Here's how my class VII3 sang a song called 'I saw her standing there' in June 2006:
Oh, we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long
The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded by The Beatles in 1963.
Here are the lyrics:
Well, she was just seventeen,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked
Was way beyond compare.
So how could I dance with another
So how could I dance with another
When I saw her standing there?
Well, she looked at me,
Well, she looked at me,
And I, I could see
That before too long
That before too long
I'd fall in love with her.
No, she wouldn't dance with another
No, she wouldn't dance with another
When I saw her standing there.
Chorus
Well, my heart went "boom,"
When I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.
Well, my heart went "boom,"
When I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.
Oh, we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long
I fell in love with her.
Now I'll never dance with another
Now I'll never dance with another
Since I saw her standing there.
Chorus
We used some of these activities as warmers and follow-ups:
- Listen to the song and find out if a boy or girl is singing, where the two met, what happened, how they feel about each other now.
- Explain some of the expressions (e.g. The way she looked was way beyond compare = She looked beautiful).
- Identify the verbs in the past simple, regular and irregular.
