- Grade: Kindergarten
- Origin: USA – Southern Folk Song
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | – changes with verses
- Pitches: beginners: so do re mi fa
- Intervals: intermediate: so/mi (m6), re\so (P4), so/re (P4)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; interval of a fourth, ending a phrase on the 2nd/re, alternating quarter notes and eighth notes to accommodate changing verse syllables
- Key Words: Southern United States, mocking bird, diamonds, rocking chair, billy goat, looking glass, cart, bull, dog, horse contractions: don’t (do not), papa’s (papa is), mama’s (mama is), won’t (will not), you’ll (you will)
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