Hey Betty Martin (Mixed Metre)

This action song is fantastic for:

• Getting active!
• Improvising new words and actions (in the middle section)!
• Practising soft singing! (Sing the tip-toe first section quietly!!)
• Teaching mixed metre
• Teaching the melodic element 'low ti' using the end of the first section of the song.
• Preparing and practising ternary form.
• Learning names (substitute students names for 'Betty Martin').

N.B. The traditional version has been adapted to reflect the natural rhythms of 'skipping' which occur in compound metre.