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John Henry

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Syncopated rhythm variations for verse syllables, lowered/flat leading
tone (7, Ta), and two descending tonic arpeggios with a sixth (I6, C6).

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Traditional Southern Folk Song
    circa: 1870’s
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABbCc
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta/ (ti) ti ti | syncopation,
    | ta ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a (ta) ti ti |
    | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ta ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La Ta Do – lowered leading tone (7, Te) – blue note
  • Intervals: intermediate: La/Do8 (m3), Do8\La (m3), La\Mi (P4), Do/So (P5), Do8\So (P4), So/Te(m3), Te\La (m2), La\So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio with added sixth (I6, C6), Mi/La (P4)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, repeat signs, first and second endings, tonic arpeggio (I6, C6), blue note, vocal slur, ballad; rhythm variations to match verse syllables, note:more commonly preformed with a fast tempo, originally sung slowly to pace the hard labor and save lives
  • Key Words: USA history, pre-industrial laborer’s “hammer song,” prison convict labor system, railroad steam drill, railroad steam powered hammer, folk lore, legends, man against machine, ballad, sad, lonesome, death of me, Lord, captain, steam drill, contractions: gonna (going to), I’ll (I will), ain’t (is not); abbreviations: sittin’ (sitting), hammerin’ (hammering), steel-drivin’ (steel-driving) ’round (around), nothin’ (nothing), lightnin’ (lightning) ; possessive: daddy’s,
  • Recorder: intermediate: introducing the B flat (blue note, lowered seventh)


“John Henry”

also known as
“The Ballad of John Henry”
 

1.
When John Henry was just a little baby,
Sittin’ on his daddy’s knee,
He gave one long sad and lonesome cry,
Said, “A hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord.”
Said, “A hammer be the death of me.”
2.
Well, the captain said to John Henry,
“Gonna bring that steam drill ’round,
Gonna take that steam drill out on the job,
Gonna whop that steel on down, Lord, Lord.
Gonna whop that steel on down.”
3. John Henry told his captain,
“Well, a man ain’t nothin’ but a man,
But before I let your steam drill beat me down,
I’ll die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord.
I’ll die with a hammer in my hand.”
4. Oh, the man that invented the steam drill,
He thought that he was mighty fine,
But John Henry drove his steel fifteen feet,
And the steam drill drove only nine, Lord, Lord.
Gonna whop that steel on down.”
5. John Henry kept hammerin’ on the mountain,
There was lightnin’ in his eye.
He drove so hard that he broke his heart,
And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord.
And he laid down his hammer and he died.
6. They carried him off to the graveyard,
They buried him in the sand.
And people came from near and far,
To praise that steel-drivin’ man, Lord, Lord.
To praise that steel-drivin’ man.
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The John B. Sails

"The John B. Sails," Lyrics, Text Format
"The John B. Sails," Lyrics, Text Format

Advanced syncopation, mastering So/Mi (M6),
and a raised/sharped supertonic (2, Ri).

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: Bahama Island, Nassau Folk Song
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AB – verse/chorus
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation,
    | ta/a (ta) ta | ta/ ta ti ta | syncopation, |
    | ta/a ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a ti ti ta | ta/a/a/a |
    | ta (ti) ta ti ta | syncopation, | (ta) ti ta ti ta | syncopation, | (ta/a) ta ta | ta ti ta ta/ | syncopation, | (ta/a) (ta) ta | ta/a (ta/a) |
    | ta/ ta ti ta | syncopation, | ti ta ti ti ti ta | syncopation, | (ta) (ti) ta/ ta | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Ri Mi Fa So – raised/sharp supertonic (2, Ri)
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi (M6), Mi\So (M6), Re\So (P5), Mi\Ri/Mi (m2), Mi\Do (M3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, two double barlines, syncopation, tied notes, vocal slur; verse/chorus
  • Key Words: world geography: Bahama Islands, Nassau Town; sloop (boat), grandfather, roam, sights, breakup, hoist, ashore, drunk, first mate, broke, constable, sheriff, John Stone, cook, caught, fits, throw, grits, worst; contractions: I’ve (I have) abbreviations: walkin’ (walking), seein’ (seeing), mains’l (main sail), capt’n (captain) possessive: people’s
  • Recorder: advanced: introducing F# and A#

“The John B. Sails” 

1. Oh, we come on the sloop John B.
My grandfather and me,
Around Nassau town we did roam.
Walkin’ all night
Just seein’ the sights,
Well, I feel so breakup, I want to go home.
Chorus:
So hoist up the John B. sails,
See how the mains’l sets,
Send for the Capt’n ashore,
Let me go home,
Please let me go home,
I want to go home,
Well, I feel so breakup
I want to go home.
2.
First mate, he got drunk.
Broke up the people’s trunk.
Constable had to come and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone,
Why don’t you leave me alone?
Well, I feel so break-up, I want to go home.
Chorus
3. Well, the poor cook he caught the fits.
Throw away all of my grits.
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
Let me go home.
I want to go home.
This is the worst trip since I’ve been born.
Chorus
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Jingle Bells

