Beth's Notes Songs & Resources

Lyrics (Folk song) Sunlight, moonlight, twilight, starlight,Gloaming at the close of day,And an owl calling,Cool dews fallingIn a wood of oak and may. Lantern-light, taper-light, torchlight, no light,Darkness at the shut of day.And lions roaring,Their wrath pouringIn wild waste places far away. Elf-light, bat-light,Touchwood-light, toad-light,And the sea shimmering gloom of g...

Lyrics – Dutch (Folk song from the Netherlands) Zo gaat de molen, de molen, de molenZo gaat de molen, de molen. fasterZo gaan de wieken, de wieken, de wiekenZo gaan de wieken, de wiehieken original tempoZo gaan de handjes, de handjes, de handjesZo gaan de handjes, de handjes fasterZo gaan de voetjes, de voetjes, de […]

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Lyrics (Anice Morris Stockton Terhune) I’ve put my doll in a nice big boat,I think she’ll surely keep afloat.It’s such an easy thing to do,I hope that she’ll sit still, don’t you?Her hands stick out on either side,I’m sure she quite enjoys the ride.But oh, see here, the boat acts weird!It’s gone down, oh dear! […]

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Lyrics – German (Folk song from Germany)  1. Auf, du junger Wandersmann,jetzo kommt die Zeit heran,die Wanderszeit, die gibt uns Freud.Woll´n uns auf die Fahrt begeben,das ist unser schönstes Leben;große Wasser, Berg und Talan zuschauen überall. 2. An dem schönen Donauflußfindet man ja seine Lustund seine Freud auf grüner Heid,wo die Vöglein lieblich singenund die […]

Lyrics (Mary Root Kern, Lyrics adapted by Beth Thompson) When all of our books are read,Tick, tock, tick, tock,Then ’tis time to go to bed.Tick, tock, tick, tock.Sleep until tomorrow dawning,Wake with birds to greet the morning.Tick, tock, tick, tock,Tick, tock. See also Subject: clocks Harmony: I, V Meter: 4 Rhythm:    Scale: major Source: […]

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