Call and Answer Songs

The letter names of the notes have been given, in case the tunes are unfamiliar to you. Hopefully, one leader will be able to learn the tune to teach it to the girls.
A is a quarter note	If there are two notes with the same letter but an octave apart, one will be labeled as higher (h) or lower (L) than the other This symbol \| divides the measures, if necessary A=A=A are triplets A=A=A=A are sixteenth notes A_A are tied notes A*^A are dotted eighth notes, the first note longer than the other
A-- is a half note
A--/-- is a dotted half note (three counts)
A--/--/-- is a whole note
A^A are eighth notes

Vesta-(alternate slapping thighs and clapping hands every other beat)	(in 4/4)
Flee!	(higher voice that fades to low)
Flee Fly!	vary voice
Flee fly flow!	vary voice
Cumalotta, cumalotta, cumalotta, vesta	A^A A^A E^E E^E \| D^D D^D E A (dotted eighth rhythm)
Oh no no no, not the vesta	E-- D C \| D E^D C A (syncopate it)
Eeny meeny desa meeny ooh ah ooh a meeny	A^A A^A E^E E^E \| D D E^E E^E
Ex a meeny sol a meeny ooh ah ooh a meeny	A^A A^A E^E E^E \| D D E^E E^E
Beep belly oten doten bo be shi diten doten shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! (Pause)	(Deep, loud voice)
VESTA!!!!	(As loud as you can)


Sippin' Cider	(in 4/4--each line starts on the second half of beat three, the repeat line starts on the second half of beat one)
The cutest boy	^G #F^G \| E (hold while everyone repeats)
I ever saw	^E #D^E \| C
Was sippin' ci--	^E D^C \| D
der through a straw.	^G A^G \| E
(all together)
The cutest boy I ever saw	^G A^B \| (h)C G E C \| A--/-
Was sippin' cider through a straw.	^A B^A \| G F E D \| C--/-
(continue in the same way for all verses)

I said to him, What 'cha doing that fer?
A sippin' ci--der through a straw

He said to me, Won't you come and see?
Sit and sip ci--der here with me.

So cheek to cheek, And jaw to jaw,
We both sipped ci--der through a straw.

And sometimes when That straw would slip,
We'd both sip ci--der lip to lip.

That's how I got My mother-in-law,
And forty-nine kids Who call me Ma.

The moral is, My children dear,
Don't you drink ci--der, drink root beer!

The Bear (to the tune "Sippin' Cider")
(one person sings, then everyone follows)	(in 4/4--each line starts on the second half of beat three, the repeat line starts on the second half of beat one)
The other day	^G #F^G \| E (hold while everyone repeats)
I met a bear	^E #D^E \| C
In tennis shoes	^E D^C \| D
A dandy pair	^G A^G \| E
(All together)
The other day I met a bear	^G A^B \| (h)C G E C \| A--/-
Out in the woods a dandy pair.	^A B^A \| G F E D \| C--/-
(continue in the same way for all of the verses)

He said to me, "Why don't you run?
I see you ain't got any gun."

And so I ran away from there
But right behind me was that bear.

Ahead of me, I saw a tree,
A great big tree, Oh glory be!

The nearest branch was ten feet up.
I'd have to jump and trust my luck.

And so I jumped into the air,
But I missed that branch all the way up there.

Now don't you fret and don't you frown.
'Cause I caught that branch on the way back down.

The moral of this story is
Don't talk to bears in tennis shoes.

The Green Grass Grew All Around repeat throughout	(In 4/4, starting on beat two)
Long time ago (act out all of the words)	(L)G C D \| E
There was some grass.	(L)G C D \| E
The prettiest little grass (Sweetly)	E F=F=F E^E \| D
That you ever did see! (Shout)

Chorus
And the green grass grew all around and round and round	E D \| C C D D^D \| E^E E^E F
And the green grass grew all around	F^F \| E E D D^D \| C

Oh in this grass.
There was a hole.
The prettiest little hole.
That you ever did see! (Shout)

And the hole was in the grass (act out)	G F \| E^E E^E D
(Chorus)

And in this hole
There was a tree
The prettiest little tree
That you ever did see! (Shout)

And the tree was in the hole	G F \| E^E E^E D
And the hole was in the ground	D^D \| C^C C^C D
(Chorus)	(for the next verses alternately repeat
	D^D \| E^E E^E D and D^D \| C^C C^C D)
(follow the same pattern for these items)
limb, branch, twig, nest, bird, wing, feather,
insect, mite, dust, elephant