Goodnight

Learning to sing in three parts with an Old English round.

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Grade: Third
Origin: England – Old Round
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: staves: ABC – song: through composed
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
| ta (ta) ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/La, Mi\Do, Do\So, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; rest: quarter; pickup beat, three part round, singing in parts
Key Words: world geography, England, round/canon, singing in parts, evening prayer, sacred, angels, watch, keep, sweet, sleep, goodnight

**“Goodnight”**
Goodnight to you all, and sweet be your sleep; May angels around you their silent watch keep; Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

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Good-Bye My Riley O

Syncopated rhythms, tonic and dominate arpeggios, and a
dominate octave skip make African American History fun!

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: African American Song – Georgia Sea Island Singers
Key: G Major
Time: 6/8
Form: staves: ABAC – song: AB verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ | ta/ (ta/) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\So descending dominate octave skip
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: dotted quarter, syncopation fermata, verse/refrain, tonic arpeggio, dominate arpeggio, dominate octave skip
Key Words: African American History, Georgia Sea Island Singers, USA history, USA geography, Georgia, South Carolina, coastal plain, Mobile Bay, world geography, Liverpool, London; abbreviation: goin’ (going)

Georgia Sea Island Singers: formed in the early 1900’s, African Americans performing songs of the Gullah culture – low country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.

Riley is thought to have been a slave owner who treated his slaves well and was missed when he traveled from his plantation.

**“Good-Bye My Riley O”**

	1.	Riley, Riley, where are you?
		Refrain:
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!
	2.	Riley gone to Liverpool.
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!
	3.	Riley gone to London Town.
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!
	4.	Riley gone to Mobile Bay.
		O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O!

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The Fox

Through composed with syncopation throughout as students sing a story about foxes raiding the farmer’s pen.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: England – Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti | ti ti ri ti ti ri | syncopation,
| ti ri ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta ta | ta ti ti | ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi\Do, Do/So, Re/So, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth, pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation
Key Words: world geography, England, animal science, fox hunting, prayed, afore (before), mile, farmer’s pen, animal pen, ducks, geese, therein, contraction: gonna (going to), grease chin, grabbed, contraction: didn’t (did not), quack, abbreviation: danglin’ (dangling), mind, gray, woman, jumped, window, pooped, abbreviation: cryin’ (crying), great, den, abbreviation: sayin’ (saying), mighty, strife, fork, knife, their, chewed

**“The Fox”**

	1.	The fox went out on a chilly night, He prayed for the moon for to give him light, For he’d many a mile to go that night Afore he reached town-o, town-o, town-o, He’d many a mile to go that night Afore he reached the town-o.
	2.	He ran till he came to the farmers pen The ducks and the geese were kept therein, He said a couple of you are gonna grease my chin Before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o, A couple of you are gonna grease my chin Before I leave this town-o.
	3.	He grabbed the great goose by the neck He threw a duck across his back, And he didn’t mind the quack, quack And the legs all danglin’ down-o, down-o, down-o, He didn’t mind the quack, quack And the legs all danglin’ down-o.
	4.	Well the old gray Woman jumped out of bed Out of the window she popped her head, Cryin’ John, John the great goose is gone The Fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o, John, John the great goose is gone And the Fox is on the town-o.
	5.	He ran till he came to his nice warm den And there were the little ones 8, 9, 10, Sayin’ Daddy, Daddy better go back again It must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o, Daddy, Daddy go back again For it must be a mighty fine town-o.
	6.	The Fox and his Wife, without any strife They cut up the goose with a fork and a knife, And they never had such a supper in their life And the little ones chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o, They never had such a supper in their life And the little ones chewed on the bones.

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Follow Me

A challenging round where entrances occur on the second beat and end on the first half of the first beat. Excellent for counting silent whole and half beats (rests).

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Traditional Round
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: advanced: | ta (ti) (ta ) | (ta ) ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti | ta ta | ta/a| ti (ti) ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: two intervals: one entrance: Re/So, and Do\So/Do – melody moves primarily by stepping up and down the staff
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth: rests: quarter (11), eighth (7); pickup beat, two part round, tied note
Key Words: lyrics explain singing a round, two part round, singing in parts, teaching part singing with rounds, come, along, sing, song, follow, easy, repeat, till, complete; contraction: tune’s (tune is), abbreviation: ev’ry (every)

**“Follow Me”**
Come along, Sing a song. Follow me: It is easy as you see. Every day, In this way, Just repeat Till the tune’s complete.

