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"Hold My Mule"
       
     
"Hold My Mule"
 


"Hold My Mule" Lyrics, Text Format



Extending the pentatonic range.

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Description
 
  • Grade: First

  • Origin: African American Folk Song

  • Key: F Major

  • Time: 2/4

  • Form: rhythm: AAAB - pitch: ABCD

  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti | ta/a |

  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La

  • Intervals: beginners: Mi/So, So\Do, Do\La, So/Do

  • Musical Elements: notes: half, eighth, extending the vocal range, pentatonic pitches, running eighth notes

  • Key Words: mule, nonsense song

 


"Hold My Mule"


Hold my mule while I dance Josey,
Hold my mule while I dance Josey,
Hold my mule while I dance Josey,
Oh, Miss Susan Brown.

 

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