Boomwhacker Song Book

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Troditionol

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tr

Mo-ry

trtr lit -

tle

trGG lit - tle

lomb,

tr

ffi

ffi

fleece

wos

trffic@

trffi

white

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The Old Gray Mqre

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Oh, the

tr

tle

Mo-ryhodo

lomb.

lomb,

5 NOTES

GG

-

lit

ffiffiffi

lit - tle

4

Mory Hod o Little Lomb

4 NOTE5

Traditional

F

old

F

F

@

gray

more,

she

A

A G*A

G

oin't whot she used to

F be,

F F F G tr A AG*AGFG G GF*GF she used to be, oin't what she used to be. The old gtoY more,

oin't

A

AG*AG

oin't whot she used to *W"

she

whot

F

€€

be

mon

- y

G A

long yeors

G

F

o

90.

Gfi with o G in thre" places ond on F# but it sounds good this woy. ff you hove Gil ona p# you con use themhere. "fudged" o little on this one by replocing o

with on

F

once,

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Hush, Little Boby

DGAffiC'

@ 1. Hush,

AA gon

- no

ffi

by,

don't

A Affi

buy you

BAA

bird don't

G'

o

A mock -

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soy

D

G

2. Tf

bird.

AAAAB gon

sing,

- no buy you

o

word,

ffi@c'

thot

mock

-

in'

AG

o

dia -

mond

VERSE5: 3.

If thot ring is made of bross, Mcmo's gonno buy you o lookin' gloss.

4.If thot lookin'gloss getsbroke, Popo's gonno buy you o billy goot.

5.

If

thot billy goot don't

pull,

Momo's gonno buy you o cort ond bull.

6.Tf thot cort and bull turn over, Popo's gonno buy you o do9 nomed Rover.

7.Tf thot

dog nomed Rover don't bork, Momo's gonno buy you o horse ond cort.

8.

If

thot horse ond cort foll down, You'll still bethe sweetest little boby

in town.

7

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There's o Hole in the Bucket

Traditionol

A

B

o

hole

G GA zo, There's

Gffi in

tr the

hole in

-

@

G

m

et,

deor

za,

deor

trGffi

BGffi

o

buck

€

the

buck

- et,

tr deor

Li

G

A

G

ZQ,

o

hole.

VERSE5:

2. Then f ix it, dear Henry, deor Henry, dear Henry, Then fix it, deor Henry, deor Henry, fix it.

I f ix it, deor Liza, dear Liza, With whot sholl I fix it, deor Liza, with whot?

t2.With With

o stone, dear Henry, deor Henry, deor Henry, o stone, dear Henry, dear Henry , o stone.

dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.

3. With what sholl

13. The stone is too

4. With strow, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With strow , dea? Henry, deor Henry, with strow.

14. Then

5.The strow is too long, dear Lizs, dear Liza, The strow is foo long, dear Liza, too long.

15.

6. Then cut Than cut 7

it, il,

dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, deor Henry, cuf it.

I cut it, dear Liza, deor Llza, With what shall I cut it, dear Lizo, with whot?

. With whot sholl

wet it, dear Henry, deor Henry, deor Henry, Then wet rt , dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it.

With whot shall I wet it, dear Lizs, deor Liza, With whot shall I wet rt, dear Liza, with whot?

16. Wif h water, deor Henry, dear Henry , dear Henry,

With woter , dear Henry, dear Henry, water.

I get it, deor Liza, dear Liza, But where sholl I get it, deor Lizo,but where?

t7. But where sholl

the well, deor Henry, deo? Henry, dear Henry, From the well, dear Henry, dear Henry,thewell.

8. Wifh a knife, deor Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, With a knif e, dear Henry, dear Henry, sknif e.

18. From

9. The knife is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza, The knif e is too dull, deor Liza, too dull.

19.

it, deor Henry, dear Henry, dear Hznry, Then shorpen it, deor Henry, deor Henry, shorpen it.

20. With the bucket, dear Henry , dear Henry, dear Henry, With the bucket, dear Henry, deor Henry, the bucket.

With what sholl I shorpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With whot sholl I sharpen it, deor Lizo, with whot?

?t.There's o hole in the bucket, deor Liza, dear Liza, There's o hole in the bucket, deor Liza, o hole !

10. Then sharpen

11.

With what sholl T f etch it, deor Liza, deor Liza, With whot sholl I f etch rt, dear Liza, with whot?

