- Grade: Second*
- Origin: USA, African American Spiritual
(Abbreviated version of longer song found in third grade.)
- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ti ti | ta ta/a/a | ta ta/a/a | ta ti ti ta ta | ta ta ta/a | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| (ta) ta ta ta | ta/a/a/a |
- Pitches: intermediate: do re mi fa so do
- Intervals: intermediate: ascending tonic arpeggio
do/mi/so, so/do\so (P4),
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; ascending tonic arpeggio
- Key Words: world geography: Bethlehem; sacred, Christmas, Bible references: Jesus (baby), Paul and Silas, Hebrew children, gospel preachers, Heaven, stood at the gate, Ten Commandments, Twelve Apostles; contractions: ‘leven (eleven). I’m (I am), gonna (going to)
* Longer third grade version link.
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