• Grade: Fourth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: D minor – pitched in F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: AB – verse/refrain
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti ta |  ti ti ti ti ta/a | ti ti ti ta/a/ | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a | ta ta/a/a | (_ = tied note) | ta/a/a/a_|_a/a/a ta | _ta/a ti ti ti ti | ta/a (ta) ti ti |
• Pitches: intermediate: la do re mi so si la – raised/sharped dominant (si)
• Intervals: advanced: la/do/mi ascending minor tonic arpeggio (Dm), do\la, mi/si, mi/la, so\mi
• Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, pitches held for seven and six beats; note the variations in rhythm using the same pitches, measures 2 and 4, syncopation
• Key Words: USA history, African American history, African American Spiritual, sacred, work song, Farming with a plow, tire, farming rows, higher and higher, stays, lead, straight, heaven, promised land, contractions: I’ll (I will), abbreviation: ev’ry (every)
• Recorder: intermediate: introducing C# and practicing the ascending tonic arpeggio, Dm

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