Name that tune - Song

Name That Tune!

Many children will know this tune. It's fun to begin with clapping the rhythm - a few children might guess the tune just from hearing it clapped.

The next stage is for you to play the tune, either on a recorder, chime bars or whatever is available, or by playing the soundfile. If you learned to play the recorder as a child, you will definitely know it! The notes are:

• B A G A B B B
• A A A B D D
• B A G A B B B
• G A A B A G G

Charlie is playing it for you here, on descant recorder:

The tune is usually called Merrily We Roll Along but it's also the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb so, of course, either answer is correct.

Once the children have named the tune, they can learn to play it too on recorders, chime bars, xylophones or a keyboard.

• Merrily we roll along
• Roll along, roll along
• Merrily we roll along
• Right down the grassy hillside