Boomwhacker Song Book

(1)

4 NOTE5

Tubes:G@trG

Mory

Hod o

Little

Lomb

4

Troditionol

tr

-

tle

tr&

Mo-ry

trffic@

Mo-ryhodo

tr

lit

trGG

lit - tle

lomb.

ffiffiffi

lit - tle

lomb,

trffi

white

os

ffi

wos

tr

lomb,

trtr

lit -

tle

ffi

fleece

5

NOTES

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The Old Gray Mqre

Traditional

@

she

GG

F

Oh, the

old

gray

F

more,

A A G*A G

F

oin't

whot

she used to

be,

G GF*GF

tr A AG*AGFG

F F F

G

oin't

whot

she

used

to be, oin't

what

she

used

to

be.

The old

gtoY more,

she

€€

G A

G

mon

- y

long yeors

o

A AG*AG

F

oin't

whot

she

used

to

be

F

90.

*W"

_"fudged"_o

_little

_on

_this

_{one by replocing}

_o

_Gfi

with o

G

in

thre"

places ond

on

F#

with

on

F

once,

but

it

sounds good

this

woy.

ff

you hove

Gil

ona

p#

you con use

themhere.

(2)

AAA

soy

o

word,

ffi

don't

ffi@c'

thot

mock

-

in'

G

bird.

AA

A Affi

gon

- no buy you

o

D

2. Tf

Hush,

Little

Boby

G'

by,

A

mock

-Tubes:

DGAffiC'

@ 1. Hush,

AG

dia

-

mond

AAAAB

gon

- no buy you

o

BAA

bird don't

sing,

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.

(3)

There's

o Hole

in

the

Bucket

I

Traditionol

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G

L.

lnete

s

G

za,

Gffi

in

the

A

o

B

hole

tr

buck

€

-

et, @ deor

m

deor

G GA

zo,

There's

o VERSE5:

2. Then f ix

it,

dear Henry, deor Henry, dear Henry, Then

fix

it,

deor Henry, deor Henry,

fix

it.

3. With what sholl

I

f ix

it,

deor Liza, dear Liza,

With whot sholl

I

fix

it,

deor Liza, with whot?

t2.With

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

With o stone, dear Henry, dear Henry , o stone.

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

A

o

tr

Li

BGffi

hole in

the

trGffi

buck

- et,

deor

G

ZQ,

G

hole.

4. With strow, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,

With strow _,dea? Henry, deor Henry, with strow.

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

6. Then cut

it,

dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Than cut

il,

dear Henry, deor Henry, cuf it.

7 . With whot sholl

I

cut

it,

dear Liza, deor Llza,

With what shall

I

cut

it,

dear Lizo, with whot? 8. Wifh a knife, deor Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,

With a knif e, dear Henry, dear Henry, sknif e.

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

10. Then sharpen

it,

deor Henry, dear Henry, dear Hznry, Then shorpen

it,

deor Henry, deor Henry, shorpen

it.

11. With what sholl

I

shorpen

it,

dear Liza, dear Liza,

With whot sholl

I

sharpen

it,

deor Lizo, with whot?

14. Then wet

it,

dear Henry, deor Henry, deor Henry, Then wet rt _{, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet}

it.

15. 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.}

t7.

But where sholl

I

get

it,

deor Liza, dear Liza, But where sholl

I

get

it,

deor Lizo,but where? 18. From the well, deor Henry, deo? Henry, dear Henry,

From

the

well, dear Henry, dear

Henry,thewell.

19. With what sholl T f etch

it,

deor Liza, deor Liza,

With whot sholl

I

f etch rt, dear Liza, with whot? 20. With the bucket, dear Henry _{, dear Henry, dear Henry,}

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

?t.There's

o hole in the bucket, deor Liza, dear Liza, There's o hole in the bucket, deor Liza, o hole !

(4)

Old

MocDonold

Hod

o

Form

10 Traditionol

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@ he

G

on

AA

E-I

r= t_< o

tr

hod

G

old

G Gffi

Moc-Don-old

ffi

form,

I

E-

B

I-

And@

GG

thot

form

@@

ond

o

tsBAA

E-I-E-I

tr

hod

trm

some

chicks,

Bffi

With

d

GGG

cluck

-

cluck

here,

GGG

cluck

- cluck

there.

GG

cluck, there

GG

o

cluck,

GG

Here

o

G

ev-G

where

G

o

GG

cluck

-

cluck.

