Bells & Xylophone Easy

Mary Had a Little Lamb Xylophone Notes with Letters

Letters and boomwhacker colors for bells, xylophone or boomwhackers, with the words under each note. Starts A G F G A A.

Key
F major
Range
F4–C5
Length
26 notes
Melody
1909, public domain

The notes and words

Key: F major, white keys only, so every note is on a C major set.

AMa-GryFhadGaAlit-AtleAlamb,

Glit-GtleGlamb,Alit-C′tleC′lamb,

AMa-GryFhadGaAlit-AtleAlamb,

AItsGfleeceGwasAwhiteGasFsnow.

Boomwhacker colors (C major set), always with the letter. Maker’s color list.
  • Flight green
  • Gaqua
  • Aviolet
  • C′ (high)red
70%

Staff notation

Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s bells sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes

About this song

Melody
Traditional, 1909
Words
Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879), 1830 (first verse shown)
Public domain
Melody 1909, words 1830: first published before 1931.
Source
Heart Songs Dear to the American People (Chapple, 1909), p. 345, “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (1909)

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