Song Sources

                                                                                                   

Singing and Movement 

A Ring A Ring A Roses                                  trad.
Bananas                                                          Ana Sanderson: Banana Splits
Be as Thin as a Pin etc.                                  (fr. Maureen Murphy)
Cats in the Cupboard                                      (to the tune of “Skip to my Lou”)
Dashing Dan                                                   Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Do
Down the Road                                               (from Helga Dietrich)
Everybody Sing with Me                                (to the tune of “London Bridge”)
Goodbye Everyone                                         (see sheets provided)
Going to Bed Book                                         Sandra Boynton: The Going to Bed Book
Itsy Bitsy Spider                                             trad., developed by Nikhil Dally
Jelly on a Plate                                               trad.
Let’s All Go Walking                                     W. Clauson / B. Swift: Musikalsk Legestue
                                                                                    (translated by Mark Schneider)
Mice Mice                                                      (see sheets provided)
Rat Tat Tat                                                      adapted from Jean Gilbert: Musical starting points
Soft through the Window                               Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Thread Follows the Needle                            (from Helga Dietrich)
Two Little Dicky Birds                                  trad., adapted by Nikhil Dally
Way Up High                                                  Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Welcome Everybody                                      Ingrid Oberborbeck: Syngehesten
                                                                                    (translated by Mark Schneider)
Willoughby Wallaby                                      Raffi: Singable Songs for the Very Young A Wise Old
Zum Gali Gali                                                 Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks 

Pulse

Baking cakes                                                  from Mark Schneider
Bonfire night                                                  Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks
Bye Baby Bunting                                          trad.
Copy Copy Copy                                            from the Tweenies
Deep in the Deep                                            Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks
Fox is Walking with a Sack                            M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS1
A Goblin Lives in Our House                         M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS1
Harry Hare                                                      Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Hello to My Nose                                           Ingrid Oberborbeck: Syngehesten
                                                                                    (translated by Mark Schneider)
I Can Hear Two Soldiers                                by Leonora Davies, from Mary York: Gently into Music
I Was Walking in the Forest                           (from Petra Ronkko)
Little Fishes Swim Along                               Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks
Little Green Frog                                            from Christine Waite
Little Johnny Dances                                      M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS1
New River Train                                             Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks
Oliver Twist                                                    M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS2
                                                                                       book A
Pepe Says This                                               (see sheets provided)
Rain Rain Go Away                                        trad.
Rat Tat Tat                                                      adapted from Jean Gilbert: Musical starting points
Row Row Row Your Boat                              trad.
Slowcoach Susie                                             Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Squirrel                                                           Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Them Bones Them Dry Bones                       trad.
What Does the Clock                                      Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks

Rhythm

Bumble Bee Stung My Knee etc.                   (from Mark Schneider)
Dashing Dan                                                   Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Do
Donkey’s Wonky                                            Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Do You Know the Echoman                          (to the tune of “Muffin Man” –

                                                                                courtesy of Mark Schneider)
Eeenity Feenity                                               Helga Dietrich: Fishy Fishy in the Brook
Going on a Bear Hunt                                     Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks
Hot Cross Buns                                               David & Yuko Vinden: Songs for Singing
Look Lamb Look                                            Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Michael Finnegan                                           trad.
Miss Miss                                                       ?
Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be                  trad.
Peter and the Wolf                                          Prokofiev
Rickety Tickety Bumble Bee                         ?
Slap Slap Slap the Sillies Out etc.                  adapted fr. Shake My Sillies Out,
                                                                                on Raffi: More Singable Songs
Soft through the Window                               Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
This Old Man                                                 trad.
To Market                                                       trad.
Way Up High                                                  Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La

Movement and Singing 

Bananas                                                          Ana Sanderson: Banana Splits
Bye Baby Bunting                                          trad.
Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train                   M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS2
                                                                                book A
Cobbler Cobbler                                             David & Yuko Vinden: Songs for Singing
Daddy Long Legs                                           Zoltan Kodály: Fifty Nursery Songs
Dancing Teddies                                             (see sheets provided)
Francis Drake                                                 Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Harry Hare                                                      Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Have You Brought Your Singing Voice          (from Len Tyler)
Hot Cross Buns                                               David & Yuko Vinden: Songs for Singing
Pease Pudding Hot                                          trad.
Rain Rain Go Away                                        trad.
See the Sun is Rising                                      Peter Michel: Se nu stiger solen, trans. Mark Schneider
Soft through the Window                               Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Squirrel                                                           Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Three Hunting Dogs                                       (from Mac McElrath)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star                            trad.
Way Up High                                                  Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
We Were Flying Teddy and I                          Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic 

