*3.+Poems+and+Songs+in+ASL

1. Try this old nursery rhyme, **__Solomon Grundy__.**

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2. __**Over the River and Through the Woods**__, a Thanksgiving Song by Lydia Maria Child
Learn how to sign this holiday song. .............................................................................................................................
 * 1. Over the river, and through the wood,**
 * 2. To Grandmother's house we go;**
 * 3. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh**
 * 4. through the white and drifted snow.**
 * 5. Over the river, and through the wood**
 * 6. Oh, how the wind does blow!**
 * 7. It stings the toes and bites the nose**
 * 8. As over the ground we go.**

3. __**Lift Every Voice and Sing**__, by the Johnson Brothers
Learn how to sign this patriotic song for Deaf Interaction Day.

**9. Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,** **10. Let us march on 'til victory is won.**
This **music video** link will open if you are using this site at Lincoln High School:
 * http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Lift_Every_Voice_and_Sing&video_id=23006**

............................................................................................................................ Suggestions for artistic interpretation of English to ASL: 1. Eliminate words not used in ASL 2. Check new words in the dictionary and practice them. 3. Make needed changes from English word order to to ASL word order. 4. Use poetic gestures (not conversational ones) that are big and easy to see. ..................................................................................................................................