Paddy Works on the Railway

Intermediate syncopation in 6/8 time with the most common
intervals found in a minor tonality (key).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Ireland/USA – Chanty – Railroad Work Song – 1864
Key: A minor (pitched in C Major)
Time: 6/8
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/ ta ti | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: intermediate: La\Mi/La (P4), Do\La (m3), La/Do (m3), Re\Ti (m3), Do\So (P4) – perfect fourths and minor thirds are common in minor tonalities (keys)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, two double barlines, syncopation, minor tonality (key), verse/refrain; 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, note: refrain is a variation of phrases found within the verse
Key Words: world geography: USA, Ireland; chanty, work chanty, work song, railroad, USA westward expansion, intercontinental railroad, Irish immigrants, railroad workers: track layers, gaugers, spikers, and bolters; 1841, corduroy, breeches (britches), old world, new world, spare, luck, brought, through, stocking, cravat (neck tie), straw hat
Recorder: intermediate: minor tonality (key), syncopation in 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

**“Paddy Works on the Railway”**

			Verse (solo)
		1.	In eighteen hundred and forty-one I put my corduroy breeches on, I put my corduroy breeches on, To work upon the railway.
			Refrain:
			Fil-li-mee-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay, Fil-li-mee-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay, Fil-li-mee-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay, To work upon the railway.
		2.	In eighteen hundred and forty-two I left the old world for the new, Oh, spare me the luck that brought me through To work upon the railway.
			Refrain
		3.	It’s “Pat, do this,” and “Pat, do that,” Without a stocking or cravat, And nothing but an old straw hat, While working in the railway.
			Refrain

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Over There – NEW

Advanced intervals (tritones d4 – a5), repeated pitch and rhythmic syncopation, with accent marks.

Description

Grade: Fifth (5)

• Origin: George M. Cohan 1878-1942 – circa 1917

• Key: G Major

• Time: 2/4

• Form: AaBCBD

• Pitches: advanced: So Si La Li Ti Do Re Mi Fa So

• Intervals: advanced: Mi\Do\La descending mediant Em triad, La/Re (P4), Fa\Re (m3), Re\La (P4), La\Si (m2), Li/Ti (m2), Ti/Mi A4 augmented 4th tritone, Re\Ti/Re (m3), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\Ti d5 diminished 5th tritone, Mi\So/Do(M3/P5), Re/So8 (P4), Do\So (P4), So/Mi (M6), Re\So (P5)

• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; pickup beat, forward and ending repeats, first and second ending, repeated pitch and rhythmic syncopation, accents, accidentals: sharp: raised 5th (Si-D#), raised 6th (Li-E#), TRITONE: augmented 4th, diminished 5th

• Key Words: United States history, World War Two WWII, military recruitment song, patriotic song, George M Cohan, onomatopoeia: drums – “rum-tumming”, liberty, Every Son of Liberty, sweetheart, pine, kit (survival kit), Huns (nomadic people) Yanks, over-there (Europe),

**“Over There”**

	1.	Johnny, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun. Take it on the run, on the run, on the run. Hear them calling you and me, Every Son of Liberty. Hurry right away, no delay, go today. Make your Daddy glad to have had such a lad. Tell your sweetheart not to pine, To be proud her boy’s in line.

	2.	Johnny, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun. Johnny, show the “Hun” you’re a son-of-a-gun. (Johnny on the run…) alternative Hoist the flag and let her fly Yankee Doodle do or die. (Like true heroes…) alternative Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit. Yankee to the ranks from the towns and the tanks. Make your Mother proud of you And to liberty be true. (And the old red-white-and-blue) alternative

		Chorus:

		Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming The drums rum-tumming everywhere. So prepare, say a prayer, Send the word, send the word to beware – We’ll be over, we’re coming over, And we won’t come back till it’s over, over there.

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Over My Head

Cut time, 2/2, counted in 4/4, including tied phrases and syncopation, for voice, recorder and keyboard.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: G Major
Time: 2/2 (cut time counted in 4/4)
Form: AAAB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a/a/a_|_a ti ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta (ta) (ta) ta | ta/a ta ta |
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi
Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi\Do
Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, cut time 2/2, tied notes
Key Words: sacred, spiritual, African American History Month, head, music, angels, Jesus, God
Recorder: beginners: upper grades; excellent practice following the first (1st) Beginning Recorder Song, Long Legged Sailor.
Keyboard: beginners: excellent three finger exercise for the left, right, and two hands together.

**“Over My Head”**

	1.	Over my head, I hear music in the air, Over my head, I hear music in the air, Over my head, I hear music in the air. There must be a God somewhere.
	2.	Over my head, I see angels in the air, Over my head, I see angels in the air, Over my head, I see angels in the air, There must be a God somewhere.
	3.	Over my head, I see Jesus in the air, Over my head, I see Jesus in the air, Over my head, I see Jesus in the air, There must be a God somewhere.
	4.	Over my head, I hear music in the air, Over my head, I hear music in the air, Over my head, I hear music in the air. There must be a God somewhere.

