Pallet on the Floor

Southern USA Blues with advanced syncopation
and a limited range; excellent practice
for the recorder’s lower register.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Southern Blues Folk Song*
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti ti ri ti/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a (ta) ti ti | ta/a (ta) ri ti/ | syncopation,
| ti ti ti ti ri ta/ ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti/ ti ti |
syncopation, | (ti) ti ti ti ti ri ti/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/a (ti) ti | ta/a (ta) (ti) ti | ta/a (ta) ti ti |
| ti ti ti ti ti ti ri ti/ | syncopation, | ti ri ti ri ti/ ta ti ti |
syncopation, | ta ta ta ti ti |
Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: Do\La/Do (m3), So/Do (P4), So/Mi (M6), Mi\Do (M3), Do\So (P4), Do/Mi (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation on the second quarter of the beat (ee), D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, refrain/verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, music styles: blues/country; camp song, scout song, character education, friendship, caring for others, empathy, camp song, pallet, dissatisfied, account, nearly, someday, friend, home; contraction; it’ll (it will), don’t (do not); abbreviation: ’cause (because)
Recorder: intermediate: beginners pitches with advanced syncopation, practicing the lower register with a quick tempo

* W. C. Handy used a variation of this tune for his song “Atlanta Blues.”

“Pallet on the Floor”
also known as
“Make Me a Pallet on the Floor”

			Refrain
			You made me a pallet on the floor, Yes, you made me a pallet on the floor, When I had no place to go, You opened up the door, and you, Made me a pallet on the floor.
		1.	Oh, I was sad and so dissatisfied, Yes, I was sad and so dissatisfied, I was sad and dissatisfied, That I nearly cried, then you, Made me a pallet on the floor.
			Refrain
		2.	I don’t want to see this town no more. No, I don’t want to see this town no more. But if I ever do, It’ll be on account of you, ’cause you, Made me a pallet on your floor.
			Refrain
		3.	So don’t turn a good friend from your home. No, don’t turn a good friend from your home, For maybe someday you’ll find, That you will roam, and be, Looking for a pallet on the floor.
			Refrain

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Paddy Works on the Railway

Intermediate syncopation in 6/8 time with the most common
intervals found in a minor tonality (key).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Ireland/USA – Chanty – Railroad Work Song – 1864
Key: A minor (pitched in C Major)
Time: 6/8
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
| ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/ ta ti | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
Intervals: intermediate: La\Mi/La (P4), Do\La (m3), La/Do (m3), Re\Ti (m3), Do\So (P4) – perfect fourths and minor thirds are common in minor tonalities (keys)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, two double barlines, syncopation, minor tonality (key), verse/refrain; 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, note: refrain is a variation of phrases found within the verse
Key Words: world geography: USA, Ireland; chanty, work chanty, work song, railroad, USA westward expansion, intercontinental railroad, Irish immigrants, railroad workers: track layers, gaugers, spikers, and bolters; 1841, corduroy, breeches (britches), old world, new world, spare, luck, brought, through, stocking, cravat (neck tie), straw hat
Recorder: intermediate: minor tonality (key), syncopation in 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

**“Paddy Works on the Railway”**

			Verse (solo)
		1.	In eighteen hundred and forty-one I put my corduroy breeches on, I put my corduroy breeches on, To work upon the railway.
			Refrain:
			Fil-li-mee-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay, Fil-li-mee-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay, Fil-li-mee-oo-ree-oo-ree-ay, To work upon the railway.
		2.	In eighteen hundred and forty-two I left the old world for the new, Oh, spare me the luck that brought me through To work upon the railway.
			Refrain
		3.	It’s “Pat, do this,” and “Pat, do that,” Without a stocking or cravat, And nothing but an old straw hat, While working in the railway.
			Refrain

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Over There – NEW

Advanced intervals (tritones d4 – a5), repeated pitch and rhythmic syncopation, with accent marks.

