74 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 3A | Old King Cole
[Explain that a fine fiddle is a very nice fiddle.]
Oh, there’s none so rare as can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.
[Explain that this means there are very few things that could be better than
listening to the fiddlers play music.]
Third Read Using Echo Technique
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Directions: I am going to say the first line of “Old King Cole.” Then you
will echo the words.
[Pause after each line to give students time to echo.]
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler had a very fine fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he.
Oh, there’s none so rare as can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.
Fourth Read Using Echo Technique with Motions
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Directions: I am going to say the first line of “Old King Cole” and do
the motions that go with it. Then you will echo the words as you also
repeat the motions.
[Pause after each line to give students time to echo and do the motions.]
[Have students swing their arms to the beat of the rhyme with smiles on their
faces.]
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;