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"The Little Shoemaker"
       
     
"The Little Shoemaker"
 


"The Little Shoemaker" Lyrics, Text Format



Advanced rhythms and intervals will challenge your best readers!

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Description
 
  • Grade: First

  • Origin: American, US Traditional

  • Key: E Flat Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: AaBb

  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ta |
    | ta/a/a ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta/ ti ta ta |
    | ta/a/a (ti) ti | ti ti ta ta/ ti | ti ti ta ta ti ti |
    | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta |

  • Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La

  • Intervals: advanced: Mi/So, So\Mi, Mi\So, So/Mi, So\So (descending dominate octave skip), So/Do, Do/La, La\Do, Do/So, So/Fa

  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; descending dominate octave skip, uncommon intervals

  • Key Words: shoemaker, house, over the way, wee, sews, hammers, contractions: there's (there is)

 
 


"The Little Shoemaker"


There's a little wee man in a little wee house,
Lives over the way you see,
And sits at the window and sews all day.
Making shoes for you and me.
A-rap a-tap tap, A-rap a-tap tap,
Hear the hammers tit-tat-tee.
A-rap a-tap tap, A-rap a-tap tap,
Making shoes for you and me.

 

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