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  • Warm-ups & playground games
  • Songs for early years
  • Songs for KS3
  • Traditional songs
  • Songs from African countries
  • Songs with French words
  • Songs with Spanish words
  • New compositions & arrangements
  • Young composers – We Wrote this!
  • Young Music Leader – BlueJam Arts
  • Young Vocal Leader – Soundwave

Recent Posts

  • Njoho *
  • Nila *
  • Percy the Park Keeper’s song *
  • Place where you earned your name *
  • Polka (les genoux, les mains) *

Tag: USA

  • May 26, 2019March 9, 2022
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Prison Camp Holler **

  • Traditional songs

Recorded in Mississippi State Penitentiary, sung by Tangle-Eye. Introduced by Lindsay Hannon.

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  • May 26, 2019October 22, 2021
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Paper of Pins

  • Traditional songs

Folk song from Connecticut, USA, originating from England. Verse and chorus alternating – to be sung by two different groups. Score

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  • May 26, 2019January 18, 2022
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Oh Mary Don’t You Weep *

  • Songs for Key Stage 1,2

Traditional gospel and liberation song from America. Many different versions sung by choirs, acapella groups, folk and protest singers. I love the arrangement by Bernice Reagan Johnson. This is an extremely simple version. Suitable for KEY STAGE 2 to adult.

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  • May 26, 2019January 26, 2022
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Mama Don’t Allow No Music **

  • Community Choirs

Originally a skiffle/bluegrass song from the US which has been adapted to almost every style. Very popular. You can bring in all the different instruments and make up new categories – beatboxers, walkin’ bass, plinky-plonk piano – etc. Easy to add percussion to and mimic the sounds […]

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  • May 25, 2019January 26, 2022
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Juba **

  • Songs for Key Stage 1,2

Beth Allen says: “This is an old African American folk song that evolved from a plantation dance. It is closely linked to Hambone and is often found together in collections. Juba became a common name for African Americans who were talented at singing or dancing […]

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  • May 25, 2019January 15, 2022
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Do, Do Pity My Case *

  • Traditional songs

A song from Louisiana, US, about having to go and do chores. Possibly sung by servants dancing in a ring round a tree.

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  • May 25, 2019October 22, 2021
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Been All Around This World

  • Traditional songs

Song from the Appalachian Mountain area of United States of America. Introduced by Lindsay Hannon. Audio / Score

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Song list

  • Warm-ups & playground games
  • Songs for early years
  • Songs for KS3
  • Traditional songs
  • Songs from African countries
  • Songs with French words
  • Songs with Spanish words
  • New compositions & arrangements
  • Young composers – We Wrote this!
  • Young Music Leader – BlueJam Arts
  • Young Vocal Leader – Soundwave

Recent Posts

  • Njoho *
  • Nila *
  • Percy the Park Keeper’s song *
  • Place where you earned your name *
  • Polka (les genoux, les mains) *
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