This folksong collection provides models of arrangements to be taught using the Orff Schulwerk approach. The arrangements may be taught as printed or used as the basis for creative extensions – or both – and the accompanying teaching suggestions give examples of how to break down instrumental parts and sequence their presentation developmentally. Dance or play-party instructions are also given for some songs.David J. Gonzol is Director of Music Education at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He has taught music in public schools in Pennsylvania, as well as at colleges and universities in Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Idaho. He has a PhD in music education from the University of Maryland, College Park, and from the University of St. Thomas he holds Mastery Certificates in the Kodály and Orff approaches. He is an active recorder player, composer, and workshop clinician.This title can be used from the third grade as well as at secondary schools.

Introduction - Instrumentarium and Instrument Abbreviations - Lucy Locket - Down Came a Lady - Alabama Gal - Lead through That Sugar and Tea - Here We Go Zootie-O - Li'l 'Liza Jane - Stooping on the Window - Hanging out the Linen Clothes - Follow the Drinking Gourd - Round the Corner, Sally - Who Killed Cock Robin? - Down in That Valley - Cedar Swamp