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5th Grade

Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit

"Ev'ry Time I Fell the Spirit," Lyrics, Text Format

Advanced syncopation, extended pentatonic scale,
and a descending tonic arpeggio with a sixth (I6, Eb6).

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
  • Key: E Flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ta ta/ ta ti | syncopation,
    | ti ti ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta ti ti ti | syncopation,
    | ta/a (ti) ta ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La Do – extended pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do8\La8/Do8 (m3),
    Do8\La8\So8\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio w/sixth (I6, Eb6), La/Do (m3), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\So(M6), Do/So (P5), So\Mi (m3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; syncopated pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, tonic arpeggio w/sixth, pentatonic scale, refrain/verse/refrain; tempo: moderately
  • Key Words: USA history, African American History, sacred, spirit, heart, pray, mountain, spoke, bible story, mouth, fire, smoke, Lord, sorrows, woe, heartache, God, leads, fear, sheltered, care; contraction: I’ll (I will); abbreviation: ev’ry (every), movin’ (moving); note: capitalization of the possessive pronoun: His

“Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit” 
Refrain:
Ev’ry time I fell the spirit
Movin’ in my heart, I will pray.
Ev’ry time I fell the spirit
Movin’ in my heart, I will pray.
1. Upon the mountain, when my Lord spoke
Out of his mouth came fire and smoke;
Looked all around me, It looked so fine,
I asked the Lord if all were mine.
Refrain
2.
 Oh, I have sorrows, and I have woe,
And I have heartache here below;
But while God leads me, I’ll never fear,
For I am sheltered by His care.
Refrain
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Everybody Loves Saturday Night

"Everybody Loves Saturday Night," Lyrics, Text Format

Advanced syncopation, tied sixteenth notes, and a sixteenth rest.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: West Africa Song
  • Key: F Major 
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: AABa
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ti ti | ti/ ti ri ti | syncopation, | (ri) ti ri ti ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: beginners: La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do (M3), Mi/So (m3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: whole, quarter, sixteenth;syncopation, melodic rhythm patterns, tied notes 
  • Key Words: world geography: West Africa, Nigeria, France, China, Russia, Czech Republic, Spain, Israel, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Denmark; curfew protest song, camp song; abbreviation: ev’rybody (everybody)
  • Keyboard: intermediate: five finger exercise for the left and right hand

 


“Everybody Loves Saturday Night” 
1.
 Ev’rybody loves Saturday night.
Ev’rybody loves Saturday night.
Ev’rybody, ev’rybody, ev’rybody,
Ev’rybody loves Saturday night.
(Nigeria) Bobowaro fero Satodeh.
(France) Tout le monde aime Samedi soir.
(China) Ren ten si huan li pai lu.
(Russia) Vsiem nravitsa sabbota vietcheram.
(Czech Republic) Razhdi ma rad sabotu vietcher.
(Spanish) A todos les gusta la noche del Sabado.
(Yiddish) Jeder eyne hot lieb Shabas ba nacht.
(Italian) Tutti ama Sabato sera.
(German) Eider man hat dem Samstag abend.
(Portuguese) Todas gostan dos Sabados noite.
(Danish) Alle elsker Lordag asften.
(Norwegian) Alle elsker Lordag kveld.
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Erie Canal

"Erie Canal," Lyrics, Text Format
"Erie Canal," Lyrics, Text Format

Advanced syncopation, repeated melodic rhythm patterns,
and a natural subdominant (Fi).

 

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – Thomas S. Allen, 1905
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: AB – verse/chorus
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta/ ta ta | syncopation,
    | ti ta/ ta/a | syncopation, | ti ta/ ta ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation,
    | ti ta/ ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ta/ ta | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta |
    | ta ti ta/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a ta/a |
    | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta/a | syncopation, | ta/a ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
    | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So – natural/raised subdominant (Fi, B)
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\La (P5), La/Do (m3), Do\La (m3), La/Mi (P5), Mi/So8\Mi (m3), Mi\Do/Mi (M3), So/Mi (M6), So\Fi/So (m2), So\Fa (M2), Fa\Re (m3), Re/So8 (P4), Do/Fa (P4)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, natural sign, raised subdominant (Fi), fermatas, verse/chorus, repeated melodic rhythm patterns
  • Key Words: USA history, USA geography: New York, Albany, NY, Hudson River, Buffalo, NY, Rome, NY, Erie Canal; mule power to engine power, recalling history of the Erie Canal, mule power, lumbar, coal, hay, barge hauling, inch, town, neighbor, pal, navigated, canal lock, trip, miles; contractions: we’ve (we have), you’ve (you have), I’ve (I have), I’d (I would); abbreviations: ev’ry (every), ev’rybody (everybody), ’bout (about)

