Animal Songs PDF
Animal Songs PDF
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
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Contents
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Algy
Lady, Come Down and See
White Swans
Cuckoos Gone Away
Why shouldnt my Goose?
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P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
Descant recorder
on the fourth beat of
the first line
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
These chords can be used to accompany this song. Play and hold all
three notes together
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
You might like to try singing the words of this song in the
original New York dialect:
Toity poiple boids,
Sittn on der coib
A-chopin and a-boipin
An eatn doity woims.
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
The keskidee is a bird native to Trinidad. It has a strange call which sounds as if its saying Questce quil dit? which is the French for What does he say?, hence its name.
This song can be accompanied using the chords of D and A7 played as below.
This ostinato, imitating chirping, can be played on a glockenspiel, or other high-pitched instruments
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
P A G E
W W W . M U S I C A L C O N T E X T S . C O . U K
K E Y
S T A G E
M U S I C
U N I T
A N I M A L
C R A C K E R S
S S 1
This round can be sung in up to nine parts. Each new part comes in on the fourth beat of the bar as
shown by the numbers above.
The following ostinato can be used to accompany the song, either by voices or on an instrument
such as a xylophone.
This ostinato can also be used to accompany the song, again either by voices or by an instrument
such as a xylophone or glockenspiel
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