Two Chatty Sheep (Tunes for Teaching)

By Andy Mullen

Tunes for Teaching

This is an updated version of the "My Mother, Your Mother" song archetype. There is built in listening, echoing, and improvisation.

Lyrics

Verse 1

Once upon a time, there were two sheep,

And mighty chatty sheep were they.

Every afternoon, they'd have a "baa baa baa."

This is what they'd say.

Students listen to two sheep chatting.

Verse 2

Once upon a time, there were two sheep,

And mighty chatty sheep were they.

I gotta go and take a walk,

So tell me what they say.

Students echo the two sheep chatting.

Verse 3

Once upon a time, there were two sheep,

And mighty chatty sheep were they.

If one of them were to baa at you,

Tell me what you'd say.

Students improvise "baa" conversations with the sheep.

50 Tunes for Teaching - Two Chatty Sheep (Tunes for Teaching)

Fifty Tunes for Teaching

Check out this book which contains 50 new songs with and without words for use in the general music class. Sequenced according to Gordon's Music Learning Theory.

About the author Andy Mullen

Andy Mullen is a teacher, folk musician, multi-instrumentalist, recovering singer-songwriter, and lifelong learner. He has taught all levels of students in a number of subjects, and is currently a middle school general music and choir teacher in Burlington, Massachusetts. Mr Mullen holds Masters degrees in Music Education and School Administration, and serves on the faculty for the Gordon Institute of Music Learning (GIML) in Elementary General Music. He is the author of "MLT Any Music Teacher Can Du...De," "The Literate Musician" and "Fifty Tunes for Teaching," and the composer of the children's album, "Chucka Chucka Wawa."