Syncopation, a dotted half rest, the interval La/Re,
and rests ending every line of a verse.
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- Grade: Third
- Origin: United Kingdom, Scotland - Traditional,
cir. 1881
- Key: G Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: AB verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ti ta | syncopation,
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ta ta ta | ta ta/a | (ta/a) ta | ta/a/a | (ta/a/a) |
- Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Ti Do Re Mi
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Mi, Do\La, So\Mi, La/Re, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, eighth; rests: dotted half, half; pickup beat, syncopation, verse/refrain
- Key Words: world geography, Scotland, United Kingdom, sailing, sea chanty, camp song, Bonnie (refers to a man or a woman), lies, ocean, pillow, night, dreamt, winds, blow, sea, brought; abbreviation: o'er (over)
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My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
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My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea,
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. |
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Bring back, bring back,
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. |
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Last night as I lay on my pillow,
Last night as I lay on my bed,
Last night as I lay on my pillow,
I dreamt that my Bonnie was dead. |
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Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean,
And blow the winds o'er the sea,
Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean,
And bring back my Bonnie to me. |
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The winds have blown over the ocean,
The winds have blown over the sea,
The winds have blown over the ocean,
And brought back my Bonnie to me. |
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