Music Narrative:"What is a music narrative?" A music narrative is any song that tells a story.
We love music in our classroom, but the students seem to adore music that tells a story! Every day we have fun with music together, whether it's singing a song, playing games, or playing instruments; we are always learning. For the end of the year concert, I let the children vote on a song they wanted to perform for their friends and family. They were so excited that this was the winner. I should have known they would all agree on a song about pirates. It seems to be the student's favorite thing this year. :)
Blackbeard and Bluebeard and Redbeard, they sayHijacked a ship and went sailing awaySeaward they scudded and skipped on the breezeBut couldn't find treasure to plunder and seize And a pirate without treasure is like a monkeywithout a spatula... So Bluebeard said, "Since we've nothing to doWhy don't we paint our new pirate ship blue?Blue for the poop deck. Blue for the sailsBlue for the rudder, the riggings and the rails." And he sang, "Yo ho ho, let's paint the ship blueNo other color's as trusty and trueAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,blue's the most beautiful color. Arrrr! Redbeard spoke up, saying, "Aye, but insteadWouldn't ye rather we painted her red?Red for the cannons and the sodey-pop kegsRed for our eye-patches, parrots and pegs." (Parrot) Rawk! Pegleg. And he sang, "Yo ho ho, nothing's quite like redIt's fearsome and fiery and fills men with dreadAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,red's the most radiant color. Arrr!" "Blackbeard said, "Blimey! You're both off the track.Let's paint it something more handsome, like black.""Blue!" shouted Bluebeard, and Redbeard yelled, "Red!"Blackbeard said, "Black! Are you cracked in the head?" And he sang, "Yo ho ho, give me deep, dark blackfrom starboard to port, fromthe front to the back.As sure as I sail by the Northern star,black's a spectacular color. Arrr!" Redbeard grabbed brushes and buckets and paintsOver his shipmates insistent complaints.Rather than letting him paint the ship red,They got some blue paint and black paint instead. Swiftly the three of them painted their boat,each a completely dissimilar coat,Making a color not red, black or blue;Mixing, instead, an entirely new hue. That was the last that was seen of the threeSimply because they refused to agree.They weren't torpedoed or shelled or harpooned.They just disappeared, for their ship was marooned. And sometimes on a foggy night at sea,you can still hear them singin'... "Yo ho ho and a bottle of poppainted our ship from the bottom to the top.As sure as we sail by the Northern star.(Bluebeard) Blue's the most beautiful...(Redbeard) No! Red's the most radiant!(Blackbeard) What? Black's the most spectacular color!(Parrot) Rawk. How about yellow?(Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard) Arrrr!" (c) 2004 Words by Kenn Nesbitt with Eric EndresMusic by Eric and Roseann Endres
We love music in our classroom, but the students seem to adore music that tells a story! Every day we have fun with music together, whether it's singing a song, playing games, or playing instruments; we are always learning. For the end of the year concert, I let the children vote on a song they wanted to perform for their friends and family. They were so excited that this was the winner. I should have known they would all agree on a song about pirates. It seems to be the student's favorite thing this year. :)
Musical Narrative Web Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exads7KV-Y0
LYRICS:
Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard
Performed by: Eric Herman and the Invisible BandAlbum: Monkey BusinessWebsite: Erichermanmusic.com
Blackbeard and Bluebeard and Redbeard, they sayHijacked a ship and went sailing awaySeaward they scudded and skipped on the breezeBut couldn't find treasure to plunder and seize
And a pirate without treasure is like a monkeywithout a spatula...
So Bluebeard said, "Since we've nothing to doWhy don't we paint our new pirate ship blue?Blue for the poop deck. Blue for the sailsBlue for the rudder, the riggings and the rails."
And he sang, "Yo ho ho, let's paint the ship blueNo other color's as trusty and trueAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,blue's the most beautiful color. Arrrr!
Redbeard spoke up, saying, "Aye, but insteadWouldn't ye rather we painted her red?Red for the cannons and the sodey-pop kegsRed for our eye-patches, parrots and pegs."
(Parrot) Rawk! Pegleg.
And he sang, "Yo ho ho, nothing's quite like redIt's fearsome and fiery and fills men with dreadAs sure as I sail by the Northern star,red's the most radiant color. Arrr!"
"Blackbeard said, "Blimey! You're both off the track.Let's paint it something more handsome, like black.""Blue!" shouted Bluebeard, and Redbeard yelled, "Red!"Blackbeard said, "Black! Are you cracked in the head?"
And he sang, "Yo ho ho, give me deep, dark blackfrom starboard to port, fromthe front to the back.As sure as I sail by the Northern star,black's a spectacular color. Arrr!"
Redbeard grabbed brushes and buckets and paintsOver his shipmates insistent complaints.Rather than letting him paint the ship red,They got some blue paint and black paint instead.
Swiftly the three of them painted their boat,each a completely dissimilar coat,Making a color not red, black or blue;Mixing, instead, an entirely new hue.
That was the last that was seen of the threeSimply because they refused to agree.They weren't torpedoed or shelled or harpooned.They just disappeared, for their ship was marooned.
And sometimes on a foggy night at sea,you can still hear them singin'...
"Yo ho ho and a bottle of poppainted our ship from the bottom to the top.As sure as we sail by the Northern star.(Bluebeard) Blue's the most beautiful...(Redbeard) No! Red's the most radiant!(Blackbeard) What? Black's the most spectacular color!(Parrot) Rawk. How about yellow?(Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard) Arrrr!"
(c) 2004 Words by Kenn Nesbitt with Eric EndresMusic by Eric and Roseann Endres