Autumn songs A-E
A little
Autumn fairy
A little elf
A little man
is standing within the wood
A song of
bread
All the
leaves are falling
Alms in
Autumn / Spindlewood, spindlewood
Among the
Autumn leaves
Apple and
blackberry pie
August
Autumn
goodbye
Autumn
leaves
Autumn
leaves are falling
Autumn
leaves are turning
Big red
tractor
Bringing in
the hay
Come, little
leaves
Come with me
and dance with me
Conkers,
conkers, shiny and round
Crimson
leaves in Autumn
Did you see
the wind today? Autumn leaves
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Last updated: 10/4/2021
11:11 AM
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‘Away we go’ compiled,
adapted and illustrated by Dany Rosevear
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A little Autumn fairy 🔊 A delightfully fey song for Autumn; a mischievious seasonal sprite at
play |
Sitting in a tree, Is painting all the leaves, And throwing them at me! Sunny
leaves of yellow, Ruby
leaves of red, Come
fluttering down, down, down, All around
my head. Soon the
branches will be bare, The leaves
will all be shed, And the
squirrels and the hedgehogs, Will all
be off to bed! |
A little elf 🔊 A mischievous sprite at work! Can be used as a finger play. This is a much shorter version of the “A little Autumn fairy”
;I had completely forgotten I had recorded that song hence the new tune! Music by Dany Rosevear. 1. Raise arms and spread fingers; place forefinger of the other
hand in’branches’. 2. Paint palm of hand. 3. Tumble forearms. 4. Place hand
on head. |
A little
elf sat in a tree, Painting
leaves to throw at me. Leaves of
yellow and leaves of red Came
tumbling down about my head! |
A little man is standing in the
wood 🔊 Or ‘The riddle’ It is folk song of German origin and was
made popular in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel opera.. The answer to the
riddle is the common woodland arum lily which has many other names: lords and
ladies, cuckoo pint, jack in the pulpit, wake robin. Just done further research online only to find that ‘a
toadstool’ is suggested as the answer to the riddle – maybe have I
misremembered! |
A little
man is standing within the wood, He wears a
purple cloak and a small black hood. Tell me,
tell me if you can, What's the
name of this small man? In a purple
cloak and a small black hood? The little
man is silent and makes no sound, He stands
with only one foot upon the ground. Tell me
who this man can be, For he
will not answer me, Standing
there with one foot upon the ground? |
A song of bread 🔊 A song from ‘140 folk songs’ published in 1922 . Homer H.
Harbour wrote the words to a German folk tune. Last verse adapted by Dany
Rosevear. |
Sing a
song of golden wheat, Golden
wheat, golden wheat; Sing a
song of golden wheat By the
breeze blown. Birds are
there, Bees are
there, Butterflies
in the air: Sing a
song of golden wheat By the
breeze blown. Sing a song
of waterfalls, Waterfalls,
waterfalls, Sing a
song of waterfalls, Turning
wheels round. Sift the
wheat, Stamp the
wheat, Till it is
soft and sweet: Sing a
song of waterfalls, Turning
wheels round! Sing a
song of baking day, Baking
day, baking day, Sing a
song of baking day, Floured,
warm dough spread; Knead the
dough, Shape the
dough, Into hot
ovens go, Sing a
song of baking day, Loaves of
brown bread! |
All the leaves are falling 🔊 Fall or Autumn, it’s that time of year. A hand play to identify parts of the body and colours. Music by Dany Rosevear. Wiggle fingers downwards, put up one finger, touch
nose. Repeat each time touching named body part. |
All the
leaves are falling, One fell
on my nose! All the
leaves are falling, One fell
on my toes! All the
leaves are falling, One fell on
my head! All the
leaves are falling, Yellow,
orange, red! |
Alms in Autumn / Spindlewood, spindlewood 🔊 A lantern song and poem by Rose Fyleman. Music by P.
