Ole Tar River

Syncopation, descending arpeggio So8\Mi\Do\La, with each staff ending on an eighth rest after whistling on pitch.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: rhythm: AAaA – pitches: ABCc
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ri ti/ | syncopation, | ta ti ti ri | ti ti ti (ti) | ti ti ri ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Do\La/Do, Mi/So8, So8\Mi\Do\La descending arpeggio, Do\So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth, syncopation, arpeggio, all staves end with an eighth rest
Key Words: USA geography, North Carolina, Alabama, Southern USA, ole (old), parting, grieve, leave, sing, sorrow, dance, sometime, tomorrow; abbreviation: Car’lina (Carolina); contraction: I’ll (I will)

**“Ole Tar River”**

		1.	Way down in North Car’lina, On the banks of the Ole Tar River, I go from there to Alabama, For to see my ole Aunt Hannah.
		2.	Now Nancy, I must leave you, Do not let our parting grieve you, Dance and sing, forget your sorrow, I’ll be back sometime tomorrow.

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Oh, How Lovely is the Evening

Three part round singing in thirds.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: England – Traditional Round
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: rhythm: AAB – pitches: ABC – song: AaB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta | ta ta ta | ta/a/a |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do/Fa, So\Mi, Mi/La
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; three part round, singing in parts, harmony, singing in thirds, vocal slurs
Key Words: world geography, England; lovely, abbreviation: ev’ning (evening), sweetly, ringing
Recorder: intermediate: learning E above high C, playing in parts, three part round, playing in thirds, playing harmony

**“Oh, How Lovely is the Evening”**
Oh, how lovely is the evening, is the evening. When the bells are sweetly ringing, sweetly ringing. Ding dong, ding dong, ding, dong.

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Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow

Syncopation for voice and beginning keyboard.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA, England – Game Song
Key: D Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AA chorus/verse
Rhythm: intermediate: syncopation: | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ta/ | ti ti ti ta ti |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: Do/Fa, Mi\So, Re/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation
Key Words: USA and world geography, USA, England, game song, farming, sowing seeds, oats, peas, beans, barley, erect, ease, stamps, claps, view, lands, water seeds, hoe the weeds, harvest seed
Keyboard: beginners: five finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together

**“Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow”**

			Chorus:
			Oats, peas, beans and barley grow, Oats, peas, beans and barley grow, Do you, or I, or anyone know, How oats, peas, beans and barley grow?
		1.	First the farmer sows his seed, Stands erect and takes his ease, He stamps his foot and claps his hands, And turns around to view his lands.
			Chorus
		2.	Next the farmer waters the seed, Stands erect and takes his ease, He stamps his foot and claps his hands, And turns around to view his lands.
			Chorus
		3.	Next the farmer hoes the weeds, Stands erect and takes his ease, He stamps his foot and claps his hands, And turns around to view his lands.
			Chorus
		4.	Last the farmer harvests his seed, Stands erect and takes his ease, He stamps his foot and claps his hands, And turns around to view his lands.
			Chorus

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Nursery Rhymes

Introducing the sharped 4th (Fi), the sharped 5th (Si), the flat 7th (Te), with running eight notes, and arpeggios.

Description

- Grade: Third
- Origin: words: William Jerome – music: Jean Schwartz
- Key: C Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | running eighth notes, |ta/a ti | ta/a (ti) |
- Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa Fi So Si La Te Ti Do Re – raised 4th (Fi), 5th (Si); lowered 7th (Te)
- Intervals: advanced: La\Mi, La\Re, So\Do, Re/Fi/La/Do (DM7) ascending arpeggio, La/Do, La/Re, Te\La, La\Si/La, Do\La, So\Mi, Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth, running eighth notes, sharp 4th, sharp 5th, flat 7th (Fi, Si, Te), tied notes
- Key Words: nursery rhymes, diddle, cat, fiddle, cow, moon, old mother Hubbard, cupboard, cheese, spoon, Little Jack Horner, corner, wheat, fist, wrist, feet

William Jerome (William Jerome Flannery, (September 30, 1865 – June 25, 1932)[1] was an American songwriter, born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York of Irish immigrant parents.
Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born American songwriter.

**“Nursery Rhymes”**
Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow ran away with the moon, While Old mother Hubbard fell into the cupboard, The cheese ran away with the spoon. Little Jack Horner, He sat in the corner, Till he got a corner in wheat, He stuck in his fist and he pulled out his wrist, While the cat ran away with his feet.

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Navajo Happy Song

Comparing melodic lines with the same lyrics; how the pitches change the intent of the melody and lyrics.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – Navajo, Traditional
Key: D Major
Time: 2/4
Form: rhythm: AaBBC – pitches: ABCCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi/So, So/Do8, Do8\Mi, Do\La/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; tied note
Key Words: USA geography, Native Americans, Navajo

**“Navajo Happy Song”**
Hi yo hi yo ip si na ya, Hi yo hi yo ip si na ya, Hi yo hi yo ip si na ya, Hi yo hi yo ip si na ya, Hi yo hi yo.

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My Horses Ain’t Hungry – NEW

"My Horses Ain't Hungry" Lyrics, Text Format

Introducing harmony while practicing major and minor thirds.

