Hello 2nd Grade students! This week I have some exciting listening and songs for you! Your second song is called "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and is a style of music we call Ragtime! Ragtime music was very popular over a hundred years ago, in the 1890's. People loved to dance to its unique rhythms.
Enjoy! Mrs. G
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Oh, how he sings – raggy music to his cattle as he swings
Back and forth in his saddle on a horse - That is syncopated, gaited.
What a funny meter to the roar of his repeater.
How they run – when they hear the fella’s gun
Because the western folks all know.
He’s a high falutin’, rootin’, tootin’,
Son of a gun from Arizona,
He’s some cowboy, talk about your cowboy,
Ragtime Cowboy Joe!
Hello
Refrain
Hello, hello, hello! Hi, hi, hi!
Hello, hello, hello, hi! (Repeat)
Verse 1
In France – they say, “Bonjour,” (Echo) “Bonjour.”
In China – they say, “Ni hao,” (Echo) Ni hao.”
In Israel – they say “Shalom,” (Echo) “Shalom.”
In South Africa they say, -- “Dumela,” (Echo) “Dumela.”
Sometimes we shake hands; we wave and we grin.
We pat each other on the back; we say, Hi! How you been?”
Repeat Refrain
Verse 2
In Mexico - they say, “Buenos Dias,” (Echo) “Buenos Dias.”
In Russia - they say, “Zdrastvooyti,” (Echo) “Zdrastvooyti.”
In Japan – they say, “Konnichi Wa” (Echo) “Konnichi Wa.”
In India – they say, “Namaste,” (Echo) “Namaste.”
Sometimes we shake hands; we wave and we grin.
We pat each other on the back; we say, Hi! How you been?”
Repeat Refrain
Lots of Worms
Verse 1
Well, there are lots of worms, way under the ground,
Lots of worms, that I’ve never found, I’ll bet they’re
Way down there, a diggin’ around,
Way under the ground.
Verse 2
I dug the biggest hole I ever did dig,
The biggest hole, it sure was big!
And when I got to the bottom, you know what I found,
Way under the ground.
Verse 3
I found a worm to go on a fishing pole
Down in the bottom of that deep, dark hole.
But I left him alone ‘cause he like his home,
Way under the ground.
Verse 4
I found a bumpety bug with big black dots,
Thirty-three legs and twenty-two spots.
But I left it alone ‘cause it liked it’s home
Way under the ground.
Verse 5
I found an old sow bug curled up like a ball
She didn’t move from there at all.
So, I left her alone ‘cause she liked her home
Way under the ground.
Repeat Verse 1
Hello 2nd Grade students! This week I have some exciting listening and songs for you! The first song is called "Ev'ry Kind of Music" and ties in with our entire lesson this week. There is also a Poem to read with the Song.
Enjoy! Mrs. G
Ev’ry Kind of Music
Ev’ry kind of music, - Gotta have music,
Give me lots of music, to sing and dance and play.
Feel the beat a movin’, - singin’ a song to make my day,
Makes me swing and sway, singin’ on the way.
Way Down in the Music Poem
By Eloise Greenfield
I get way down in the music
Down inside the music
I let it wake me
Take me
Spin me around and make me
Uh – get down
I get way down in the music
Down inside the music
I let it wake me
Take me
Spin me around and shake me
I get down, down
I get down