- Grade: Fifth (5)
- Origin: African American Spiritual
- Key: F Major
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Time: 4/4
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Form: Rhythm: AAAB – Pitches: AaaB
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Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta | ta/a/a/a | ta ti ti ti ta/ | syncopation | (ta) ti ti ti ta/ | syncopation | ta/a/a ta |
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Pitches: intermediate: so la ti do re mi fa so la
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Intervals: intermediate: ti\so, so/ti (M3), mi\do, do/mi (M3), mi\ti (P4), so/ti/re ascending dominate arpeggio, re\so (P5)
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Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: none; pickup measure, echo song, repeated syncopated rhythm, dominant triad, tied notes
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Key Words: United States history, African American history, civil rights movement, adaptation of the African American Spiritual “I’m On My Way To Canaan Land,” freedom land (equal rights), brother, sister
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