Lyrics:

WMS Duane Street Fall Semester 2009

This is a song I wrote that uses only two notes: C (“do”) and E (“mi”). The children will eventually learn to play this song on the xylophone.

High Low

by Oran Etkin

High low, that’s the way we go

High low, walking through the snow

High low, that’s the way we go

High low, high low, high low low low

Mi-do, that’s how you play high low

Mi-do, anywhere you go

Mi-do, that’s how you play high low

Mi-do, mi-do, mi-do-do-do

Watermelon Man

by Herbie Hancock

lyrics by Oran Etkin

Hey--- tell me who’s that man?

Herbie Hancock:

Pianist Herbie Hancock,

best known for his work

with Miles Davis in the

1960s, wrote this

classic jazz composition.

Hey--- tell me who’s that man?

Is he selling apples and bananas?

NO!

Is he selling slippers and pajamas?

NO!

Tell me what’s his name.

WATERMELON MAN!

Jin Go Lo Ba

by Babatunde Olatunji

1^st part:

Jingo--jingo ba, Jingo--jingo ba …

2^nd part:

2. Jingo ba, Jingo ba, Jingo ba…

3^rd part:

3. Jingo ba ba go ba,

Jingo ba ba go ba…

Babatunde Olatunji, was one of the first

to expose American audiences to African music.

He performed at President Kennedy’s Inauguration,

collaborated with John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder

and toured the south with Martin Luther King.

When he performed at the UN General Assembly

Kruschev took off his shoes and danced!

Under My Bed

by Oran Etkin

I have a cow under my bed

I have a cow under my bed

She says moo moo all through the night

She says moo moo all through the night

(repeat with different animals that the children choose)

This is a song in the less common rhythmic meter of 5/4 (5 beats per measure)—a rhythmic pattern that college music students often have difficulty with if they have not been exposed to it, but young children are able to grasp with no problems because they learn intuitively instead of over-thinking the rhythm.

Salt Peanuts

by Dizzy Gillespie

Whenever the saxophone says “I’m feeling real hungry,

Now what’cha got?” we answer: “Salt Peanuts, Salt Peanuts!”

Dizzy Gillespie on Trumpet and Charlie Parker on saxophone

Together, they revolutionized jazz in the 40s and 50s creating BeBop!

Name Song:

by Oran Etkin

My name’s Oran

Oran is my name

My name’s Oran and

What is your name?

Come On Up The Stairs To Music:

by Oran Etkin

Come on up the stairs to music

Stairs to music stairs to music

Come on up the stairs to music

Come on up the stairs

Give Love On Christmas Day

by Jackson 5

Why don’t you

Give love on Christmas day

Even the man who has everything

Would be so happy if you would bring

Him love on Christmas day

No greater gift is there than love

8 Kandelikas

traditional in ancient Jewish language of Ladino

Hanukah Linda Sta Aqui

Eight kandelikas for me

Hanukah Linda Sta Aqui

Eight kandelikas for me

One kandelika, two kandelikas

Three kandelikas, four kandelikas

Five kandelikas, six kandelikas

Seven kandelikas…

Eight kandelikas for me

kandelikas is the Ladino word for Candles.

Parents, family and friends are invited to join us as we sing these songs at our annual Winter Sing Dec. 14 and 17^th at 11am and 3pm!