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"Ole Tar River"
       
     
"Ole Tar River"
 


"Ole Tar River" Lyrics, Text Format



Syncopation, descending arpeggio So8\Mi\Do\La, with each staff ending on an eighth rest after whistling on pitch.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Third

  • Origin: USA - Folk Song

  • Key: G Major

  • Time: 2/4

  • Form: rhythm: AAaA - pitches: ABCc

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

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

  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Do\La/Do, Mi/So8, So8\Mi\Do\La descending arpeggio, Do\So/Do

  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth, syncopation, arpeggio, all staves end with an eighth rest

  • Key Words: USA geography, North Carolina, Alabama, Southern USA, ole (old), parting, grieve, leave, sing, sorrow, dance, sometime, tomorrow; abbreviation: Car'lina (Carolina); contraction: I'll (I will)

 
 


"Ole Tar River"


           
    1. Way down in North Car'lina,
On the banks of the Ole Tar River,
I go from there to Alabama,
For to see my ole Aunt Hannah.
   
   
2.
Now Nancy, I must leave you,
Do not let our parting grieve you,
Dance and sing, forget your sorrow,
I'll be back sometime tomorrow.
   
           

 

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