Discovering variations in the form, syncopation, and
a descending tonic arpeggio.
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- Grade: First
- Origin: Traditional: variations on "Down at the Station" and "Alouette"
- Key: F Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: rhythm: AAaB - pitches: ABab
- Rhythm: intermediate:
| ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta ti ti |
| ti ri ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a |
- Pitches: beginners: So Ti Do Re Mi
- Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; tonic arpeggio (F - I)
- Key Words: Nonsense song, hopping, bunny, animal science, scooping, field mice, goon, hare, rabbit, Easter, through; abbreviations: boppin' (bopping), 'em (them); contractions: I'll (I will)
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"Little Bunny Foo Foo"
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Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!
(spoken)
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:
"Little Bunny Foo Foo
I don't want to see you,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!"
(spoken)
"I'll give you three chances,
and if you don't behave I'll turn you into a goon!" |
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Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!
(spoken)
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:
"Little Bunny Foo Foo
I don't want to see you,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!"
(spoken)
"I'll give you two more chances,
and if you don't behave I'll turn you into a goon!" |
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Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!
(spoken)
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:
"Little Bunny Foo Foo
I don't want to see you,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!"
(spoken)
"I'll give you one more chance,
and if you don't behave I'll turn you into a goon!" |
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Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping through the forest,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!
(spoken)
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said:
"Little Bunny Foo Foo
I don't want to see you,
Scooping up the field mice and
Boppin' 'em on the head!"
(spoken)
"I gave you three chances, and you didn't behave.
Now I'll turn you into a goon! POOF!" |
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The moral of the story is:
HARE TODAY, GOON TOMORROW |
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