Sun Don’t Set in the Mornin’ – NEW

Sun Don't Set in the Mornin' Text Format

Three-part pentatonic round with challenging syncopated rhythms an ascending octave skip and submediant triad.

Description

• Grade: Fifth (5)

• Origin: United States – Virginia Folk Song – Round

• Key: D Major

• Time: 2/4

• Form: ABA

• Pitches: beginning: Do Re Mi So La Do – pentatonic scale

• Intervals: intermediate: Do/La (M6), Do/Mi (M3), So\Mi (m3), Do/Do (P8) tonic octave skip, Do8\La (m3), So/Do8 (P4), Mi\Do\La descending submediant triad, So/Do (P5)

• Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter; repeated rhythmic patterns, repeated pitch patterns and intervals, descending submediant triad Mi\So\La, syncopation, ascending tonic octave skip Do/Do, vocal slurs, three part round/canon

• Key Words: United States history, Unites States geography: Virginia, Lord, sacred, contractions: singin’ (singing), mornin’ (morning), don’t (does not)

**“Sun Don’t Set in the Mornin'”**

	A)	Sun don’t set in the mornin’, Sun don’t set in the mornin’, Lord, Sun don’t set in the mornin’, Light shines round the world.

	B)	Sing on, singin’’ sister, Sing on, singin’ sister, Sing on, singin’ sister, Light shines round the world.

	C)	Sun don’t set in the mornin’, Sun don’t set in the mornin’, Lord, Sun don’t set in the mornin’, Light shines round the world.

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Streets of Laredo

Beginners syncopation and intervals sung in two parts;
melody/descant.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Cowboy Ballad
Key: D Major
Time: 3/4
Form: song: ABAC – descant: ABAC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/ ti ta | syncopation,
| ta ta ta | ta/a ta | ta/a/a | ta/a (ta) |
Pitches: intermediate: song: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
descant: Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: song: Ti\So (M3), So/Do (P4), Mi\Ti (P4), Ti/Re (m3); descant: So\Mi (m3), La/Do8 (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, vocal slur, syncopation, descant: singing in 2 parts
Key Words: USA – history, cowboy life; USA geography: Laredo, Texas; ballad, spied, wrapped, linen, outfit, shot, chest, die, fife, drum, sod, slowly, spurs, saddle, dashing, card-house, bunk-house, dying, dead march, valley, jolly, coffin, maidens, pall, bunches, deaden, clods, rope, rattle, whoop, grave, wrong, parched lips, departed, round up, bitterly, wept, comrade, handsome, although: contraction: I’m (I am): abbreviation: o’er (over)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing high F, B flat, melody and descant (2 parts), syncopation

“Streets of Laredo”
also known as
“Cowboy’s Lament”

		Descant:
		Slow, slow, bang the drum slow, Bang the drum slow, bang the drum slow, Low, low play the fife low, Play the fife low, oh, so low.

	1.	As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, As I walked out in Laredo one day, I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen, Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the day.

	2.	“I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy,” These words he said as I boldly walked by; “Come listen to me and I’ll tell my sad story I’m shot in the chest and I’m sure I will die.”

	3.	“‘Twas once in the saddle I used to go dashing, ‘Twas once in the saddle I used to go ‘way. First to the bunk-house, and then to the card-house, Got shot in the chest and I’m dying today.”

	4.	“Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly, And play the dead march as you carry me along; Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o’er me, For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong.”

	5.	“Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin, Get six pretty maidens to bear up my pall. Put bunches of roses all over my coffin, Roses to deaden the sods as they fall.”

	6.	“Then swing your rope slowly and rattle yours spurs lowly, And give a wild whoop as you carry me along; And in the grave throw me and roll the sod o’er me. For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong.”

	7.	“Go bring me a cup, a cup of cold water. To cool my parched lips,” the cowboy then said. Before I returned, his soul had departed, And gone to the round up – the cowboy was dead.

	8.	We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly, And bitterly wept as we bore him along. For we all loved our comrade, so brave, young, and handsome, We all loved our comrade, although he’d done wrong.

