This Train

Syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1)
and repeated melodic rhythm patterns.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: G Major
Time: Common Time – 4/4
Form: ABCA
Rhythm: beginners: | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta/a (ta) | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – extended pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do\La\So descending submediant arpeggio with seventh (vi7, Em7), So/Do (P4), Do/Mi (M3), Mi/So (m3), So\Mi/So (m3), Do\La (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; common time (4/4), syncopation, tied notes, submediant arpeggio with a seventh (vi7, Em7), melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: USA history, African American history; Underground Railroad, American Civil War, Civil Rights Movement; sacred, character education, bound for glory (Heaven), sin, sinners, gamblers, hypocrites, midnight ramblers, liars, weeping criers, rustlers, side-street walkers, two-bit hustlers; contractions: don’t (does not)
Recorder: intermediate: playing in G major, submediant seventh arpeggio (vi7, Em7), syncopation, pentatonic scale

Partner song: “Rock-a My Soul”

**“This Train”**

	1.	This train is bound for glory, this train, This train is bound for glory, this train, This train is bound for glory, If you ride it you must be holy, This train is bound for glory, this train,

	2.	This train don’t carry no gamblers, this train, This train don’t carry no gamblers, this train, This train don’t carry no gamblers No hypocrites no midnight ramblers, This train is bound for glory this train.

	3.	This train don’t carry no liars, this train, This train don’t carry no liars, this train, This train don’t carry no liars, No hypocrites no weeping criers, This train is bound for glory this train.

	4.	This train don’t carry no rustlers, this train, This train don’t carry no rustlers, this train, This train don’t carry no rustlers, Sidestreet walkers or two-bit hustlers, This train is bound for glory this train.

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This Old Man

Sixteenth note syncopation while
rhyming the numbers 1 through 10.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Folk Song
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ta | ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti | syncopation, | ti ri ti ri ta | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, So\Re, Re/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth
Key Words: world geography: England; counting forwards from one (1) to ten (10), rhyming words for numbers 1-10: one/thumb, two/shoe, three/knee, four/door, five/hive, six/sticks, seven/heaven, eight/gate, nine/spine, ten/again; whack

Paddywack was a term used to describe an angry person on the early 1800’s, specifically someone of Irish decent. In the United States the term paddywack has been replaced with paddy whack.

1.

This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

2.

This old man, he played two,
He played knick-knack on my shoe;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

3.

This old man, he played three,
He played knick-knack on my knee;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

4.

This old man, he played four,
He played knick-knack on my door;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

5.

This old man, he played five,
He played knick-knack on my hive;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

6.

This old man, he played six,
He played knick-knack on my sticks;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

7.

This old man, he played seven,
He played knick-knack up in Heaven;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

8.

This old man, he played eight,
He played knick-knack on my gate;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

9.

This old man, he played nine,
He played knick-knack on my spine;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

10.

This old man, he played ten,
He played knick-knack once again;
With a knick-knack paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

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This Little Light of Mine

Advanced syncopation, augmented second (A2, Do/Ri),
and chromatic minor seconds.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ta/a (ta/a) | ta/a ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a ta/a |
| ta/a/a ta | ti ta ti ti ti ti ta_|_/ ta ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation (_=tie), | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ta/ (ti) ti |
syncopation, | ti ti ti ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ti ti ti ti ta_|_/ ta ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ta ti ti ta | ti ta ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Ri Mi So – raised/sharp supertonic (2, Ri)
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do (m3), Do/Mi (M3), Do\La (m3), Do/So8\Do (P5), Do/Ri (A2, augmented second), Ti\So (M3), Re/Ri/Mi (chromatic m2’s)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: half, eighth; accidentals: sharp, natural; syncopation, tied notes, augmented second Do/Ri, chromatic movement (m2’s), D.C. al Fine, Fine, melodic rhythm patterns, refrain/verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, African American history, day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; sacred, he (God), gift of grace, peace, faith, pray, gift divine; contractions: gonna (going to), I’m (I am)
Recorder: advanced: advanced syncopation, playing in G Major, introducing A#, augmented second (A2)

