• Grade: Third
• Origin: USA, New England, Appalachia – Traditional
• Key: E flat Major
• Time: C – common time (4/4)
• Form: rhythm ABAB – pitches: ABCD – song AB
• Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti ta | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ti ti ta ta/a |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la do re mi so la do – pentatonic scale
• Intervals: intermediate: do8\so\mi descending tonic arpeggio, mi/so, do\la, so/do, do/la
• Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth, common time (4/4), tonic arpeggio, extending the vocal range
• Key Words: USA geography, New England, Appalachia, courting song, chickens, nonsense phrase/words, pretty, count, darling, daisy, crazy, swimming, across, river, winter, shiver, river, step; colloquial words: holler (down in the valley), foller (follow); contractions: can’t (cannot), I’ll (I will), won’t (will not); abbreviations: a-crowin’ (a crowing), ’em (them)

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