• Grade: Second
• Origin: USA – Civil Rights Song – from the African American Spiritual
• Key: E minor – pitched in G Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: AB
• Rhythm: advanced: | ri ti/ ri | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ta/ (ta) | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation | ti ta ti ti ta (ti) | ti/ ri ti ta/ ri ti/ ri |
• Pitches: beginners: so la do re mi
• Intervals: beginners: mi\do, do\la, la/do, do/mi
• Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, syncopation, minor tonality
• Key Words: civil rights, African American History Month, protest song, nobody, injustice, segregation, oppression, jail cell, violence; hyphenated words: a-walkin’ (a walking), a-talkin’ (a talking); abbreviations: ’round (around), walkin’ (walking), talkin’ (talking); contractions: ain’t (are not), gonna (going to)

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