• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – Ed Haley (1862-1932) circa. 1880
• Key: G Major
• Time: 4/4 and 3/4
• Form: through composed
• Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ta | ta/a/a ta | ta/a ta ta | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | ta/a/a ti/ ri | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | ta/ ti ta ta | ta/a ta | ta (ta) ta |
• Pitches: intermediate: fi so si la ti do re mi fa so – raised/sharp subdominant (4, fi), raised/sharp dominant (5, si)
• Intervals: advanced: so/do\so (P4), la/re (P4), so/ti (M3), la\si/la (m2), so8\do (P5), ti\so (M3), so/do/mi ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), mi\la (P5), ti/so8 (m6), so8\mi/so8 (m3), so\fi/so (m2)
• Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; changing time signatures: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4, pickup beat, vocal slur, tied notes, accidental: sharp, melodic rhythm patterns with repeated interval patterns, raised/sharp subdominant and dominate (fi, si), note: tempo seems to slow down in 3/4 time
• Key Words: USA history, strolling, merry month of May, roguish eyes, moment, poor heat, stole, neatly, raised, polite, remark, lovely, afternoon, fountain in the park, courting song, character education
• Recorder: advanced: playing in G major,introducing C#, D#, and F#, tonic arpeggio, ascending minor sixth (F#/D8), time signature changes: 4/4 to 3/4 to 4/4

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