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Repeated syncopated rhythm pattern | ta ti ta ti |.
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: England – Traditional Carol
- Key: G Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: staves: ABAb
- Rhythm: beginners: syncopation: | ta ti ta ti |
| ta ti ti ti ti | ta\ ta ti | - Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Mi/So, So\Mi, Re/Fa, Mi\Do, Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, arpeggio
- Key Words: sacred, Christmas, carol, seasonal, holiday, sailing, Virgin Mary, Christ, Pray, wither (whether), Bethlehem, earth, Angels, Heaven, sing, souls, rejoice
| 1. | I saw three ships come sailing in, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day? I saw three ships come sailing in, On Christmas Day in the morning? |
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And what was in those ships all three, |
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The Virgin Mary and Christ were there, |
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Pray, wither sailed those ships all three, |
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| 5. | O they sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; O they sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day in the morning. |
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And all the bells on earth shall ring, |
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And all the Angels in Heaven shall sing, |
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And all the souls on earth shall sing, |
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| 9. | Then let us all rejoice again, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; Then let us all rejoice again, On Christmas Day in the morning. |
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