Patterson. |
Spindle-wood,
spindle-wood, will you lend me, pray, A little
flaming lantern to light me on my way ? The fairy folk
have vanished from the meadow and the glen, And I
would fain go seeking till I find them once again. O, lend me
now a lantern that I may bear a light, To find
the hidden pathway in the darkness of the night. Ash-tree,
ash-tree, throw me, if you please, Throw me
down a slender branch of russet-gold keys. I fear the
gates of Fairyland may all be shut so fast That
nothing but your magic keys will ever take me past. I'll tie
them to my girdle, and as I go along, My heart
will find a comfort in the tinkle of their song. Holly-bush,
holly-bush, help me in my task, A
pocketful of berries is all the alms I ask: A
pocketful of berries to thread in golden strands (I would
not go a-visiting with nothing in my hands). So fine
will be the rosy chains, so gay, so glossy bright, They'll
set the realms of Fairyland all dancing with delight. |
Among the Autumn leaves 🔊 Make the most of the mellow days of Autumn by getting outside
as much as possible before cold winter descends. Move to this joyful music by Eunice Close ‘Here we come
a-haying’ from an early copy of Child Education; I must do her poem when
Summer comes round once more. Autumn verses are by Dany Rosevear. It would be lovely to move to the chorus with Autumn
coloured scarves. |
Here we
come a-jumping, A-laughing,
a-leaping, Here we
come a-dancing, Among the
Autumn leaves. We’ll pick
apples down the lanes, Where we’ll
go exploring, Jump off
haystacks, gather nuts Before
Winter’s winds come calling. |
Apple and blackberry pie 🔊 Make the most of apples, blackberries and other fruit and
vegetables that grow in the gardens, hedgerows and allotments; all ready for
the harvest table in August and September. This could be played
as a double circle game: Circles one inside
the other walk round in opposite directions holding hands. On the fourth line
the outer circle brings arms over the inner circle and the ring walks round
as one. |
Apple and
blackberry pie, Apple and
blackberry pie, Sugared and
crusted, Just
covered with custard, Mmmm!
Lovely apple and blackberry pie. Carrot and
green lentil soup, Carrot and
green lentil soup, It’s
hearty, it’s warming, On a cold
winter’s morning, Mmmm!
Lovely carrot and green lentil soup, Tomato and
butternut squash, Tomato and
butternut squash, Add
chickpeas - delicious For a stew
so nutritious, Mmmm!
Tomato and butternut squash, Lemon and
ginger root beer, Lemon and
ginger root beer, With
bubbles a-whizzing, And busily
fizzing, Mmmm! Lovely
lemon and ginger root beer, |
August 🔊 A poem by Eunice Fallon. |
Whirling and
twirling the leaves fall down. Drifting
down, round and round. Whirling
and twirling the leaves fall down, Down, down
to the ground. |
Autumn goodbye 🔊 A late Autumn song from Germany. |
Autumn
goodbye! Autumn goodbye! You may no
longer stay; Winter is
on it’s way, Autumn goodbye!
Autumn goodbye! Autumn
goodbye! Autumn goodbye! Swallows
away have flown, Bitter
winds cry and moan; Autumn
goodbye! Autumn goodbye! |
Autumn leaves 🔊 A song to illustrate ascending and descending pitch. Move hands and body
fluidly high and low in a gentle whirling twirling dance, perhaps with scarves
in autumn colours. |
Whirling
and twirling the leaves fall down. Drifting
down, round and round. Whirling
and twirling the leaves fall down, Down, down
to the ground. |
Autumn leaves are falling
🔊 Also know as ‘Little leaves are falling down’. Tune written by Dany Rosevear. Can be played as a dance or a simple hand play. Move hands and
fingers like leaves fluttering all around. Stretch hands up high
and spread fingers, move gently from sode to side. |
Autumn leaves
are falling, falling everywhere. Making all
the tall trees, look so very bare. |
Autumn leaves are turning 🔊 Change is on its way. An action rhyme. Tune and second verse by Dany Rosevear. 1. Roll fists round
each other. Make fingers flicker. 2. Cross hands at wrists and flap. Put
thumbs to neck with fingers spread, move head to shoulders. 3. Move hands
across each other in waves. Shake fingers, cross forefingers and wiggle. 4.