Old MocDonold Hod o Form

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G

Traditionol

G Gffi

old Moc-Don-old

tr hod

trm

cluck - cluck there.

old

Moc

r=

t_<

ffi

hod

o

form,

B

E- I- E-I

E-I-E-I

Here o

With

Don

- old

GG o

cluck, there

G@tr

trffi hod

AA

o

form,

d

cluck

G

cluck,

B E

@

G

And

on

GG

thot

GGG

Bffi

GG GG

GGG

G

I

tr

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some chicks,

G

10

ev-

- cluck

G

G

where

o

@

form he

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here,

ond

o

GG cluck

- cluck.

BAA

- I-E-I

VERSE5:

2. Old MocDonold had o form, E-I-E-I-O. And on that form he hod some ducks, E-I-E-I-O With o guock-guock here, and o guock-guack there. Here a guock, there o guock, everywhere o guock-quock. Old MocDonqld had o form, E-I-E-I-O. 3. ...And on thot form he hqd some cows, E-I-E-I-O. With o moo-moo here, snd q moo-moo there. Here s moo, there o moo, everywhere o moo-moo...

4. ...And on thot farm he hod some pigs, E-I-E-I-O. With on oink-oink here, and an oink-oink there. Here an oink, there on oink, everywhere on oink-oink... 5. ...And on that form he hod some sheep, E-I-E-I-O. With o boo-boo here,ando boo-boo there.Hereobaa,there a boo, everywhere o boo-boo...

AND A SPECIAL BOOMWHACKERS@ TUBES VERSE: 6. ...And on thot form he hod some tubes, E-I-E-I-O. With o whock-whockhere,ond o whock-whock there.Hereawhock, there a whock, everywhere o whock-whock...

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London Bri dge

6 NOTE5

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Troditionol

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Lon

foll -

- don Bndge is

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Lon

t2

foir

foll - ing down, foll - ing

down,

F6

don Bridge is

2. Build it up with wood and cloy, Wood and clcy, wood and cloy. Build it up with wood ond clay, my

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4. Build it up with stone so strong, Stone so strong, stone so strong. Build it up with stone so strong, my fair lody.

lody.

5. Stone so strong will last so long, Last so long, lost so long. Stone so strong will lost so long, my

3. Wood ond cloy will wosh owoy, Wosh owoy, wosh owoy. Wood ond clay will wosh owoy, my foir lody.

foir

lody.

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Gtrold

This

G mon,

Trqditionol

GAG Gtr one, He he ployed

F ployed

trF C Gffi dog G pod G- G G knock dy whock, give

knick -

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o

knick

G bone,

trffitr on

- knock

F my

tr

F

thumb, with

Gffi ffi F tr ffi

This old mon come noll - ing

a

C home.

VERSE5: 2. This old mon, he ployed two, He played knick-knock on my shoe...

5. This old mon, he ployed five, He played knick-knock on my hive...

8. This old rnon, he ployed eight, He played knick-knock on my gole...

3. This old mon, he played three, He played knick-knock on my knee.'

6. This old mon, he ployed six, He played knick-knock on tny sticks...

9. This old mon, he ployed nine, He ployed knick-knock on my spine...

4. This old mon, he ployed four, He ployed knick-knock on my door...

7. This old mon, he ployed seven, He played knick-knock up in heaven...

10. This old mon, he ployed ten,

He played knick-knock once ogoin... 13

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Oh, Susonno Tubes:G@trFGA

Stephen Fostar

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Oh, r

come rained

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froze

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my wos

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dry.

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my

to

love

see.

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ffi

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cry

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the

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oh,

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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stor

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Troditionol

GGGG Twin

- kle,

t6

twin

trtrffi

how

f

high,

like o

stor,

how f

won

- der whot you

lit - tle

dio-mond

won

are.

trffi

the

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AA€ kle

FtrtrffiffiG

F

GGFF

world so

the

GGGG

Twin - kle, twin -

lit - tle stor,

- kle

GGFF

Up o-bove

AAG

- der

whot you

sky.

are.

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Traditionol

AF

G

muf-fin

the

@G€

trGGG in man?

F

muf-finmon,

muf -

the

f

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you know

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the

I

(

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muf-finmon,

(

a

(

F who

t-

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GGGG

lives on

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F rY

Lane?

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Tubes:

The Mulbercy Bush

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Here

we go

FFF

Here

we

FF FF

This

is

the woy

FFF

This is the

F woy

ry

bush, the

mul - ber -

the

F

G'A

we

bush, the

so

G

eor

mul - ber

bush.

