The Fox

This English folk song is great for:

• Telling a story through song. A middle to upper secondary class could orchestrate this song as a piece of Art Music - make the characters come alive, depicted by different instruments.
• With the rhythms tim-ka (dotted quaver, semiquaver / dotted quarter note, sixteenth note); ka-tim and syncopa (semi-quaver, quaver, semi-quaver / sixteenth note, eighth note, sixteenth note) this song can be used for middle-upper secondary students for a rhythmic dictation.
• Primary students enjoy singing the story.
• Can be sung in solfa to practice the melodic elements 'fa' and 'low ti'.