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Over in the Meadow

Introducing the descending perfect fifth, So\Do,
and the ascending major sixth Do/La.
Vocabulary builder! Present and past tense participles.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: USA, South Appalachian – Folk Song
Key: E flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
| ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Do, Do/La
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, running eighth notes, tied notes, vocal slur
Key Words: USA geography: Appalachia; counting song, counting from one to ten, animal science, meadow, sand, sun, toad, wink, grass, grew, red fox, daddy, counting from one to ten, nest, tree, robin, mother, sycamore tree, chipmunk, hive, queen bee, honey bee, hum, glad, dam, sticks, beaver, built, green, wet, bog, froggy, pollywogs, hop, hopped, sing, snag, ran, run, wink, winked, spin, spun, hop, hopped, owl, owlets, web, pine, spider, rabbit, bunnies; rhyming words for numbers: one/sun, two/grew, tree/three, four/sycamore, five/hive, six/sticks, eight/late, nine/pine, ten/den

**“Over in the Meadow”**

	1.	Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun, Lived an old mother toadie and her little toadie one. “Wink!” said the mother, “I wink,” said the one. And they winked and they blinked, in the sand in the sun.

	2.	Over in the meadow where the tall grass grew, Lived an old daddy red fox and his little foxes two. Run said the daddy, we run said the. So they ran and were glad where the tall grass grew.

	3.	Over in the meadow in a nest in a tree, Live an old mother robin and her little birdies three. Sing said the mother, we sing said the three, So they sang and were glad in the nest in the tree.

	4.	Over in the meadow in a tall sycamore, Lived an old daddy chipmunk and his little chipmunks four. Play said the daddy, we play said the four, So they played and were glad in the tall sycamore.

	5.	Over in the meadow in a new little hive, Lived an old mother queen bee and her honey bees five. Hum said the mother, we hum said the five, So they hummed and were glad in the new little hive.

	6.	Over in the meadow in a dam built of sticks, Live an old daddy beaver and his little beavers six. Build said the daddy, we build said the six, So they built and were glad in the dam build of sticks.

	7.	Over in the meadow in a green, wet bog, Lived an old mother froggy and her seven pollywogs. Hop said the mother, we hop said the wogs, So they hopped and were glad in the green, wet bog.

	8.	Over in the meadow as the day grew late, Lived an old daddy owl and his little owlets eight. Wink said the daddy, we wink said the eight, So they winked and were glad as the day grew late.

	9.	Over in the meadow in a web in a pine, Lived an old mother spider and her little spiders nine. Spin said the mother, we spin said the nine, So they spun and were glad in the web in the pine.

	10.	Over in the meadow in a warm little den, Lived an old daddy rabbit and his little bunnies ten. Hop said the daddy, we hop said the ten, So they hopped and were glad in the warm little den.

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Our Band

Mastering the ascending interval So/Do
and descending interval So\Do.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: Italy – Italian Folk Song
Key: C Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AABBB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta/ ta ti |
| ta ti ti ti ti | ta/_a ti | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta/ |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi – adding the 7th (Ti) to a pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do\So, Re\So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; tied notes, pickup beat, horizontal accent (sing/play the note a little louder/stronger), repeat signs (3 times), mastering the ascending and descending perfect fourth (P4) as the dominate to the tonic and the tonic to the dominate
Key Words: band instruments, drums, trombone, trumpet (add more as you wish), instrument sounds

**“Our Band”**

	We come with our singing and playing, A-marching down the street. Now what can the music be saying To our marching feet?
	Rat-ta-ta-tat, rat-ta-ta-tat, Hear how the snare drums play rat-ta-ta-tat.
	Ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta-ta, Hear how the trombone plays ta-ta-ta-ta.
	Too-too-too-toot, too-too-too-toot, Hear how the trumpet plays too-too-too-toot.

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Open the Window, Noah

Intermediate syncopation with two part harmony (3rds).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation,
| ti ti ta/a/a | ta ta/a/a | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta ti ri ta/ |
| ta ta ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So (m3), So\Mi (m3), Do/La8 (M6), La8/Do8 (m3), Do8\La8 (m3), So/Do8(P4), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\Do (M3), Do\La (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; D.S. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, syncopation, singing in parts, harmony in thirds, refrain/verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, African American Spiritual, African American history, Bible story, “Noah and the Ark”, sacred, dove, mourned, window, olive leaf, brought
Recorder: intermediate: introducing F above high C, syncopation, six measures in two part harmony (3rds)

**“Open the Window, Noah”**

			Refrain
			Open the window, Noah, Open the window, Noah, Open the window, Noah, Let the dove come out.
		1.	The little dove flew in the window and mourned, Open the window, Let the dove come in. The little dove flew in the window and mourned, Open the window, Let the dove come in.
			Refrain
		2.	The little dove brought back the olive leaf, Open the window, Let the dove come in. The little dove brought back the olive leaf, Open the window, Let the dove come in.
			Refrain

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On Top of Old Smoky

Developing breath control for six measure phrases while singing a full ascending tonic arpeggio, and a subdominant arpeggio;
arpeggios suggest chord progressions.

