Get on Board -

Advanced syncopation on the second quarter of the second beat, the second half of the second beat, and the second half of the first beat.

Description

Grade: Fourth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual, cir. 1872
Key: G Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: advanced: | ta/ ti ri | ti ti ri ti/ | syncopation, | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti |
| ta (ti) ti | ti ti ti/ ri | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi
Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do\La descending vi arpeggio (Em), La/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, So/Do, Do\La, Do\So – contrasting the descending intervals Do\La and Do\So
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, fermata, Da Capo al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, syncopation
Key Words: USA history, sacred, Civil Rights song, Underground Railroad, African American history, gospel train, whistle, curve, loosened, steam engine, steam brakes, nerve, fare, cheap, rich, poor, second class, aboard, difference; abbreviations; comin’ (coming), blowin’ (blowing), rumblin’ (rumbling)strainin’ (straining), ev’ry (every); contractions: there’s (there is), train’s (train is), she’s (she is)

**“Get on Board”**

		Refrain:
		Get on board, little children, Get on board, little children, Get on board, little children, There’s room for many a more.
	1.	The gospel train’s a-comin’, I see it close at hand I hear the whistle blowin’ And rumblin’ through the land.
		Refrain
	2.	I hear that train a-comin’; She’s comin’ round the curve. She’s loosened all her steam and breaks And strainin’ ev’ry nerve.
		Refrain
	3.	The fare is cheap and all can go; The rich and poor are there. No second class aboard this train; No difference in the fare.
		Refrain

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