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Introducing the major and minor sixths.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA – James Pierpont, 1857
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AB – verse/chorus
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ti ti |
    | ta ta ta/a | ta/a/a (ta) | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
    | ta/a/a/a | ta ta ta ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi (M6), Do\So, Do\La, La/Fa (m6), Re\Ti, Fa\Re, Re/So, Mi/So, So\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; melodic rhythm patterns, syncopation, verse/chorus
  • Key Words: USA – Thanksgiving, seasonal song, sleigh ride, one-horse open sleigh, open sleigh, James Pierpont, Christmas, holiday song, jingle bells, snow song, dashing, fields, laughing, bobtails, spirits bright, sleighing song, thought, Miss Fanny Bright, seated, horse, lean and lank, misfortune, seemed, lot, drifted, upsot; abbreviation: o’er (over)


“Jingle Bells”
 

1. Dashing though the snow in a one-horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtails ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight! Oh!
Chorus:
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
 
2. A day or two ago I thought I’d take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot.
Chorus
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Jingle Bells (chorus)

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Dotted quarter note syncopation, five finger keyboard exercise,
left had exercise for upper grade recorders.

 

Description

  • Grade: First
  • Origin: USA – James Pierpont, 1857
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABAC – chorus
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta/a | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/a/a/a | ta ta ta ti ti |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, So\Do, Re/So, Fa\Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; melodic rhythm patterns, syncopation
  • Key Words: USA – Thanksgiving, seasonal song, sleigh ride, one-horse open sleigh, open sleigh, James Pierpont, Christmas, holiday song, jingle bells, snow song
  • Keyboard: intermediate: five finger exercisefor the right, left and two hands together
  • Recorder: intermediate: grades 3-5, left hand exercise in G Major

 


“Jingle Bells”
(chorus)
 

Chorus:
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
Jingles Bells – complete version, third grade catalog
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Jim Along Josie

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Catchy rhythms where the fourth beat is represented by a rest with movements on the 1st and 2nd beats.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA – Folk Song cir. 1840
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABA verse/refrain/verse
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta (ta) |
    | ti ti ta ta ta | ti ti ta ta (ta) | ta ti ti ti ti (ta) |
    | ta ta ta ta |
  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi\Do/Mi, Re/So, Mi/So, Mi/La
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, D.C. al Fine, Fine
  • Key Words: circle song, camp song, movement song, playground song, play song, game song, clapping beats, movements: hop, run, jump, tiptoe, skip, skate, face center, hands on knees, clap, turn around

“Jim Along Josie” 

1. Hey, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Hey, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Hey, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Hey, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Refrain
Face to the center, hands on your knees,
Clap three times and turn around please!
2. Hop, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Hop, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Hop, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Hop, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Refrain
3. Run, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Run, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Run, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Run, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Refrain
4. Jump, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Jump, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Jump, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Jump, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Refrain
5. Tiptoe, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Tiptoe, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Tiptoe, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Tiptoe, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Refrain
6. Skip, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Skip, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Skip, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Skip, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Refrain
7. Skate, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Skate, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
Skate, Jim along, Jim along Josie,
Skate, Jim along, Jim along Joe!
NO REFRAIN
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Jesus Loves Me

"Jesus Loves Me" lyrics, Text Format
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Popular children’s hymn introduces dotted rhythms
easily, using the pentatonic scale.

 

Description

  • Grade: Kindergarten
  • Origin: USA – Christian Children’s Hymn – Hymn by Susan Warner 1860, Music and Chorus by William Batcheldor Bradbury 1862
  • Key: C Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABAC, chorus: ABAC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation,
    | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ta ti ti | ti ta/ | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La Do – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi\Do, Mi/So, La/Do\La, Do/Mi, So\Do, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, dotted quarter, dotted eighth, four measure phrases, syncopation, pentatonic scale, tonic arpeggio
  • Key Words: sacred, children’s hymn, character education, Jesus’s story, bible, weak, strong, children, bad, good, light, love, friend, give, live, heaven, sin, sad, ill, sin, died, bled, henceforth, thee (you), nights, clear, fear, near, heart, knee, wide, gate,close, tho’ (although), wanting, hast (has)


“Jesus Loves Me”
1. Jesus loves me, this I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to him belong,
They are week, but he is strong.
Chorus
Yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
2. When the nights are dark and long,
In my heart He puts a song.
Telling me in words so clear,
“Have no fear, for I am near.”
Chorus
3.
Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, “Let come to Me.”
Chorus
4. Jesus loves me when I’m good,
When I do the things I should,
Jesus loves me when I’m bad,
Though it makes Him very sad.
Chorus
5. Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live.
Chorus
6. Jesus loves me! He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.
Chorus
7. Jesus loves me! Loves me still
Tho’ I’m very weak and ill;
That I might from sin be free
Bled and died upon the tree.
Chorus
8. Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.
Chorus
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Jenny Jones

"Jenny Jones" Lyrics, Text Format
"Jenny Jones" Lyrics, Text Format


Perfect after reading Pitch Warm-up Finding Do-Mi-So!

