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Syncopation, a dotted half rest, the interval La/Re,
and rests ending every line of a verse.
Description
- Grade: Third
- Origin: United Kingdom, Scotland – Traditional,
cir. 1881 - Key: G Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: AB verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta | syncopation,
| ta ta ta | ta ta/a | (ta/a) ta | ta/a/a | (ta/a/a) | - Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Ti Do Re Mi
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi, Do\La, So\Mi, La/Re, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, eighth; rests: dotted half, half; pickup beat, syncopation, verse/refrain
- Key Words: world geography, Scotland, United Kingdom, sailing, sea chanty, camp song, Bonnie (refers to a man or a woman), lies, ocean, pillow, night, dreamt, winds, blow, sea, brought; abbreviation: o’er (over)
| 1. | My Bonnie lies over the ocean, My Bonnie lies over the sea, My Bonnie lies over the ocean, Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. |
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| Bring back, bring back, Oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me. Bring back, bring back, Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. |
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Last night as I lay on my pillow, Last night as I lay on my bed, Last night as I lay on my pillow, I dreamt that my Bonnie was dead. |
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| 3. | Oh blow the winds o’er the ocean, And blow the winds o’er the sea, Oh blow the winds o’er the ocean, And bring back my Bonnie to me. |
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| 4. |
The winds have blown over the ocean, |
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