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Zum Gali Gali

"Zum Gali Gali," Lyrics, Text Format
"Zum Gali Gali," Lyrics, Text Format

Intermediate syncopation in a minor tonality which sounds festive when performed to a fast tempo.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: Israel – Work Song
  • Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ri ti ri ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti | syncopation, | (ti) ti ri ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ri ta_|_a ti ri ti ti | syncopation, (_=tie)
  • Pitches: beginners: Mi La Ti Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: beginners: La\Mi/La (P4), La/Do (m3), Mi\Do (M3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; syncopation, minor tonality: E minor, vocal slur, tied syncopation, tied notes, refrain/verse/refrain, D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines
  • Key Words: world geography: Israel; work song, pioneers, men, women, hand in hand, dawn, task; contraction: there’s (there is)
  • Recorder: intermediate: practicing pitches in the higher register, syncopation, minor tonality

“Zum Gali Gali” 
Refrain:
Zum gali, gali, zum gali, gali,
Zum gali, gali, zum gali, gali.
1. Pioneers work hard on the land,
Men and women work hand in hand
As they labor all day long,
They lift their voices in song.
Refrain
2.
From the dawn till setting sun
Every one finds work to be done.
From the dawn till night does come
There’s a task for everyone.
Refrain
Hebrew
He-chalutz le’maan avodah,
Avodah le’maan he-chalutz.
He-chalutz le’maan avodah,
Avodah le’maan he-chalutz.
Translation:
The pioneer for the sake of the work, The work for the sake of the pioneer.
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Zion’s Children

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Common and tricky syncopation while practicing the descending intervals La\Do and Do\La.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABAC
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ti ta ti ta/a | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, |
    | ti ri ti ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation | ta/a/a ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: La\Do, Do\La, So/So ascending dominate octave skip, La/Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation
  • Key Words: sacred, world geography, religious history, African American History, spiritual, Zion, children, mother, father, marching, along, about, welcome; possessive: Zion’s

“Zion’s Children” 

1. Old Zion’s children marching along,
Marching along, marching along.
Old Zion’s children marching along,
Talking about a welcome day.
2.
I called my mother marching along,
Marching along, marching along.
I called my mother marching along,
Talking about a welcome day.
3. I called my father marching along,
Marching along, marching along.
I called my father marching along,
Talking about a welcome day.
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You Turn for Sugar and Tea

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Intermediate syncopation using the pentatonic scale and
mastering the descending tonic arpeggio Mi\Do\So.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: USA, Oklahoma – Play Song (square dance)
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: AB – verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ti ri ti ti (ti) | syncopation, | ta ti (ti) |
    | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti (ti) |
  • Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\So\Do descending tonic arpeggio (x6), La/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; syncopation, descending tonic arpeggio, adding square dance movements to song, moving to steady beat, verse/refrain
  • Key Words: USA geography: Oklahoma; square dance, sugar, tea, candy, chocolate, cake, ice cream, strawberry cake, popcorn, boys, girls, promenade


“You Turn for Sugar and Tea”
 

1.
You turn for sugar and tea,
I turn for candy;
Boys all love that sugar and tea,
Girls all love that candy.
Refrain:
You turn, I turn,
You turn, I turn.
2.
You turn for chocolate cake,
I turn for ice cream;
Boys all love that chocolate cake,
Girls all love that ice cream.
Refrain
3. You turn for strawberry cake,
I turn for popcorn;
Boys all love that strawberry cake,
Girls all love that popcorn.
Refrain
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You Shall Reap

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Advanced triplet syncopation, tonic arpeggios,
in a pentatonic scale’s extended range.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: USA- African American Spiritual
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCA
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a/ ti ti ti | syncopation,
    | ta/a/a ti ti | ta ti-ti-ti ta ti ti | triplet syncopation, | ta ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a ti ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – extended pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi (M3), Mi\Do (M3), So/Mi/So ascending tonic (I) arpeggio (G), So8\Mi (m3), Do\La (m3), So/Do/Mi ascending tonic (I) arpeggio (G), So8\Do (P5)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, arpeggios, first and second endings, repeat signs, triplets in 4/4 time, vocal slur
  • Key Words: USA – history; African American history, African American Spiritual, sacred, Bible verse, Bible stories; reap, what you sow, mountain, valley


“You Shall Reap”
 

You shall reap just what you sow,
You shall reap what you sow;
On the mountain, in the valley,
You shall reap just what you sow,
(Brother you shall)