Description

Grade: Fifth (5)

• Origin: George M. Cohan 1878-1942 – circa 1917

• Key: G Major

• Time: 2/4

• Form: AaBCBD

• Pitches: advanced: So Si La Li Ti Do Re Mi Fa So

• Intervals: advanced: Mi\Do\La descending mediant Em triad, La/Re (P4), Fa\Re (m3), Re\La (P4), La\Si (m2), Li/Ti (m2), Ti/Mi A4 augmented 4th tritone, Re\Ti/Re (m3), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\Ti d5 diminished 5th tritone, Mi\So/Do(M3/P5), Re/So8 (P4), Do\So (P4), So/Mi (M6), Re\So (P5)

• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: eighth; pickup beat, forward and ending repeats, first and second ending, repeated pitch and rhythmic syncopation, accents, accidentals: sharp: raised 5th (Si-D#), raised 6th (Li-E#), TRITONE: augmented 4th, diminished 5th

• Key Words: United States history, World War Two WWII, military recruitment song, patriotic song, George M Cohan, onomatopoeia: drums – “rum-tumming”, liberty, Every Son of Liberty, sweetheart, pine, kit (survival kit), Huns (nomadic people) Yanks, over-there (Europe),

**“Over There”**

	1.	Johnny, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun. Take it on the run, on the run, on the run. Hear them calling you and me, Every Son of Liberty. Hurry right away, no delay, go today. Make your Daddy glad to have had such a lad. Tell your sweetheart not to pine, To be proud her boy’s in line.

	2.	Johnny, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun. Johnny, show the “Hun” you’re a son-of-a-gun. (Johnny on the run…) alternative Hoist the flag and let her fly Yankee Doodle do or die. (Like true heroes…) alternative Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit. Yankee to the ranks from the towns and the tanks. Make your Mother proud of you And to liberty be true. (And the old red-white-and-blue) alternative

		Chorus:

		Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming The drums rum-tumming everywhere. So prepare, say a prayer, Send the word, send the word to beware – We’ll be over, we’re coming over, And we won’t come back till it’s over, over there.

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Open the Window, Noah

Intermediate syncopation with two part harmony (3rds).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
Key: D Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ta ti ta ta | syncopation,
| ti ti ta/a/a | ta ta/a/a | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ti ta ti ri ta/ |
| ta ta ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: La Ti Do Re Mi So La Do
Intervals: intermediate: Mi/So (m3), So\Mi (m3), Do/La8 (M6), La8/Do8 (m3), Do8\La8 (m3), So/Do8(P4), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\Do (M3), Do\La (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; D.S. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, syncopation, singing in parts, harmony in thirds, refrain/verse/refrain
Key Words: USA history, African American Spiritual, African American history, Bible story, “Noah and the Ark”, sacred, dove, mourned, window, olive leaf, brought
Recorder: intermediate: introducing F above high C, syncopation, six measures in two part harmony (3rds)

**“Open the Window, Noah”**

			Refrain
			Open the window, Noah, Open the window, Noah, Open the window, Noah, Let the dove come out.
		1.	The little dove flew in the window and mourned, Open the window, Let the dove come in. The little dove flew in the window and mourned, Open the window, Let the dove come in.
			Refrain
		2.	The little dove brought back the olive leaf, Open the window, Let the dove come in. The little dove brought back the olive leaf, Open the window, Let the dove come in.
			Refrain

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One More River

Syncopation and feeling duple meter in 6/8 time
with a pentatonic scale.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Traditional Spiritual
Key: F Major
Time: 6/8
Form: AB – verse/refrain
Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ta ti |
syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ (ta) ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ta/ | ti ta (ta) ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti (ti) ti |
syncopation, | ta/a ti |
Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale
Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Mi\So (M6), Mi/So (m3), So\Mi (m3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, melodic rhythm patterns, tied notes, rhythmic changes to match verse syllables, verse/refrain; 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
Key Words: USA history, spiritual, scared, Bible story: “Noah and the Ark”; world geography: Jordan, Jordan River; animals: crocodile, kangaroo, giraffe, flea, hippopotamus, honey bee, monkey, bear, elephant; caraway bun, dancing, hive, stuck, build, tricks, marched, sing, numbers one through ten; contractions: there’s (there is), we’ll (we will); abbreviations: hick’ry (hickory), shovin’ (shoving)
Recorder: intermediate: syncopation in 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

