MELODICA LESSON BOOK

1. Stepping and Skipping


 
1 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 1

       
Step - ping up, Step - ping down, Then a skip.

2. Stepping and Skipping

 2   2 2 
3 1 1
3 1
3
Step - ping up, Step - ping down, Then a skip.
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3. Stepping and Skipping from A

 
1
2 3 3 2 
1
2 3 
1

Step - ping up, Step - ping down, Then a skip.

4. Stepping and Skipping from A

         
3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 3
Step - ping up, Step - ping down, Then a skip.
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5. Birthday Party

 
1 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1

           

Here we go, Up a row To a birth - day par - ty.


6. Sandman's Near

 
  1       
Dol - ly dear, Sand - man's near, You will soon be sleep - ing.
3 3 3 3
 2 1 2 2 1 2 1
 7. Baseball Days 5


1 2 3 2 3 2

      

Come on kids,

join 3
2
the

fun 1
Base - ball days 
have

be -

gun

 1 2 1

8. The Postman
 

1 2 3 1 1 2 3 4 3 2

        
   
when I grow tall; win - ter and fall

Post - man I'll be
3  Let - ters I'll bring you in

4

 1 2 4

9. Rain on the Roof

 
      
3 4 4

    
1 2 3 2 1 2 1 3

  1 2 3 4            
on the tin roof fall - ing, call - ing, call - ing, call - ing.
 1 2 3 4  
pit - ter, pat - ter, go the rain - drops I can hear their ti - ny voic - es
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10. Song of the Volga Boatmen

 
2 2 4 3 2 2

      

  1 3          3
Yo, yo, heave ho! Oh, yo, yo, heave ho! So pull to - geth - er; for - ward still we go.

 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 3

11. A Message

1 3 5 3 1 2

         

Tap, tap, tap, tap, some - one's knock - ing
4
at

my

door 
to 
bring a 
let -
4
ter,

 1 2

3 5 2 4 2

       
 1      
Tap, tap, tap, tap, I wish they'd ring; Our bell sounds much bet - ter.
2 1
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12. Chimes

  

3 1 2 1 2 3 1 3

       

Ding dong, dong

ding Hear the chimes ring; From the high

tow'r
 4 4

2 3


  
 4    
Hark to the hour ONE TWO THREE FOUR.

5
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13. Good King Wenceslas

 
1 1 2 1

     
Good King Wen - ces - las look'd out
4
On
3
the
4
feast
3 
of Ste
 -

phen,

 2

1 2 1

 
     

Where the snow lay round a
4
bout,
3
Deep
4
and
3
crisp - and e - ven
2 1
 14. Lazy Mary 9

  
2 3 5


1 3 1 2

        
    
La - zy Mar - ry, will you get up? Will you, will you, will you get up?

  
        


    
        

La - zy Ma - ry, will you get up? It's ver - y ing.

late in the morn
        
4 3 2 1

15. Betty and Bill

  
2

over
1 3 5 5 1 3 5
L.H.
  
4 3

        
     
2


Gal - lop - ing, gal - lop - ing, o - ver the hill, O, what
a frol - ic
for Bet - ty and Bill.

     4 3 2
 
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16. Flying to the Moon

 1 2 3      
        
1 2 3

  
Shall we go a - fly ing, fly - ing, fly - ing? Shall we go a - fly ing to the moon?
  2     2 1
   3   3 

17. Air
from Surprise Symphony


1 3
  
5 3 4 2

1
  
3 5 3 4 2

1 3

               
Pa - pa Hay -dn's dead and gone, But hi mem' ry lin gers on; When his mood was one of bliss, He wrote jol - ly tunes like this.

      1
       
2 4 2 4
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18. By the Pond

         
   
5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1

 
 
"Quack", "quack", "quack!" goes the fun - ny duck, "Croak", "croak", "croak!" goes the frog - gie too.
         
 1 4 1
4
1 1

19. Paper Ships

         
  
 
      
  
3 5 4 5 3 2 4 3 3 5 4 5 3 2 4 3

When I launch my pa - per ships in moth -er's shin - y Ah, How I wish I were a cap - tain real - ly un - der sail.

