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"Sweep, Sweep Away"
       
     
"Sweep, Sweep Away"
 


"Sweep, Sweep Away" Lyrics, Text Format

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Description
 
  • Grade: Third

  • Origin: USA - Creole Folk Song

  • Key: F Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: ABCDD

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

  • Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi So La - pentatonic scale

  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio, Mi\So, So/Do

  • Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, tonic arpeggios

  • Key Words: USA geography, Creole, Louisiana, colonial settlers, sweep, road, dreams, turtle, seems

  
 

"Sweep, Sweep Away"

Sweep, sweep, sweep away,
Sweep the road of dreams,
People say that in the night.
The turtle will talk it seems.
The turtle will talk it seems.

 
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