Page 14 - Autumn Music Song Bank

Down Comes Mary
All:
Down comes Mary, Down comes she.
She is looking for the, Button and the key.
Mary (soloist 1):
Who has the button?
Soloist 2:
I have the button.
Mary (soloist 1):
Who has the key?
Soloist 3:
I have the key.
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1. Sing the whole song (including all solos) with your Mary toy, moving her up and down in time with the pulse on the ground so that it makes a tapping noise. "Let's see where Mary would like to dance next? Look, Mary wants to dance on my head!” Gently tap Mary on your head to the pulse as you sing the whole song again. The children tap their heads with an imaginary Mary toy. Choose several children to have turns of holding the real Mary toy and deciding where she'd like to dance. The group copies.
2. For older/advanced toddlers only: by now the children will have heard the song many times and so will know it well. You are Mary and so sing the questions (soloist 1) on your own. The children sing the answers (soloists 2 & 3) without your help. Encourage any adults in the room to join in with the children’s part. Explain to the children that Mary will face away from them when it is your turn to sing and she will face them when it is their turn to sing. You tap Mary on your shoulder facing away from the children as you sing your solo and turn her to face the children when it is their turn to sing.
Activities 1 & 2 are same as for toddlers.
3. Give one child a button and one child a key and they sing the solos indicated by the lyrics. You continue to sing the Mary solo and the group sings the first two lines with your help. Repeat as above but this time the group sing the first two lines without your help.
4. Discuss the people in the song. There is Mary who is looking for the button and the key; a child hiding the button; another child hiding the key and a narrator who introduces the song. Tell the children you are going to play a game and be the characters in the story. Give one child the Mary toy. They sit in the middle of the circle, hide their eyes and sing the Mary solos (you can change ‘Mary’ to the child’s name). Give one child the button and another the key. They hide them behind their backs and sing the indicated solos. The rest of the children are the narrators and sing the introduction. At the end of the song, Mary must guess who has the button and who has the key.
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Mary toy, button and key
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