 

Description

  • Grade: Kindergarten
  • Origin: USA, Alabama – Folk Song
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABaC (repeated)
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta/ | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi So
  • Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Re\Ti, Ti\So, Re\So, So/Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, tied note, vocal slur, singing alone and with others, repeat sign, walking/dancing with steady beat, 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
  • Key Words: USA geography: Alabama; greeting song, game song, washing, starching, ironing, sweeping, dead

“Jenny Jones”
1. We’ve come to see Miss Jenny Jones,
Miss Jenny Jones, Miss Jenny Jones.
We’ve come to see Miss Jenny Jones,
And how is she today?Miss Jenny Jones is a-washing,
A-washing, a-washing.
Miss Jenny is a-washing,
You can’t see her today.
Chorus
We’re right glad/sorry to hear it,
To hear it, to hear it.
We’re right glad/sorry to hear it,
And how are you today?
2. We’ve come to see, etc.
Miss Jenny is a-starching, etc.
Chorus
3.
We’ve come to see, etc.
Miss Jenny is a-ironing, etc.
Chorus
4. We’ve come to see, etc.
Miss Jenny is a-sweeping, etc.
Chorus
5. We’ve come to see, etc.
Miss Jenny is a-sick in bed, etc.
Chorus
6. We’ve come to see, etc.
Miss Jenny is a-dying, etc.
Chorus
7. We’ve come to see, etc.
Miss Jenny is a-dead, etc.
Chorus
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Jennie Jenkins

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Syncopation on the second half of the 4th beat (& of 4), intervals of the tonic arpeggio, long tied notes and crazy words sung quickly!

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA – Folk Song
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 2/2 (counted in 4/4)
  • Form: AB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta ta ti ti |
    | ta ti ti ta (ti) ti | syncopation,
    | ti ti ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a ti/ ti | syncopation,
    | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti |
    | ta/a/a/a_|_a ti ti ta ta | tied,
    | ta/a/a/a_|_a/a/a ti ti | tied
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi\Do, Mi\So, So/Do, Mi/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do\La
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; tied notes, vocal slur
  • Key Words: colors, white, bright, blue, true, red, head, black, back, purple, turtle, green, seen, shame, wear; contraction: won’t (will not)

“Jennie Jenkins” 

1. Will you wear white, my dear, oh my dear
Oh, wear you white, Jennie Jenkins?
I won’t wear white the color’s too bright,
,
Chorus
I’ll find me a foldy-roldy, tildy-toddy,
Seek-a-double roll, Jennie Jenkins, roll.
2.
Will you wear blue, my dear, oh my dear
Oh, wear you blue, Jennie Jenkins?
I won’t wear blue the color’s too true,
Chorus
3. Will you wear red, my dear, oh my dear
Oh will you wear red, Jennie Jenkins?
I won’t wear red it’s the color of my head,
Chorus
4. Will you wear black, my dear, oh my dear
Oh will you wear black, Jennie Jenkins?
I won’t wear black it’s the color of my back,
Chorus
5. Will you wear purple, my dear, oh my dear
Oh will you wear purple, Jennie Jenkins?
I won’t wear purple it’s the color of a turtle,
Chorus
6. Will you wear green, my dear, oh my dear
Oh will you wear green, Jennie Jenkins?
I won’t wear green for it’s a shame to be seen,
Chorus
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Jefferson and Liberty

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Syncopation on 6/8 time, feeling duple meter in 6/8,
submediant (vi/Fm) and dominant (V/Eb) arpeggios,
lowered/natural dominant (Se).