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Early To Bed Early To Rise

Three part round with an extended range.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Traditional Round
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/ ti ta | syncopation,
| ta/a ta | ta ta ta | ta/a/a |
Pitches: advanced: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Do – extended range
Intervals: beginners: So/Do8, Do8\So, Re/Fa, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; three part round, singing in three parts, syncopation
Key Words: USA history, American Revolutionary figures, American founding fathers, American colonies, Benjamin Franklin, “Poor Richard’s Almanack,” Benjamin Franklin quotes, healthy, wealthy, wise, character education

**“Early To Bed Early To Rise”**
Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, and wealthy, and wise. Wise, healthy and wealthy.

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Down By the Bay

Repeated rest on the first beat, natural 7th (Te), and a sharped second (Ri) offer several new insights to music’s language.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Traditional Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/2 – (counted in 4/4)
Form: through composed
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a |
| (ta) ti ti ti ti ti ti | (ta) ta ta ta | (ta) ta ti ti ta |
| (ta/a) (ta) ti ti | ti ti ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ta/a |
| ta ta/a ta | ta ta ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Te Ti Do Re Ri Mi – natural 7th (Te), sharped second (Ri)
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\So, So/Ti, Ti\So, Mi\Ri/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; rests: half, quarter; pickup beat, repeat signs, multiple fermatas, first and second endings, natural, sharp, natural 7th (Te), sharped second (Ri)
Key Words: camp song, playground song, game song, improvisational song, bay, watermelons, grow, home, mother, goose, moose, whale, polka-dot tail, fly, wearing, tie, bear, combing, hair, llamas, eating, pajamas, rhyme, silly; contraction: couldn’t (could not) song’s (song has)

**“Down By the Bay”**

	1.	Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, Back to my home, I dare not go, For if I do, my mother will say. Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose? Down by the bay.”
	2.	Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, Back to my home, I dare not go, For if I do, my mother will say. “Did you ever see a whale with a polka-dot tail? Down by the bay.”
	3.	Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, Back to my home, I dare not go, For if I do, my mother will say. “Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie? Down by the bay.”
	4.	Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, Back to my home, I dare not go, For if I do, my mother will say. “Did you ever see a bear combing his hair? Down by the bay.”
	5.	Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, Back to my home, I dare not go, For if I do, my mother will say. “Did you ever see llamas eating their pajamas? Down by the bay.”
	6.	Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, Back to my home, I dare not go, For if I do, my mother will say. “Did you ever have a time when you couldn’t make a rhyme? Down by the bay.”
	7.	Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, Back to my home, I dare not go, For if I do, my mother will say. “This silly song’s gone on too long? Down by the bay.”

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Donkey Riding

Introducing harmony using a two part refrain.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: Canada – Dock-Workers Song
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ri ti ti ri | ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: melody: So Do Re Mi Fa So La Do; 2nd part: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: advanced: melody: Fa\Re, Do/Mi, Re/So, So\Do, So\Mi, Do/La/Do8, Do8\So, Re/So; second part: Re\Ti, Do/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; syncopation, two part, singing in parts, reading two parts, two part harmony, verse/refrain
Key Words: world geography, North America, Canada, Sea Chanty, dock loader, dock worker, Quebec, stowing, timber, deck, golden, crown, donkey, Horn of Africa, lion, unicorn, sailing round the world; contraction: there’s (there is), it’s (it is)

**“Donkey Riding”**

		1.	Were you ever in Quebec, Stowing timber on the deck? Where there’s a king with a golden crown, Riding on a donkey.
			Refrain:
			Hey, ho! Away we go! Donkey riding, donkey riding, Hey, ho!! Away we go, Riding on a donkey.
		2.	Were you ever off the Horn, Where it’s always fine and warm? Seen the lion and the unicorn, Riding on a donkey.
			Refrain

