Song 4 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors · Song 8 in Ukulele for Beginners

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Also known as: The Old Grey Goose

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For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.

Slow (70% speed) (0:36)
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Normal speed (0:26)
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Play-along (0:26)
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For Ukulele for Beginners.

Slow (70% speed) (0:36)
Learn with this one first.

Normal speed (0:26)
The speed printed on the page.

Play-along (0:26)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.

Go tell Aunt Rhody;
Go tell Aunt Rhody;
Go tell Aunt Rhody,
The old gray goose is dead.
The one she was saving;
The one she was saving;
The one she was saving
To make a feather bed.

Music: Melody after J.-J. Rousseau (1712–1778), pantomime air from Le devin du village (1752)
Words: Traditional American
First published: Tune 1752 (Paris); American words printed by 1911 (The Howell First Reader, as "Aunt Patsy"); "Aunt Rhody" form noted 1913 (Journal of American Folklore)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.