Songs and Poetry for ESL

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Songs and Poetry for ESLPlaying Happy Birthday in the key of ‘G’.Chords:The guitar chords and lyrics for 'Happy Birthday':Strum the ‘G’ chord, and then pick the 4 th (open ‘D’) string to give yourself astarting note. (That’s the 4 th thinnest string.)G / / / D /Happy birthday to you/ / / / G /Happy birthday to you/ / / / D C / … (hold it, pause a bit)Happy birthday dear _____ ______C G / D GHappy birthday to you(The / lines show that you continue to strum the previous chord.)Ruth Wickham, Brighton Education Training Fellow43
Songs and Poetry for ESLSongs to start with on the guitarSo you have practised your 'strum', and you have learnt some chords .. here are some songs to usewith your students.ClementineThis song is very long and quite sad - the original content is hardly suitable for young children.However the tune is commonly used for a great many learning songs, (including in the KSSR year onetextbook) and you can easily create your own words to it.(/) G / / G /In a cavern, in a canyon/ G / / D(7) /Excavating for a mine/ D(7) / / G /Lived a miner forty-niner/ D(7) / / G /And his daughter, ClementineChorus:/ G / / G /Oh, my darling, oh, my darling/ G / / D(7) /Oh, my darling Clementine/ D(7) / / G /You are lost and gone forever/ D(7) / / G / /Dreadful sorry, ClementineNOTES: This song is in ¾ or ‘waltz’ time, which means a strong beat followed by two weaker beats ineach ‘bar’ or ‘measure’) – Count ‘ 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 ‘ as you play.The chord name is placed on the first beat each time, followed by two strokes to indicatestrums. (The chord names and strums have been carefully placed above the appropriatesyllables in the song.)To start the song, strum the ‘G’ chord and then pluck the 3 rd (open G) string to get yourstarting note.Ruth Wickham, Brighton Education Training Fellow44
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