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Derry Down

A minor tonality, an advanced interval La/So (minor 7th), and a history lesson on the American Revolutionary War.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Song of the American Revolution
Key: D minor – pitched in F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: staves: ABCDE – through composed
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti ta ti ri | ti ti ti ta ti | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: advanced: La/So, So\Do, Mi/La, So\Re, Mi/La\Mi, Mi\Do, Ti/Re\Ti
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, minor tonality where the 6th (La) is the tonal center
Key Words: American Revolution, song of the American Revolution, war with England, American history, USA history, USA geography, world geography, revolutionary war, Boston, Bostonian, Liberty Tree, chance, town, houses, stores, tumbling, Old England, King Hancock, yaws, fear, swear, doctor, hard pill, brave, reinforcement, pumpkins sweat, drums, rattle, devil, himself, sight, fleet, army, arrive, bleak, island, drive, please, half a score

**“Derry Down”**

	1.	You simple Bostonians, I’d have you beware, Of your Liberty Tree, I would have you take care, For if that we chance to return to the town, Your houses and stores will come tumbling down. Derry down, down, hey derry down.
	2.	If you will not agree to Old England’s laws, I fear that King Hancock will soon get the yaws But he need not fear, for I swear we will, For the want of a doctor give him a hard pill. Derry down, down, hey derry down.
	3.	A brave reinforcement, we soon think to get; Then we will make you poor pumpkins to sweat: Our drums they’ll rattle, and then you will run To the devil himself, from the sight of a gun. Derry down, down, hey derry down.
	4.	Our fleet and our army, they soon will arrive, Then to a bleak island, you shall not us drive. In every house, you shall have three or four, And if that will not please you, you shall have half a score. Derry down, down, hey derry down.

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Deep and Wide

Syncopation on the second half of the second beat, or the “and of two,” with intervals So\Mi/So and Do8\La/Do8. Ending a phrase on the 5th (So).

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABAC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta/a | syncopation
| ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ti ti |
| ta/a/a/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Re Mi So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi/So, So/Do8, Do8\La/Do8, Re/So, So/Ti
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth
Key Words: playground song, singing game song, camp song, clapping game song, sacred origins, deep, wide, fountain, flowing

**“Deep and Wide”**

		Deep and wide, deep and wide, There’s a fountain flowing deep and wide. Deep and wide, deep and wide, There’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.
		Singing Game:
		Replace words with a hum until all words are gone.
		Example:
		Hum and wide Hum and wide There’s a fountain flowing hum and wide Hum and wide Hum and wide There’s a fountain flowing hum and wide
		Hum and hum Hum and hum There’s a fountain flowing hum and hum Hum and hum Hum and hum There’s a fountain flowing hum and hum

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Deck the Hall

Syncopation on the second half of the second and fourth beat and introducing the raised/sharped fourth (Fi).

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: Wales, United Kingdom – Welsh Carol
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: AABA – pitches: AABa
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta/a | ti ti ta ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So La Ti Do – sharped fourth (Fi)
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Fa\Re, So\Re, Mi/Fi sharped 4th – melody moves primarily by steps
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation, raised fourth (Fi), sharp
Key Words: holiday, seasonal, Christmas, December, New Year’s, carol, world geography, Untied Kingdom, Wales, Welsh, old carol, deck, hall, holly, boughs, season, jolly, gay apparel, ancient, yuletide, blazing, Yule, Yule Log, strike, harp, chorus, merry, measure, yuletide, treasure, passes, hail, lads, lasses, joyous, together, heedless, weather, caroling

**“Deck the Hall”**

		1.	Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la, ‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la, Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la, la la la, Troll the ancient yuletide carol, Fa la la la la, la la la la.
		2.	See the blazing Yule before us. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Strike the harp and join the chorus. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Follow me in merry measure. Fa la la la la la, la la la, While I tell of Yuletide treasure. Fa la la la la, la la la la.
		3.	Fast away the old year passes. Fa la la la la, la la la la, Hail the new ye lads and lasses Fa la la la la, la la la la, Sing we joyous all together. Fa la la la la la, la la la, Heedless of the wind and weather. Fa la la la la, la la la la.

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3rd Grade

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