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – Folk Ballad
Key: D Major
Time: 3/4
Form: rhythm: ABAb – pitches: ABaC – song AB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta ta/a_|_a/a ta |
| ta/a/a_|_a/a ta | ta/a ti ti | (_=tie)
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So/Do8 ascending tonic (I) arpeggio D, Do\La\Fa descending subdominant (IV) arpeggio G, So\Do (P5), So\Re (P4)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, first and third staves end on the leading tone for the phrase ending pitch, distinguishing between a M3 Do\La and a m3 So\Re, tonic and subdominant arpeggios, song chord progression: I-IV-I-V7-I, six measure phrases
Key Words: USA history, mountain song, mountain ballad, snow covered, true love, courtin’ (courting), pleasure, partin’ (parting), false-hearted, worse, thief, rob, crave, lead, grave, decay, dust, boy, hundred, poor girl, trust, hug, kiss, lies, cross-ties, railroad, stars, sky

**“On Top of Old Smoky”**

		1.	On top of Old Smoky All covered with snow, I lost my true lover, For a courtin’ too slow.
		2.	For courtin’s a pleasure, But partin’ is grief, And a false-hearted lover, Is worse than a thief.
		3.	A thief will just rob you, And take what you crave But a false-hearted lover, Will lead you to your grave.
		4.	The grave will decay you, And turn you to dust, Not one boy in a hundred A poor girl can trust.
		5.	They’ll hug you and kiss you, And tell you more lies, Than crossties on a railroad, Or stars in the sky.

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O No, John

Centered around the fifth (So) of the major scale
before ending in G Major.

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – Traditional Folk Song
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta |
| ta ta ta/a | ta/a ta ta | ta/a (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Re/So (P4), Re\So (P5), Fa\Re (m3), Mi\Do (M3), Ti\So (m3), Mi\La (P5), La/Do (m3), So/So8 ascending octaveskip
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, tempo: giocoso/joyful/merry,
animato/animated
Key Words: courting song, yonder (over the hill), creature, ask for her hand, marriage, father, Spanish, captain, month, ago, kissed, bid, always, answer, madam, beauty, lips, red roses, grow, husband, marry me, jewels, cruel, since, stay, hear, hark, church bells, ringing, scorn, unkind, wife, silken dresses, vowed, settled, change, mind, single, know, free, face

“O No, John”

Boys

Girls

1.

On yonder hill there stands a creature
Who she is I do not know;
I’ll go ask her hand in marriage,
She must answer yes or no.

O no, John! No, John! No, John! No!

2.

My father was a Spanish captain,
Went to sea a month ago;
First he kissed me then he left me,
Bid me always answer no.

O no, John! No, John! No, John! No!

3.

O Madam in your face is beauty,
On your lips red roses grow;
Will you take me for your husband?
Madam answer yes or no.

O no, John! No, John! No, John! No!

4.

O Madam I will give you jewels,
I will make you rich and free,
I will give you silken dresses;
Madam will you marry me?

O no, John! No, John! No, John! No!

5.

O Madam since you are so cruel,
And that you do scorn me so,
If I may not be your husband?
Madam will you let me go?

O no, John! No, John! No, John! No!

6.

Then I will stay with you forever,
If you will not be unkind;
Madam, I have vowed to love you;
Would you have me change my mind?

O no, John! No, John! No, John! No!

7.

O hark! I hear the church bells ringing,
Will you come and be my wife?
Or, dear Madam, have you settled
To live single all your life?

O no, John! No, John! No, John! No!

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One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Adding the sixth (La) to the beginning Orff interval
So\Mi with percussion notation.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Traditional Nursery Rhyme
Key: C Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AABB
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti | ta ta |
Pitches: beginners: Mi So La
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So (beginning Orff interval)
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, percussion note heads, solo, repeat sign, two double barlines
Key Words: world geography: England; numbers 1 through 10, fish, caught, bit, finger, left/right
Keyboard: beginners: three finger exercise for right, left, and two hands together

**“One, Two, Three, Four, Five”**
One, two, three, four, five, Once I caught a fish alive, Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Then I let it go again. Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite? This little finger on my right.

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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Moving up and down the C Major scale plus a fermata.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme – Scale Song
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABBCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta ta/a | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ta ta ta |
Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do – all the pitches of the C Major scale
Intervals: none
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; fermata, moving up the scale, stepping down the scale using pitch numbers as lyrics
Key Words: world geography: England; counting forwards and backwards 1-8, straight, buckle, shoe, door, sticks, abbreviation of the number seven (s’ven); rhyming words for even numbers two thru eight: two/shoe, four/door, six/sticks, eight/straight
Keyboard: intermediate: upper grades: playing the C Major scale
Recorder: intermediate: upper grades: playing the C Major scale

**“One, Two, Buckle My Shoe”**
One, two, buckle my shoe; Three, four, shut the door; Five, six, pick up sticks; Sev’n, eight, lay them straight, Eight, sev’n, six, five, four, three, two one.

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