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Syncopated rhythms, tonic octave skip, and two tied
eighth notes are equal to one quarter note.
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: USA – Traditional Children’s Song
- Key: D Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ri ta ti ta/a | syncopation, | ti ri ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ti ta ti ti ta/ | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta/a | - Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re/Fa, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, percussion quarter; syncopation, octave skip, tied notes
- Key Words: train, train cars, train parts, caboose, smokestack, back, track, bend, hanging, behind, train whistle sound; woo-woo-woo
| 1. | Little red caboose, little red caboose, Little red caboose behind the train, the train. Smokestack on it’s back, going down the track. Little red caboose behind the train. Woo-woo-woo! |
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Little red caboose, little red caboose, Little red caboose behind the train, the train. Coming round the bend, hanging on the end. Little red caboose behind the train. Woo-woo-woo! |
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