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Apples and honey
This is a traditional Jewish song for the Festival of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which takes place for two days between the middle of September and early October. The two-day holiday is considered to represent one very long day (a High Holy day), which gives it special importance in the Jewish calendar. Apples and honey are part of the unique Rosh Hashana dinner - they symbolise hope for a sweet year to come.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , humming , slurs
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Religious education
- Style: Faith song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 9th
Auld lang syne
This song is sung traditionally on New Year’s Eve all over the world, though its origins are in Scotland. It is always sung to celebrate Hogmanay.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , slurs , major key
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 9th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Baloo baleerie
This is a beautiful lullaby from the Shetland Islands, to be enjoyed sung quietly. It will make you feel really calm and peaceful.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , slurs , major key , Scottish snap
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , History
- Style: Folk song , Lullaby
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Ca’ Hawkie
Northumberland is a border county (next to Scotland) and very rural. Once, the wealth of the families in this region was measured by the number of cattle they had. This song is about Hawkie, pronounced ‘Hackie’ – a cow, or ‘coo’, as they say in Northumberland, who is stuck on the far side of a ‘burn’, or stream, and is too ‘sweir’ (shy) to cross the ‘wattor’ (water), to come and be milked.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied , Unaccompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , key change (modulation)
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , Geography , History
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 9th
A cat sat on a mat
A new take on the ‘Old Macdonald’ idea, this highly enjoyable song for infants has all the ingredients to make it a guaranteed favourite: onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition and lots of scope for extension.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , Foundation
- Musical Element: verse and chorus
- Year Group: Reception , 1 , 2
- Subject: Music , Physical education , PSHE & Citizenship
- Style: Nursery rhyme
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
Chanukkah, Chanukkah
This is a song for the Jewish festival of Chanukkah (Festival of Lights), celebrated over a period of 8 days every December.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: English , History , Religious education
- Style: Folk song , Faith song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Cielito lindo
This is a lively Mexican love song that also touches on the joy of singing!
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , major key
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography , Modern foreign languages
- Style: Folk song
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 11th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Clementine
This is a much-loved ‘campfire’ song originating in North America. It is a traditional folk ballad that tells a rather gruesome tale!
Cockles and mussels
This song is generally regarded as Irish but was actually written by a Scotsman, James Yorkston. The earliest known version was published in 1884. The story of Molly Malone is almost certainly a legend.
Do anything but throw it away
This is a groovy song about the topical theme of recycling. It’s a great starting point for creating your own verses.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: speech , verse and chorus , major key , syncopation
- Year Group: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: PSHE & Citizenship , Science
- Style: Other
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 9th
