• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spirituals
• Key: G Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: top: ABCb – bottom: ABCA
• Rhythm: advanced: Top: | ta/a/ ti ti ti| syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti| syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti ti | ti ta/a/ ti ti | syncopation; Bottom: | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta/a/ (ta) | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la do re mi fa so la
• Intervals: intermediate: Top: do/mi (M3), so8\do (P5), so8\mi\do descending tonic arpeggio (I, G), do/mi/so8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I,G); Bottom: mi\do\la descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em), so/do (P4), so8\mi/so8 (m3), do\la (m3)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, two part song: partner songs, syncopation, tonic arpeggios, submediant arpeggio
• Key Words: USA history, African American history, African American Spiritual, sacred, saints, marching, train, bound, glory, underground railroad
• Recorder: advanced: playing two parts: partner songs, cooperative learning

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