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: Ireland/USA – music: Irish Jig: The Gobby-O
    words: Traditional
  • Key: F minor (pitched in A flat Major)
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: AB – verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta ti ri | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: Mi Se So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So – natural dominant (Se)
  • Intervals: intermediate: M2: La\Se; m3: Do\La, La/Do, Ti\So, Ti/Re, So/Ti, So8\Mi; M3: Do/Mi8; P4: La\Mi/La, La8\Mi; P5: Ti\Mi; arpeggios: ascending submediant La/Do/Mi (vi/Fm), descending dominant Re\Ti\So (V/Eb)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, repeat signs, multiple endings, fermata, accidental: natural dominant (Se), syncopation in 6/8, feeling duple meter in 6/8, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, verse/refrain
  • Key Words: world geography: Ireland, Irish Jig: “Gobby-O”; Europe; USA, Georgia, Lake Champlain, Mississippi, Columbia, presidential campaign rally song; gloomy, reign of terror, gags, inquisitors, spies, hordes, harpies, tyrants, varied, clime, dales, majesty, sublime, immortal, prevails, illustrious, virtues, assume, sway, temple, preside, immense, hireling, tyranny, lording, gorging jaws, industry, bigot, amidst, abundant, nobler, spread, lofty, dreary, humble, expanded, sect, sacred, privilege, worship, Deity, thine, fought, inspiration, glorious, foes, dread, ye, proclaim; abbreviations: o’er (over), hallow’d (hallowed), e’er (ever), array’d (arrayed), injur’d (injured), compell’d (compelled), laurel’d (laureled), mem’ries (memories)


“Jefferson and Liberty”
 

1.
The gloomy night before us flies,
The reign of terror now is o’er;
Its gags, inquisitors and spies,
Its hordes of harpies are no more.
Refrain:
Rejoice, Columbia’s sons, rejoice
To tyrants never bend the knee
But join with heart, and soul and voice
For Jefferson and Liberty.
2.
O’er vast Columbia’s varied clime
Her cities, forests, shores, and dales;
In riding majesty, sublime,
Immortal liberty prevails.
Refrain
3. Hail! long expected glorious day
Illustrious memorable morn:
That freedom’s fabric from decay
Secures – for millions yet unborn.
Refrain
4. His country’s glory, hope and stay,
In virtues and in talents tried;
Now rises to assume the sway,
O’er freedom’s temple to preside.
Refrain
5. Within its hallow’d walls immense
No hireling band shall e’er arise;
Array’d in tyranny’s defense,
To hear an injur’d people’s cries.
Refrain
6. No lordling here with gorging jaws.
Shall wring from industry its food;
No fiery bigot’s holy laws,
Lay waste our fields and streets in blood.
Refrain
7. Here strangers from a thousand shores
Compell’d by tyranny to roam;
Shall find, amidst abundant stores,
A nobler and a happier home.
Refrain
8. Here art shall lift her laurel’d head
Wealth industry and peace divine;
And where dark forests lately spread
Rich fields and lofty cities shine.
Refrain
9. From Europe’s wants and woes remote
A dreary waste of waves between;
Here plenty cheers the humble cot,
And smiles on every village green.
Refrain
10. Here, free as air’s expanded space,
To every soul and sect shall be;
That sacred privilege of our race,
The worship of the Deity.
Refrain
11. These gifts, great Liberty, are thine,
Ten thousand more we owe to thee; Immortal may their mem’ries shine,
Who fought and died for Liberty.
Refrain
12. What heart but hails a scene so bright
What soul but inspiration draws;
Who would not guard so dear a right
Or die in such a glorious cause.
Refrain
13. Let foes to freedom dread the name,
But should they touch the sacred tree
Twice fifty thousand swords would flame,
For Jefferson and Liberty.
Refrain
14. From Georgia up to Lake Champlain
From seas to Mississippi’s shore;
Ye sons of freedom loud proclaim,
The Reign of Terror is no more.
Refrain
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Jamaica Farewell – NEW

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Beginners pitches and intervals allow for extra time to master the advanced syncopated calypso rhythms.

 

Description

• Grade: Fifth (5)

Origin: Traditional Caribbean Song

Key: C Major

Time: 4/4

Form: ABCD

Rhythm: advanced: | (ti) ta ti ta ti ti | ta ti ta/ ta ti | ta ta ti ti ti ti | ti ta ti (ta/a) | ti ta ta ti ti ti | (ti) ti ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ta ti (ti) ti | (ti) ta ti ta (ti) ti | ti ti ti ta/ (ti) ti | ti ta ta ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti ti ti | ta ti ta/ (ta) | ta ta ta ti ti |

Pitches: beginners: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do

Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic triad, Re/Fa (m3)

Musical Elements: • notes: quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; advanced syncopated rhythms with tied notes, ascending tonic arpeggio,

Key Words: • Geography: Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, Mexica: work song, dock song, sailing ship, calypso rhythms, Ackee (tropical tree w/fruit), rice, salt, fish, love song


“Jamaica Farewell”

as sung by Harry Belafonte
1. Down the way,
Where the nights are gay,
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top.
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop.
Refrain
But I’m sad to say I’m on my way.
Won’t be back for many a day.
My heart is down,
My head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town.
2. Sounds of laughter everywhere,
And the dancing girls swing to and fro.
I must declare my heart is there,
Though I’ve been from Maine to Mexico.
Refrain
3. Down at the market you can hear,
Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear.
Ackee, rice, salt, fish are nice,
And the rum is fine any time o’ year.
Refrain
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