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While Strolling in the Park One Day

“Fountain in the Park”

"While Strolling in the Park One Day," Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopation, raised submediant (Fi) and dominant (Si), repeated melodic rhythm patterns/intervals, and changing time signatures.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Ed Haley (1862-1932) circa. 1880
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4 and 3/4
  • Form: through composed
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta | ta/a ta ta |
    | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta/a/a ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
    | ta/ ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a ta | ta (ta) ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Fi So Si La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So – raised/sharp subdominant (4, Fi), raised/sharp dominant (5, Si)
  • Intervals: advanced: So/Do\So (P4), La/Re (P4), So/Ti (M3), La\Si/La (m2), So8\Do (P5), Ti\So (M3), So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Mi\La (P5), Ti/So8 (m6), So8\Mi/So8 (m3), So\Fi/So (m2)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; changing time signatures: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4, pickup beat, vocal slur, toed notes, accidental: sharp, melodic rhythm patterns with repeated interval patterns, raised/sharp subdominant and dominate (Fi, Si), note: tempo seems to slow down in 3/4 time
  • Key Words: USA history, strolling, merry month of May, roguish eyes, moment, poor heat, stole, neatly, raised, polite, remark, lovely, afternoon, fountain in the park, courting song, character education
  • Recorder: advanced: playing in G major, introducing C#, D#, and F#, syncopation, tonic arpeggio, ascending minor sixth (F#/D8), time signature changes: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4


“The Fountain in the Park”
also known as
“While Strolling in the Park One Day”

While strolling through the park one day,
All in the merry month of May,
I roguish pair of eyes they took me by surprise
In a moment my poor heart she stole away.

Oh, a sunny smile was all she gave to me
And of course we were as happy as can be.

So neatly I raised my hat and made a polite remark,
I never shall forget that lovely afternoon,
When I met her at the fountain in the park.
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