Music:

Lyrics:
Illustrations and cover design:
Book design:
Jeroen Schipper
Peter Hilken
Kathleen van der Weerd
Jeroen Schipper
Tjerk Sixma
Neil Burrows
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AUST N MACAULEY
P U B L I S H E R S L T D .
Introduction
The Songs
Top Dog
Open the Door
Faster Still and Faster
Vowel Shop
Black and White
More of Me
Fruit Market
The Rhyming Geek
Hedgehog
Hocus Pocus
Bad Hair
Echo Elf
Atchoo!
Doctor
8ullcrillar Callcrfy
Dragon Dance
Water
Eland on an Island
Pirates Parrots
Red Little Red Man
Dentist
Sculptor
Rattlesnake
Ooh! Ah!
Set to Go
Brontosaurus
Inextricably Mixed Up
How Do I Feel?
Masquerade Ball
Mr Octopus
Hooray!
Zany the Angel
Teachers notes
Contents
Why Top Dog?
Classroom singing is helpful for a variety of reasons:
to create moments of leisure between periods of hard
work; to reinforce the social bond among classmates;
to work with the musical curriculum. Whatever the
reason theres always a common intention: that the
children enjoy the singing. They need to feel engaged
by both the music and the lyrics. And they need to
feel that they are musically challenged yet able to
overcome that challenge.
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intentions. They are new, contemporary songs, with
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to melodies and rhythms from different cultural
backgrounds - an education in cultural diversity!
Some of the songs have games, gestures, or dances
to accompany them, adding to the fun and providing
starting points for performances.
Each song in Top Dog is presented with full lyrics and
musical notation including chord symbols, for easy
piano or guitar accompaniment.
Tips & Tricks
In the back of the book (page 71) theres a teachers
section with many suggestions for teaching the
songs and performing them. Some songs can be
sung in parts or as solos; some can be danced.
These are simple activities that dont require a lot
of preparation or material. Theres room to adjust,
simplify or elaborate.
The website www.topdogsongs.nl features all the
songs in their full length and all the sing-a-long
versions, making Top Dog a ready-to-use songbook
for practical use.
To download the songs:
1. Go to www.topdogsongs.nl
2. Click Download the songs
3. Enter the password: hedgehog
4. Follow the instructions.
Introduction
Top Dog
I say A I say B
I say land I say sea
I say high I say low
I say yes Then I say no
I say black I say white
I say day I say night
I say good I say bad
I say happy I say sad
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong. I disagree! So what!
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong. I disagree! So what!
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong. I disagree! So what!
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong.
Top dog
Thats me!
I say up I say down
I say smile I say frown
I say this I say that
I say skinny I say fat
I say girls I say boys
I say quiet I say noise
I say dont I say do
I say me Then I say you!
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong. I disagree! So what!
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong. I disagree! So what!
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong. I disagree! So what!
Im right. Youre wrong. Im right. Youre wrong.
Top dog
Thats me!