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"Riding in the Buggy"
       
     
"Riding in the Buggy"
 


"Ridding in the Buggy" Lyrics, Text Format



Dotted quarters and eighths will challenge your best readers.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Second

  • Origin: USA - South Carolina Folk Song

  • Key: C Major

  • Time: 2/4

  • Form: AB

  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ri ti ri ti ri ti | ti/ ri ti ti |
    syncopation, | ta/ ri ti (ti) | ti/ ri ti ti ri | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ (ti) | ta (ta) |

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

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

  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth, syncopation

  • Key Words: USA geography, South Carolina, buggy, ridding, morn, darling

 
 

"Riding in the Buggy"

Ridding in the buggy, Miss Mary Jane,
Miss Mary Jane, Miss Mary Jane,

Ridding in the buggy, Miss Mary Jane,
I'm a long ways from home.
Who morns for me?
Who morns for me?
Who morns for me, my darling,
Who morns for me?

 

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