Hal Leonard

Author: Lynn Brinckmeyer
Format: Softcover
Version: Lyrics and Melody

Keeping singers in our ensembles excited and energized during the warm-up process is a consistent hurdle for educators across the nation. By using songs that are indigenous to different parts of our country, teachers in choral classrooms can help students prepare their minds, bodies and voices while sharing a bit of our culture and history from different areas of the United States.

All of the songs can be used with both inexperienced beginners and advanced singers. The lesson suggestions introduced with each song are intended to be a springboard for teachers to modify and adapt to their own students' needs and skill levels. Each melody includes strategies that are accessible for those who are just learning how to use their voices, and also for those more sophisticated singers who enjoy a good challenge.

Song List:

• Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me
• Battle Hymn Of The Republic
• Chatter With The Angels
• Chuhwuht
• (Oh My Darling) Clementine
• The Colorado Trail
• The Erie Canal
• Every Night When The Sun Goes Down
• Goodbye, Old Paint
• How Can I Keep From Singing
• I've Been Working On The Railroad
• Inkpataya
• Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
• Jolly Miller
• Let Me Fly
• The Lone Star Trail
• My Country 'Tis Of Thee (America)
• My Home's In Montana
• Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
• Oh, California
• The Old Chisholm Trail
• On The Banks Of The Sacramento
• Rocky Mountain High
• The Shanty-Boys In The Pine
• Sweet Betsy From Pike
• Ulili E (The Sandpiper)
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Weevily Wheat
• Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along
• You're A Grand Old Flag