**“One More Rver”**

	1.	Old Noah, he built himself an ark; There’s one more river to cross. He built it out of hick’ry bark; There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain:
		There’s one more river, And that wide river is Jordan, There’s one more river, There’s one more river to cross.
	2.	The animals went in one by one, There’s one more river to cross. The elephant chewing a caraway bun. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	3.	The animals went in two by two, There’s one more river to cross. The crocodile and the kangaroo. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	4.	The animals went in three by three, There’s one more river to cross. The giraffe and a dancing and flea. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	5.	The animals went in four by four, There’s one more river to cross. The hippos, they got stuck at the door. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	6.	The animals went in five by five, There’s one more river to cross. The honey bees to build their hive. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	7.	The animals went in six by six, There’s one more river to cross. The monkey, he was up to his tricks. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	8.	The animals went in seven by seven, There’s one more river to cross. Said the bear to the elephant “Who are you shovin’?” There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	9.	The animals went in eight by eight, There’s one more river to cross. Some were early and some were late. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	10.	The animals went in nine by nine, There’s one more river to cross. They all joined up and marched in a line. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain
	11.	The animals went in ten by ten, There’s one more river to cross. If you want more then we’ll sing it again. There’s one more river to cross.
		Refrain

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O Little Town of Bethlehem

Beginning syncopation, sharp supertonic (Ra),
and ascending submediant octave skip (La/La).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Christmas Hymn, 1868 – words: Rector Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), music: organist Lewis Redner* (1831-1908)
Key: F Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCD
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ti ta ta |
| ta/a/a ta | ta ta ta/ ti | syncopation
Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Ra Re Mi Fa So La
– raised/sharp supertonic (Ra)
Intervals: intermediate: m2: Mi\Ra/Mi; m3: Mi/So;
M3: Do/Mi; P4: La/Re, Mi/La; P5: Re\So; m6: Fa\La; M6: So/Mi; P8: La/La ascending submediant octave skip
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, sharp supertonic (Ra), submediant octave skip, syncopation
Key Words: USA geography: Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; world geography: Bethlehem; Bible story, Christmas Hymn, Christmas carol, sacred, birth of Jesus, thee (you), dreamless, stars, shineth (shine), everlasting, hopes and fears, Christ, Mother Mary, gathered, mortals, angels, wondering, morning, proclaim, holy birth, praises, God or King, silently, wondrous, imparts, blessings, heaven, meek, souls, receive, misery, charity, watching, faith, wakes, breaks, Christmas, holy child, descend, pray, cast, sin, tidings, abide, Lord Emmanuel

*original tune was titled: “St. Louis”

**“O Little Town of Bethlehem”**

	1.	O little town of Bethlehem how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light: The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
	2.	For Christ is born of Mary: and gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wond’ring love. O morning stars together proclaim the holy birth! And praises sing to God our King, and Peace to men on earth.
	3.	How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heaven. No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in.
	4.	Where children pure and happy pray to the blessed Child, Where misery cries out to Thee, Son of the mother mild; Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, and Christmas comes once more.
	5.	O holy Child of Bethlehem descend to us, we pray, Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born to us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell, O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.

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Oh, My Darling, Clementine

Excellent song to assess beginning grade level skills.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: USA – Western Folk Ballad
Key: F Major
Time: 3/4
Form: staves: ABAB – song: AA, verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/a ti/ ri | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So Ti Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: beginners: Do\So (P4), So/Mi (M6), Mi\Do (M3), Re\So (P5), So/Ti (M3),
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, verse/refrain (same), syncopation, ballad
Key Words: USA history/geography: California Gold Rush; cavern, canyon, excavating, mine, dwelt, miner, forty-niner, daughter, darling, forever, dreadful, fairy, herring, topses, sandals, ducklings, stubbed, splinter, foaming brine, ruby, bubbles, alas, swimmer, peak, pine, oughter, churchyard, myrtle, boughs, entwine, roses, posies, fertilize, doth, haunt, robed, garments, soaked