“Erie Canal”
also know as
“Low Bridge” 
1. I’ve got a mule her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
She’s a good old worker and a good old pal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
We’ve hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber coal and hay
And ev’ry inch of the way I know
From Albany to Buffalo.
Chorus:
Low bridge, everybody down,*
Low bridge, cause we’re coming to a town!
You can always tell your neighbor
Can always tell your pal,
If you’ve ever navigated on the Erie Canal
2.
 We better get along on our way, old gal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
Cause you bet your life I’d never part with Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
Git up there, mule, here comes a lock,
We’ll make Rome ’bout six o’clock.
One more trip and back we’ll go
Right back home to Buffalo.
Chorus:
Low bridge, everybody down,
Low bridge, cause we’re coming to a town!
You can always tell your neighbor
Can always tell your pal,
If you’ve ever navigated on the Erie Canal
*Low bridges would require boat and barge workers to get down out of the way.

 

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Down the River

"Down the River," Lyrics, Text Format
"Down the River," Lyrics, Text Format

Singing and reading two part harmony (in 6ths and 3rds).

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – River Chantey
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: AB – verse/chorus
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ta ti |
    | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a ti | ta ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ta/ (ta/) | ta ti ta/ | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: melody: Mi So La Ti Do Mi Fa So
    lower harmony: So La Ti Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: intermediate: melody: So/Mi8 (M6), Mi8\Do\La\So descending arpeggio (vi7, dm7), So\Mi/So (m3), So/Ti (M3); lower harmony: Mi\So (M6) Ti/Mi (P4)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: dotted quarter; two part harmony (in 6ths, and 3rds), 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter, pickup beat, arpeggio (vi7, Dm7), tied notes, vocal slur, singing in parts, reading two parts
  • Key Words: USA history, USA geography: Ohio, Ohio River; river chantey, river work song, river channel, steady and strong, river current, sailing, wind, morning sun, sun ray, hoe-cake (pancake from corn meal, cooked on a hoe; garden tool), contraction: won’t (will not), Dinah’s (Dinah is)
  • Recorder: intermediate: playing and reading two part harmony (in 6ths and 3rds)

“Down the River” 
1. The river is up and the channel is deep,
The wind is steady and strong.
Oh, won’t we have a jolly good time,
As we go sailing along.
Chorus:
Down the river,
Oh, down the river,
Oh, down the River we go.Down the river,
Oh, down the river,
Oh, down the Ohio.
2.
 The water is bright, and flashing like gold,
In the ray of the morning sun,
And old Dinah’s away, up out of the cold,
A getting the hoe-cake done.
Chorus
3. The river is up, and the channel is deep,
And the wind blows steady and strong;
Oh, won’t we have a jolly good time,
As we go sailing along.
Chorus
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Down in the Valley

"Down in the Valley," Lyrics, Text Format

Uncommon time signature: 9/8, feeling triple meter in 9/8,
harmony in thirds, and a diminished f sharp arpeggio (vii, df#).

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA, Kentucky – Folk Song
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 9/8 – uncommon time signature
  • Form: ABaB
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/ ta ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti | ta/ ta/ ti ti ti |
  • Pitches: intermediate: melody: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
    harmony: Ti Re Mi Fa So La Ti (pitch formats include harmony)
  • Intervals: intermediate: melody: So/Do (P4), Mi/So (m3), So\Re (P4), So/Ti/Re/So ascending tonic arpeggio (I, D); harmony: Ti/Mi (P4), So/Ti (m3), Ti\Fa (P4), Ti/Re/Fa/Ti ascending arpeggio (vii, df#, diminished f sharp)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beats, syncopation, tied notes, two part harmony (3rds), repeated melodic rhythm patterns; 9/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti’s), feeling triple meter (3) in 9/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
  • Key Words: USA history, USA geography: Kentucky, pining (heart-broken) love song, ballad, unrequited love, earth science, valley, hang your head, wind blow, roses, sunshine, violets, dew, angels, Heaven, sacred, I love you, write, letter, containing, will you be mine, build, castle, forty

 


“Down in the Valley” 
1.
 Down in the valley, the valley so low,
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.
Hear the wind blow, dear, hear the wind blow,
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.
2.
 Roses love sunshine, violets love dew,
Angels in Heaven know I love you,
Know I love you, dear, know I love you,
Angels in Heaven know I love you.
3. Write me a letter, containing three lines,
Answer my question, “Will you be mine?”
Will you be mine, dear, will you be mine?”
Answer my question, “Will you be mine?”
4. Build me a castle forty feet high,
So I can see him/her as he/she goes by,
As he/she goes by, dear, as he/she goes by,
So I can see him/her as he/she goes by.