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You’re in the Army Now

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Intermediate syncopation in 6/8 time, and mastering intervals from the tonic triad, including ascending and descending arpeggios.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Traditional
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ta/a ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ti ti ti ta ti ri | syncopation
  • Pitches: beginners: So Do Mi So
  • Intervals: beginners: all intervals of the tonic chord/arpeggio: So/Do (P4), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\So (M6), Do\So (P4), So/Do/Mi/So8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), So8\Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Do/So8 (P5)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, melodic rhythm patterns, tied notes, tonic arpeggios, tempo parking: Weary March; 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 Armed Forces; Army, patriotic, military service, military life, plow, ditch, rich, salary, which; contractions: you’re (you are), you’ll (you will); abbreviation: diggin’ (digging)
  • Recorder: intermediate: mastering intervals of the C major tonic triad with ascending and descending tonic arpeggios (I, C), 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


“You’re in the Army Now”
 

You’re in the Army now,
You’re not behind a plow;
You’ll never get rich, a-diggin’ a ditch,
You’re in the Army now.

You’re in the Army now,
You’re in the Army now,
You’ll never get rich, on the salary which
You get in the Army now.

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You’re a Grand Old Flag

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Chorus to the popular Broadway tune: sharp tonic (Di), lowered leading tone (Te), tonic arpeggio, and chromatic minor seconds.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – George M. Cohan (1878-1942) 1906
    from: “George Washington, Jr”
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: through composed*
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta | ta ti ti | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/a | ta ti ti | ta/ ti | syncopation,
    | (ta) ti ti | ti (ti ) ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Te Ti Do Di Re Mi So – raised/sharp tonic (1, Di), lowered/flat leading tone (7, Te)
  • Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, F), Do\La (m3), So/Do (P4), Re\Ti (m3), So/Ti (M3), Ti\So (M3), Re\So (P5), Mi\Do (M3), Ti\Te\La (m2’s), La/Di (M3), Mi\La/Mi (P5), Re\Ti\So descending dominant arpeggio (V, C), La/Do (m3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, raised/sharp tonic (Di), lowered/flat leading tone (Te), chromatic minor seconds (m2’s), melodic rhythm patterns
  • Key Words: USA history, Broadway musical: “George Washington, Jr.”, George M. Cohan, patriotic song, Fourth of July, Flag Day, emblem, red, white and blue, boast, brag, auld, acquaintance; contractions: you’re (you are), there’s (there is); abbreviations: ev’ry (every)
  • Recorder: intermediate: introducing Eb and F#, syncopation, chromatic minor seconds, dominant arpeggio

* chorus to the popular Broadway tune.

“You’re a Grand Old Flag” 

You’re a grand old flag you’re a high flying flag,
And forever in peace may you wave.
You’re the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev’ry heart beats true for the red, white and blue,
Where there’s never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
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The Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn

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Minor tonality, beginning syncopation, and mezzo forte
help teach character education.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Traditional
  • Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: through composed
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ta | | ti ti ta ta (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta/a |
    | ta ta ta ta |
  • Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale pitches
  • Intervals: intermediate: m3: Do\La, Mi/So8\Mi;
    P4
    : So/Do; P5: Mi\La/Mi
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat; minor tonality, dynamics: mezzo forte/medium loud, syncopation
  • Key Words: USA courting song, character education, responsibility, farming, planting crops, earth science, hoe corn, reason, peeped, weeds, grass, chin, sigh, neighbor, miss, marry me, wed, corn bread, single (miss), remain, lazy, maintain; contractions: can’t (cannot), I’ll (I will), it’s (it is); hyphenated: a-wanting; possessives: man’s, neighbor’s


“The Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn”
 
1.
I’ll sing you a song and it’s not very long.
It’s about a young man who wouldn’t hoe corn.
He reason why, I can’t tell.
The young man was always well.
2.
He planted his corn in the month of June
And in July it was knee high;
First of September came a big frost
And all this young man’s corn was lost.
3. He went to the fence and there peeped in,
The weeds and the grass came up to his chin;
The weeds and the grass grew so high,
They caused this young man for to sigh.
4. So he went down to his neighbor’s door,
Where he had often been before:
“Pretty little miss, will you marry me?
Pretty little miss, what do you say?”
5. “Here you are, a-wanting for to wed
And cannot make your own corn bread!
Single I am, single I’ll remain,
A lazy man I’ll not maintain.”
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Yellow Rose of Texas

"Yellow Rose of Texas," Lyrics, Text Format
"Yellow Rose of Texas," Lyrics, Text Format

