The Fox -

Through composed with syncopation throughout as students sing a story about foxes raiding the farmer’s pen.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: England – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti | ti ti ri ti ti ri | syncopation,
| ti ri ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta ta | ta ti ti | ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, Re/So, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth, pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation
Key Words: world geography, England, animal science, fox hunting, prayed, afore (before), mile, farmer’s pen, animal pen, ducks, geese, therein, contraction: gonna (going to), grease chin, grabbed, contraction: didn’t (did not), quack, abbreviation: danglin’ (dangling), mind, gray, woman, jumped, window, pooped, abbreviation: cryin’ (crying), great, den, abbreviation: sayin’ (saying), mighty, strife, fork, knife, their, chewed

**“The Fox”**

	1.	The fox went out on a chilly night, He prayed for the moon for to give him light, For he’d many a mile to go that night Afore he reached town-o, town-o, town-o, He’d many a mile to go that night Afore he reached the town-o.
	2.	He ran till he came to the farmers pen The ducks and the geese were kept therein, He said a couple of you are gonna grease my chin Before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o, A couple of you are gonna grease my chin Before I leave this town-o.
	3.	He grabbed the great goose by the neck He threw a duck across his back, And he didn’t mind the quack, quack And the legs all danglin’ down-o, down-o, down-o, He didn’t mind the quack, quack And the legs all danglin’ down-o.
	4.	Well the old gray Woman jumped out of bed Out of the window she popped her head, Cryin’ John, John the great goose is gone The Fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o, John, John the great goose is gone And the Fox is on the town-o.
	5.	He ran till he came to his nice warm den And there were the little ones 8, 9, 10, Sayin’ Daddy, Daddy better go back again It must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o, Daddy, Daddy go back again For it must be a mighty fine town-o.
	6.	The Fox and his Wife, without any strife They cut up the goose with a fork and a knife, And they never had such a supper in their life And the little ones chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o, They never had such a supper in their life And the little ones chewed on the bones.

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