- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA – words: Will D. Cobb
music: Gus Edwards, 1907
- Key: G Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a/a | ta/a ta | ta ta ta | ta (ta) ta | ta/a ti ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: so si la ti do re mi fa so – raised/sharp dominant (si)
- Intervals: advanced: mi\so (M6), so/re\so (P5), so/do (P4), ti/la (d5-diminished fifth), fa\la (m6), la/mi (P5), re\la (P4), do\so (P4), so/si/la (chromatic m2’s), la\si/la (m2) do/so8 (P5), mi\ti (d4-diminished fourth=M3) mi\la (P5), la/re (P4)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; sharp dominate (D#, si), ritardando, a tempo, tied notes, diminished fourth, diminished fifth
- Key Words: USA history, popular song, primary school. elementary school, Golden Rule, queen, calico, bashful, barefoot, beau, slate, taught, tune; abbreviations: readin’ (reading), writin’ (writing), ‘rithmatic (arithmetic), hick’ry (hickory)
- Recorder: advanced: playing in G major, introducing F# and D#, diminished 4th and diminished 5th
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