**“This Little Light of Mine”**

			Refrain:
			This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
			On Monday he gave me the gift of grace, On Tuesday peace came from above, On Wednesday he told me to have more faith, On Thursday he gave me just a little more grace. On Friday he told me to watch and pray, On Saturday told me just what to say, On Sunday gave me the gift divine, Just to let my little light shine.
			Refrain:
			This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

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This is My Little House

Identifying melodic variations.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: ABCD pitches: ABab
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta | ta ti ti ta/ ti |
| ta ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: Do/So, Mi\So, Do/Fa
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; fifth (5th) measure is a variation of the first (1st) measure, last measure is a variation of the fourth (4th) measure
Key Words: home life, parts of a house, home sweet home, door, windows, floor, chimney, outside, shining, tall, curling

**“This is My Little House”**
This is my little house, this is the door. The windows are shining and so is the floor. Outside there is a chimney as tall as can be, with smoke that goes curling up, Come and see.

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There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe

Introducing the raised 5th (Si) in a minor tonality.

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England – Nursery Rhyme
Key: G minor – pitched in B flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCA
Rhythm: advanced: | ti/ ri ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ri ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta | ti/ ri ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) |
Pitches: advanced: Mi Si La Ti Do Re Mi Fa – raised dominant (F#, Si)
Intervals: advanced: Mi/La, La/Do, Do/Mi, Mi8\Do, Do/Fa, Fa\Re, Ti\Mi, La\Si/La
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted quarter, eighth, dotted eighth, sixteenth, pickup beat, raised 5th (Si), minor tonality, raised dominant imitates the feeling of ending in G Major (happy)
Key Words: world geography: England; family, raising children, broth, bread, wrapped, soundly, bed, family members, spooky, Halloween, All Hallows Eve, sad songs

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread,
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

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There’s Music In The Air

An ascending m6 (So/Mi), descending M6 (Fa\La, and
descending dominate arpeggio (Ri\Ti\So – Eb Major)

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: music: George Fredrick Root (1820-1895)
words: Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby (1920-1915)
Key: A flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AABb
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a/a ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
| ta ta ta/a | ta ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: intermediate: m3: La/Do, m6: So/Mi,
P4: Do\So, Do/Fa, So/Do, P5: So/Re, M6: Fa\La,
Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio (EbM – V),
So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, vocal slur
Key Words: Art Song, infant, morn, nigh, faint, blush, laughing, ecstatic, profound, thrill, enchanted, noontide, sultry, reflects, mountain, stream. beneath, aching, twilight, gentle, breast, pensive, celestial, angels; possessives: harp’s, its, noontide’s, sorrow’s, twilight’s, evening’s

**“There’s Music In The Air”**

	1.	There’s music in the air, When the infant morn is nigh, And faint its blush is seen On the bright and laughing sky. Many a harp’s ecstatic sound, With its thrill of joy profound, While we list, enchanted there, To the music in the air.

	2.	There’s music in the air, When the noontide’s sultry beam Reflects a golden light On the distant mountain stream. When beneath some grateful shade, Sorrow’s aching head is laid, Sweetly to the spirit there Comes the music in the air.

	3.	There’s music in the air, When the twilight’s gently sigh Is lost on evening’s breast, As its pensive beauties die. Then, oh, then the loved ones gone Wake the pure celestial song, Angel voices greet us there, In the music in the air.

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There’s a Little Wheel a Turnin’

Advanced syncopation, extended pentatonic scale, and,
an ascending tonic octave skip.

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: USA – African American Folk Song
Key: E Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: AABA – pitches:ABCB
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ri ta ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta (ta) (ta) ti ti | ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: La Do Re Mi So La Do – extended pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So, La8\Do, Mi\Do, Do\La/Do, Do/So, So/Do8, Do\Do descending tonic octave skip, Re/So, So\Do
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, syncopation, extended pentatonic scale, tonic octave skip, repeated melodic rhythm patterns
Key Words: USA history, African American History, character education: positive attitude, song singing, dancing, frog leaping, rising, wheel turning, heart, frog, sun rising, world; abbreviations: turnin’ (turning), singing’ (singing), leapin’ (leaping), risin’ (rising)
Recorder: advanced: playing in F Major, introducing G above high C, advanced syncopation, practicing the higher register, tonic octave skip, melodic rhythm patterns

**“There’s a Little Wheel a Turnin'”**

	1.	There’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart. There’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, There’s a little wheel a-turnin’ in my heart.

