• Grade: Third
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: E flat Major
• Time: 2/2 – counted in 4/4
• Form: AB
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, |
  | ta/a (ta) ta |
• Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
• Intervals: beginners: So\Mi, Mi/So, La\Mi
• Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, fermata, ending the first phrase on the third (Mi)
• Key Words: USA history, African American history, singing and moving to music, along, dance, clap, skip, spin; contraction: gonna (going to), I’m (I am)

“Sing All Along the Way”

1.Oh, I’m gonna sing, gonna sing, gonna sing,
Gonna sing all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna sing, gonna sing, gonna sing,
Gonna sing all along the way!

Oh, I’m gonna dance, gonna dance, gonna dance,
Gonna dance all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna dance, gonna dance, gonna dance,
Gonna dance all along the way!  3.Oh, I’m gonna clap, gonna clap, gonna clap,
Gonna clap all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna clap, gonna clap, gonna clap,
Gonna clap all along the way!   4.Oh, I’m gonna skip, gonna skip, gonna skip,
Gonna skip all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna skip, gonna skip, gonna skip,
Gonna skip all along the way!   5.Oh, I’m gonna spin, gonna spin, gonna spin,
Gonna spin all along the way!
Oh, I’m gonna spin, gonna spin, gonna spin,
Gonna spin all along the way!

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