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Syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1),
melodic rhythm patterns, and a chorus melody
composed from parts of the verse melody.
Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: Ireland – Traditional, circa. 1883
- Key: G Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: phrases: ABA/B (third phrase is a combination of A and B) song: AB – verse/chorus
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta | ta/a ta |
| ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta | syncopation - Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: beginners: So/Do (P4), Do/Mi\Do (M3), Re/Fa\Re (m3), Re\So (P5), Mi/So (m3)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, verse/chorus, melodic rhythm patterns, two double barlines; composition: chorus is composed of music from the first and last line of the verse
- Key Words: world geography: Dublin, Ireland; folk tales, USA holiday: St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween; wheeled, wheelbarrow, broad, narrow, cockles (saltwater clams), mussels (fresh/saltwater clams), fishmonger (fisherman/fisherwoman), wonder, died, alive, father, mother, through, fever, ghosts, streets; abbreviation: ’twas (it was)
- Recorder: intermediate: syncopation on the second half of the first beat (& of 1)
| 1. | In Dublin’s fair city, where girls are so pretty, Was there that I found here sweet Molly Malone. She wheeled a wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow, Singing, “Cockles and mussels, a-live, alive ho!” |
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| “Alive, alive ho! Alive, alive ho!” Singing, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive ho.” |
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She was a fishmonger, but sure ’twas no wonder, For so were her father and mother before, And they wheeled their wheelbarrow, through streets broad and narrow, Singing, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive ho!” |
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| 3. | She died of a fever, and no one could save her, And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone; Now her ghost wheels her wheelbarrow, through streets broad and narrow, Singing, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive ho!” |
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