**“Oh, My Darling, Clementine”**

		1.	In a cavern by a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, And his daughter Clementine.
			Refrain:
			Oh, my daring, oh, my darling, Oh, my darling Clementine, You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry Clementine.
		2.	Light she was and like a fairy, And her shoes were number nine, Herring boxes, without topses, Sandals were for Clementine.
			Refrain
		3.	Drove she ducklings to the water Ev’ry morning just at nine, Stubbed her toe against a splinter, Fell into the foaming brine.
			Refrain
		4.	Ruby lips above the water, Blowing bubbles, soft and fine, But, alas, I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine.
			Refrain
		5.	Then the miner, forty-niner, Soon began to peak and pine, Thought he oughter join his daughter, Now he’s with his Clementine.
			Refrain
		6.	In a corner of the churchyard, Where the myrtle boughs entwine, Grow the roses and the posies, Fertilized by Clementine.
			Refrain
		7.	In my dreams she still doth haunt me, Robed in garments soaked in brine; How in life I used to hug her, Now she’s dead, I draw the line.
			Refrain

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Ode to Joy

Introducing the ascending diminished 7th So/Mi,
excellent keyboard five finger exercise.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Germany – Ludwig van Beethoven
lyrics: Henry van Dyke – 1907 (USA)
Key: G Major
Time: 4/4
Form: rhythm: AABA – pitches: AaBa
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/ ti ta | syncopation
Pitches: beginners: So Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: m3: Mi\Do; P5: Re\So; D7: So/Mi ascending diminished 7th
Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; melody moves primarily by steps, ascending diminished seventh (So/Mi)
Key Words: world geography: Germany (Deutschland); Ludwig van Beethoven; sacred, hymn of praise, Henry van Dyke (USA), God, unfold, melt, doubt, gladness, rays, heaven, surround, reflect, field, mountain, flowery, meadow, flashing, rejoice, forgiving, blessing, blessed, wellspring, ocean, Father, Christ, Brother, divine, mortals, chorus, stars, march, onward, victors, midst (among), strife, joyful, Sunward, triumph; Old English: Thee (you), Thy (your) , Thou (you), Thine (yours): abbreviations: flow’rs (flowers), op’ning (opening), o’er (over)
Recorder: intermediate: playing in G major
Keyboard: intermediate: EXCELLENT five finger exercise for left, right and two hands together (exception of the last note on the third staff)

**“Ode to Joy”**

	1.	Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

	2.	All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays, Stars and angels sing around Thee, center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, Singing bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in Thee.

	3.	Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blessed, Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest! Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, all who live in love are Thine; Teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.

	4.	Mortals, join the happy chorus, which the morning stars began; Father love is reigning o’er us, brother love binds man to man. Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife, Joyful music leads us Sunward in the triumph song of life.

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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

"O Cone, O Come, Emmanuel," Lyrics, Text Format

Minor tonality pitched in G Major, submediant arpeggios,
with Latin and English text.

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Latin, “O Antiphons” – translated: John Neale (1818-1866), Henry Coffin (1877-1954)
Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)
Time: 4/4
Form: phrases: ABCA AB – song: AB, verse/refrain
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ta |
Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So
Intervals: intermediate: La/Do/Mi ascending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em), Re/Fa (m3), Mi\Do\La descending submediant arpeggio (vi, Em), La/Do (m3), Re\Ti (M3), La/Re (P4), Re\La (P4), So/Do (P4), Do/So8 (P5), So8\Mi (M3)
Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter; pickup beat, verse/refrain
Key Words: Biblical history: Isaiah 7:14; world geography: Sinai; sacred, Emmanuel (God with us), ransom, captive, Israel, Mourns, Evil, appear, rejoice, wisdom, nigh, knowledge, might, ancient, law, majesty, awe, thou, stem, foe, deliver, trust, power, Key of David, sigh, dayspring, drawing nigh, disperse, gloomy, shadow, flight, desire, nations, bind, strife, quarrel, cease, mankind, peace; abbreviations: ev’ry (every), vict’ry (victory), heav’nly (heavenly)
Recorder: intermediate: introducing F#, minor tonal center, tonic arpeggios (i, Em)

