Susanne's words for the Suzuki Pieces
2. French Folk Song
Using my bow so I make a nice sound,
Watching my fingers my feet to the ground
This is French Folk Song, we count it in three,
I like to play it, just listen to me!
Singing and playing and ending on D.
3. Lightly Row
Coco Pops Coco Pops I would like some coco pops
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday please give me some coco pops
Coco Coco coco pops coco coco coco pops
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday please give me some coco pops
4. Song of the Wind
Once I saw a crocodile who snapped at all he saw
Snapped at all he saw
Till he snapped a rock and got a toothache in his jaw jaw jaw
Till he snapped a rock and got a toothache in his jaw
5. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Strawberry bowing, smoothly on the string, Strawberry bowing makes my cello sing
Up to the A string then we turn around
Softly again with silky sound
Strawberry bowing, smoothly on the string, Strawberry bowing makes my cello sing
6. O Come Little Children
Up down goes the bow and remember to save
(repeat this phrase three more times)
8. Allegro
Wake up wake up everybody wake wake up wake up time to go to school
Wake up wake up everybody wake up wake up wake up time to go to school
Put my clothes on eat my breakfast play my cello its so cool
Wake up wake up everybody wake up wake up wake up time to go to school
8. Allegro
Popcorn, popcorn listen to the popcorn. Popcorn, popcorn listen to it pop.
Popcorn, popcorn listen to the popcorn. Popcorn, popcorn listen to it pop.
Melted butter, poured all over, sprinkled with a bit of salt.
Popcorn, popcorn listen to the popcorn. Popcorn, popcorn listen to it pop.
8. Allegro
Robot, Robot, I’m a little robot. R2 D2 He’s a robot too
Robot, Robot, I’m a little robot. R2 D2 He’s a robot too
I’m not human. Wish I were human. There’s a human girl I love
Robot, Robot, I’m a little robot. R2 D2 He’s a robot too
9. Perpetual Motion
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like white bread
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like brown bread
Make a big one make a big one make a big one I like white bread
Make a big one make a big one make a big one I like brown bread
Peanut butter peanut butter I like lots of peanut butter
Peanut butter peanut butter I like lots of peanut butter
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like white bread
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like brown bread
11. Allegretto
In the woods, far away, on a hot summer’s day
The three bears’ cabin stood, at the edge of the wood.
In the woods, far away, on a hot summer’s day
The three bears went away for a walk
First the big Papa bear
Then the kind Mama bear
Then behind, with his chair, came the small Baby bear
In the woods, far away, on a hot summer’s day
The three bears went away for a walk.
10. Long long ago
Long long ago on a hot summers day, I saw a frog high on a log
Long long ago on a hot summers day, I saw a frog on a log
He jumped so high that I thought he could fly
He jumped so high that I thought he could fly
Long long ago on a hot summers day, I saw a frog on a log
11. Allegretto
See the bear, with no hair, wearing pink underwear,
And the Goose with the Moose in a big red caboose
See the mice, eating rice, on the ice, oh how nice!
And the dog on the log, what a hog! (After reading Aesop’s fable of the dog & his reflection)
See the fish, ON THE DISH, we all wish HE’D GO SQUISH
And the Bird, that we heard, he’s a nerd, how absurd!
Back to the mice line…
12. Andantino
(tends to be an easier song that doesn't need lyrics, but I like to keep the theme of the Allegretto "In the Woods" and instead of it being about the three bears- this time it's about Goldilocks!)
Goldilocks went inside the three bears house
Goldilocks liked to eat all the porridge.
Goldilocks went inside the three bears house
Goldilocks liked to eat then try all beds.
Someone's knocking at the front door! Time to climb way down the stairs and...
Goldilocks went inside the three bears house
Goldilocks liked to eat then try all beds.
14. Etude
Henrietta Poppoleter had a special friend to play called
Wilhomena Windowcleaner and she brought along her football
Henrietta Poppoleter picked it up and threw it back to
Wilhomena Windowcleaner but it crashed right through the window
Mother came right down the stairs and called to father
Father came right down the stairs and quickly picked up
Henrietta Poppoleter picked her up and spanked her hard and sent her off to bed
14. Etude
Harry Potter Harry Potter had a special friend to play named
Ronald Weasley Ronald Weasley and he brought along his quaffle
Harry Potter Harry Potter picked it up and threw it back to
Ronald Weasley Ronald Weasley, but it crashed right through the window
Dumbledore came down the stairs and called to Hagrid
Hagrid came right down the stairs and quickly picked up
Harry Potter Harry Potter, picked him up and said, “Bad boy!” and
Sent him back to class.
