Mango Walk -

Advanced descending interval: Fa\So, ascending arpeggio So/Ti/Re, and syncopated African rhythms make this Calypso
challenging and lots of fun!

Description

Grade: Third
Origin: Jamaica – Calypso Song
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4 – common time
Form: ABAb
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ti ta/ (ta) ta | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: advanced: Do/Mi, Mi\So, So/Do, Do/So, Re/Fa, Fa\So, So/Ti/Re ascending arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, syncopation, ascending arpeggio
Key Words: world geography, Jamaica, Trinidad, calypso, African rhythms, harvesting mangos, deed (did); family relations: father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin; abbreviation: ‘leven (eleven), multi-cultural music

**“Mango Walk”**

		1.	My mother deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, go mango walk, go mango walk. My mother deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, and eat all the number ‘leven.
		2.	My father deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, go mango walk, go mango walk. My father deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, and eat all the number ‘leven.
		3.	My brother deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, go mango walk, go mango walk. My brother deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, and eat all the number ‘leven.
		4.	My sister deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, go mango walk, go mango walk. My sister deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, and eat all the number ‘leven.
		5.	My uncle deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, go mango walk, go mango walk. My uncle deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, and eat all the number ‘leven.
		6.	My aunt she deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, go mango walk, go mango walk. My aunt she deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, and eat all the number ‘leven.
		7.	My cousin deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, go mango walk, go mango walk. My cousin deed-a tell me that you go mango walk, and eat all the number ‘leven.

		*Calypso*: West Indian (originally Trinidadian) music in syncopated African rhythms.
		*Mango Walk*: refers to harvesting mangos from the mango orchard.
		*Number Eleven*: a variety or grade of fruit.

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