• Grade: Fourth
• Origin: USA – Traditional, cir. 1844
• Key: D Major
• Time: 2/2 – counted in 4/4
• Form: AB verse/refrain
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a | ta/a/a a | ti ti ta ta ti ti | ti ta ti ta/a | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
• Pitches: intermediate: do re mi fa so la ti do
• Intervals: intermediate: so\do, so\mi/so, fa\re, re/la, fa/la, so/do8, mi/so/do ascending tonic arpeggio
• Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, verse/refrain
• Key Words: USA history, minstrel performers, USA geography: Buffalo, NY, courting song, nonsense lyrics, gal (girl), chanced, pretty, fair to see, moon light, sidewalk, wife, marry; contractions: won’t (will not), she’d (she would), I’d (I would)

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