- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABA – chorus/verse/chorus
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti ta/ ti| syncopation, | ti ti ta ta/a | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta/a/a | ta/ ti ta ta | ta ta/a ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a ta | ta/a/a/a |
- Pitches: beginners: so la do re mi so – pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: mi\so (M6), la/do (m3), do\la (m3), mi/so8\mi (m3), mi\do (M3)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, syncopation, pentatonic scale, chorus/verse/chorus
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, sacred, trouble, sorrow, Jesus, glory hallelujah, Lord, sometimes, ground, below, sky opened, love, shall, forget, washed, sins, friends; contractions: I’ve (I have), I’m (I am): abbreviations: walkin’ (walking), comin’ (coming)
- Recorder: intermediate: syncopation, pentatonic scale
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