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"Going Over the Sea"
       
     
"Going Over the Sea"
 


"Going Over the Sea" Lyrics, Text Format



Mastering the tonic arpeggio with advanced rhythms.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Second

  • Origin: Canada - Street Song

  • Key: G Major

  • Time: 6/8

  • Form: AaBb (w/coda)

  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ta ti | ta ti ta/ |
    | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ (ta) ti | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
    | ti ti ti ta ti | ta (ti) ta ti | ta/ ta ti |

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

  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Do\So, Mi\So, Re\So only interval not in the tonic arpeggio

  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, staves three and four composed of the tonic arpeggio in second position (5-1-3) (So-Do-Mi)

  • Key Words: counting song, rhyming words for counting one to ten: bun, shoe, tree, door, jive, sticks, eleven, skate, line, again, math, crossing the sea, jumped, aboard, sailor-man, ship, standing at attention, soldier; possessive: sailor-man's

 
 


"Going Over the Sea"

           
   
1.
When I was one I ate a bun,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,
   
           
      Refrain:
   
      "Going over, going under,
Standing at attention like a soldier,
With a one, two, and three."
   
           
   
2.
When I was two, I tied my shoe,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    3. When I was three, I climbed a tree,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    4. When I was four, I shut the door,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    5. When I was five, I danced the jive,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    6. When I was six, I picked up sticks,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    7. When I was seven, I counted to eleven,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    8. When I was eight, I learned to skate,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    9. When I was nine, I towed the line,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           
    10. When I was ten, I started again,
Going over the sea.
I jumped aboard a sailor-man's ship,
And the sailor-man said to me,

Refrain
   
           


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