B

E

G@tr

Don

- old

hod

G

old

G

Moc

trffi

o

form,

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...

(5)

6 NOTE5

Tubes:G@trFGA

London

Bri

dge

t2

Troditionol

ffitrFtrFG

foll

- ing down,

foll

- ing

down.

GAGFtrF

Lon

-

don

Bndge

is

foll

-

ing

€

down,

tr

lo

F6

ing

down,

GAGFtr

Lon

-

don

Bridge

is

foll

ffiG

my

foir

2. Build

it

up with wood and cloy, Wood and clcy, wood and cloy.

Build

it

up with wood ond clay, my

foir

lody. 3. Wood ond cloy will wosh owoy,

Wosh owoy, wosh owoy.

Wood ond clay will wosh owoy, my

foir

lody.

4. Build

it

up with stone so strong, Stone so strong, stone so strong.

Build

it

up with stone so strong, my

fair

lody. 5. Stone so strong will last so long,

Last so long, lost so long.

Stone so strong will lost so long, my

foir

lody.

This Old

Mon

Tubes:GffitrFGA

Trqditionol

F

a

trffitr

-

knock

on

my

GAG

one, He

ployed

Gtr

G

This

old

mon,

F

knick

F

thumb,

tr

with

Gtr

he

ployed

G G G G C Gffi

knick -

knock

pod

- dy

whock,

give

o VERSE5:

trF

dog

o

G

bone,

Gffi ffi F tr ffi

C

This

old

mon

come

noll

- ing

home.

2. This old mon, he ployed two, He played knick-knock on my shoe... 3. This old mon, he played

three,

He played knick-knock on my knee.' 4. This old mon, he ployed four,

He ployed knick-knock on my door...

5. This old mon, he ployed

five,

He played knick-knock on my hive... 6. This old mon, he ployed six, He played knick-knock on tny sticks... 7. This old mon, he ployed seven, He played knick-knock up in heaven...

8. This old rnon, he ployed eight,

He played knick-knock on my gole... 9. This old mon, he ployed nine, He ployed knick-knock on my spine... 10. This old mon, he ployed ten, He played knick-knock once ogoin...

(6)

Tubes:G@trFGA

Oh,

Susonno

t4

Stephen Fostar

ffi

o

the

GAGtrC

Al-o-bom-owith

night

the

doy

T

left:

G@

1.

Oh,

r

trG

come

f rom

rained

oll

trGGA

goin' to

Lou -

'si

-sun so

hot

I

trtrMGffi

bon - jo

on

my

knee:

weoth

- er,

it

wos

dry.

V--/-Gffi

I'm-

The-Gtr

on-o,

c

my

trtr

true

love

ffi

for

don't

froze

to

deoth,

{g}

G

cry.

ffi

c

see.

G

2.Tt

F

oh,

F

5u

A

oh,

AA

-

son

-

ho,

trGGA

come from

Al -

o

s

me.

don't you

cry

G

for

GGtr

trtr

bon -

jo

c

with

Gtr

bo-mo

(7)

Twinkle, Twinkle

Little

Stor

t6

Troditionol

Tubes:G@trF€A

FtrtrffiffiG

f

won

- der

whot

you

are.

GGGG

Twin

- kle,

twin

-

kle

AAG

F

lit - tle stor,

how

trffi

the

sky.

GGFF

like o

dio-mond

trtrffi

world

so

high,

GGFF

Up o-bove

the

GGGG

Twin

- kle,

twin

-

kle

AA€

lit - tle

stor,

FFtrtrffiffiG

how f

won

- der

whot

you

are.

The

Muff

in

Mon

Tubes:G@trFGA

Traditionol

AF

muf-fin

G

the

FFG

you know

the

trGGG

muf

-

f

in

man?

Do

F

the

@G€

muf-finmon,

I

-( \1, ( a ( t-

.-

( ('t )

F

Lane?

GGGG

lives on

Dru

-

rY

F

who

AFF

muf-finmon,

17

(8)

The

Mulbercy

Bush

Tubes:

GtrFGAG'

FFFF

A

Here

we

go

'round the

G'G'AF

F

mul - ber -

ry

bush,

the

GGGGA

mul - ber

-

ry

bush,

the

mul

GGtrG

- ber

-

ry

bush.

A G'G'AF

F G GG C F

F

the

mul

-

ber

- ry

bush,

so

ear

- ly in the

morn

-

ing.