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Steal Away

Syncopation, mastering the tonic arpeggio in voice and recorder,
solo section with chorus and refrain.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: staves: ABCDAB – phrases: ABCA – refrain/verse/chorus/refrain – song ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate : | ta/ ti ta/a | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta/a/a |
| ti ti ta ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta |
| ta ta/a ti ti | ta ta/a ta | ta/ ti ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ta/ ta/ ti | ta ta ta/ ti |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do../Mi../So..repeated rhythmic pitches for the ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F), La\Re (P5), Mi\Do (M3), Do/La (M6), Mi/So (m3), So\Do (P4), Do/Mi (M3), So\Mi/So (P5), So\Mi\Do/Mi/So descending/ascending tonic arpeggio (I, F)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; D.C. al Fine, Fine, vocal slur, instrumental slur (recorder), syncopation, pentatonic scale, tonic arpeggios, refrain/verse/refrain, fermata, two double barlines; tempo: slow and fast, refrain/solo/chorus/refrain, singing alone and with others
Key Words: USA history; African American history, sacred, steal away, Jesus, Lord call me, thunder, trumpet sounds, soul, sinners, trees bending, lightning; contraction: ain’t (have not)Recorder: intermediate: mastering the tonic arpeggio within the pentatonic scale, syncopation, instrumental slurs, F/D (M6), tempo: slow and fast

“Steal Away”

Solo

Chorus

Refrain

Steal away, steal away,
Steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain’t go long to stay here.

My Lord calls me
He calls me by the thunder;

The trumpet sounds within-a my soul;
I ain’t got long to stay here.

Refrain

Green trees are bending;
Poor sinners stand a-trembing;

The trumpet sounds within-a my soul;
I ain’t got long to stay here.

Refrain

My Lord calls me
He calls me by the lightning;

The trumpet sounds within-a my soul;
I ain’t got long to stay here.

Refrain

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Star Spangled Banner

Extended range, four and five note ascending and descending tonic arpeggios, including an ascending minor tenth, Do/Mi8, and, a sharp subdominant (Fi) becoming a leading tone to the dominant.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: England – music: John Stafford Smith – 1777
USA – words: Francis Scott Key – 1814
Key: C Major
Time: 3/4
Form: AABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta | ta/a ti ti |
| ta\ ti ta | syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: advanced: Do Mi Fi So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So – raised subdominant (4, Fi) functions as a leading tone to the dominant (5, So), extended range
Intervals: advanced: Do8\So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Do/Mi/So/Do8/Mi8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, C), Do\Mi (m6), Mi/Fi (M2), Do/So (P5), So/Mi8 (P4), Do/Mi8 (m10), La/Re (P4), Re/Fa (m3), So8\Do (P5) Fa\Re (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, vocal slur, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, extended range, syncopation, four and five note tonic arpeggios, minor tenth (Do/Mi8), sharp subdominant (4, Fi)
Key Words: USA history, War of 1812, USA patriotic song, National Anthem of the United States of America, Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key’s “Defense of Fort McHenry“, world geography: London, England: Anacreontic Society: an gentlemen’s social club for amateur musicians in London, John Stafford Smith’s, “To Anacreon in Heaven”; proudly, hailed, gleaming, whose, perilous, ramparts (mounds of dirt), gallantly, streaming, glare, bombs, bursting, proof, dimly, free, brave, haughty, dread, reposes, towering, steep, fitfully, conceals, half discloses, gleam, glory reflected, freeman, between, peace, rescued, praise, power, preserved, nation, conquer, just cause, “In God is our trust”, triumph; abbreviations: thro’ (through) o’er (over), vict’ry (victory), Heav’n (Heaven), pow’r (power); possessives: dawn’s, twilight’s, rockets’, foe’s, morning’s, war’s

The Star-Spangled Banner Flag or the Great Garrison Flag (at the time having 15 stars and 15 strips) was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem “Defence of Fort McHenry“, later retitled with the flag’s name: “Star Spangled Banner” and set to the tune: “To Anacreon in Heaven“, by John Stafford Smith. It became the National Anthem of the United States in 1941.

**“Star Spangled Banner”**

	1.	Oh say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there; Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

	2.	On the shore dimly seen thro’ the mists of the deep, Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: ‘Tis the star-spangled banner, Oh! long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

	3.	Oh thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war’s desolation. Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n rescued land Praise the pow’r that has made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.” And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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Stand the Storm

Syncopation, limited range, intervals at entry level
for grade level and a solo/leader section.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: F Major
Time: 2/4
Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/a | ta ta | ti ta ti | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So Ti
Intervals: beginners: So\Mi (m3), So/Ti\So (M3), Mi/So (m3), So\Do (P5), Do/Mi (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, syncopation, refrain/verse/refrain, solo section, group section
Key Words: USA history; African American history, civil rights movement, sacred, Bible stories: pearly gates, Saint Peter, Kingdom of God; metaphor: storm/struggle, anchor, ocean, ship, bye and bye; contraction: we’ll (we will), she’s (she is), won’t (willl not); abbreviation: goin’ (going)
Recorder: intermediate: syncopation, lower register practice

“Stand the Storm”

Leader

Group

Refrain

O stand the storm, it won’t take long,
We’ll anchor bye and bye,
Stand the storm, it won’t take long,
We’ll anchor bye and bye.

