picture book;
Yellow, blue and red.
Now I think I’ll leave to you
What to give the rest.
Choose for me, dear Santa Claus;
What you think is best.
Key Words: USA – Thanksgiving, seasonal song, sleigh ride, one-horse open sleigh, open sleigh, James Pierpont, Christmas, holiday song, jingle bells, snow song, dashing, fields, laughing, bobtails, spirits bright, sleighing song, thought, Miss Fanny Bright, seated, horse, lean and lank, misfortune, seemed, lot, drifted, upsot; abbreviation: o’er (over)
“Jingle Bells”
1.
Dashing though the snow in a one-horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtails ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight! Oh!
Chorus:
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
2.
A day or two ago I thought I’d take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot.
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, D.C. al Fine, Fine
Key Words: circle song, camp song, movement song, playground song, play song, game song, clapping beats, movements: hop, run, jump, tiptoe, skip, skate, face center, hands on knees, clap, turn around
Syncopation on the second half of the 4th beat (& of 4), intervals of the tonic arpeggio, long tied notes and crazy words sung quickly!
Description
Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/2 (counted in 4/4)
Form: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta ta ti ti |
| ta ti ti ta (ti) ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a ti/ ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ta/a/a/a_|_a ti ti ta ta | tied,
| ta/a/a/a_|_a/a/a ti ti | tied
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Advanced syncopation with multiple tonic arpeggios will challenge you best readers. Adding the glass game will build more brain power.
Description
Grade: Third
Origin: USA Play Party Song
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation,
| ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ta | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti |
syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ta ta ti ti | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ta/a ta (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Key Words: USA geography, Harlem, New York, world geography, Dover, England, travelled, three times over, glasses, sailing, east, west, ocean, watch, boat, rock, yourself; contractions: I’ve (i have), you’ll (you will)
“I’ve Been to Harlem”
also known as
“Turn the Glasses Over”
I’ve been to Harlem, I’ve been to Dover,
I’ve travelled this wide world all over.
Over, over, three times over.
Drink what you got to drink and turn the glasses over.
Sailing east, sailing west,
Sailing over the ocean,
You better watch out when the boat begins to rock,
Or you’ll lose yourself girl in the ocean.
Game Directions:
I’ve been to Harlem
clap, clap, tap on the cup
I’ve been to Dover,
clap, pick up cup, put cup down
I’ve travelled this wide world all over.
clap, pick up cup (thumb down) tap top of glass on palm of other hand, turn glass over and set down, pick up glass and place in other hand (bottom in palm), turn glass over and put it down (upside down)
Over, over,
clap, clap, tap on the cup
three times over.
clap, pick up cup, put cup down
Drink what you got to drink and turn the glasses over.
clap, pick up cup (thumb down) tap top of glass on palm of other hand, turn glass over and set down, pick up glass and place in other hand (bottom in palm), turn glass over and put it down (upside down)
I saw three ships come sailing in,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?
I saw three ships come sailing in,
On Christmas Day in the morning?
2.
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas Day in the morning?
3.
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
4.
Pray, wither sailed those ships all three,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
Pray, wither sailed those ships all three,
On Christmas Day in the morning?
5.
O they sailed into Bethlehem,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
O they sailed into Bethlehem,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
6.
And all the bells on earth shall ring,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
And all the bells on earth shall ring,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
7.
And all the Angels in Heaven shall sing,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
And all the Angels in Heaven shall sing,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
8.
And all the souls on earth shall sing,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
And all the souls on earth shall sing,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
9.
Then let us all rejoice again,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
Then let us all rejoice again,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
Introducing the thirty-second note, three (3) flags/beams with advanced syncopation, a tonic arpeggio and a dominate octave skip.
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
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.
*Boatner, Edward (1927). Spirituals Triumphant, Old and New. Sunday School Publishing Board, National Baptist Convention.
“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”
1.
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
He’s got the whole wide world in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
2.
He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands,
He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands,
He’s got the wind and the rain in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
3.
He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands,
He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands,
He’s got the sun and the moon in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
4.
He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands,
He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands,
He’s got the little bitty baby in His Hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
5.
He’s got you and me Brother in His hands,
He’s got you and me Brother in His hands,
He’s got you and me Brother in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
6.
He’s got everybody here in His hands,
He’s got everybody here in His hands,
He’s got everybody here in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.
Hand me down my walkin’ cane,
Hand me down my walkin’ cane,
Oh hand me down my walkin’ cane,
I’m goin’ to leave on the midnight train,
‘Cause all my sins are taken away.