Three levels of difficulty: beginning syncopation, intermediate range,
and advanced intervals with a minor seventh So/Fa.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Texas Folk Song, circa. 1858
  • Key: A flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: Aa – verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta
    | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta | ta/a/a ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: advanced: Mi/So (m3), Mi/So/Do/ ascending tonic arpeggio (I, Ab), Mi8\So (m6), So/Mi8 (m6), Re\So (P5), So\Mi/So (m3), So/Fa(m7), Do\So (P4)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, interval of a minor seventh (So/Fa), melodic rhythm patterns
  • Key Words: North American geography: Rio Grande (river); USA history, Texas Folk Lore; Texas love song, fellow, nearly, never part, sweetest rose, diamonds, sparkle, dew, Clementine, Rosalie, flowing, starry skies, quiet summer night, remembers, parted, promised, woe, banjo, gaily, yore, evermore; contractions: there’s (there is), I’m (I am), we’ll (we will), she’s (she is); abbreviation: goin’ (going)
  • Recorder: intermediate: introducing high F, syncopation, minor seventh Eb/Db, tonic arpeggio

“Yellow Rose of Texas” 

1. There’s a yellow rose of Texas, I’m going back to see,
No other fellow loves her as half as much as me.
She cried so when I left her, it nearly broke my heart,
And when we two shall meet again, we’ll never, never part.
Refrain:
She’s the sweetest rose in Texas, a fellow ever knew.
Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew,
You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalie,
But the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl for me!
2.
When the Rio Grande is flowing, the starry skies are bright,
She walks along the river in the quiet summer night,
I know that she remembers, When we parted long ago,
I promised to return again, and not to leave her so.
Refrain
3. Oh now I’m goin’ to find her, for my heart is full of woe,
And we’ll sing the songs together, that we sang so long ago.
We’ll play the banjo gaily and we’ll sing the songs of yore,
And the yellow rose of Texas shall be mine for evermore.
Refrain
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Yankee Doodle Boy – NEW

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Raised tonic (Di), repeated rhythm patterns, and an unusual descending minor third Mi\Di.

 

Description

Grade: Fourth (4)

Origin: George M Cohan – 1904

Key: G Major

Time: 2/4

Form: ABAC

Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti | ti ti ti ti | ta/a | ta/ (ti) | ta ta | ta (ta) | ti/ ri ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta ti | syncopation

Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Di Re Mi Fa So

Intervals: intermediate: Re\La/Re (P4), Re\Ti (M3), So/Do (P4), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\Di (m3), Do\La\Do (m3), Re\So (P5),

Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: eighth; tied notes, syncopation, repeated rhythmic patterns, running eighth notes, raised tonic Di,

Key Words: United States history, Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Broadway Musical: “Little Johnny Jones” (Tod Sloan, jockey), English Derby, Uncle Sam, Fourth of July, sweetheart, London, England, ponies, nephew

 


“Yankee Doodle Boy”
 
I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy,
A Yankee Doodle, do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,
Born on the Fourth of July.
I’ve got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,
She’s my Yankee Doodle joy.
Yankee Doodle came to London, just to ride the ponies;
I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.
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Yankee Doodle

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Introducing syncopation with English and American history.

 

Description

  • Grade: Second
  • Origin: Anglo American – Traditional
  • Key: A flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCD
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta ta |
    | ta/a ta/a | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation | ta ta ta/a |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do/Mi, Re\So, So/Do, Ti\So, Do\La, Ti/Re
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation
  • Key Words: USA history, world geography, Seven Years’ War, state anthem: Connecticut, doodle (German origins; simpleton), macaroni (1770’s wig) Yankee (citizen of north-east USA), riding, pony, feather, dandy (gentleman), step to music, handy, Captain Gooding, hasty pudding (quick-recipe British dessert from 1742), Squire David (English country gentleman), wasted, Captain Washington, slapping, stallion, million, smother, scampered; abbreviations: ev’ry (every), sav’ed (saved); hyphenated: a-giving (a giving)

“Yankee Doodle” 

1. Yankee Doodle went to town,
A riding on a pony;
He stuck a feather in his cap,
And called it macaroni.
Chorus:
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.
2.
Father and I went down to camp,
Along with Captain Gooding;
There we saw the men and boys,
As thick as hasty pudding.
Chorus
3. And there we saw a thousand men,
As rich as Squire David;
And what they wasted ev’ry day,
I wish it could be sav’ed.
Chorus
4. And there was Captain Washington,
Upon a slapping stallion,
A-giving orders to his men;
I guess there was a million.
Chorus
5. But I can’t tell you half I saw,
They kept up such a smother;
So I took my hat off, made a bow,
And scampered home to mother.
Chorus
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