 

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Down By the Riverside

"Down By the Riverside," Lyrics, Text Format
"Down By the Riverside," Lyrics, Text Format

Advanced syncopation, repeated melodic patterns, an augmented fourth (A4), and practicing the descending major sixth (M6) Mi\So.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – African American Spiritual, circa. 1819
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 2/4
  • Form: AB – verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ti ti ta | (ti) ti ti/ ri | syncopation, | ri ti/ ta | syncopation , | ri ti/ ti ti ri | syncopation, | ta ta |
    ta/a_|_/ ti ti ti ri | syncopation, | ri ti/ ti ti | syncopation, | ta ti ti ri | syncopation, | ti ta/ | syncopation
  • Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi\So (M6), La/Do/Mi ascending arpeggio (vi, Em), Ti/Mi (augmented 4th, A4), Fa\Do (P4), Do/Mi (M3), Re/Fa (m3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, ties, vocal slur, repeat sign, first and second endings, verse/refrain, syncopation, arpeggio (vi, Em), repeated melodic rhythm patterns: eight rest on first beat
  • Key Words: USA history, African American History, sacred, spiritual, sword, shield, study war, golden sand, long white rob, starry crown, golden shoes, Prince of Peace, shake hands, around the world; contraction: gonna (going to), ain’t (am not)

“Down By the Riverside”
also known as
“Ain’t Gonna Study War No More” 
1. Gonna lay down my sword and shield,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna lay down my sword and shield,
Gonna study war no more.
Refrain:
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
Ain’t gonna study war no more,
Ain’t gonna study war no more;I ain’t gonna study war no more,
Ain’t gonna study war no more,
Ain’t gonna study war no more.

 
2.
 Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand;
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.
Refrain
3. Gonna put on my long white robe;
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna put on my long white robe;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.
Refrain
4. Gonna put on my starry crown;
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna put on my starry crown;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.
Refrain
5. Gonna put on my golden shoes;
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna put on my golden shoes;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.
Refrain
6. Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace;
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.
Refrain
7. Gonna shake hands around the world;
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna shake hands around the world;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.
Refrain
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Doney Gal

"Doney Gal," Lyrics, Text Format

Practicing the ascending major sixth (M6)
and the descending minor sixth (m6).

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA, Oklahoma – Cowboy Song*
  • Key: G Major – pentatonic scale
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: AB, refrain/verse
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ti ti | ta ta ta |
    | ta ta ta_|_a/a ti ti | ta/ ti ta | syncopation,
    | ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation, (_=tie)
  • Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Do Re Mi So – pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: advanced: So/Mi8 (M6), Do\Mi (m6), Mi/So (m3), La/Do (m3), Do/Mi8/So8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I, G), So8\Mi8\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Do\La (m3), So/Do (P5), So\Mi/So (m3), Mi8/So8\Mi8 (m3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, vocal slur, tonic arpeggios, imperfect ending: melody does not resolve to the tonic, ending on the dominate (So), which is sympolic of the wide open spaces and never ending cycles in the life of a cowboy
  • Key Words: USA history, USA geography: Oklahoma; westward expansion, cowboy song, cowboy horse song, life of a cowboy, rain, wind, hail, dogies (young cow), range, break of day, weary, rope, brand, ride, sing, trail: contractions: we’re (we are), we’ll (we will), he’s (he is), it’s (it is); abbreviation: drivin’ (driving); possessive: cowboy’s

*Notated by John Lomax in 1910, from the singing of Louise Henson, San Antonio, Texas

“Doney Gal” 
Refrain:
We’re alone, Doney Gal, in the wind and hail,
Gotta drive those dogies down the trail.
1. We’ll ride the range from sun to sun,
For a cowboy’s work is never done,
He’s up and gone at the break of day,
Drivin’ the dogies on their weary way.
Refrain
2.
 A cowboy’s life is a weary thing,
For it’s rope and brand and ride and sing:
Yes, day or night in the rain or hail,
He’ll stay with his dogies out on the trail.
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Dona Nobis Pacem

"Dona Nobis Pacem," Lyrics, Text Format

Three part round for voice and recorder: major sixth (M6), two minor sevenths (m7), dominate skip and dominate arpeggio.

