• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: Bahama Island, Nassau Folk Song
• Key: G Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: AB – verse/chorus
• Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a (ta) ta |ta/ ta ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a ti ti ta | ta/a/a/a | ta (ti) ta ti ta | syncopation, | (ta) ti ta ti ta | syncopation, | (ta/a) ta ta | ta ti ta ta/ | syncopation, | (ta/a) (ta) ta | ta/a (ta/a) | ta/ ta ti ta | syncopation, | ti ta ti ti ti ta | syncopation, | (ta) (ti) ta/ ta | syncopation
• Pitches: intermediate: so la ti do re ri mi fa so – raised/sharp supertonic (2, ri)
• Intervals: intermediate: so/mi (M6), mi\so (M6), re\so (P5), mi\ri/mi (m2), mi\do (M3)
• Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, two double barlines, syncopation, tied notes, vocal slur; verse/chorus
• Key Words: world geography: Bahama Islands, Nassau Town; sloop (boat), grandfather, roam, sights, breakup, hoist, ashore, drunk, first mate, broke, constable, sheriff, John Stone, cook, caught, fits, throw, grits, worst; contractions: I’ve (I have) abbreviations: walkin’ (walking), seein’ (seeing), mains’l (main sail), capt’n (captain) possessive: people’s
• Recorder: advanced: introducing F# and A#

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