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"Goodbye Old Paint"
       
     
"Goodbye Old Paint"
 


"Goodbye Old Paint," Lyrics, Text Format



Practicing the interval of a 6th, La\Do/La and cowboy diction
(dropping the last letter of the word).

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Description
 
  • Grade: Fourth

  • Origin: USA - Cowboy Song

  • Key: F Major

  • Time: 3/4

  • Form: staves: AABB song: ABA, refrain/verse/refrain

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

  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La

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

  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, two double barlines, refrain/verse/refrain

  • Key Words: USA history, USA geography, Cheyenne, Montana, cowboy vocabulary, stirrup, pony, bridle; abbreviations: ol' (old), leavin' (leaving), stan' (stand), riddin' (ridding), leadin' (leading), Montan' (Montana), han' (hand); contraction: I'm (I am), won't (will not)

 
 


"Goodbye Old Paint"

           
      Refrain    
   
Goodbye, ol' Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne,
Goodbye, ol' Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.
   
    1. My foot in the stirrup, my pony won't stan',
I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne an' I'm off for Montan'.
   
      Refrain    
   
2.
I'm riddin' ol' Paint and I'm leadin' ol' Dan,
Goodbye, little Annie, I'm off for Montan'.
   
      Refrain    
    3. My foot in the stirrup the bridle in han'.
I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne an' I'm off for Montan'.
   
      Refrain    
           

 

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