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"Sweep, Sweep Away" Lyrics, Text Format

Arpeggios and intervals of the tonal center.

 

Description

  • Grade: Third
  • Origin: USA – Creole Folk Song
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABCDD
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta ti ti | ta/a/a/a |
    | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ti ti | ta/a/a ta | ti ti ta ta ta |
  • Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Mi\So, So/Do
  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, tonic arpeggios
  • Key Words: USA geography, Creole, Louisiana, colonial settlers, sweep, road, dreams, turtle, seems


“Sweep, Sweep Away”
 

Sweep, sweep, sweep away,
Sweep the road of dreams,
People say that in the night.
The turtle will talk it seems.
The turtle will talk it seems.

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