5. Samuel Pepys and The Great Fire of London - part 3
The tutorial: learn the songs
Find out what happened after The Great Fire - the need to help the homeless and build a new city...one constructed from bricks and stone, not wood.
Learning to sing two songs: 'London town has fallen down' (to the tune 'London Bridge has fallen down') and 'Ring the bells of London' (to the tune 'Oranges and lemons').
Song: 'London Town has fallen down'
The song is based on the popular nursery song 'London Bridge has fallen down' and is sung to the same tune.
Once you have learnt the song by singing with vocal version polish your performance by singing with the backing track.
Click here for the lyric sheet.
Click here for the music sheet.
Song: 'Ring the bells of London'
The song celebrates the bells of London, using the tune 'Oranges and lemons'.
Once you have learnt the song by singing with vocal version polish your performance by singing with the backing track.
Click here for the lyric sheet.
Click here for the music sheet.
Listening music
Purcell: 'March' from 'Music on the Death of Queen Mary'
Children can tap in time to the repeating drum-rhythm
Can they identify the moment when the music becomes louder?
What makes this funeral music sound 'sad'?
