Inchworm
| Category: | Calm |
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| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | Written by Frank Loesser for the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. Two melodic lines-counting and the inchworm's verse-are meant to be sung together as a round/counterpoint. |
CTwo and two Fmare four
CFour and four Fmare eight
CEight and eight are Fsix-Fmteen
CSixteen and sixteen G7are thirty-two
CInch worm, Bbinch worm
CMeasuring the Bbmarigolds
CYou and your a-Frithmetic
CYou'll probably go G7far
CInch worm, Bbinch worm
CMeasuring the Bbmarigolds
CSeems to me you'd Fstop and see
CHow beautiful they G7are
CTwo and two Fmare four
CFour and four Fmare eight
CEight and eight are Fsix-Fmteen
CSixteen and sixteen G7are thirty-two
CInch worm, Bbinch worm,
Cmeasuring the Bbmarigolds
CYou and your a-Frithmetic,
Cyou'll probably go G7far