• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: Ireland – Traditional Folk Tune, circa. 1700’s
• Key: D Major
• Time: 2/4
• Form: phrases: ABCB – song: AB
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti/ ri | ti ti ti ri ti ri | ta ti ti ri | ti ti ti ti/ ri | ti ti ti/ ri |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la ti do re mi fa so la ti do – extended range
• Intervals: intermediate: so8\mi\do descending tonic arpeggio (I, D), do\la (m3), mi/do8 (m6), ti/re (m3), re\so (P5), do/so (P5), mi/so (m3), do8\so8\mi\do complete descending tonic arpeggio (I, D), do/mi/so8 ascending tonic arpeggio
• Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, tonic arpeggios
• Key Words: world geography: Ireland, popular soldier’s song: USA war of independence, war of 1812, and American Civil war; lonesome, moor, heavy thoughts, parting, fine and gay, remind, swift, forget, night, stars, gently, lent, vowed, bound, Brighton camp, heaven, pray, guide, safely, golden hair, ringlets, diamonds, shining, slender waist, heavenly face, pining, gods, prayer, beauteous, bee, honey, taste, dove, ranger, falling waters, roar, cease, ere, vows, cheer, bind me, constancy; contractions: I’m (I am); abbreviations: ne’er (never), silv’ry (silvery), heav’n (heaven)
• Recorder: advanced: introducing F#, (high and low), complete descending tonic arpeggio, extended range

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