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Thread #161394 Message #3834437
Posted By: Joe Offer
24-Jan-17 - 12:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Rounds About the Very Rich
Subject: Lyr Add: Rounds About the Very Rich
Continuing my tribute to The Donald during the week after his inauguration, I'd like to share three rounds I found in The People's Songs Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 5, June 1946. I thank Bob "Deckman" Nelson for giving me this treasure.
The introduction:
These rounds were made up in the early days of the Composer's Collective. Anyone who has ever sung a round like "Three Blind Mice" will know how to sing them: Divide your singers into the three groups. The first starts singing Line A, all the way through, then line B, then C, and then begins the round all over again. When the first group reaches B, the second group starts singing line A, and so on.
I'm researching all the songs in the Rise Up Singing Songbook - you'll find these three rounds in the "Rounds" Chapter of RUS.