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"Choosing a Flower"
       
     
"Choosing a Flower"
 
"Songs of a Little Child's Day"
In the Garden


"Choosing a Flower" Lyrics, Text Format



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Description
 
  • 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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