Description

• Grade: Third (3)

• Origin: United States: Tennessee Folk Song

• Key: F Major

• Time: 3/4

• Form: AB

• Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta |ta (ta) ti ti | ta/a/a |

• Pitches: beginners: Mi So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale

• Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi\Do (M3), Do\La (m3), So\Mi/So (m3), La/Do (m3), So8\Mi (m3)

• Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter; harmony, pickup beat, pentatonic scale

• Key Words: Geography: United States; Tennessee, horses, hungry, hay, feeding horses, pony, whoa, contractions: ain’t (are not), I’m (I am), I’ll (I will), won’t (will not)

My horses ain’t hungry,
They won’t eat your hey,
So I’ll get on my pony,
I’m going away.

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My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Syncopation, a dotted half rest, the interval La/Re,
and rests ending every line of a verse.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: United Kingdom, Scotland – Traditional,
cir. 1881
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: AB verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta | syncopation,
| ta ta ta | ta ta/a | (ta/a) ta | ta/a/a | (ta/a/a) |
Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Ti Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi, Do\La, So\Mi, La/Re, So/Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, eighth; rests: dotted half, half; pickup beat, syncopation, verse/refrain
Key Words: world geography, Scotland, United Kingdom, sailing, sea chanty, camp song, Bonnie (refers to a man or a woman), lies, ocean, pillow, night, dreamt, winds, blow, sea, brought; abbreviation: o’er (over)

**My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean**

		1.	My Bonnie lies over the ocean, My Bonnie lies over the sea, My Bonnie lies over the ocean, Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
			Refrain
			Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me. Bring back, bring back, Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
		2.	Last night as I lay on my pillow, Last night as I lay on my bed, Last night as I lay on my pillow, I dreamt that my Bonnie was dead.
			Refrain
		3.	Oh blow the winds o’er the ocean, And blow the winds o’er the sea, Oh blow the winds o’er the ocean, And bring back my Bonnie to me.
			Refrain
		4.	The winds have blown over the ocean, The winds have blown over the sea, The winds have blown over the ocean, And brought back my Bonnie to me.
			Refrain

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My Big Black Dog

Experience phrases ending on the fifth (So), the sixth (La),
and the tonic (Do) each pitch appears
15, 13, and 17 times respectively.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: England – Play Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: ABCA – pitches: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ta) ta |
| ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ta | ta ta ti ti ta |
| ta/a (ta) ti ti | ta/a/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Do\La/Do, Do\So, So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio, Mi/So\Mi, Mi/La\Mi So\Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, comparing rhythms by staff (ABCDEDAB), experiencing phrase ending on the 6th, 5th, and the tonic.
Key Words: farm life, dog, man’s best friend, chicks, chickens, chased, crack, fence; contraction: they’d (they would)

**“My Big Black Dog”**
Who ever took my big black dog, I wish they bring him back! He chased the big chicks over the fence And the little chicks through the crack! The big chicks over the fence And the little chicks through the crack! Who ever took my big black dog, I wish they’d bring him back!

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The More We Get Together

Repeated syncopated rhythm and repeated practice for the descending interval Re\So (P5) and the ascending So/Mi (M6), ending with a combination descending P5 to an ascending So/Do (P4).

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: Germany – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: ABCB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So La (Re pivots to the dominate, note: Re was not sung while stepping down to the tonic, Do)
Intervals: intermediate: Do/So, Mi\Do, So/Mi, So/Do, Re\So (a unique sound, not a ending point)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, melodic modulation between tonic and dominate intervals
Key Words: world geography, Germany, Deutschland, greeting song, camp song, playground song, together, friends, get together, sing, play, share; movement words: snap, clap, hop, skip, dance, shake, wiggle, walk, march, skate, circle game, rhythm instruments

**“The More We Get Together”**

	1.	The more we get together, together, together, The more we get together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
	2.	The more we play together, together, together, The more we play together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we play together, the happier we’ll be.
	3.	The more we share together, together, together, The more we share together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we share together, the happier we’ll be.
	4.	The more we sing together, together, together, The more we sing together, the happier we’ll be! For your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends, The more we sing together, the happier we’ll be.

	Alternative movement words (verbs): snap, clap, hop, skip, dance, shake, wiggle, walk, march, skate, – excellent circle game for movement and/or rhythm instruments

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Mister Rabbit

Mastering the intervals of the tonic arpeggio while practicing syncopation, including a sixteenth note.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABC – call/response/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta (ta) | ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ti ta (ti) | ta/ ti | syncopation, | ri ti/ ta | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So La
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi\Do, So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth, pickup beat, call/response, phrase ending with rest on fourth or 2nd half of fourth beat
Key Words: USA African American history, play song, playground song, game song, gardening, farmer, farming animals, rabbit, rabbit ears, soul, cabbage patch, rabbit tail; abbreviation: ev’ry (every), goin’ (going); contraction: they’re (they are)

**“Mister Rabbit”**

		Call:
		“Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your ears mighty long!”
		Response:
		“Yes, indeed, they’re put on wrong.”
		Refrain:
		Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine. Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
		Call:
		“Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your in my cabbage patch!”
		Response:
		“Yes, indeed, I won’t come back.”
		Refrain:
		Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine. Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.
		Call:	:
		“Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit, your tail’s mighty white!”
		Response:
		“Yes, indeed, I’m goin’ out of sight.”
		Refrain:
		Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine. Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine, shine.

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3rd Grade