  1           
pail,

        
 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 2  1

20. Sledding
     
    
2 5 4 3 2

 
      to
Snow - flakes fall - ing fluff - y and
     
white; O, what fun! We're sled - ding - night.

   
4 3 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4
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21. The Butterfly
 1
  
2

3

4

3

2 1
 1
 
  
  
But - ter - fly bright in the sun light play ing sway ing
      
 2 3 2



 
1

2

3

4

3

2 1
 
5 4
  
 

Fly - ing from flow - erto flow - er blithe and gay.
  
er
    2  1 2  
22. Questions
  1 2         
 
"Gi - ant, why are you so tall?" "Well, sir, why are you so small?"
            

3 2 1 2
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23. Blue-Bells of Scotland

 1 4 3 2 1 2 3 4
  
1 1 2 3 4

               
        
O where, and O where is your High - land lad - die gone? O where, and O where is your High - land lad - die
       
 2 1 3 4 2 1 3

   
1 4 2 3 4 3 1 2

         
the

He's the foe for King George up - on
 
gone? gone to fight
 
4  2

4 2     2

  2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4
  
         

throne; And it's Oh! in my heart, I

wish

him

safe at

home!

 1    2 1 3 4
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24. Toy Soldiers

 5

 
3 1


5
 
5


3 1
 
5 3 5

 
3 1

     
Sol - diers in blue, Sol - diers in red, Stag - ing a bat tle, here on my bed.
    3       
 1
5
1 1

   
5 3 1 5 5 3 1 1 3 1

       
  
Line up the rank, Charge on the flank On - ward, brave sol - diers! go where you're led.
    3         
1 1 1 1
5
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25. Big Ships



 
1 3 5 2 1 1 3 5

       
 
 4    
I see the big ships a - sail - ing O - ver the pret - ty blue sea,
  3    
 2 1  5 3 2 1  1

  

1 2 1 5 3 1 2 3 2 1

        
 
 4  4 
I'd like to know where they're go - ing, But they will nev - er tell me.
 3      
5 5
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26. Steam-boat Round the Bend

     
1 2 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 2 1

             
On the Mis - sis - sip - pi Steam - boat 'round the bend, Chug, chug, chug, chug, To the jour -ney's end.
                 
 5 4 
2 1 2 2 1 5
3 2 3 4

27. Comin' Round the Mountain

           
     
1 1 3 5 3 2 1 2 5 4

      
     
        
 3 2 2 3 5 3

Repeat ad lib.
         
            
3 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1


   
1 2 2 1


L.H.   L.H.
      
2 3
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28. The Long Trail

 
R.H.

   
 
1 3 5 3 2 1


5

  

2

    
L.H.
    
 5 3 1 1 2 3

 
R.H.


 
1 3 5 3 2 3 2

 
5

     

2

    
L.H.
     
5 3 1 1 2 3

29. The Bee

        
1 3 5 3 1

   
          
 
        
 
 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 2
 30. My Bonnie
  
18
     
3 2 1 2 3 2 1 2

        
         
 3        
1 2 3 5 3 1 2 1 3

 
      
3 2 1 2 2 1

      
       
        
1 2 3 5 3 2 1 2 1

31. Vacation Time

  
    
1 2 3 4 2 4 1 2 3 2

         
           
       
4

1 2 3 4 2 4
   
4

2
 
2

      
       
    
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32. Home on the Range

A B
            5   

1 2 3 4 4 1 2

  
            
          

4 1 2 3 1 2 4

$ C D Fine
        
        
1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 2



       

        
4 1 2 3 2 1

 
E F

D.S. al Fine
          
5 4 3 2 3 2 1 1 2

 
     
        

1 1 2 1 4
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33. The Juggler

  
3 3
 
3 5 4


3 2 1
 
5 4 3 2 1

3

3

3
 
5 4 3 2
 
1

 3   3       R.H. 
  3
3 3

      
L.H. L.H. L.H. L.H.
               
3 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 4 4

34. From a Wigwam

 5


1 3 2 3 1 5 1 3 2

             
                                 

1
5


  
2 2 5 1 3 2 3 1

    
1 1

  
                
   
       
       
   
  
5 4 3 1 2 5 4 3 1 2 1
5