A song about counting backwards in ‘steps’.
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The counting backwards song©
Words and Music by: Maurice Walsh
Used by permission of The Manchester Singing School
Song tags
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1, KS2
- Musical Element: dotted rhythms
- Style: Other
- Subject: Mathematics
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Year Group: 1, 2, 3
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Lyrics
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Lyric/Song sheets (3)
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Teaching song guides (1)
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Audio Tracks (4)
Let’s count back in ones from ten.
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Ten, nine, eight and seven,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Six and five, four and three,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Two and one and don’t forget the zero!
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Let’s count back in twos from twenty.
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Twenty, eighteen, sixteen and fourteen,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Twelve, ten, eight and six,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Four and two and don’t forget the zero!
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Let’s count back in threes from thirty.
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Thirty, twenty-seven, twenty-four, twenty-one,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Eighteen, fifteen, twelve and nine,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Six and three and don’t forget the zero!
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Let’s count back in fives from fifty.
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Fifty, forty-five, forty, thirty-five,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Thirty, twenty-five, twenty, fifteen,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Ten, five and don’t forget the zero!
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Let’s count back in tens from a hundred.
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
One hundred, ninety, eighty, seventy,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Sixty, fifty, forty and thirty,
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
Twenty, ten and don’t forget the zero!
Cock-a-doodle doodle doo!
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Song writer biography
Maurice Walsh
Maurice Walsh first sang along to steam radio programmes like Workers’ Playtime, ITMA and The Happidrome. Then in the scouts, the school G&S and, for a while, on a daily diet of plainsong and polyphony. He studied singing with Freddie Cox on the opera course at the RNCM (Max Mayer Prize) and ran a Manchester folk club.
After working in Paris for an International Student Movement and in Deptford as a class teacher, he went into the theatre (for West End musicals, Shakespeare, music hall, end of pier, panto and revue) and back into schools as class teacher, Director of Music, Artistic Director. He is now Senior Vocal Tutor with Manchester Music Service, author and director of The Singing School and season card holder for Manchester City FC.
Music taken from
The Singing School (Year 3)
by Maurice Walsh
Manchester Music Service
In The Singing School series Maurice Walsh has assembled a lively mixture of original and well-known songs for the primary school classroom. There are fun songs and chants and material for singing at particular moments in the day, along with songs suitable for literacy and numeracy lessons.
Audio and copyright information
Audio information
The audio tracks were recorded specially for the Sing Up programme by Fulham Prep School Chamber Choir, mixed and mastered by Nic Rowley at Vandborg Studios. The backing track was created specially for the Sing Up programme by Simon Rogers.
Copyright information
All copyright music in the Sing Up programme is used by permission. The songwriters and/or copyright holders have been remunerated under due licensing arrangements. Find out more about copyright by visiting the UK Music and Sound Rights websites.
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