Wooden Heart/Muss i Denn:
Valentine Songs for Voice or Piano

Wooden Heart, a free Valentine song in three keys for vocal duet or piano, with an easy-to-play arrangement for beginning pianists.

This cute traditional German tune (Abschied, or Muß i denn) is great fun to sing!  See the bottom of the page to download the new version for beginner piano students...

This melody is very familiar, thanks to Elvis Presley. Here he is singing it in both English and German. 

Though the tune is traditional (and therefore copyright-free), the English words to Wooden Heart, as sung by Elvis, are not in the public domain, so I have written my own rather corny lyrics

Wooden Heart song
Wooden Heart piano music

Elvis's words:

Can't you see I love you
Please don't break my heart in two
That's not hard to do
'Cause I don't have a wooden heart


And if you say goodbye
Then I know that I would cry
Maybe I would die
'Cause I don't have a wooden heart

There's no strings upon this love of mine
It was always you from the start

Treat me nice, treat me good
Treat me like you really should
'Cause I'm not made of wood
And I don't have a wooden heart

A great vocal duet

This song makes an excellent vocal duet for beginning voice students who are just learning to hold a harmonizing line.

Because almost all the harmony consists of parallel thirds, the bottom line is fairly easy and predictable. I have used this song successfully at a few music recitals.

Below is a very easy version for beginning pianists of this Valentine's Day song.  Add chords to it if you want to make a duet out of it: G, C, and D.

Wooden Heart melody
Easy Piano Wooden Heart

When I was a young girl, this tune was popular, and I LOVED it. 

Though it has been many years since then, the melody still holds great appeal, as folk songs tend to do!

Below is another video, sung in German, from Raymond Crooke, who specializes in recording folk songs onto YouTube:



The links to the music:


Download free vocal duet in the key of C 


Download Wooden Heart in the key of D 


Download printable vocal duet in the key of F


Download free easy piano music Wooden Heart for beginners




Do you need a beautiful but easy solo for a young beginning singer?  Check out a simple song used in Cinderella, "Lavender's Blue"!


Dianna:
Your website is a light in the darkness. THANK YOU for all you do in helping to spread the love of music. It matters!

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Dana Thynes

Hi, I'm Dana!  (Say that like "Anna".)  I'm the owner of Music-for-Music-Teachers.com, and a newer site, SingTheBibleStory.com.

Like some of you, I've been playing the piano since early childhood, and have added a few other instruments along the way, plus an interest in arranging and composing music.

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