Elementary Songbook
FAVORITE SONGS AND MUSIC ACTIVITIES FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS

So why music?
All children need to have music as a part of their education, not because children need to become accomplished musicians (though certainly a worth while objective), but to encourage the development of sensitivity, creativity, and discipline, while at the same time bringing joy into their everyday classroom experiences. Music contributes to the education of the whole child beyond the basic need for literacy and numeracy. As a whole brain activity it is unique in the core of educational curricula uniting cognitive musical elements formed on both sides of the brain. It provides opportunity for self expression, divergent thinking, and problem solving. It also enhances the development of positive self esteem and engages students in opportunities to work cooperatively in group interaction. In short, music attends to the need to include humanity as an essential part of our children's education.

This songbook was sponsored by the FINE ARTS division of the Utah State Office of Education and features practical music lessons correlated to the Utah State Music Core Curriculum standards and Integrated across the elementary education curriculum.

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Songbook Contents
Cover
Introduction and Explanation

A Ram Sam Sam A Tisket, A Tasket Alabama Gal All Night, All Day Amazing Grace Apples and Bananas Are You Sleeping Bingo Bluebird, Bluebird Bow Belinda Bow Wow Wow Buffalo Gals Charlie Over the Ocean Charlotte Town Chicka Hanka Chumbara Cindy Clementine Cotton Eyed Joe Don Gato Down By the Bay Down in the Valley Dry Bones Erie Canal Follow the Drinking Gourd Going to the Zoo Great Big House He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Hey, Hey Look at Me Hickory Dickery Doc Honey You Can't Love One (see New River Train) Hot Cross Buns Hush-Little Baby I Bought Me a Cat I Love the Mountains If You're Happy It's Raining lt's Pouring (see Rain, Rain) Itsy Bitsy Spider I've Been Working on the Railroad John Kanaka Johnny Get Your Hair Cut Johnny has Gone for a Soldier Kum Ba Yah Li'l Liza Jane Little Tommy Tinker London Bridge Lucy Locket Make New Friends Mama Paquita Mary Had a Little Lamb Miss Mary Mack

Mulberry Bush My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean My Home's In Montana My Paddle New River Train Obwisana Oh How Lovely is the Evening Oh My Aunt Came Back Old Brass Wagon Old Joe Clark Old MacDonald Paw Paw Patch Peace Like a River Pizza, Pizza, Daddy-O Polly Wolly Doodle Rain, Rain Rig-a-Jig Jig Rocky Mountain Row, Row, Row Your Boat Sandy Land (see Skip to My Lou) Scotland's Burning Shake Those Simmons Down She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain Shoo Fly Simple Gifts Skip to My Lou Sweet Betsy From Pike Swing Low Sweet Chariot (see All Night All Day) Take Me Out to the Ball Game The Farmer in the Dell The More We Get Together This Little Light of Mine This Old Man This Train Three Blind Mice Tinga Layo Tony Chestnut Turkey in the Straw Twinkle, Twinkle Wabash Cannon Ball We Come To Greet you in Peace Weevily Wheat When Johnny Comes Marching Home When the Saints Go Marching In (see This Train) Yankee Doodle You Are My Sunshine Zoodeo