Our ship is on the ocean,

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

Our ship is on the ocean,

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

Refrain

She’s making for the kingdom,

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

She’s making for the kingdom,

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

Refrain

We see the “Pearly Gates,”

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

We see the “Pearly Gates,”

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

Refrain

We’re goin’ to meet Saint Peter,

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

We’re goin’ to meet Saint Peter,

We’ll anchor bye and bye.

Refrain

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The Singing School

Three part round which steps up and down the staff,
with an extended range, using the C Major scale.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Round
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABC
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta ti ti | ta/a/a ti ti | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a (ta) |
| ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a/a | ta ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi – extended range
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do8 (P4), Do/So (P5), Ti\So (M3), Ti/Re8 (m3), Do/Mi/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, C), So\Mi (m3), Fa/La (M3), So\Do (P5), Do/Fa (P4), Re8\So (P5), La/Do8 (m3), Do8\So (P4), Re8\Ti (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, three part round, singing in three parts, syncopation, tonic arpeggio, three (3) double barlines, stepping up and down the C Major scale, harmony, vocal blending
Key Words: USA history: Singing Schools; three part round, C major scale, scale pitches, stepping up and down the scale, pitch letter names (A,B,C), voices, ringing, accent, loud, clear, prolong, common time, double time, triple measures; contraction: ’tis (it is)
Recorder: intermediate: mastering the C Major scale, playing in parts, ensemble for three parts

**“The Singing School”**
	round sections
	1	I will sing you a song of the old Singing School And the sounds you there may hear; Of the do, re, mi and the A, B, C, And the voices ringing clear.
	2	Sing the song with accent strong, Loud and clear the tone prolong.
	3	Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do; ‘Tis the scale of C, you know. Common, double, triple measures too, Are among the many things we do.

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Simple Gifts

Beginning syncopation with a dominate arpeggio.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Joseph Brackett (1797-1848) Elder Shaker – 1848
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: AB – verse/refrain (no repeated phrases)
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ti ti ta ti ti |
| ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta ti ti |
| ta ti ti ta (ta) | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta ti ti ta ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Mi\Do/Do (M3), Re\Ti\So descending dominate arpeggio (V, C), So\Re (P4), So/Do (P5), So\Mi (m3), Re\So (P5)
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter: pickup beat, dominate arpeggio, syncopation, melody skips and steps up and down the staff (scale), with no repeated phrases
Key Words: USA history: Shakers, USA geography: Albany NY; Shaker dance song, Shaker religion: promoted equality among men and women in the 1780’s; character education, gift, simple, free, ought, ourselves, valley of love, delight, simplicity, gained, bow, bend, ashamed, taught, richer, learn, expect, true friends; contractions: ’tis (it its), ’twill (it will), shan’t (shall not), we’ll (we will)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing B flat, syncopation, descending dominate arpeggio (C major)

**“Simple Gifts”**

	1.	‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free, ‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be. And when we find ourselves in the place just right, ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
		Refrain:
		When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed. To turn, turn will be our delight, Till by turning we come round right.
	2.	‘Tis the gift to be loved and that love to return, ‘Tis the gift to be taught and a richer gift to learn, And when we expect of others what we try to live each day, Then we’ll all live together and we’ll all learn to say,
		Refrain
	3.	Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be, ‘Tis the gift to think of others not to only think of “me”, And when we hear what others really think and really feel, Then we’ll all live together with a love that is real.
		Refrain

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Silent Night

Intermediate syncopation, an extended range middle C to F8,
a minor seventh, and a descending vii arpeggio (Dm).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Austria – 1818, music: Franz Gruber,
words: Josef Mohr
Key: C Major
Time: 6/8
Form: staves: ABCCDE – phrases: ABC
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ti ta/ | syncopation,
| ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/ ti ti/ ri ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ | ti/ ri ti ti/ ri ti | syncopation, | ta/a/ |
Pitches: advanced: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
Intervals: advanced: m3: So\Mi/So, Re8\Ti, La/Do, Re8/Fa8\Re8, Fa\Re; M3: Do8/Mi8; P4: Do\So, Mi/La;
P5: Re\So; m7: Mi/Re8; Fa8\Re8\Ti descending arpeggio (vii, Dm)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; repeated syncopated melodic rhythm patterns, descending arpeggio (vii, Dm), ascending minor seventh (Mi/Re), vocal slurs, syncopation in 6/8, feeling duple meter (2 dotted quarter notes) in 6/8
Key Words: world geography, Austria; language: German, Latin; Christmas Carol, Christmas Hymn, Bible story, birth of Jesus; sacred, virgin, infant, tender, heavenly, peace, shepherds, quake, sight, bright, calm, glories, stream, a-far, Heavenly hosts, Alleluia (Latin), Christ, Savior, God, radiant beams, holy, dawn, redeeming, grace, Lord; possessive: love’s; abbreviation: heav’n (heaven)

