Text types: Texts for fun & leisure

Songs

London's burning 

London's burning, London's burning,
Call the engines, call the engines,
Fire, fire! Fire, fire!
Pour on water, pour on water. [repeat]

Click here if you would like to hear this song sung normally.
Click here to hear how this song sounds as a 'round'.

Teaching suggestions

To prepare for a round song, explain that you are going to divide the class into two groups, and that each group will sing the song twice (at least), but they will start at staggered intervals. So Group A starts singing first and Group B starts singing when Group A begins line 3. 

It is sometimes useful to draw students' attention to grammatical features in songs. In this song you can focus on imperatives: call, pour. 

For more information, see Grammar: Clause: Using clauses to interact: Making Commands