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"Oh When I Go A-Ploughing" Lyrics, Text Format

Introducing a dotted quarter followed by an eighth note.

 

Description

  • Grade: First
  • Origin: English Singing Game
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: AaBa
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ti ti | ta ta ta |
    | ta/a ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, So\Mi, Mi/So, Fa\Re, Re/Fa, Re\Ti, Re/La
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, perfect fifth, intervals of a third
  • Key Words: farming, ploughing, racking, planting, hoeing, farmer

 


“Oh When I Go A-Ploughing”
 
1.

Oh, when I go a-ploughing, a-ploughing, a-ploughing,
Oh, when I go a-ploughing, it’s this way and that.
It’s this way and that way, it’s this way and that way,
Oh, when I go a-ploughing, it’s this way and that.

2.

Oh, when I go a-raking, a-raking, a-raking,
Oh, when I go a-raking, it’s this way and that.
It’s this way and that way, it’s this way and that way,
Oh, when I go a-raking, it’s this way and that.

3.

Oh, when I go a-planting, a-planting, a-planting,
Oh, when I go a-planting, it’s this way and that.
It’s this way and that way, it’s this way and that way,
Oh, when I go a-planting, it’s this way and that.

4. Oh, when I go a-hoeing, a-hoeing, a-hoeing,
Oh, when I go a-hoeing, it’s this way and that.
It’s this way and that way, it’s this way and that way,
Oh, when I go a-hoeing, it’s this way and that.
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