G GG C F

ear

- ly in the

G

wash our clothes,

F F

wash our clothes,

ry

GG

F

wosh our clothes, we

A

- ber -

ry bush, so

G'A F

A we

mul

G'G'AF

A

F 'round

go

mul - ber -

the

GGtrG - ry

GGGGA

F

-

Gtrour

A we

in

ly

G

wosh

GGFF

G

F

the

- ing.

morn

morn

clothes.

-

ing.

Row, Row, Row Your Boot Tubes:

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Traditional

Gffitr your boot,

row

C'G'G'GGG

Mer

- ri - ly,

mer

- ri -

ly,

trmtrF ly

gent -

GGG trtrtr - ri - ly, - ri - ly,

mer

mer

down

G the

Ftr@ is but

streom.

a' G

a

dream.

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Comptown Races

7 NOTES

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Stephen Foster

trffi

GGtrGAGtr Comp - town lo - dies

sing this song. come down here with my hot coved in,

trffi

Doo Doo

-

dah!

The

doh!

r'll

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Oh, Oh,

GGtr Comp - town

G

doo doo

- doh - doh

AGtr - toil

bob

*this

run

trock's with o

+ day!

AG'A to

?oce

home

I

doy!

I

doy.

oll

song con be played without

pocket full o'

tin.

mon

Some-bod-ybeton the

F

by ploying on

E

insteod.

tr lon9.

@trpxtrffi

nog.

It

sounds

doh! dah!

miles

G'

just fine.

night,

oll

G€trtrG€ - ey bet my

G

G

nine

GtrG to run

G

-

AG

G

bock

go

Doo Doo

on

ffi

G

the

boy.

the

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G On

Troditionol

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G' 5mo

old

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of Old Smoky

G

tr

lost

my

trFtr@ court -

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for

ing

with

G true

a

a

@!\--l

ered

G------'

slow,

too

VERSES:

2. For courting's o pleosure, but porting is grief . A f olse hearted lover is worse thon o thief

Billy Boy

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oh,_

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where hove

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ffitr f

GA G Bil

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hove been

to

seek

o

tr Oh

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wife. She's the

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joy*Here,

of my life. She's o

you con use

young

thing and

con

-

not leove her

o B tube with on OctovoforrM Tube Cop or o bass Be tube. Otherwise the

moth

E

will sound

fine.

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rubes:

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tr

tr

GFF

see how

they

GFF

G

@ blind

three

run,

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Three Blind Mice

8 NOTE5

See

mice.

tr

G

run.

They

how

they

C'C'EAB oll

ron af - ter

the

-

G'GGGC'C'G'@AEC'GGGG farm

- er's wife. She cut off their toils with o

G'G'tsAts ev - et see

such

C'G G

o

G

sight in your lif e

F os

corv

- ing knife. Did

you

trffi

three

blind

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Bsq, Bqs, Blc,ck Sheep

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Boo,

AE

GG

GG

block

boo,

hove

sheep,

ffiffi

trtrtr one for

the

trtrtr lives down

you

bogs

on

One for the

f ull.

@

ffi

G

G

G

dome,

ond

one

for

the

cc Boo,

the

Yes

v

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c

three

FF

c' A

boo,

FF

lit -

G

G

block

sheep,

re

F

F

LE

Yes

sir,

sir,

mos

tle

F

F

ter

ond

FF

boy

AB

have

you

mm

three

sir,

bogs

that

G'A on -y

G f ull.

*Mony people leorn Boo, Bqo, Block Sheep os o 6-note song that does not hove the B or G'in the melody. Insteod, when singing "hove you any wool?" you con stoy on A for 4 notes in a row, so it looks like this: The version with B ond G'seems guite common, so we used thot one.

A you A AA on - y

hove

G wool?

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trtrG Lul -lo

by

AGffitr

with thee. Sleep-.

G' breok.

GG

With

fhe

Music by Johonnes Brohms

trtr€ and good FM

gent

-

ly

G' morn

MF

dreom till

AF

ond the

G

sun,

G'B

slum

sweet

F

ond

morn and the

trG may

night,

m

G G G G'AF

come. With the

3?

Lulloby

G sun,

trG o-

the

trG o-

-

ber

AA

new-

G morn

F€A

new doy

new doy

will

will

The originol lyrics were in Germon, ond mony diff erent English versions have been written. These ore the lyrics o young Chinese girl learned when growing up in Hong Kong mony years ago.