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Mary And Her Little Lamb

2-voice Evolving Canon

Work
Mary Had A Little Lambhas been altered to serve as a 2-voice evolving canon, now called Mary And Her Little Lamb with its 2 sections Mary Had A Little Lamb and It Followed Her To School One Day.

Lyrics

Performance
Always start by establishing the Footsies at Level 0.
         In this case, 0+4 for Mary Has A Little Lamb which will start on L(eft foot).
                   Beat R, L, R before you start singing.
Sing Mary Had A Little Lamb followed by It Followed Her To School One Day
         and make a loop of the 2 sections,
                   leaving no "space" between them.
         The children, in unison, will gradually join you.
Then you divide the participants in 2 equal groups,
         start the first group singing Mary Has A Little Lamb, and at the end of the line,
         start the second group singing at the beginning (the first line), on L,
                   as the first group continues with the second line.
         This produces the constant polyphony of 2 adjacent lines,
                   and the loop at the end allows you to keep it going as long as required.

Routine