• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: D Major
• Time: 2/4
• Form: AB – verse/chorus
• Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ta | ti ti ri ti ri ti ri | ta (ti) ti ri | ti ti ti ti ri | ti ti ti ri ti ri | ti ti ti ti ri | ti ri ti ti ri ti ri | ri ti ri ta | ti ti ri ti ti ri | ti ti ri ti ri | ta (ti) ti |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la ti do re mi fa so la do – extended range
• Intervals: intermediate: so\mi/so (m3), mi\do (M3), do/so (P5), so/do8 (P4), do8\so (P4), la/do8 (m3), la\mi (P4), do/mi (M3), do/fa (P4), fa/la\fa (M3)
• Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, vocal slur, extended vocal range, tied notes, verse/chorus
• Key Words: USA history, African American history, sacred, loud, wait, children, right, left, white gate, road, rough, fix, golden star, bound, am (verb), crown, weary band, world of sin, knock,chance, sinful things, tired, die, watch, sky, wings, fly; contractions: gonna (going to), ain’t (is not) don’t (do not), I’ll (I will), they’ll (they will), you’ll (you will), we’re (we are); abbreviations: callin’ (calling), waitin’ (waiting), standin’ (standing), ’round (around), ’cause (because)

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