Get Up in the Mornin’
Price range: $8.50 through $30.00
One melody – two song options! Whether the weather is the topic of the day, or singers are excited about Christmas morning, this is a jaunty, jazzy tune to sing with young singers.
Swing your way through this optimistic tune about the weather. No matter what Mother Nature has sent your way, it is good to remember not to “sass your Momma”. Be happy and have a good time singing about the weather, whether it is sunny, rainy or any kind of weather you choose.
A variety of accompaniment tracks create versatility and options in this two-song package. Accompaniment tracks have been created that follow the score as written, with 12-bar instrumental breaks between each verse. Additional accompaniment tracks are provided with alternating verses and choruses without the instrumental break sections to accommodate soloists or young singers who might be uncomfortable standing and waiting for a 12-bar instrumental section between verses.
A second set of lyrics using this melody adds repertoire options.
Get Up Christmas Mornin’
Get up Christmas morning and see if Santa has arrived at your house! Swing your way through this song and spring out of bed to check out your stocking. Maybe it’s a good idea to also check the roof for reindeer hoof prints. Whatever you do, don’t be grumpy! It’s a Christmas rule!
3 purchase options include:
- Get Up in the Mornin’
- Get Up Christmas Mornin’
- Get Up in the Mornin’ + Get Up Christmas Mornin’ – 2-song Combo
Listen to melody + accompaniment:
Listen to Donna & Andy performance track:
Download Includes:
- Vocal score
- Lead sheet
- Director/piano score
- Lyrics
- Accompaniment – with melody guide with/without instrumental breaks
- Accompaniment – piano with/without instrumental breaks
- Donna & Andy band – instrumental track with instrumental breaks
- Donna & Andy – performance track
- Teaching Tips
- Colouring page
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Get Up in the Mornin'
Follow along with the lyrics as you listen to the accompaniment with melody guide for Get Up in the Mornin' & Get Up Christmas Mornin'.
Get Up in the Mornin' is one of 12 songs from the award-winning song collection "Blue Skies and Pirates". Donna Rhodenizer has written these songs in a variety of styles and skill levels for singers from ages 5-12+.
Learn more about this fun collection for elementary-aged kids, choirs and solo vocal students. The 110-page book provides the vocal score, full score and separate lyrics pages for 12 songs. Enjoy!
Please note: audio tracks for the e-book version are sold separately. Print copies of the book include CD (24 tracks)
Blue Skies and Pirates is also available on Amazon
Stream or Purchase from many streaming sites including: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon, Pandora, Deezer.
The Blue Skies and Pirates CD (Donna & Andy performance and instrumental) tracks (24) are available for download or physical CD on this website.
Introduce the song
Have a weather-related discussion.
- Do the students have a favourite kind of weather?
- What is their least favourite kind of weather?
- Do they ever grumble about the weather?
- Does grumbling and complaining improve the weather conditions?
Listen to the song or read the lyrics.
- What is the message of this song? Don’t be grumpy or blue about the weather, and don’t “sass” Mother Nature!
- Is this good advice?
Expressive singing
Sing expressively to create a different presentation style for each of the types of weather about which you are singing.
Emphasize the lyrics by using:
- dynamics
- clear diction
- facial movement
- simple gestures
Improvisation
There are instrumental breaks between each verse (bars 29-40).
Have students use these instrumental bars to improvise using their own musical ideas.
Students may sing specific words e.g., rain, sun, wind, etc. or sing scat syllables.
There is also the option to skip these bars (tracks are provided to accommodate both options).
Be a composer
Create your own verses for this song.
As a composer you will make musical decisions about the content of your song lyrics.
You may decide to sing about your favourite kind of weather, or you may want to take the opportunity to complain a bit about your least favourite kind of weather.
Will you still decide to present the message that it won’t help to be grumpy, or will you create a different message for your weather song?
Use the instrumental accompaniment tracks and sing your new lyrics.
Have fun composing!
Download (pdf), print and have fun colouring this page while you listen to the song Get Up in the Mornin'.
Get Up in the Mornin'
I was taking my son to a Scout Jamboree in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 14,000 Scouts from all over Canada were converging at a massive camp site for a week-long event. As we were heading to the camp on a bright and sunny day, the melody and the first verse of the song popped into my head. I started to sing as we walked from the parking lot to the central gathering location (it was quite a hike so I had some time!) My son has camped in some pretty uncomfortable weather conditions. He always had lots of stories to tell, but he really didn’t complain about the weather. He seemed to enjoy the challenge of surviving even rainy and snowy camping trips. He didn’t get that from his mother. I prefer to be protected from heat, cold, bugs and hard ground when I sleep. Despite my personal preference to avoid being involved in bad weather, I thought it made sense to include the advice not to be saucy to Mother Nature. At the end of the day, being grumpy doesn’t change the weather conditions but a good attitude can go a long way to improving the outlook of the situation.
A few years later, our Donna & Andy duo was invited to sing at a Christmas event. We were practicing some standard seasonal tunes when we started to change the lyrics of Get Up in the Mornin’ to fit in with getting up on Christmas morning. We sketched out alternate lyrics that worked for that concert and I include them with the original words so teachers can have an option for school and vocal studio Christmas concert presentations. The admonishment not to be grumpy or sassy also works in the context of staying off the naughty list!
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| Single Song or 2-song Combo | 1. Get Up in the Mornin', 2. Get Up Christmas Mornin', 3. Get Up Christmas Mornin' + Get Up in the Mornin' – 2-song Combo |
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| License | Single User License, Classroom / Studio License, Treble Choir License |
| Context | Choir – Elementary, Choir Repertoire, Classroom Songs, Small Group Class, Song Collection – Blue Skies and Pirates, Vocal Solo, Choir – Unison |
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| Vocal Range | A3 – E5 |
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| Composer | Donna Rhodenizer |
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