FFF

Here

we

go

F

'round

FF

This

is

FF

A

the

woy

we

G'A F

F

wosh

our

clothes,

we

GG

G

A

wash

our

clothes,

we

Gtr

G

wosh

our

clothes.

GGFF

in the

morn

-

ing.

FFF

F

This

is the

woy

A G'A F F G

G

we

wash

our

clothes,

so

eor

-

ly

Row, Row, Row

Your

Boot

Tubes:

G@trFGG'

Traditional

G

streom.

trmtrF

gent

- ly

down

the

Gffitr

row your

boot,

a'

G

dream.

Ftr@

is but

a

C'G'G'GGG

Mer

-

ri - ly,

mer

-

ri -

ly,

trtrtr

GGG

(9)

7

NOTES

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Comptown

Races

22

Stephen Foster

trffi

Doo

-

doh!

Doo

-

dah!

GGtrGAGtr

Comp

- town lo - dies

sing this

song.

come down here

with

my hot coved

in,

tr

lon9.

tin.

GGtr

Comp

- town

?oce

go

bock

home

G

The

r'll

trffi

Doo

-

dah!

Doo

-

doh!

AG

nine

miles

pocket

full

o'

G

trock's

with o

G'

night,

GtrG

to run

oll

+

G

doy!

@trffiGG

Oh,

doo

- doh day! I

Oh,

doo

-

doh

G€trtrG€

bet

my

mon

- ey on

the

G

I

AG'A

to

run

oll

G

doy.

@trpxtrffi

Some-bod-ybeton

AGtr

bob

- toil

nog.

ffi

the

G

boy.

23

(10)

On

Top

of

Old

Smoky

_Troditionol

24 Tubes:G@trFGAG'

AFGA

oll

cov

- ered

with

G'

5mo

GtrG

top of

old

G

On

G

true

tr

my

G

lost a a

@!

_\--l @

G---'

slow, VERSES:

2.

For

courting's

o pleosure,

but porting

is

grief .

A

f

olse

hearted

lover is

worse

thon o

thief

.

trFtr@

for

court

- ing

too

7 (or

8) NoTEs

Tubes:

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Billy

Boy

GA G

tr

Bil

- ly

Boy?

Oh

GGGG'trF

where

hove

you

been, Bil

-

ly

G

Boy,

trF

oh,_

ffitr FFFF

F G

F

f

hove

been

to

seek

o

wife.

She's

the

G GG

where hove

you

G'Ftr

been, charm

-

ing

@

-lv?-tr

ffi

tr F G

G'

A G tr G G F

M

tr(BJ*

@

G

joy-

of my life.

She's

o

young

thing

and

con

-

not leove

her

moth -

(11)

8 NOTE5

rubes:

G@trFGAEG'

Three

Blind Mice

26

Troditionol

GFF

See how

they

G

mice. @ blind

tr

three

C'C'EAB

oll ron af - ter

the

G

They

GFF

see how

they

tr

run,

tr

run.

-G'GGGC'C'G'@AEC'GGGG

farm

- er's wife. She cut off

their

toils

with o

corv

- ing

knife.

Did

you

F

os

G'G'tsAts

ev

- et

see

such

o

C'G G

G

sight in

your

lif e

trffi

three

blind

(12)

Tubes:

GffitrF€ABC'*

Bsq,

Bqs, Blc,ck

Sheep

FF

Yes

sir,

A

v

AE

hove

you

GG

Boo,

boo,

c'

on

GG

block

sheep,

F

ond

€GGF

One for the

mos

c

f ull.

ffiffi

three

bogs

F

ter

FF

boy

that

G

the

G

one

ffi

ond

trtrtr

one for

the

FF

lit -

tle

@ dome,

G

for

G

block

G

sheep,

G'A

on

-y

AB

have

you

cc

Boo,

boo,

trtrtr

lives

down

the

*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.

G

f ull.

mm

three

bogs re LE sir,

F

sir,

F

Yes

A A AA

G

hove

you

on

- y

wool? 31

(13)

Lulloby

3?

Music by Johonnes Brohms

Tubes:

G@trFGAgG'

G'B

slum

-

ber

trtrG

Lul

-lo -

by

and

trtr€

good

-

night,

may

trG

sweet

AGffitr

with

thee.

Sleep-.

gent

FM

-

ly

F MF

dreom till

the

m

ond

AA

new-

morn

G

F€A

new doy

will

AF

G

ond

the

sun,

G'

breok.

trG

o-G'

morn

GG

With

fhe

G trG

sun,

o-

new

doy

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.