**“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”**“Veni Emmanuel”

	Latin		English
1.	Veni, veni, Emmanuel, Captivum solve Israel, Qui gemit in exilio, Privatus Dei filio.	1.	O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear.
	Refrain:		Refrain:
	Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel Nascetur pro te, Israel.		Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.
2.	Veni, O Sapientia, Quae hic disponis omnia, Veni, viam prudentiae Ut doceas et gloriae.	2.	O come, Thou Wisdom, from on high, And order all things far and nigh; To us the path of knowledge show, And teach us in her ways to go.
	Refrain		Refrain
3.	Veni, veni, Adonai, qui Populo in Sinai Legem dedisti vertice In maiestate gloriae.	3.	O come, o come, Thou Lord of might, Who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height In ancient times did give the law, In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
	Refrain		Refrain
4.	Veni, O Iesse virgula, Ex hostis tuos ungula, De spectu tuos tartari Educ et antro barathri.	4.	O come, Thou Rod of Jesse’s stem, From ev’ry foe deliver them That trust Thy mighty power to save, And give them vict’ry o’er the grave.
	Refrain		Refrain
5.	Veni, Clavis Davidica, Regna reclude caelica, Fac iter tutum superum, Et claude vias inferum.	5.	O come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heav’nly home, Make safe the way that leads on high, That we no more have cause to sigh.
	Refrain		Refrain
6.	Veni, veni O Oriens, Solare nos adveniens, Noctis depelle nebulas, Dirasque mortis tenebras.	6.	O come, Thou Dayspring from on high, And cheer us by thy drawing nigh; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death’s dark shadow put to flight.
	Refrain		Refrain
7.	Veni, veni, Rex Gentium, Veni, Redemptor omnium, Ut salvas tuos famulos Peccati sibi conscios.	7.	O come, Desire of the nations, bind In one the hearts of all mankind; Bid every strife and quarrel cease And fill the world with heaven’s peace.
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O Canada!

"Who Buil the Ark?," Lyrics, Text Format

Syncopated rhythms, natural (raised) subdominant (Fi)
and dominant (Si).

Description

Grade: Fifth
Origin: Canada – National Anthem
music: Calixa Lavallée – 1880
words: Robert Stanley Weir – 1908, revised 1980
Key: E Flat Major
Time: 4/4
Form: through composed
Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/a ta | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ti ti | ta/a ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Ti Do Re Mi Fa Fi So Si La Ti Do – natural (raised) subdominant (Fi), raised dominate (Si)
Intervals: intermediate: m2: Fi/So, So\Fi, Si/La; M2: Mi/Fi; m3: Mi/So, So\Mi, Do\La, La\Fa; P4: So\Re, Do/Fa, Re/So, So/Do8; P5: So\Do, Re/La, La\Re
Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; syncopation, natural (raised) subdominant (Fi) and dominant (Si), melodic rhythm patterns, vocal slurs
Key Words: world geography: Canada; world languages: French; native land, patriot, command, glowing, earth science: true north, God, glorious, guard; Old English: thee (you)
Recorder: advanced: playing in F Major, playing B flat and C sharp

**“O Canada!”**

		O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

		French

		Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux, Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux! Car ton bras sait porter l’épée, Il sait porter la croix! Ton histoire est une épopée Des plus brillants exploits. Et ta valeur, de foi trempée, Protégera nos foyers et nos droits. Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

		Translation:

		O Canada! Land of our forefathers, Thy brow is wreathed with a glorious garland of flowers. As is thy arm ready to wield the sword, So also is it ready to carry the cross. Thy history is an epic Of the most brilliant exploits. Thy valour steeped in faith Will protect our homes and our rights Will protect our homes and our rights

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