Wiggle fingers downwards. Forefingers form a beak. |
Autumn
leaves are turning, turning, turning, Autumn
fires are burning, burning, burning; Days of in
between See the
changing scene. Autumn
time is all around. Blackberries
are ripening, ripening, ripening, There’s
thunder clouds and lightening, lightening, lightening, Days of in
between See the
changing scene. Autumn
time is all around. Summer
birds are flying, flying, flying, Summer
flowers are dying, dying. dying; Days of in
between See the
changing scene. Autumn
time is all around. Winter
winds are coming, coming, coming, No more
insects humming, humming, humming; Days of in
between See the
changing scene. Autumn
time is all around. Autumn
leaves are falling, falling, falling, Hear the
barn owl calling, calling, calling; Days of in
between See the
changing scene. Autumn
time is all around. |
Big red tractor 🔊 A harvest
song for the pre-schoolers. Encourage
children think of fruit/vegetables that are the same colour as the tractor. Children will enjoy bumping up and
down in time to the music. |
Bumping up and down on the big red tractor, Bumping up and down on the big red tractor, Bumping up and down on the big red tractor,
Bringing in the Hay, HAY! Bumping up and down on a big red tractor,
Bumping up and down on a big red tractor, Bumping up and down on a big red
tractor, Bringing in some … beetroot Bumping up and down on a big yellow (sweet
corn), blue (blueberries), green (cabbages), purple (plums) etc… |
Bringing in the hay 🔊 Words by George Reiter Brill and music by Granville
Bantock. |
Hear the merry laugh of children, Hear the chestnut horses neigh! See the mice all scurry, See the farmers hurry, When it's time for Bringing in the hay! Good smells coming from the kitchen, We'll get lots of treats today! Cattle are a-mooing Pigeons are a-cooing, As they watch us Bringing in the hay! Pitchforks shining in the sunlight, As the farmers work all day, They were early starting, And they won't be parting, 'Til we finish Bringing in the hay. |
Come, little leaves 🔊 A poem by George Cooper 1838–1927. My version
came from ‘The book of a thousand poems’ but according to some internet
sources there are two more verses. There are also some great blogs to show
this poem has been loved by past generations: http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/blind_pig_the_acorn/2013/10/appalachia-through-my-eyes-come-said-the-wind.html
This is another one
that can be mimed by gently moving back and forth, round and round, up and
down to represent the wind, leaves and snow, finishing falling gently down to
the floor and sleeping. |
“Come,
little leaves,” said the wind one day, “Come over
the meadows with me and play; Put on
your dresses of red and gold; For summer
is gone, and the days grow cold.” Soon as
the leaves heard the wind’s loud call, Down they
came fluttering, one and all; Over the
fields they danced and flew, Singing
the soft little songs they knew. Dancing
and whirling the little leaves went; Winter had
called them and they were content; Soon, fast
asleep in their earthy beds, The snow
laid a coverlet over their heads. |
Come with me and dance with me 🔊 For cooler Autumn days. Can also be sung as a round. |
Come with
me and dance with me, In the cool
of Autumn, All the
leaves are golden now, All the
bells are ringing. Ring ring
ring-a-ding-ding-dong, Dance and
sing together, Ring ring
ring-a-ding-ding-dong, In your
shoes of leather. |
Conkers, conkers, shiny and
round 🔊 Autumn’s treasure. A hand play. Have not yet indentified the
origins of this rhyme. Music by Dany Rosevear. Verse 1.
Put one fist on top of the other when ‘conkers’ is sung. Make a pocket out of
one hand and slide the other hand in. Roll fists round each other for falling
conkers. Spread both hands facing away for leaves. 2. As before. Last line
make conker action then wiggle fingers down from the heap. |
Conkers,
conkers, shiny and round, Put them in
your pocket when you find them on the ground. Conkers,
conkers fall from the trees, A pocket
full of conkers and a bunch of yellow leaves. Conkers,
conkers, shiny and round, Put them
in your pocket when you find them on the ground. Conkers,
conkers, fall from the trees, A heap of
shiny conkers and a pile of fallen leaves. |
Crimson leaves in Autumn 🔊 Don’t forget the birds as the days and nights grow colder. Talk about the other names for the colour red and indeed
the other great colours of Autumn. Words: Anon. Music: Dany Rosevear. 1. Raise
hands to show leaves.Pick up berries from palm of hand and place in finger
and thumb beak. Rub arms. 2. Wiggle fingers downward. Show hand branches. As
before. |
Crimson
leaves in Autumn, Crimson
leaves and gold. Berries
for the little birds When
nights are growing cold. Fallen
leaves in winter, Branches
brown and bare. Seed and
bread for little birds, As much as
you can spare. |
Did you see the wind today? / Autumn
leaves 🔊 Wind and falling leaves, a perfect partnership. Written by Zoë McHenry,
1901-1971, who wote many charming songs for young children including
‘Kangaroo Brown’ and ‘The elephant is so slow’, she also worked for
Australia’s ‘Kindergarten of the air’. Move hands and body
fluidly high and low in a gentle whirling twirling dance, perhaps with
scarves in autumn colours. |
Did you
see the wind today, Blow the
autumn leaves away? From the
trees they flutter down, Some are red
and some are brown; Rustling
up and down the street, Dancing
round my little feet; Did you
see the wind today, Blow the
leaves away? |
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