• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: staves: ABCDAB – phrases: ABCA – refrain/verse/chorus/refrain – song ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
• Rhythm: intermediate : | ta/ ti ta/a | ta/ ti ta ta | ta ta/a/a | ti ti ta ta/ ti | ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ti ti | ta ta/a ta | ta/ ti ta/ ti | ti ta/ ta/ ti | syncopation, |ta ta ta/ ti |
• Pitches: beginning: do re mi so la – pentatonic scale
• Intervals: intermediate: do../mi../so..repeated rhythmic pitches for the ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), la\re (P5), mi\do (M3), do/la (M6), mi/so (m3), so\do (P4), do/mi (M3), so\mi/so (P5), so\mi\do/mi/so descending/ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F)
• Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; D.C. al Fine, Fine, vocal slur, instrumental slur (recorder), syncopation, pentatonic scale, tonic arpeggios, refrain/verse/refrain, fermata, two double barlines; tempo: slow and fast, refrain/solo/chorus/refrain, singing alone and with others
• Key Words: USA history; African American history, sacred, steal away, Jesus, Lord call me, thunder, trumpet sounds, soul, sinners, trees bending, lightning; contraction: ain’t (have not)
• Recorder: intermediate: mastering the tonic arpeggio within the pentatonic scale, syncopation, instrumental slurs, F/D (M6), tempo: slow and fast

Selecting All Formats includes:

Individual Song Formats; music, beats, rhythm, pitch numbers, solfeggio, letter names, text
Scrolling Song Formats
Song Description: grade, origin, key, time, form, difficulty levels for rhythm, pitches, intervals; musical elements, key words, song lyrics
MP3 audio of melody (accompaniment where available)