**“Silent Night”**

	1.	Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child. Holy infant to tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace.
	2.	Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories stream from heaven a-far. Heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia; Christ the Savior is born! Christ the Savior is born!
	3.	Silent night, holy night, Song of God, Love’s pure light. Radiant beams from thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord at they birth, Jesus, Lord at they birth,

		German
	1.	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Alles schläft; einsam wacht Nur das traute hochheilige Paar. Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
	2.	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Hirten erst kundgemacht Durch der Engel Halleluja, Tönt es laut von fern und nah: Christ, der Retter ist da! Christ, der Retter ist da!
	3.	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht Lieb’ aus deinem göttlichen Mund, Da uns schlägt die rettende Stund’. Christ, in deiner Geburt! Christ, in deiner Geburt!

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The Sidewalks of New York

Four perfect fourths (P4), changing rhythms for verse lyrics,
and repeated melodic rhythm patterns make waltzing fun!

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor
circa: 1894
Key: G Major
Time: 3/4
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta | ta ta ta | ta/a/a |
| ta/a ti ti | ta ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: m3: Mi/So8, Do\La/Do;
M3: Mi\Do/Mi; P4: So/Do, Re\La, Do/Fa; P5: La/Mi
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; tied notes, changing rhythms for verse syllables, repeating melodic rhythm patterns, fermata, two double barlines, includes guitar chords
Key Words: USA geography: New York, New York; stoop, evening, waltz, organ, baker, dough, dude, cork, East side, West side, tots (children), “Ring A-round the Rosie”, “London Bridge is Falling Down”, Mamie O’Rourke (married to “Diamond Dan” O’Rourke, early manager of the baseball player Jim Jeffries), tripped the light fantastic ( to dance), up in “G” (refers to the G train in the Subway); contractions: that’s (that is), they’ll (they will); possessive: Casey’s; abbreviation: wand’rers (wanderers)

Down in front of Casey’s
Old brown wooden stoop
On a summer’s evening,
We formed a merry group.
Boys and girls together
We would sing and waltz.
While the “ginnie” played the organ
On the sidewalks of New York.

Chorus:

East side, West side, all around the town,
The tots sing “Ring around Rosie,”
“London bridge is falling down.”
Boys and girls together,
Me and Mamie O’Rourke
Tripped the light fantastic
On the sidewalks of New York.

That’s where Johnny Casey,
And little Jimmy Crowe
With Jakey Krause the baker
Who always had the dough.
Pretty Nellie Shannon,
With a dude as light as cork,
First picked up the waltz-step
On the sidewalks of New York.

Chorus

3.Things have changed since those times.
Some are up in “G”
Others, they are wand’rers,
But they all feel just like me;
They’ll part with all they’ve got.
Could they but once more walk,
With their best girl and have a twirl
On the sidewalks of New York.

Chorus

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Shoot the Buffalo

Beginning syncopation in 6/8, tonic arpeggio,
and tonic octave skip.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 6/8
Form: Aa
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta/a ti ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Intervals: intermediate: m3: So\Mi, Do8\La;
M3: Do/Mi; P4: Re/So; P5: So\Do; P8: Do\Do8descending tonic octave skip, So\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied note, syncopation, tonic octave skip, tonic arpeggio, multiple endings; expression: gingerly
Key Words: USA geography: Georgia, Texas, Ohio; dearest, present, far-off, distant, knit, sew, plow, ramble, canebrake (thick, dense growth of cane or sugarcane), scratch, together, potato patch, clothing, log cabins, blessed, wander; contraction: we’ll (we will), it’s (it is)

**“Shoot the Buffalo”**

	1.	Stand you up my dearest dear, And present me with your hand, And we’ll all run away To some far-off distant land, Where the ladies knit and sew, And the men they plow and hoe. And we’ll ramble in the canebrake And shoot the buffalo.
	2.	Where the women sit and patch While the men they stand and scratch, And we’ll all meet together In the old potato patch. Oh, it’s all the way from Georgia To Texas I must go Just to ramble round the canebrake And shoot the buffalo.
	3.	Come all you fine young girls Who have got a mind to go. Well, if you can make us clothing And if you can knit and sew, We will build you five log cabins By the blessed Ohio, Through the canebrake we will wander, And chase the buffalo.

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