Aunt RhodyBluebirdBye, Baby BuntingBye, Bye BabyChrist Was BornCotton Eye Joe (two versions)Cradle HymnThe Deaf Woman's CourtshipDeedle, Deedle DumplingDo, Do, Pity My CaseDown in the MeadowGoodbye Girls, I'm Going to BostonGrandma GruntsHold My MuleHousekeeping

Hush Little MinnieHushabyeIda RedI'm Goin' Home on a CloudJohnny Has Gone for a SoldierMama, Buy Me a Chiney DollMary Had a BabyMay Day CarolMost Done Ling'ring HereMy Good Old ManMy Horses Ain't HungryMy Old HenMy PaddleOld Chisolm TrailOld Joe Clarke

CONTENTS

The Old SowPhoebePoor RosyPourquoi ("Oh", Said the Blackbird)Rocky MountainSailing on the OceanSanty AnnaThe SwallowSweet WilliamThe Three RoguesTideoWhat'll We Do with the Baby?Who Killed Cock Robin?Who's That Tapping at the Window?The Wraggle, Taggle Gypsies

46 Two-PartAmerican Folk Songs

by Denise Bacon

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46 Two-Part American Folk Songs:Suitable for early elementary grades. $15

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Originally published by The Kodály Center of America

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46Two-PartAmerican

Folk SongsFOR ELEMENTARY GRADES

arranged by

DENISE BACON

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Zoltán Kodály, whose achievement in raising the musicalliteracy and taste of the children in his native country ofHungary is well known, said that children can best learn tosing in tune through two-part unaccompanied singing. Thiswas to be begun at a very early age, possibly even firstgrade.

Out of the 27 pentatonic songs (or those of even fewernotes) 22 have been kept in the pentatonic idiom, ratherthan to suggest typical piano accompaniments through theaddition of the fourth or seventh steps somewhere in themelodic line.

This collection is offered in the hope of developing chil-dren's taste for a cappella singing. Even the simplest songsare challenging. They are intended for classroom use, butcan also be used for elementary choruses.

The songs appear in approximate order of difficulty. Notempo marks or dynamics have been suggested, one reasonbeing that an uncluttered page will be easier for the youngreader, who, in his/her early years, is concerned mainlywith pitch and rhythm.

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