MUSIC TEACHER RESOURCES - Little Johnny Brown

This is a play party that several of us learned from Ivy Rawlins in Kodaly classes at George Mason University through the Potomac Arts Academy.

Some modifications to save time, make sure all students get turns, etc., are to take out the "lope like a buzzard" lines, to make the 4th repetition of "fold another corner" into "fold the last corner" and to change the last line to "then sit down" so that students can differentiate between who has and has not had a turn.

We started off a little slow with our tempo, and I usually keep a steady tempo through the whole song instead of making the first two phrases slower.

Little Johnny Brown, lay your comfort down (2 times)
Fold one corner, Johnny Brown
Fold another corner, Johnny Brown
Fold another corner, Johnny Brown
Fold the last corner, Johnny Brown
Take it to a friend, Johnny Brown (2 times)
Show them a motion, Johnny Brown (2 times)
Join in the motion, Johnny Brown
Join in the motion, then sit down