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Syncopated rhythms, tonic and dominate arpeggios, and a
dominate octave skip make African American History fun!
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: African American Song – Georgia Sea Island Singers
- Key: G Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: staves: ABAC – song: AB verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ | ta/ (ta/) | - Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: La/Do, Do/So, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\So descending dominate octave skip
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: dotted quarter, syncopation fermata, verse/refrain, tonic arpeggio, dominate arpeggio, dominate octave skip
- Key Words: African American History, Georgia Sea Island Singers, USA history, USA geography, Georgia, South Carolina, coastal plain, Mobile Bay, world geography, Liverpool, London; abbreviation: goin’ (going)
Georgia Sea Island Singers: formed in the early 1900’s, African Americans performing songs of the Gullah culture – low country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.
Riley is thought to have been a slave owner who treated his slaves well and was missed when he traveled from his plantation.
| 1. | Riley, Riley, where are you? | ||
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| O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O! |
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Riley gone to Liverpool. | ||
| O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O! |
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| 3. | Riley gone to London Town. | ||
| O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O! |
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| 4. | Riley gone to Mobile Bay. | ||
| O Riley O man! Riley gone and I goin’ too, Good-bye my Riley O! |
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