Original Compilations For ESL/EFL
Voice and Diction by Professor Richard Green
©2003, All Rights Are Reserved,
JRGreen, Int'l Speech Comm sunsite@usa.net

 

Instructions: Sing the rhymes below to the tune of: "Go Tell Aunt Rhody,"
Listen to and learn the melody. Change the song's original
words using texts 1- 4 below.

 

1. Swan swam over the sea,
     Swan swam over the sea,
     Swam swam over the sea,
     Swim swan swim.

     Swan swam back again,
     Swan swam back again,
     Swan swam back again,
     Well swum swan.

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2. Heather and Helen very rarely
     Ever really walk to work
     But with the weather fair
     As their feathers
     They'd rather fly than walk to work.

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3. If Moses supposes
     His toeses are roses
     Then Moses supposes
     Erroneously
     For nobody's toeses
     Are posies of roses
     As Moses supposes
     His toeses to be.

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4. U R 2 Good to be 4 forgotten
     If U B U and I B I
     It's E Z to C the Reason Why
     I Like U and U Like I.

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Instructions: Sing the rhyme below to the tune of: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star":

5. The grass grows green upon the vine,
     I choose you as a friend of mine.
     I choose you out of all the rest,
     The reason is I love you best.

     The grass grows green upon the vine,
     I choose you as a friend of mine.

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6. Row, row, row your boat,
     Gently down the stream.

     Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
     Life is but a dream.