• Grade: Fourth
• Origin: USA – Folk Song
• Key: F Major
• Time: 2/4
• Form: through composed
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ri ti | ti ti ti ti | ta (ti) ti | syncopation, | ta (ti) ti ri | ti ti ta | ti ri ti ti ti ri| ti ri ti ti ti |
• Pitches: intermediate: do la do re mi so la – pentatonic scale
• Intervals: intermediate: so/do (x5), mi\do\la\so8 descending submediant arpeggio with seventh (Dm7), do/mi/so8 ascending tonic arpeggio (F), so\mi, do\la
• Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, syncopation, vocal slur, quarter beat rhythm variations matching verse syllables
• Key Words: USA history, courting song, Mr. Frog, Miss Mouse, hall, knock, loud call, knee, marry me, blushed, hung, head, Uncle Rat, next, rode, town,niece, wedding gown; abbreviation: courtin’ (courting)

Students will enjoy discovering how and where the beats are divided/counted, and rhythm chanted, to match the syllables in the fourth verse: “Uncle Rat.”

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