| Description |
1 score (xiv pages, 121 pages) : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Unacc. melodies. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118) and index. |
| Summary |
A collection of 80 rounds that celebrate the good things in life: friendship, nature, giving thanks, and music itself. There are brief suggestions on how to use them, and pointers on how to sing them. Also a brief history of the round and more round sources for the avid singer. |
| Contents |
Sing, sing together -- Come sing along with me -- Who is happy is a king -- Let us sing together -- Viva, viva la musica -- I love the flowers -- Come, follow me to the greenwood tree -- To ope their trunks -- My paddle's keen and bright -- Up and down this world goes round -- They march, they march -- Laughing comes the springtime -- Grasshoppers three -- The lively songs of the frogs -- Laughing may is here -- White coral bells -- Go to Joan Glover -- Where are you going, my pretty maid? -- Where is John? -- Johnny, Johnny! -- There was a little girl -- Rose, Rose -- O how lovely is the evening -- Rise up o flame -- Tallis Canon -- Sweet is the hour of twilight gray -- Evening is upon us -- Day is done (taps) -- The cuckoo -- Whippoorwill -- Have you seen the ghost of John? -- Early to bed and early to rise -- Now the day is nearly done -- Good night to you all -- Wake up! wake up! -- Are you sleeping (Frere Jacques) -- Morning bells I love to hear -- Morning is come -- Merrily, merrily greet the morn -- Sweetly sings the donkey -- Heigh ho, anybody home? -- Make new friends -- Love your neighbor -- Shalom Chaverim -- Laugh, ha, ha! -- Why shouldn't my goose...? -- My dame has a lame, tame crane -- Pussy cat, pussy cat -- Turtle slow -- Donkeys always love their carrots -- Horse to trot -- Little Tommy Tinker -- Little Betty Blue -- Doctor Foster -- How doth the little crocodile -- London's burning -- Kookaburra -- For health and strength -- O give thanks -- Laudate Nomen -- Honor, praise and glory -- Dona nobis Pacem -- Now we'll make the rafters ring -- Pleasant is it to hear -- I pray, don't sing so loud! -- I'm not strong, sir -- Let us endeavor -- The orchestra -- Rain turns to snow -- Gone is autumn's kindly glow -- Farewell we sing -- Come let us laugh! -- Ring out the old -- Cathedral bells of France -- Grandfather clock -- Christmas is coming -- Sing it over -- In peace to dwell -- A merry, laughing round -- Music alone shall live |
| Subject |
Children's songs.
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Glees, catches, rounds, etc.
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Rounds (Music)
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Songs.
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| Added Author |
MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-
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Jaeger, Winifred.
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Davis, Yvonne. Illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0208024417 alkaline paper |
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9780208024411 alkaline paper |
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0208024727 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780208024725 paperback alkaline paper |
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