• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – Joseph Brackett (1797-1848) Elder Shaker – 1848
• Key: F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: AB – verse/refrain (no repeated phrases)
• Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ta ti ti | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | ta ti ti ta (ta) | ta/a ta/ ti
  | ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | ta ti ti ta ta |
• Pitches: intermediate: so ti do re mi fa so
• Intervals: intermediate: so/do (P4), mi\do/do (M3), re\ti\so descending dominant arpeggio (V, C), so\re (P4), so/do (P5), so\mi (m3), re\so (P5)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter: pickup beat, dominate arpeggio, melody skips and steps up and down the staff (scale), with no repeated phrases
• Key Words: USA history: Shakers, USA geography: Albany NY; Shaker dance song, Shaker religion: promoted equality among men and women in the 1780’s; character education, gift, simple, free, ought, ourselves, valley of love, delight, simplicity, gained, bow, bend, ashamed, taught, richer, learn, expect, true friends; contractions: ’tis (it its), ’twill (it will), shan’t (shall not), we’ll (we will)
• Recorder: intermediate: introducing B flat, descending dominate arpeggio (C major)

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