Intermediate syncopation and a tonic arpeggio.
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- Grade: First
- Origin: England - Nursery Rhyme
- Key: A Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta |
| ta ta ta ti ti | ti ti ta ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation
- Pitches: beginning: Mi So Do Re Mi Fa
- Intervals: beginning: Do\So\Mi/So/Do tonic arpeggio
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beats, syncopation, tonic arpeggio
- Key Words: world geography: England; grand, noble, Duke of York, ten thousand, marched, up, down, neither, nor; contraction: we're (we are)
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"The Grand Old Duke of York"
also known as
"The Noble Duke of York"
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Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.
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And when we're up, we're up,
And when we're down we're down,
And when we're only half way up,
We're neither up nor down.
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