Choosing a Flower -

“Songs of a Little Child’s Day”
In the Garden

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Grade: First
Origin: Emilie Poulsson, Eleanor Smith
Key: D Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | ta/a ti ti |
|ta ti ta_ ti ti | ta/a (ti) (ti) | (_=fermata)
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Fa/Do, Do\Mi, Fa\Re, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; tempo: allegretto; dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, crescendo, decrescendo; fermata, repeat
Key Words: gardening, earth science, pansy, lily, tulip, flow’rs (flowers), choice

**“Choosing a Flower”**
If among the garden flow’rs A choice I had to make, I would look a this, I would look at that, But a pansy I would take. If among the garden flow’rs A choice I had to make, I would look a this, I would look at that, But a lily I would take. If among the garden flow’rs A choice I had to make, I would look a this, I would look at that, But a tulip I would take.

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