Two (2) part, treble clef
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- Grade: Fifth Grade
- Origin: Louisiana Creole Folk Song
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABab/ABab
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a ta ta | ta/ ti ta ta |
| (ta) ti ti ta ta |
- Pitches: Intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Re, Re/Fa, Do\So, So/Re, Re\Ti
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, half; countermelody, melody, singing in parts, harmony
- Key Words: farming, non-sense words, countermelody, harmony, cooking song
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"Sweet Potatoes"
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Soon as we all cook sweet potatoes,
sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes.
Soon as we all cook sweet potatoes,
Eat 'em while they're hot. |
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2. |
Soon as supper's gone, Mamma calls us,
Mamma calls us, Mamma calls us.
Soon as supper's gone, Mamma calls us,
Get along to bed. |
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Soon's we touch our heads to the pillow,
to the pillow, to the pillow.
Soon's we touch our heads to the pillow,
Go to sleep right smart. |
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