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: Latin Hymn – attributed to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
  • Key: F Major
  • Time: 3/4
  • Form: through composed (three phrases)
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ta/a | ta ta ta | ta ta/a |
    | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ ti ta | syncopation, | ti ti ta ta |
    | ta/a/a | ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La
  • Intervals: advanced: Do\So (P4), So/Mi (M6), Re\So (P5), So/Fa (m7), Ti/La (m7), Do/So (P5), Re/La8(P5), So8\So descending dominate octave skip, Mi\Ti (P4), Ti/Re/So8 ascending dominate arpeggio (V, C)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; syncopation, multiple vocal slurs, three part round in eight measure phrases, dominate arpeggio, dominate octave skip, two intervals of a minor seventh, singing in three parts
  • Key Words: sacred, language: Latin; “Give us Peace,” Latin hymn, canon hymn, Italian Renaissance
  • Recorder: advanced: two intervals of a seventh, eight measure phrases foster breath support, playing alone and with others, trio ensemble practice


“Dona Nobis Pacem”“Give us Peace” 

Latin: Dona nobis pacem.

English: Give us peace.
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Do Lord

"Do Lord," Lyrics, Text Format

Advanced, intermediate, and beginning syncopation,
practicing rhythms and enunciation (diction),
while discovering dynamic variations.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
  • Key: B Flat Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: rhythm: AAaB CCcB – pitches: ABAC DED C – song: AB, verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta (ta) | syncopation,
    | ti ta ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ta ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ti/ ri ti ti ta (ta) | ti/ ri ti ti ta ti ti |
  • Pitches: beginners: So La Ti Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: beginners: La/Do (m3), Do\La (m3), Mi\Do/Mi (M3)
  • Musical Elements: notes: Dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; repeated melodic rhythm patterns, pausing on the supertonic (Re), syncopation, verse/refrain; note: repeated pitch and rhythm patterns encourage dynamic changes; challenge students to adjust dynamics, including crescendos/decrescendos, discovering which dynamics best match each musical phrase
  • Key Words: USA history, African American history, sacred, spiritual, southern spiritual, Lord, beyond the blue, remember, glory land, outshines, sun, African American History Month (February)
  • Recorder: advanced: all levels of syncopation, discovering dynamics which best match the repeated pitch and rhythm patterns/phrases

“Do Lord” 
1. When chilly winds blow from the North, I’ve got to go;
When chilly winds blow from the North, I’ve got to go;
When chilly winds blow from the North, I’ve got to go;
Look away beyond the blue.
Refrain:
Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me;
Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me;
Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me;
Look away beyond the blue.
2.
 I’ve got a home in glory land that outshines the sun;
I’ve got a home in glory land that outshines the sun;
I’ve got a home in glory land that outshines the sun;
Look away beyond the blue.
Refrain:
Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me;
Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me;
Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me;
Look away beyond the blue.
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Ding Dong Merrily On High

"Ding Dong Merrily On High" Lyrics, Text Format

Contrasting strophic and melismatic singing, melodic
rhythm pattern produces six intervals of a third.

Description

  • Grade: Fifth
  • Origin: France/England – Traditional French Tune,
    words: George R. Woodward
  • Key: G Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: staves: AABC – song: AB, verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a/a ta |
    | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ta/ ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
    | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
  • Intervals: intermediate: m3: La/Do, So8\Mi, Fa\Re, Re\Ti, Do\La; M3: Mi\Do; P5: Do/So
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; repeat signs, syncopation, six minor thirds, repeated melodic rhythm patterns, verse: strophic: singing one syllable per note, refrain: melismatic: singing one syllable over a series of successive notes
  • Key Words: world geography: France, England; Old English: verily (truly), riv’n (contraction for riven: split), e’en (contraction for even), swungen (swung), sungen (sung), ye (you), rime (rhyme), evetime (evening time); heav’n (heaven), steeple, priest, dutifully, prime, matin (morning), chime, beautifully, singers; Latin: gloria (glory), hosanna (praise/joy), in excelsis (on high)


“Ding Dong Merrily On High” 
1.
 Ding dong! merrily on high,
In heav’n the bells are ringing:
Dong dong! verily the sky
Is riv’n with angel singing.
Refrain:
Gloria,
Hosanna in excelsis!
Gloria,
Hosanna in excelsis!
2.
 E’en so here below, below,
Let steeple bells be swungen,
And “Io, io, io!”
By priest and people sungen.
Gloria,
Hosanna in excelsis!
Gloria,
Hosanna in excelsis!
3.

Pray you, dutifully prime
Your matin chime, ye ringers;
May you beautifully rime
Your evetime song, ye singers.
Gloria,
Hosanna in excelsis!
Gloria,
Hosanna in excelsis!
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