- Grade: Second
- Origin: USA – Folk Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ta ta/ ti | ta ta ta/a |
| ta ta ta (ti) ti | ta/ ti ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
- Pitches: beginners: do re mi fa so la
- Intervals: intermediate: ti/re (m3), do/mi (M3), fa/la (M3), fa\re (m3)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; fermata, dotted rhythms
- Key Words: chorus of the minstrel song, sometimes known as “The Blue Tail Fly,” lamenting loss of the master who was bitten by the Blue Tail Fly.
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