Pallet on the Floor -

Southern USA Blues with advanced syncopation
and a limited range; excellent practice
for the recorder’s lower register.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Southern Blues Folk Song*
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti ti ri ti/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a (ta) ti ti | ta/a (ta) ri ti/ | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ri ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti/ ti ti |
syncopation, | (ti) ti ti ti ti ri ti/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/a (ti) ti | ta/a (ta) (ti) ti | ta/a (ta) ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ti ti ri ti/ | syncopation, | ti ri ti ri ti/ ta ti ti |
syncopation, | ta ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La/Do (m3), So/Do (P4), So/Mi (M6), Mi\Do (M3), Do\So (P4), Do/Mi (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation on the second quarter of the beat (ee), D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, refrain/verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, music styles: blues/country; camp song, scout song, character education, friendship, caring for others, empathy, camp song, pallet, dissatisfied, account, nearly, someday, friend, home; contraction; it’ll (it will), don’t (do not); abbreviation: ’cause (because)
Recorder: intermediate: beginners pitches with advanced syncopation, practicing the lower register with a quick tempo

* W. C. Handy used a variation of this tune for his song “Atlanta Blues.”

“Pallet on the Floor”
also known as
“Make Me a Pallet on the Floor”

			Refrain
			You made me a pallet on the floor, Yes, you made me a pallet on the floor, When I had no place to go, You opened up the door, and you, Made me a pallet on the floor.
		1.	Oh, I was sad and so dissatisfied, Yes, I was sad and so dissatisfied, I was sad and dissatisfied, That I nearly cried, then you, Made me a pallet on the floor.
			Refrain
		2.	I don’t want to see this town no more. No, I don’t want to see this town no more. But if I ever do, It’ll be on account of you, ’cause you, Made me a pallet on your floor.
			Refrain
		3.	So don’t turn a good friend from your home. No, don’t turn a good friend from your home, For maybe someday you’ll find, That you will roam, and be, Looking for a pallet on the floor.
			Refrain

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