How to Play A Tisket a Tasket on the 12 Hole Ocarina

About A Tisket a Tasket

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I always want to sing “a tisket a tasket, I think I blew a gasket,” but that is not how it goes. The real rhyme is an old, anonymous children’s verse about a basket and a letter that gets lost along the way, and its bouncing, sing-song nonsense is what keeps it in people’s heads.

The tab runs eight lines with the syllables written under each note, so you can check the words while you learn the tune. On a 12-hole ocarina the melody sits low and stays put: nothing below C, nothing above A, and nothing that needs a sharp or a flat. You will not need the sub-holes or the thumb holes, which leaves your attention free for the rhythm.

A Tisket a Tasket Lyrics

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A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it,
I dropped it,
I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket.
A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it,
I dropped it,
I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it,
I dropped it,
I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A little dog It picked it up and put it in It’s pocket.

A Tisket a Tasket Ocarina Tab

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