About Hot Cross Buns#
Hot Cross Buns is about as short as a song gets, two lines on this page, and it makes a fine first tune for anyone just picking up the 12-hole ocarina. It is an old English nursery rhyme, and the tab puts the words under the notes so you can sing along in your head while you play.
The melody uses only C, D and E, which sit at the bottom of the main range, with nothing sharp or flat and no sub-holes or thumb holes to think about. Much of it is one falling figure played again and again, so once your fingers have that, the rest follows. If you have just finished Lesson 2, this is the natural next step.
Hot Cross Buns Lyrics#
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One ha’ penny, two ha’ penny,
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons
One ha’ penny,
Two ha’ penny,
Hot Cross Buns!
Hot Cross Buns Ocarina Tab#
| EHot | Dcross | Cbuns | EHot | Dcross | Cbuns | COne | Cha’ | Cpen- | Cny | ||
| Dtwo | Dha’ | Dpen- | Dny | EHot | Dcross | Cbuns |