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There Was an Old Man with a Beard, Limerick by Edward Lear, Illustration by Kelly Oechsli
Posted on: May 3, 2013
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There Was an Old Man with a Beard
Limerick by Edward Lear
Traditional Tune
Illustrated by Kelly Oechsli
Sing the limerick tune with Emily, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/limerick-tune-there-was-an-old
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
there was an old man w a beard lear oechsli
This songs sheet is for home or classroom use only.
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Full post about this limerick, here:
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN WITH A BEARD A FUN SINGABLE LIMERICK BY EDWARD LEAR
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/there-was-an-old-man-with-a-beard-a-fun-singable-limerick-by-edward-lear/
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4 Little Songs, 4 Similar Tunes, Some Deep Thoughts and a Whole Lot of Fun
Posted on: April 29, 2013
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There may be some debate on whether these little songs are each a poetic COUPLET or not (Emily Dickinson’s couplet, for example, are the first two lines of a slightly longer poem), but, at least for my purposes here, these little poems make sweet couplet verses for lovely, fun, and thoughtful little songs. And, as such, and since I like to sing each with a variation of the same tune, they work together like an adorable set:
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A Happy Thought
Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
From A Child’s Garden of Verses
Sing to an Adaptation of Twinkle Little Star
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
A HAPPY THOUGHT RLS SBWE
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Shake and Shake the Catsup Bottle
Poem by Richard Armour
Tune by Emily
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
shake and shake the catsup bottle
Sing along with Emily, here:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/shake-and
This song sheet is intended for home or classroom use only.
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A Little Nonsense Relished
Phrase by Roald Dahl
From the book CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
From the movie WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Sing to an Adaptation of Twinkle Little Star
Sing this little tune with Emily:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/a-little-nonsense-now-and-then
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
a little nonsense relished
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A LITTLE MADNESS IN THE SPRING
Selection from the Poem by Emily Dickinson
Sing to Little Tune by Emily
Sing this little tune with Emily:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/a-little-madness-in-the-spring
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
a little madness for the king
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A poetic COUPLET
A couplet is one of the shortest forms of poetry, consisting of two successive lines of verse that usually rhyme, have the same meter, and often form a complete thought.
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A Happy Thought
Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
From A Child’s Garden of Verses
Sing to an Adaptation of Twinkle Little Star
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
A HAPPY THOUGHT RLS SBWE
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This little poem is an example of a COUPLET
A couplet is one of the shortest forms of poetry, consisting of two successive lines of verse that usually rhyme, have the same meter, and often form a complete thought.
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A HAPPY THOUGHT
Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
From A Child’s Garden of Verses
The world is so full of a number of things,
I’m sure we should all be as Happy as Kings
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A LITTLE MADNESS IN THE SPRING
Selection from the Poem by Emily Dickinson
Sing to Little Tune by Emily
Sing this little tune with Emily:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/a-little-madness-in-the-spring
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
a little madness for the king
Sing this little tune with Emily:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/a-little-madness-in-the-spring
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A LITTLE MADNESS IN THE SPRING
Emily Dickinson
A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King,
But God be with the Clown —
Who ponders this tremendous scene —
This whole Experiment of Green —
As if it were his own!
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A Little Nonsense from Roald Dahl and Willy Wonka (and a Little Song, too)
Posted on: April 20, 2013
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A Little Nonsense Relished
Phrase by Roald Dahl
From the book CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
From the movie WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Sing to an Adaptation of Twinkle Little Star
Sing this little tune with Emily:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/a-little-nonsense-now-and-then
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
a little nonsense relished
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“A little nonsense now and then
is relished by the wisest men.”
Roald Dahl via Willy Wonka
From CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR, by Roald Dahl, Chapter 12, Willy Wonka says this to Grandma Josephine.
Also from the movie WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, screenplay by Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka sings this to Mr. Salt.
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I always loved how Gene Wilder (as Willy Wonka in the Movie) turned this quote into a little song, to the tune of “Twinkle Little Star.” This seems altogether fitting, since the Mad Hatter sings “Twinkle Little Bat,” an adaptation of ”Twinkle Little Star,” at the tea party in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Willy Wonka (at least in the movie) is so Mad-Hatter-like!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNzbWMl0bFM
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This poem is an example of a COUPLET.
A couplet is one of the shortest forms of poetry, consisting of two successive lines of verse that usually rhyme, have the same meter, and often form a complete thought.
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When I picked up the children at school today, my daughter Eloise told me that one of her friends was singing a funny tune,
“I would be nice to marry a pickle!”
We both confirmed that the little tune was in fact hilarious. I’ve always been fond of pickles, but also of the word, “pickle.” When I was a kid, my grandmother had a good friend named Mary Louise who told my sister and I to call her “Aunt Mary Pickle,” which we always did. Occasionally my grandmother would take my sister and I to visit Aunt Mary Pickle and her husband (whose name, unfortunately I do not remember) who lived in a small town outside of Indianapolis. It was a drive to get there. They lived on wooded land with a clearing in the middle in a converted 19th century school house, painted red and complete with small cupola on top which housed a big brass bell that you could still ring!
OK, back to the song. Eloise and I were taking a little break in between items of homework and she sang, “It would be nice to marry a pickle.” And then she continued on, “We’ll never get divorced!” And then she said, “No, it should be, ‘The marriage will be dill!” Then she said, “Get it? Dill means GREAT and you know, it’s a dill pickle.” So we kept going until Eloise finished writing this funny little song:
PICKLE SONG: IT WOULD BE NICE TO MARRY A PICKLE
Words and Tune by Eloise Pauline Gleichenhaus
(With a little inspiration from her friends at school)
It would be nice to marry a pickle!
The marriage will be dill.
We’ll never get divorced, oh no!
Our children are Lilly and Bill.
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Sing Eloise’s song with Eloise’s mom Emily:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/it-would-be-nice-to-marry-a
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PICKLE SONG: IT WOULD BE NICE TO MARRY A PICKLE
Words and Tune by Eloise Pauline Gleichenhaus
(with a little inspiration from her friends at school)
Picture by Eloise Pauline Gleichenhaus
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
Pickle Song by EPG 2013 04
Sing Eloise’s song with Eloise’s mom Emily:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/it-would-be-nice-to-marry-a
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