Sing to the tune of Beethoven's Fifth:
"Beethoven's wig...
is very big....
Beethoven's wig is long and curly and it's white
Beethoven takes his wig off when he sleeps at night..."
From time to time I am going to post reviews on, and links to, some of the products that we have used and enjoyed in our schooling/living. We just love good music, although I will have to admit that in the classical world we are probably only familiar with the more popular tunes. We don't often delve into the unknowns. Some months ago we visited the library and checked out a great CD, "Beethoven's Wig ~ Sing Along Symphonies". My four-year-old particularly LOVES this one, and she will hum or sing these well-known melodies all the day long. The other girls enjoy the silly words, and they memorized them in short order. I personally love the fact that my girls are familiar with this great music!
Here is a lyrical example of "Wow What a Wedding Cake!" (one of the songs on the second volume of sing along symphonies), sung to the tune of Mendelssohn's all-popular "Wedding March":
Look at the bride she is aglow
Look at the groom ready to go
Where is the real star of the show?
Wow what a wedding cake
it stands over six stories high
It took a year to bake
Nine months for the icing to dry
Look at the ring and the bouquet
Look at the guests holler Hooray
'Cause the dessert is on the way
Wow, what a wedding cake
It came on an airplane from France
It serves a thousand people
And all their uncles and aunts
Here comes the bride and groom
Alert the guests around the room
The big event is nearing
When they cut the cake
We will all be cheering
Wow what a wedding cake
That magical moment is here
Now we can finally eat it
And see it all disappear!
If you want to hear some of these, you can download the MP3's for pennies:
Beethoven's Wig, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Wow What a Wedding Cake, Mendelssohn's Wedding March
Just For Elise, Beethoven's Fur Elise
Tchaikovsky's Cannonball, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
Stuck in the Saddle Again, Suppe's Light Cavalry March
Musical B's, Brahms's Hungarian Dance #5
Oh, there are so many good ones to choose from! See the widget on my sidebar for album CD's.
Oh Great now I'm going to have that stuck in my head all day - ROFL! Beethoven's wig......
ReplyDeleteToo cute!
Michelle
I can see why kids would love this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Sally. I always enjoy hearing good reviews from other home schoolers on products or curriculum that they have used. Classical music is not my kids' favorite, but we did listen to some funny and informative classical music tapes a few years back. I still have them around here some where. One of them is titled: Beethoven Lives Upstairs. I'll have to look for them and get them out again. We listened to them when we were on a family car trip, and I recall the six of us laughing ourselves silly.
ReplyDeleteBlessings~
Pam