Plantation Park Singers:  Wacky Warm‐up’s

1.      Feet feet flat on the floor; back up straight and tall. Chest up, chin down, always sing with care! Do’ Ti La Sol Fa Mi Re Do (3x) Everybody sing!

2.      Bee bye bee, bee bye boh. Bee by bicky bicky bye bicky boh.
Bicky bye boh bee, bicky by, bicky by boh bee.

3.      Fluffy floppy puppy…

4.      Red leather, yellow leather…/ blue bonnet, purple bonnet/ good blood, bad blood…

5.      Diction is done with the lips and the tip of the tongue against the teeth.

6.      What noisy noise annoys a noisy oyster….

7.      Sit up straighter, sit up straighter; never slump, never slump; Or you’ll be a camel, Yes, you’ll be a camel, with a hump! With a hump!

8.      1- Chairs to mend, Oh, chairs to mend. 2- Mackerel, fresh mackerel. 3- Any old rags, any old rags.

9.      1- One bottle of pop, 2 bottles of pop; 3 bottles of pop, 4 bottles of pop, 5 bottles of pop, 6 bottles of pop, 7 bottles of pop, POP! 2- Fish & chips & vinegar, vinegar, vinegar. Fish & chips & vinegar; vinegar & salt. 3- Don’t chuck your muck in my dustbin, my dustbin, my dustbin. Don’t chuck your muck in my dustbin; my dustbin’s full.

10.  (Major Scale) Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do’ Ti la Sol Fa Mi Re Do.

11.  (Solfege Skips) Do do do. Do Re do.        Do Mi Do.       Do Fa Do.       
Do Sol Do.             Do La Do.        Do Ti Do.         Do Do’ Do.
Do’ Do’ Do’.         Do’ ti Do’.       Do’ La Do’      Do’ Sol Do’
Do’ Fa Do’            Do’ Mi Do’      Do’ Re Do’      Do’ Do Do’.

12.  Momma made me mash my M-n-M’s.

13.  Come Sing for Joy!/ Where are you going today?

14.  Mee Meh Maw Moh Moo.

15.  Sing- lega-to, sing—smooth-ly, flowing from note- to note.
Sing- lega-to, Ah - - Oh - - , smooth-----ly.

16.  Ha ha heh heh hee hee ho ho hoo.

17.  Hey ho, nobody home, no meat nor drink, nor money have I none. Yet will I be me----rry, Hey ho, nobody home.

18.  Nee---aw----ha ha ha!

19.  EE-oh, ee-oh, ee---oh!

20.  Hum the pitch “A” on an “oo” vowel.

21.  Buzzing bumblebees beckon birds beyond the bramblebush.

22.  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

23.  Piano means softly and gently we sing, Forte means sing loud with good tone and zing!

24.  Watch the conductor, watch the conductor, watch the conductor whatever she does! If she’s moving loudly, then you must sing proudly! If she’s moving quietly, you sing soft politely. Watch the conductor, watch the conductor, watch the conductor whatever she does!

25.  Breathe low and deep and smoothly; inhale through the nose. Fill up your tank and hold it now until the whistle blows! 1 2 3 4 …..
Breathe low and deep and smoothly; inhale through the mouth. Shoulders freeze but lungs expand and Head On South!

26.  Pant like a dog!

27.  Why shouldn’t my goose sing as loud as thy goose, when I paid for my goose twice as much as thine?

28.  I Pledge allegiance, I Pledge allegiance, I pledge allegiance to the flag,
To the flag of the United States of America, America, and to- the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all…. indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.

29.  Grasshoppers three a fiddling went. Hey, ho, never be still. They paid no money toward their rent, but all day long with elbow bent, they fiddled a tune called Rillaby Rillaby; fiddled a tune called Rillaby Rill.

30.  For health and strength and daily food we praise thy name, O Lord.

31.  O Tom the Toad, O Tom the Toad, why did you hop up on the road? (repeat line) 1- You were my friend and now you’re dead. You bear the marks of tire tread. O tom the Toad, O Tom the Toad, why did you hop up on the road? (verse 2: You did not see yon passing car, and now you’re stretched out on the tar)

32.  Hum the tune you are working on.

33.  Thirty Days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have thirty-one, excepting February alone, and that has twenty-eight days clear, and twenty-nine in each leap year.

34.  Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.

35.  I Love the mountains, I love the rolling hills. I love the flowers; I love the daffodils. I love the fireside when all the lights are low. Boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada, boom-de-ada, boom de-ada (repeat) Boom-diddle-ee-ah-da (rest) boom boom!

36.  He-ve-nu sha-lom a-le-chem. He-venu sha-lom a-le-chem.  He-ve-nu sha-lom a-le-chem. He-ve-nu sha-lom, sha-lom, sha-lom a-le-chem.

37.  1- Do-na no-bis pa—cem, pa-cem. Do—na- no-bis pa---cem.
2- Do-na- no-bis pa-cem. Do-na no-bis pa---cem.
3- Do- na no-bis- pa-cem. Do-na no-bis pa---cem.

38.  This is the song that never ends. It just goes on and on my friends! Some people (rest) started singing it not knowing how it goes, and they’ll just keep on singing it forever just because (repeat song)

39.  Mairzy doats and Dozey doats an liddle lamsey divey. A kiddle-ee divey two, wouldn’t you? (repeat) If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey, sing “Mares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy!” Oh, Mairzy doats and Dozey doats an liddle lamsey divey. A kiddle-ee divey two, wouldn’t you? A kiddle-ee divey two, wouldn’t you?

40.  Oh I went down south for to see my Sal singing Polly Wolly Doodle all the day.
My Sal, she is a spunky gal, singing Polly Wolly Doodle all the day.
Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well my fairy Fay,
For I’m going to Louisiana for to see my Susianna, singing Polly Wolly Doodle all the day!

41.  Bop be-bop. Bee-dop bop ba-dop. … etc.

42.  How many chucks would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

43.  Betty Botter bought some butter. But she said, “This batter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.” So she took some better butter, put it in her bitter batter, and it made her batter better!

44.  1. Oh in the woods… there was a Tree… The prettiest little Tree… that you ever did see…
The Tree was in the hole and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around.
2. Now on that tree… there was a branch, the prettiest little branch… that you ever did see. The branch was on the tree and the tree was in the hole and the hole was in the ground, and the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around.
3. Now on that branch there was a LIMB…           4. Now on that limb there was a NEST…        
5. Now on that nest there was a BIRD…    6. Now on that bird there was a WING…        7. GERM