	2.	There’s a little song a-singin’ in my heart. There’s a little song a-singin’ in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, There’s a little song a-singin’ in my heart.

	3.	There’s a little frog a-leapin’ in my heart. There’s a little frog a-leapin’ in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, There’s a little frog a-leapin’ in my heart.

	4.	I see the sun a-risin’ in my heart. I see the sun a-risin’ in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, I see the sun a-risin’ in my heart.

	5.	We’re dancing round the world in my heart. We’re dancing round the world in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, We’re dancing round the world in my heart.

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There’s a Hole in the Bucket

Singing in sections; boys, girls.

Description

Grade: Second
Origin: USA – Dialogue Song
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: Aa
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta ta ti ti | ta/a |
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\So, Do\So, La/Do
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, singing in sections
Key Words: dialogue song, camp song, bucket, mend, straw, cut, knife, sharpen, stone, wet stone; contraction: there’s (there is)

**“There’s a Hole in the Bucket”**

		boys:	There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
		girls:	Mend the hole, then, Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, Mend the hole, then, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, the hole.
		boys:	With what shall I mend it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what shall I mend it, dear Liza, with what?,
		girls:	With a straw, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, With a straw, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, a straw.
		boys:	The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza, The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long.
		girls:	Cut the straw, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, Cut the straw, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, the straw.
		boys:	With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what?
		girls:	With a knife, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, With a knife, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, a knife.
		boys:	The knife is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza, The knife is too dull, dear Liza, too dull.
		girls:	Then sharpen it, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, Then sharpen it, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, then sharpen it.
		boys:	With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, with what?
		girls:	With a stone, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, With a stone, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, a stone.
		boys:	The stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza, The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.
		girls:	Then wet it, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, Then wet it, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, then wet it.
		boys:	With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza, With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what?
		girls:	With water, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, With water, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, with water.
		boys:	In what shall I get it, dear Liza, dear Liza, In what shall I get it, dear Liza, in what?
		girls:	In a bucket, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, In a bucket, dear Georgie, dear Georgie, in a bucket.
		boys:	There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole!

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There’s a Hole in the Middle of the Sea

Advanced rhythms and intervals with an octave skip.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: Anonymous – Unknown
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: AaBC
Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ri ti ri ti ri | ta (ti) ti ri |
| ta/ ti ri |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: advanced: So/Do, Re\So, So/Re, Mi\Do, Do/Mi/So (ascending tonic arpeggio), So\Mi\Do\So (descending tonic arpeggio), So/So ascending dominate octave skip, Fa\Re
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; tonic arpeggio (ascending/descending), dominate octave skip, pickup beat
Key Words: nonsense song, camp song, middle, sea, flea, wing, fly, frog, bump, log, hole

**“There’s a Hole in the Middle of the Sea”**

		1.	There’s a hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a hole, There’s a hole, There’s a hole in the middle of the sea.

		2.	There’s a log in the hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a log in the hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a log, There’s a log, There’s a log in the hole In the middle of the sea.

		3.	There’s a bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a bump, There’s a bump, There’s a bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea

		4.	There’s a frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a frog on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a frog, There’s a frog, There’s a frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea.

		5.	There’s a fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a fly, There’s a fly, There’s a fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea.

		6.	There’s a wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a wing, There’s a wing, There’s a wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea.

		7.	There’s a flea on the wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a flea on the wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea. There’s a flea, There’s a flea, There’s a flea on the wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the middle of the sea.

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There Came to My Window

Introducing the dotted eight and sixteenth divisions. Descending major scale, stepping down the staff.

Description

Grade: First
Origin: England – English Song
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti ta ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti ri |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do – extending the vocal range
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi/So, Do\So
Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, stepping up and down the staff
Key Words: geography, England, Spring, seasons, robin, sing, sang, song, prettier, flute, guitar, raised, resting, wings, sweetly, moment, seemed, world, happy, window

**“There Came to My Window”**

		1.	There came to my window one morning in spring A sweet little robin, who came there to sing; The song that it sang, it was prettier far, Than any I heard on a flute or guitar.

		2.	She raised her light wings to fly far a way Then resting a moment, seemed sweetly to say: “Happy, how happy, this world seems to be Up, up little girl, and be happy with me.”

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