15. Happy Farmer
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
we feed the chickens, cows, and pigs the whole day long.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
we feed the chickens, cows, and pigs the whole day long.
When we are finished, then we get to play.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
we feed the chickens, cows, and pigs, this ends our song.
When we are finished, then we get to play.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
We feed the chickens, cows, and pigs, this ends our so
16. Minuet 1
J. S. Bach had twenty kids
Boy, that’s a lot!
He lived in a country
called Germany and
wrote lots of songs there
(repeat)
Johann Sebastian Bach
played the organ and harpsichord
he played the violin and he played the
viola too.
Bach wrote a lot
of music that
we love to play.
Minuet One is so very fun so,
thank you, J.S. Bach
(repeat)
17. Minuet 2
I like peanut butter sandwiches, I like peanut butter sandwiches
My mom makes them, my dad makes them, and I can make them too.
I like peanut butter sandwiches, I like peanut butter sandwiches.
My sister makes them, my brother makes them, and I can make them too.
(repeat)
Peanut butter goes with jelly and peanut butter goes with honey too.
Peanut butter goes with everything, chocolate-chip ice-cream bars, How I love
those peanut butter sandwiches that my mom and my dad and I can make too.
I like them, I like them, they taste so good inside!
I like peanut butter sandwiches, I like peanut butter sandwiches.
My mom can make them, my dad can make them, and I can make them too.
Gossec Gavotte from Book 2
I can play this long gavotte the whole way through.
I can play this long gavotte as well as you.
I can play this long gavotte just like you too.
Doctor Suzuki would like that too.
Can you play the second section just as well?
I can play the second section, can't you tell?
I can play the second section quite as well.
Let's all play the second section, ding dong bell.
Let us take it all in turns to play.
I'll play first, then fingers very quickly down the scale come jumping.
I'll play it next and now all together,
teeter, totter, then running up and down.
I'm playing very fast and jump about.
I'm playing very fast and I'm not out.
I'm playing very fast, and I'm playing at the last,
so let's play it all together, roundabout.
Mouse in the House (song for tunnel fingers)
Once there was a little mouse and
D D A A 1 1 A. A
He lived in a little house and
3 3 A A 4 4 A A
All day long he ran around and
3 3 A A 1 1. A A
Shouted: Squeak! squeak!
D D (bow behind the bridge for shouted)
(Keep fingers on D string!)
Using my bow so I make a nice sound,
Watching my fingers my feet to the ground
This is French Folk Song, we count it in three,
I like to play it, just listen to me!
Singing and playing and ending on D.
3. Lightly Row
Coco Pops Coco Pops I would like some coco pops
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday please give me some coco pops
Coco Coco coco pops coco coco coco pops
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday please give me some coco pops
4. Song of the Wind
Once I saw a crocodile who snapped at all he saw
Snapped at all he saw
Till he snapped a rock and got a toothache in his jaw jaw jaw
Till he snapped a rock and got a toothache in his jaw
5. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Strawberry bowing, smoothly on the string, Strawberry bowing makes my cello sing
Up to the A string then we turn around
Softly again with silky sound
Strawberry bowing, smoothly on the string, Strawberry bowing makes my cello sing
6. O Come Little Children
Up down goes the bow and remember to save
(repeat this phrase three more times)
8. Allegro
Wake up wake up everybody wake wake up wake up time to go to school
Wake up wake up everybody wake up wake up wake up time to go to school
Put my clothes on eat my breakfast play my cello its so cool
Wake up wake up everybody wake up wake up wake up time to go to school
8. Allegro
Popcorn, popcorn listen to the popcorn. Popcorn, popcorn listen to it pop.
Popcorn, popcorn listen to the popcorn. Popcorn, popcorn listen to it pop.
Melted butter, poured all over, sprinkled with a bit of salt.
Popcorn, popcorn listen to the popcorn. Popcorn, popcorn listen to it pop.
8. Allegro
Robot, Robot, I’m a little robot. R2 D2 He’s a robot too
Robot, Robot, I’m a little robot. R2 D2 He’s a robot too
I’m not human. Wish I were human. There’s a human girl I love
Robot, Robot, I’m a little robot. R2 D2 He’s a robot too
9. Perpetual Motion
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like white bread
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like brown bread
Make a big one make a big one make a big one I like white bread
Make a big one make a big one make a big one I like brown bread
Peanut butter peanut butter I like lots of peanut butter
Peanut butter peanut butter I like lots of peanut butter
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like white bread
Make a sandwich make a sandwich make a sandwich I like brown bread
11. Allegretto
In the woods, far away, on a hot summer’s day
The three bears’ cabin stood, at the edge of the wood.
