• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: G Major
• Time: Common Time – 4/4
• Form: ABCA
• Rhythm: beginners: | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta/a (ta) | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la do re mi so la – pentatonic
• Intervals: intermediate: mi\do\la\so descending submediant arpeggio with seventh (vi7, Em7), so/do (P4), do/mi (M3), mi/so (m3), so\mi/so (m3), do\la (m3)
• Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; common time (4/4), syncopation, tied notes, submediant arpeggio with a seventh (vi7, Em7), melodic rhythm patterns
• Key Words: USA history, African American history; Underground Railroad, American Civil War, Civil Rights Movement; sacred, character education, bound for glory (Heaven), sin, sinners, gamblers, hypocrites, midnight ramblers, liars, weeping criers, rustlers, side-street walkers, two-bit hustlers; contractions: don’t (does not)
• Recorder: intermediate: playing in G major, submediant seventh arpeggio (vi7, Em7), syncopation, pentatonic scale

Partner song: “Rock-a My Soul“

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