- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA – 1923, Frank Silver, Irving Cohn
- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AB
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
ta/ta (ta/a/) | ta ta (ta) ta | ta ta/a/a | ta/a/a/a |
ta (ta) (ta) ta |
- Pitches: advanced: mi fa fi so si le la ti do re mi
- Intervals: advanced: mi\do (M3), do\la (m3), do\so (P4), la\fi (m3), fi/ti (P4), ti/mi (P4), ti/re (m3), la/re (P4), le/re (A4 -tritone), so/re (P5), do\fi (d5 – tritone), so/do\do (P4), chromatic movement: mi/fa/fi/so, si/la (m2’s)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter; rest: half, quarter; tied notes, accidentals: raised subdominant – sharp (fi), raised dominant – sharp (si), lowered submediant – flat (le), repeated rhythm patterns
- Key Words: US geography: Long Island, NY; novelty song, nationality: Greek; fruit stand, dough, string beans, onions, cabbages, scallions, tomahto (tomato), potahto (potato)
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