In the woods, far away, on a hot summer’s day
The three bears went away for a walk
First the big Papa bear
Then the kind Mama bear
Then behind, with his chair, came the small Baby bear
In the woods, far away, on a hot summer’s day
The three bears went away for a walk.
10. Long long ago
Long long ago on a hot summers day, I saw a frog high on a log
Long long ago on a hot summers day, I saw a frog on a log
He jumped so high that I thought he could fly
He jumped so high that I thought he could fly
Long long ago on a hot summers day, I saw a frog on a log
11. Allegretto
See the bear, with no hair, wearing pink underwear,
And the Goose with the Moose in a big red caboose
See the mice, eating rice, on the ice, oh how nice!
And the dog on the log, what a hog! (After reading Aesop’s fable of the dog & his reflection)
See the fish, ON THE DISH, we all wish HE’D GO SQUISH
And the Bird, that we heard, he’s a nerd, how absurd!
Back to the mice line…
12. Andantino
(tends to be an easier song that doesn't need lyrics, but I like to keep the theme of the Allegretto "In the Woods" and instead of it being about the three bears- this time it's about Goldilocks!)
Goldilocks went inside the three bears house
Goldilocks liked to eat all the porridge.
Goldilocks went inside the three bears house
Goldilocks liked to eat then try all beds.
Someone's knocking at the front door! Time to climb way down the stairs and...
Goldilocks went inside the three bears house
Goldilocks liked to eat then try all beds.
14. Etude
Henrietta Poppoleter had a special friend to play called
Wilhomena Windowcleaner and she brought along her football
Henrietta Poppoleter picked it up and threw it back to
Wilhomena Windowcleaner but it crashed right through the window
Mother came right down the stairs and called to father
Father came right down the stairs and quickly picked up
Henrietta Poppoleter picked her up and spanked her hard and sent her off to bed
14. Etude
Harry Potter Harry Potter had a special friend to play named
Ronald Weasley Ronald Weasley and he brought along his quaffle
Harry Potter Harry Potter picked it up and threw it back to
Ronald Weasley Ronald Weasley, but it crashed right through the window
Dumbledore came down the stairs and called to Hagrid
Hagrid came right down the stairs and quickly picked up
Harry Potter Harry Potter, picked him up and said, “Bad boy!” and
Sent him back to class.
15. Happy Farmer
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
we feed the chickens, cows, and pigs the whole day long.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
we feed the chickens, cows, and pigs the whole day long.
When we are finished, then we get to play.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
we feed the chickens, cows, and pigs, this ends our song.
When we are finished, then we get to play.
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go,
We feed the chickens, cows, and pigs, this ends our so
16. Minuet 1
J. S. Bach had twenty kids
Boy, that’s a lot!
He lived in a country
called Germany and
wrote lots of songs there
(repeat)
Johann Sebastian Bach
played the organ and harpsichord
he played the violin and he played the
viola too.
Bach wrote a lot
of music that
we love to play.
Minuet One is so very fun so,
thank you, J.S. Bach
(repeat)
17. Minuet 2
I like peanut butter sandwiches, I like peanut butter sandwiches
My mom makes them, my dad makes them, and I can make them too.
I like peanut butter sandwiches, I like peanut butter sandwiches.
My sister makes them, my brother makes them, and I can make them too.
(repeat)
Peanut butter goes with jelly and peanut butter goes with honey too.
Peanut butter goes with everything, chocolate-chip ice-cream bars, How I love
those peanut butter sandwiches that my mom and my dad and I can make too.
I like them, I like them, they taste so good inside!
I like peanut butter sandwiches, I like peanut butter sandwiches.
My mom can make them, my dad can make them, and I can make them too.
Gossec Gavotte from Book 2
I can play this long gavotte the whole way through.
I can play this long gavotte as well as you.
I can play this long gavotte just like you too.
Doctor Suzuki would like that too.
Can you play the second section just as well?
I can play the second section, can't you tell?
I can play the second section quite as well.
Let's all play the second section, ding dong bell.
Let us take it all in turns to play.
I'll play first, then fingers very quickly down the scale come jumping.
I'll play it next and now all together,
teeter, totter, then running up and down.
I'm playing very fast and jump about.
I'm playing very fast and I'm not out.
I'm playing very fast, and I'm playing at the last,
so let's play it all together, roundabout.
Mouse in the House (song for tunnel fingers)
Once there was a little mouse and
D D A A 1 1 A. A
He lived in a little house and
3 3 A A 4 4 A A
All day long he ran around and
3 3 A A 1 1. A A
Shouted: Squeak! squeak!
D D (bow behind the bridge for shouted)
(Keep fingers on D string!)