Pitch and Notation 

Daddy Long Legs                                           Zoltan Kodály: Fifty Nursery Songs
Doe a Deer                                                      Rodgers & Hammerstein
Do You Know the Echoman                          (to the tune of “Muffin Man” –
                                                                                courtesy of Mark Schneider)
Flowers Grow Like This                                (see sheets provided)
Golden Corn                                                   (see sheets provided)
Harry Hare                                                      Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Hot Cross Buns                                               David & Yuko Vinden: Songs for Singing
I Can Walk Upon My Feet                              ?
I’m Stretching Very Tall                                (from Mark Schneider)
Mr. Strudelbäcker                                           adapted from
                                                                                Eleanor Gamper: Music with Mr Plinkerton
One Two Tie my Shoe                                    trad., revised (courtesy of Mark Schneider)
One Two Three                                               Steve Grocott: Bright Sparks
owl games                                                       from Mark Schneider
Pease Pudding Hot                                          trad.
Roly Poly Up Up Up                                      trad., adapted
Slowcoach Susie                                             Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Squirrel                                                           Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Way Up High                                                  Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
We Were Flying Teddy and I                         Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
A Wise Old Owl                                             trad.

Harmony 

Boys and Girls Come Out to Play                  trad.
Francis Drake                                                 Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Hot Cross Buns                                               David & Yuko Vinden: Songs for Singing
Jack and Jill                                                    trad.
Lavender’s Blue                                             trad.
London Bridge                                                trad.
Lou Lou Skip to My Lou                                trad.
Pease Pudding Hot                                          trad.
Polly Put the Kettle On                                   trad.
Pop Goes the Weasel                                      trad.
Slowcoach Susie                                             Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Soft through the Window                               Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Squirrel                                                           Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Way Up High                                                  Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La 

Metre 

Did You Ever See a Lassie                             trad.
Francis Drake                                                 Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Giddyup and Away We Go                            ?
Goodbye Everyone                                         (see sheets provided)
Lavender’s Blue                                             trad.
Mr. Goat                                                         Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Obwisana                                                        M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS2
                                                                                book A
Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be                  trad.
Pop Goes the Weasel                                      trad.
Rocking Horse                                                Ingrid Oberborbeck: Syngehesten
                                                                                    (translated by Mark Schneider)
See the Pony                                                   Helga Dietrich: Children Songs
Shoe a little horse                                           from Mark Schneider
Welcome Everybody                                      Ingrid Oberborbeck: Syngehesten
                                                                                    (translated by Mark Schneider) 

Phrasing

Daddy Long Legs                                           Zoltan Kodály: Fifty Nursery Songs
Fred the Fly                                                    (adapted from Maureen Murphy)
Hickory Dickory Dock                                   trad.
Jack and Jill                                                    trad.
John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith                      Children’s Favourite Songs vol. 2
London Bridge                                                trad.
Mr. Knickerbocker                                         (from Mark Schneider)
Polly Put the Kettle On                                   trad.
Pop Goes the Weasel                                      trad.
Yankee Doodle                                               trad.

Structure 

Baby Mouse                                                    (composed by Sue Charles-Hendy)
Be as Thin as a Pin etc.                                  (from Maureen Murphy)
Captain Go Sidetrack Your Train                  M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS2
                                                                                book A
Dancing Teddies                                             (see sheets provided)
Do You Know the Echoman                          (to the tune of “Muffin Man” –
                                                                                courtesy of Mark Schneider)
Flowers Grow Like This                                (see sheets provided)
Goodbye Everyone                                         (see sheets provided)
Goodnight Moon                                            Margaret Wise Brown: Goodnight Moon
Going to Bed Book                                         Sandra Boynton: The Going to Bed Book
Harry Hare                                                      Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Jelly on a Plate                                               trad.
Let’s All Go Walking                                     W. Clauson / B. Swift: Musikalsk Legestue
                                                                                    (translated by Mark Schneider)
Look Lamb Look                                            Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Mice Mice                                                      (see sheets provided)
Pitter Patter                                                     ?
Rain Rain Go Away                                        trad.
Rickety Tickety Bumble Bee                         ?
See My Ballet Shoes / Wellingtons               M. Stocks & A. Maddocks: Growing with Music KS1
Slowcoach Susie                                             Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
Soft through the Window                               Colourstrings: Singing Rascals La
Squirrel                                                           Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic
To Market                                                       trad.
Welcome Everybody                                      Ingrid Oberborbeck: Syngehesten
                                                                                    (translated by Mark Schneider)
We Were Flying Teddy and I                         Colourstrings: Singing Rascals Pentatonic