• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual, circa. 1819
• Key: G Major
• Time: 2/4
• Form: AB – verse/refrain
• Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta ti | syncopation,
  | ti ti ta | (ti) ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ri ti/ ta | syncopation , | ri ti/ ti ti ri | syncopation, | ta ta | ta/a_|_/ ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ri ti/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta ti ti ri | ti ta/ | syncopation
• Pitches: beginners: so la ti do re mi fa
• Intervals: intermediate: mi\so (M6), la/do/mi ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em), ti/mi (augmented 4th, A4), fa\do (P4), do/mi (M3), re/fa (m3)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, ties, vocal slur, repeat sign, first and second endings, verse/refrain, syncopation, arpeggio (vi, Em), repeated melodic rhythm patterns: eight rest on first beat
• Key Words: USA history, African American History, sacred, spiritual, sword, shield, study war, golden sand, long white rob, starry crown, golden shoes, Prince of Peace, shake hands, around the world; contraction: gonna (going to), ain’t (am not)

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