Hush, My Baby -

Unusual beginning on the second (Re), practicing the intervals So\Re and So\Mi, before finding the tonic (Do).

Description

Grade: Second Grade
Origin: Mississippi, USA – Lullaby
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: ABCDAB pitches: ABabAB
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta/ ti | ta ta ta/a |
| ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta ti ti | ta ti ti ti ta/ | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta ti ta/ | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So
Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, So\Re, So\Mi
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; dynamics: pianissimo/very soft; ritardando, fermata, syncopation
Key Words: United States geography, Mississippi, lullaby, hush, by and by, bring, baby, candy kitty, puppy dog, maybe, cry; contractions: daddy’s (daddy is), don’t (do not)

**“Hush, My Baby”**
Hush, my baby, don’t you cry, Daddy’s going to come home by and by. He will bring to his dear little baby Candy and a kitty and a puppy dog maybe. Hush, hush, hush, and don’t you cry, Daddy’s going to come home by and by.

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