Introducing the sharp sixth, Li.
Description
- Grade: Kindergarten
- Origin: USA – Traditional
- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta (ta) ta |
| ta/a (ta) ta | - Pitches: intermediate: Mi Fa So La Li Ti Do – raised 6th (Li)
- Intervals: intermediate: Do\So, Mi/So, So/Do, Ti\So, So/Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, rest: quarter; raised/sharp sixth (Li)
- Key Words: hand jive tune, doctor, nurse, alligator, purse, throat, bathtub, swim, soap, followed, walked, lady, mumps, nothing, ate, named, tiny, called, water, coming, contractions: wouldn’t (would not), I’m (I am)
1. | Lucy had a baby, She named him Tiny Tim. She put him in the bathtub, To see if he could swim. |
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He drank up all the water. He ate up all the soap. He tried to eat the bathtub, But it wouldn’t go down his throat. |
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Lucy called the doctor. The doctor called the nurse. The nurse then called the lady With the alligator purse. |
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I’m here called out the doctor, I’m coming said the nurse, All followed by the lady With the alligator purse. |
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5. | Mumps called out the doctor, Measles called out the nurse, But, nothing said the lady With the alligator purse. |
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6. | So, out then walked the doctor, Then followed by the nurse, All followed by the lady With the alligator purse. |
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