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Songs for Group Singing

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Fun Songs for Coach Outings etc. 

(Ideal for 8 year-olds learning English)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FURTHER PRACTICE

When students have mastered the songs by memory, try the following:-

  • Instruct students to leave out certain words as they sing until all words have gone.  They should  nod their heads for each missing word.

  • Divide the class into groups and allocate certain words to the different groups

  • In order to practise stress and intonation, encourage students to compose their own words to fit the tunes.   They must maintain the same timing.

TEN GREEN BOTTLES

 

          B
    G G G  
D D        

1/7-There

are

 ten/nine green  bot tles

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      B  
A   A    
  G     G
2/8-Hang ing on the wall

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      D
       
B B B  
3-Ten green bot tles

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      D  
C   C    
  B     B
4-Hang ing on the wall

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    E  E    
        D  
          B
G G        
5-And if one green bot tle

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    B      
  A   A    
G       G  
          E
6-Should ac ci dent ly fall

(1) There are ten green bottles

(2) hanging on the wall

(3) Ten green bottles, 

(4) hanging on the wall

(5) And if one green bottle 

(6) should accidentally fall

(7) There'll be nine green bottles 

(8) hanging on the wall.

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There are nine green bottles, hanging on the wall

Nine green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be eight green bottles hanging on the wall.

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There are eight green bottles, hanging on the wall

Eight green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be seven green bottles hanging on the wall.

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There are seven green bottles, hanging on the wall

Seven green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be six green bottles hanging on the wall.

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There are six green bottles, hanging on the wall

Six green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be five green bottles hanging on the wall.

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There are five green bottles, hanging on the wall

Five green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be four green bottles hanging on the wall.

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There are four green bottles, hanging on the wall

Four green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be three green bottles hanging on the wall.

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There are three green bottles, hanging on the wall

Three green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be two green bottles hanging on the wall.

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There are two green bottles, hanging on the wall

Two green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be one green bottle hanging on the wall.

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There are one green bottle, hanging on the wall

One green bottles, hanging on the wall

And if one green bottle should accidentally fall

There'll be no green bottles hanging on the wall.

THERE WERE TEN IN THE BED

 

    G G G G
D D        
1-There

4-So

 were

they

 ten

all

 in

rolled

 the

ov

 bed

er

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    G G G G
D D        
2-And the lit tle one said

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D     D    
  B     B  
    G     G
3-Roll  ov er Roll ov er

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  G G G
D      
5-And one fell  out

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1-There were ten in the bed 2-and the little one said

3-Roll over!  Roll over!

4-So they all rolled over 5-and one fell out.

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There were nine in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There were eight in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There were seven in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There were six in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There were five in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There were four in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There were three in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There were two in the bed and the little one said

Roll over!  Roll over!

So they all rolled over and one fell out.

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There was one in the bed and the little one said

"I've got room!  I've got space!"

So he rolled over and went to sleep.

ONE MAN WENT TO MOW A MEADOW

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Omit the pink lettering when introducing the song

  • When students are proficient at singing the words, add in the pink words.

  • Encourage students to make up their own words to replace the additional words, but still maintaining the same rhythm.

 

B B B B B
1-One man went to mow,

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    C      
B B   B B  
          A
2-Went to mow a mea dow

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B B B B B B
3-One

(and

pop

 man

a

and

 and

bot

a

 his

tle

sau

 dog

of

sage

  

 

roll)

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D D D      
      C    
        B  
          G
4-Went to mow a mea dow

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1-One man went to mow, 2-went to mow a meadow

3-One man and his dog (and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll), 4-went to mow a meadow

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Two men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Three men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Four men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Five men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Five men, four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Six men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Six men, five men, four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Seven men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Seven men, six men, five men, four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Eight men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Eight men, seven men, six men, five men, four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Nine men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Nine men, eight men, seven men, six men, five men, four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

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Ten men went to mow, went to mow a meadow

Ten men, nine men, eight men, seven men, six men, five men, four men, three men, two men, one man and his dog and a bottle of pop and a sausage roll, went to mow a meadow

OLD MACDONALD'S FARM

NOTE:  The tune for this song is well-known internationally;  however, each country has its own interpretation of 'animal-speak'.  This is the English version.

INSTRUCTIONS:  

Repeat the following verse, but change the animal and sound each time.  A list is given below.

Old MacDonald had a farm.  Eeyi, Eeyi, Yo.

And on that farm he had a (duck) Eeyi, Eeyi, Yo.

With a (quack, quack) here

And a (quack, quack) there

Here a (quack).  

There a (quack)

Everywhere a (quack, quack)

ANIMAL

SOUND

duck

quack

cow

moo

sheep

ma-a-a-a

goat

ba-a-a-a
horse neigh-ay-ay-ay
cat meiow
dog woof
hen cluck
pig oink
goose honk

TO CONTINUE, change the animal and animal noises.

Old MacDonald had a farm.  Eeyi, Eeyi, Yo.

And on that farm he had a (animal) Eeyi, Eeyi, Yo.

With a (animal sound x 2) here

And a (animal sound x 2) there

Here a (animal sound).  

There a (animal sound)

Everywhere a (animal sound x 2)

Chants for young supporters at sports events

  • For a swimming competition
  • For any sport

FOR A SWIMMING COMPETITION

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One, two, three and a quarter.

Who do you think we want under water?

1)......................................................

2)......................................................

INSTRUCTIONS

1) Spell out the name of a person or team, eg: U.N.I.T.E.D

2) Shout out the whole name with enthusiasm, eg: UNITED!

FOR ANY COMPETITIVE SITUATION

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Two, Four, Six, Eight,

Who do we appreciate?

1)......................................................

2)......................................................

INSTRUCTIONS

1) Spell out the name of a person or team, eg: U.N.I.T.E.D

2) Shout out the whole name with enthusiasm, eg: UNITED!

 

 
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